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外研版初中英语九年级下册Module 3 Unit 2同步练习
一、阅读理解
1．阅读理解
Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention
of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However,
the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture
camera and over1, 200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.
Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school
for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated.
He started experimenting at a young age.
When he was 12 years old, he got his first job.
He became a newsboy on train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time.
Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when
he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five
years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting
his first patent(专利权) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.
Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and
hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many
ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He
always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to
sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left
a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.
（1）How often did Edison make a new invention？
A．About every fourteen days. B．About every seven days.
C．About once a week. D．About twice a week.
（2）The underlined world "fired" in the passage means " ".
A．Gave somebody a job. B．Set fire to somebody.
C．Let somebody down. D．Forced somebody to leaves his job.
（3）Edison considered his deafness as .
A．something bad B．a gift from God
C．a kind of ability D．a disadvantage
（4）Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage
A．Edison had only 8 hours' rest each day after his deafness.
B．Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching.
C．Edison had his first job in 1986.
D．Edison' inventions greatly improved the quality of people's life.
（5）What does the passage mainly talk about
A．The function of the electric light.
B．Edison and his experiments.
C．The importance of inventions.
D．The whole life of Edison.
二、单项选择题
2．The path leads ______ a tiny village.
A．to B．into C．at D．on
3．The candle was blown ________ by the wind.
A．off B．out C．in D．at
4．I can't walk ________ this heat.
A．on B．under C．in D．about
5．My parents _______ go abroad with me.
A．nearly B．almost C．hard D．seldom
6．I have too much housework to do in my _______ time.
A．spare B．empty C．enough D．busy
答案解析部分
1．【答案】（1）A
（2）D
（3）B
（4）C
（5）D
【知识点】人物传记/故事阅读类
【解析】【分析】短文大意： 爱迪生生于 1847，在84岁时去世。他主要是自学成才。12岁时就开始工作做实验。他的耳朵几乎失聪，但是他依然明天工作16个小时。他一生发明有1200多种，许多发明如电灯、动态图片的照相机等都极大地改善了人们的生活。
（1）细节理解题。根据About every two weeks he created something new.可看出他每两周就有一项新的发明，故选A。
（2）词意猜测题。题根据文中的句子Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well.不幸的是，他的第一份工作结果并不好。 及Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, …(然后爱迪生作为一名电报员工作了五年，…)可推测fire是解雇的意思，故选D。
（3）细节理解题。根据but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways.但是他认为耳聋是上帝在许多方面对他的袒护。可看出他认为自己一个耳朵聋了是上帝给自己的礼物，故选B。
（4）细节判断题。根据文中的句子He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours.可看出爱迪生每天只有8小时的休息时间，故A项说法正确；从第二段He attended school for only three months. …, but Thomas was mostly self-educated.看出他仅上了三个月学，但是爱迪生多数时间都是通过自学获得知识的，因此选项B说法也是正确的；由文章最后一句话He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.可看出他的发明大大提高了人们的生活水平，故D说法也正确；爱迪生生于1847年，在他12岁时，他获得了第一份工作，所以这一年应该是1859年，而不是1986年，故选C。
（5）主旨大意题。本文通篇介绍了爱迪生的一生，介绍了他的生平，教育以及干的工作、作出的发明等等，故选D。
【点评】考查阅读理解。细节理解题，通过阅读短文，可以直接从阅读材料中找到这类问题的答案。对于推理判断题。注意原文出现的语句不是我们做出的推理判断，而是原文给出的细节信息，所以原文语句不能选。判断对已知的事实仔细评价后做出的合理决定并非唯一决定，要对事实进行合乎情理的判断，有时还需借助常识进行判断。词意猜测题要根据上下文的语境对某个生词做出推测和判断。对于主旨大意题，要根据主题句和文章的中心思想确定。
2．【答案】A
【知识点】固定搭配；介词辨析
【解析】【分析】句意： 这条小路通向一个小村庄。 A.至，向；B.进入；C.在；D. 在……之上。lead to通向，固定短语，故选A。
【点评】考查固定短语。注意识记固定短语，识记lead to。
3．【答案】B
【知识点】短语辨析
【解析】【分析】句意： 蜡烛被风吹灭了。 blow off放出；blow out吹灭；blow in 被风吹进； blow at吹向；根据 by the wind可知，此处指蜡烛被风吹灭了。故选B。
【点评】考查固定短语辨析。注意分析短语意思，根据语境理解句意。
4．【答案】C
【知识点】固定搭配；介词辨析
【解析】【分析】句意： 在这种高温下我走不动。 A. 在……之上； B. 在……下面； C. 在……内； D.大约，关于。in this heat在这种高温下，固定短语；故选C。
【点评】考查固定短语。注意固定短语in this heat的用法。
5．【答案】D
【知识点】副词辨析
【解析】【分析】句意： 我的父母将很少和我一起出国。 A.差不多，几乎；B. 差不多，几乎；C.努力的（地），形容词或者副词；D.很少。根据句意可知，此处指的是很少和我一起出国，其他选项解释不通，故选D。
【点评】考查副词辨析。注意理解单词词义，理解句意。
6．【答案】A
【知识点】形容词辨析
【解析】【分析】句意： 在我的空闲时间我有太多的家务要做。 A.空闲的；B.空的；C.足够的；D.忙碌的。in one' s spare time在某人空闲时间，固定短语；根据 I have too much housework to do可知，此处指的是空闲时间，故选A。
【点评】考查形容词辨析。注意理解单词词义，理解句意。
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外研版初中英语九年级下册Module 3 Unit 2同步练习
一、阅读理解
1．阅读理解
Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention
of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However,
the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture
camera and over1, 200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.
Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school
for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated.
He started experimenting at a young age.
When he was 12 years old, he got his first job.
He became a newsboy on train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time.
Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when
he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five
years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting
his first patent(专利权) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.
Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and
hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many
ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He
always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to
sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left
a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.
（1）How often did Edison make a new invention？
A．About every fourteen days. B．About every seven days.
C．About once a week. D．About twice a week.
（2）The underlined world "fired" in the passage means " ".
A．Gave somebody a job. B．Set fire to somebody.
C．Let somebody down. D．Forced somebody to leaves his job.
（3）Edison considered his deafness as .
A．something bad B．a gift from God
C．a kind of ability D．a disadvantage
（4）Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage
A．Edison had only 8 hours' rest each day after his deafness.
B．Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching.
C．Edison had his first job in 1986.
D．Edison' inventions greatly improved the quality of people's life.
（5）What does the passage mainly talk about
A．The function of the electric light.
B．Edison and his experiments.
C．The importance of inventions.
D．The whole life of Edison.
【答案】（1）A
（2）D
（3）B
（4）C
（5）D
【知识点】人物传记/故事阅读类
【解析】【分析】短文大意： 爱迪生生于 1847，在84岁时去世。他主要是自学成才。12岁时就开始工作做实验。他的耳朵几乎失聪，但是他依然明天工作16个小时。他一生发明有1200多种，许多发明如电灯、动态图片的照相机等都极大地改善了人们的生活。
（1）细节理解题。根据About every two weeks he created something new.可看出他每两周就有一项新的发明，故选A。
（2）词意猜测题。题根据文中的句子Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well.不幸的是，他的第一份工作结果并不好。 及Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, …(然后爱迪生作为一名电报员工作了五年，…)可推测fire是解雇的意思，故选D。
（3）细节理解题。根据but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways.但是他认为耳聋是上帝在许多方面对他的袒护。可看出他认为自己一个耳朵聋了是上帝给自己的礼物，故选B。
（4）细节判断题。根据文中的句子He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours.可看出爱迪生每天只有8小时的休息时间，故A项说法正确；从第二段He attended school for only three months. …, but Thomas was mostly self-educated.看出他仅上了三个月学，但是爱迪生多数时间都是通过自学获得知识的，因此选项B说法也是正确的；由文章最后一句话He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.可看出他的发明大大提高了人们的生活水平，故D说法也正确；爱迪生生于1847年，在他12岁时，他获得了第一份工作，所以这一年应该是1859年，而不是1986年，故选C。
（5）主旨大意题。本文通篇介绍了爱迪生的一生，介绍了他的生平，教育以及干的工作、作出的发明等等，故选D。
【点评】考查阅读理解。细节理解题，通过阅读短文，可以直接从阅读材料中找到这类问题的答案。对于推理判断题。注意原文出现的语句不是我们做出的推理判断，而是原文给出的细节信息，所以原文语句不能选。判断对已知的事实仔细评价后做出的合理决定并非唯一决定，要对事实进行合乎情理的判断，有时还需借助常识进行判断。词意猜测题要根据上下文的语境对某个生词做出推测和判断。对于主旨大意题，要根据主题句和文章的中心思想确定。
二、单项选择题
2．The path leads ______ a tiny village.
A．to B．into C．at D．on
【答案】A
【知识点】固定搭配；介词辨析
【解析】【分析】句意： 这条小路通向一个小村庄。 A.至，向；B.进入；C.在；D. 在……之上。lead to通向，固定短语，故选A。
【点评】考查固定短语。注意识记固定短语，识记lead to。
3．The candle was blown ________ by the wind.
A．off B．out C．in D．at
【答案】B
【知识点】短语辨析
【解析】【分析】句意： 蜡烛被风吹灭了。 blow off放出；blow out吹灭；blow in 被风吹进； blow at吹向；根据 by the wind可知，此处指蜡烛被风吹灭了。故选B。
【点评】考查固定短语辨析。注意分析短语意思，根据语境理解句意。
4．I can't walk ________ this heat.
A．on B．under C．in D．about
【答案】C
【知识点】固定搭配；介词辨析
【解析】【分析】句意： 在这种高温下我走不动。 A. 在……之上； B. 在……下面； C. 在……内； D.大约，关于。in this heat在这种高温下，固定短语；故选C。
【点评】考查固定短语。注意固定短语in this heat的用法。
5．My parents _______ go abroad with me.
A．nearly B．almost C．hard D．seldom
【答案】D
【知识点】副词辨析
【解析】【分析】句意： 我的父母将很少和我一起出国。 A.差不多，几乎；B. 差不多，几乎；C.努力的（地），形容词或者副词；D.很少。根据句意可知，此处指的是很少和我一起出国，其他选项解释不通，故选D。
【点评】考查副词辨析。注意理解单词词义，理解句意。
6．I have too much housework to do in my _______ time.
A．spare B．empty C．enough D．busy
【答案】A
【知识点】形容词辨析
【解析】【分析】句意： 在我的空闲时间我有太多的家务要做。 A.空闲的；B.空的；C.足够的；D.忙碌的。in one' s spare time在某人空闲时间，固定短语；根据 I have too much housework to do可知，此处指的是空闲时间，故选A。
【点评】考查形容词辨析。注意理解单词词义，理解句意。
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