Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark 单元话题阅读训练（含答案）2025-2026学年人教版（2012）英语九年级全册

九年级Unit 4单元话题阅读训练
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In Pontevedra, Spain, people don't shout. Since cars are not allowed in the city, there are no horns（喇叭）or noises from car engines. People don't have to try hard to make themselves heard. What you hear in the street, instead, is the singing of birds.
“Listen,” says Miguel Lores, the mayor（市长）, opening the windows of his office. From the street below rises the sound of human voices. “More than 14,000 cars used to pass along this street every day. There were more cars passing through the city in a day than people living here.”
Lores became the mayor in 1999. He spent months walking around
the city. “The historical city is dead,” he said one day. “It is full of cars. It is heavily polluted. There are a lot of traffic accidents. The elderly and children aren't able to use the streets because of cars. People who had a chance to leave have done so.”
At first, Lores thought of improving traffic conditions. However, he couldn't come up with a good plan. After lots of discussions, the government finally decided to get rid of（清除）cars.
The change has brought Pontevedra many benefits. Traffic accidents are now rare（罕见的）. CO _2 emissions（排放物）are down by 70%. Many people are moving to the city, making it lively again.
Most local people like the change. Ramiro Armesto, a mother of two young children, said, “In the past, the first thing to see in the morning was traffic jams. Now, the city is cleaner, quieter and safer.” Raquel Garcia, another parent, said she had stayed in many cities around the world. However, she had never lived in a city as “easy to live in” as Pontevedra. “Even if it's raining, I walk everywhere. The feeling is wonderful,” she added.
根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
1.How is the city Pontevedra in Spain ( )
A、Ancient. B.Quiet. C.Busy.
2.For Lores, what was the city Pontevedra's main problem ( )
A.The historical city was dead.
B.There were lots of traffic accidents.
C.There were too many cars in the city.
3.What does the underlined word “benefits” probably mean ( )
A.选择 B.好处 C.问题
4.What is the purpose of the last paragraph ( )
A.To show how people like the change.
B.To let more cities follow the change.
C.To tell why people like living in Pontevedra.
5. What is the best title of the passage ( )
A.A city without cars
B.The path to a city's progress
C.A good plan for a city
B
Huang Xuhua, a famous scientist in China, passed away at the age
of 99 on February 6th in Wuhan, due to illness. Huang was known as the chief designer of China's first nuclear submarines （核潜艇）and had received many high honors.
Huang played a key role in developing China's first nuclear submarines, the Type 09l, from the 1950s to the 1980s. For 30 years, his work had been a secret. In 1970, he and his team successfully launched China's first nuclear submarine, and it performed better than the first US nuclear submarine launched in 1954.
As China's navy started to share more information, stories about
Huang and his team became widely known. People started to call him
the “▲”.
Huang was born in Guangdong Province in 1926. He studied ship building at National Chiao Tung University （now Shanghai Jiao Tong University） from 1945 to 1949. Later, he became one of the first scientists to work on China's nuclear submarine program. In 1958, because of his excellent skills and qualities, Huang was secretly called to Beijing. For the next 30 years, he worked hard in secret on China's nuclear submarine program. He and his team started from nothing and overcame many difficulties to build the country's first nuclear submarine.
Huang's life was full of achievements. From 2017 to 2020, he was awarded national-level honors three times. In 2019, he was awarded the Medal of the Republic, and in 2020, he got the highest science and technology award in China for 2019.
Huang cared a lot about the future of science and technology in China, as well as the growth of young people. He donated over 20 million yuan of his money to support scientific research, education, and the spread of scientific knowledge. He spent his whole life developing China's nuclear submarine industry and national defense, which encourages us to try our best to make the country stronger.
根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
6.信息还原 Which one is the best to fill in the “▲” ( )
A.Best Scientist in the World
B.Founder of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
C.Father of China's Nuclear Submarines
7.What can we know about Huang's work on nuclear submarines ( )
A.It was easy and quick. B.It was secret and challenging.
C.It was public and simple.
8How many national-level honors did Huang Xuhua receive from 2017
to 2020 ( )
A.Two . B.Three. C.Six.
9.细节排序 Which of the following is the right order of Huang Xuhua's
life experiences ( )
①Received the Medal of the Republic.
②Was called to Beijing to work on the nuclear submarine program.
③Studied at National Chiao Tung University.
④Launched China's first nuclear submarine.
A.③-②-④-① B.②-③-④-① C.③-④-②-①
10.What can we learn from Huang Xuhua's life ( )
A.Study hard and make our country strong.
B.Only care about our own interests.
C.Work hard in our lives.
C
My 100 Days Without a Mobile Phone
When was the last time you left home without your mobile phone
Can you imagine yourself living a month, or even a year without checking your mobile phone from time to time
As a busy modern person with lots of social connections, plans and responsibilities, I just cannot afford to not be in touch with the rest of the world. Staying connected to other people is a big part of my life. However, sometimes it can be bothersome （恼人的）.
One day I discovered I was terribly tired out. I tried turning notifications （通知） off. But the fear of missing out something important made me check the phone more often than before. So, I simply stopped using my phone. Well, to tell the truth, it was not simple at all. For the first couple of days, I had a big fear that all of my friends would soon forget about me. When I had a free moment, I had no idea what to do to get myself distracted （分心） with, and the worries mixed with boredom kept bothering me.
However, after three weeks without a mobile phone, I started noticing changes—changes which I liked, and which drove me to not just continue the experiment, but in fact to reorganize some of my habits.
First of all, I noticed that I became much more focused （专注的）. Before, when doing something, I would often find myself wondering what was going on online. After a month of staying away from my mobile
phone, I found that the urge （冲动） was already not that strong and
that my ability to focus improved.
I discovered that the world is a beautiful place. Before, I would look at it through my camera mostly:take a photo, post it, get some likes. Now, I saw beautiful people walking around and I sensed（意识到） the seasons change. I could understand the actual beauty of the world, and I did not need anyone else to prove the value of this beauty through likes or shares. Now, as 100 days have passed, I can say that the experiment was worth it. I am planning to stay away from my phone for as long as possible.
11.What made the writer check the phone more often than before
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12.When did the writer start noticing his changes
_________________________________________________________
13.How did the writer discover the beauty of the world List two sides
（方面）.
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14.What does the writer plan to do with his phone after the experiment
___________________________________________________________15.Would you like to follow the writer's example Why or why not
（Please give two reasons）
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答案：1-5 BCBAA 6-10 CBBAA
11.The fear of missing out something important.
12.After three weeks.
13.He saw beautiful people walking around and he sensed the seasons change.
14.He plans to stay away from the phone for as long as possible.
15.Yes, I'd like to. Because I also want to be more focused, and I
would like to see the beautiful world through my eyes./ No. Because
I can use the phone to know more news about the world. And I can
play games in my free time. （答案言之有理即可）