牛津英语译林版九年级上册 短文强化训练 2

牛津英语译林版九年级上册短文强化训练 2 教师版
一、完形填空
In the United States, Lake Tahoe is a lake that lies on the border of two states. About one third of it is in Nevada; the rest is in California. On our first ___1___ there, my wife and I discovered views that took our breath away and made us feel like we were walking around in postcards.
I ___2___ Lake Tahoe with my wife last week. It’s an excellent place with many hotels, restaurants, and shops. It’s also home to a ski resort. So we began with a four kilometre ride up to the top of a mountain where we ___3___ to have morning coffee while enjoying the scenes.
Though with much to ___4___ around the lake, we soon headed to Nevada Beach. Here, tall trees and sandy beaches join Tahoe s amazingly ___5___ water. We learned that much of the Nevada side is made up of beaches, parks, ___6___ roads.
On the second day, we discovered the most ___7___ beach on the lake. At this beach, a mountain provides the backdrop for the bright white sand. It ___8___ shows the beauty of Lake Tahoe’s wonderful clear water. In fact, it’s one of the clearest lakes in the world. For me, it was water that I just had to ___9___ in, even though it’s icy cold all year round.
On the third day, we walked around Memorial Point Overlook. There, ___10___ a beach road, we saw surprising scenes straight out of a ___11___ —different shades of blue mixed with large rocks. Around all this are ___12___ tops that stand up to 3,000 metres above sea level. At that height, they have ___13___ on them even during the summer.
We ___14___ our final day at Kings Beach at the lake’s northern end, a popular area for water sports. We found it is also the ___15___ place to watch the sunset —a colorful way to end a great trip. As a lover of mountains and lakes, I quickly named Lake Tahoe my favourite vacation place.
(C)1.A.time B. class C. trip D. job
(B)2. A. looked at B. arrived at C. shouted at D. pointed at
(A)3. A.stopped B. refused C. gave D. made
(C)4.A.buy B. find C. see D. hear
(D)5. A. green B. dirty C. cold D. clear
(C)6.A.or B. so C. and D. but
(A)7. A.beautiful B. expensive C. terrible D. serious
(B)8.A.still B. also C. even D. instead
(D)9. A.walk B. fly C. ride D. swim
(A)10. A. along B. beside C. with D. for
(C)11. A. book B. newspaper C. painting D. magazine
(D)12. A. building B. tree C. tower D. mountain
(A)13. A. snow B. rain C. cloud D. wind
(B)14. A. took B. spent C. cost D. paid
(D)15. A. careful B. powerful C. dangerous D. perfect
二、阅读理解
A
Nowadays, the Internet has become an important part of our lives. What do you often do on the Internet? Here are some
A. doctors
B. children
C. teachers
D. workers
(C)2. What is Teens Health about?
A. How to look after pets at home.
B. How to choose a good film.
C. How to solve problems in life.
D. How to learn English.
(A)3.Where can we learn everyday English expressions from native speakers?
A. Http: //wrw. bbe. co. uk /learningenglish.
B. Http: //eenshealth. org /teen.
C. Http: //ww. ngkids. co. uk.
D. Http: //www. mtime. com.
(C)4. ______ is a good way to have fun on the weekend.
A. Fighting against stress
B. Learning new words
C. Going to the cinema
D. Managing feelings (D)5. Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
A. We can’t find Guinness World Records on NG Kids.
B. A film with a rating between 6 and 7 is worth seeing.
C. We can watch English films on BBC Learning English.
D. Sometimes we feel upset when we meet changes in life.
B
More than two thousand years ago, a disease appeared in Egypt. Infected people developed fevers and rashes, and about three out of every ten of these people died. Many people who got well from the disease had lasting scars, and some were left blind. The disease was smallpox, and the fight against this disease finally led to the development of vaccines.
In early eighteenth-century Europe, one of the first methods for controlling the spread of smallpox was put into action. Material from smallpox sores was given to people who had never had the disease through scratches on the arm. The healthy person would develop light symptoms of the disease and then be safe. This worked pretty well, but it wasn’t a perfect solution. Up to three per cent of people would still die after being infected with the virus.
Decades later, when English doctor Edward Jenner was at a young age, he heard a dairymaid said, “I shall never have smallpox, for I had cowpox.” Cowpox is a disease that is similar to smallpox, but it is lighter and mostly infects cows. Afte r he became a doctor, Jenner decided to test whether the cowpox virus could be used to protect against smallpox.
In 1796, Jenner used cowpox to treat an eight year old boy. After a few days of fever and discomfort, the boy recovered. A few months later, Jenner treated him again, this time with smallpox. The boy did not get sick. Jenner S plan had worked. The boy was immune to the disease, and Jenner had invented the world’s first vaccine.
After Jenner’s discovery, it took many years for scientists to develop new vaccines. French chemist Louis Pasteur developed a vaccine for rabies. Over the course of the following years, scientists would go on to create vaccines to protect people against many other diseases.
Although people who oppose vaccines claim vaccines cause autism, today vaccines are responsible for numerous global public health successes. Many kinds of diseases have been prevented and millions of lives have been saved, and it is all thanks to vaccines.
(D)1. People finally developed vaccines during the fight against ______ .
A. cancer
B. cowpox
C. flu
D. smallpox
(A)2. The u nderlined word “symptoms” in Paragraph 2 means ______ .
A. signs
B. diseases
C. methods
D. causes
(C)3. Why was cowpox used to test Jenner’s theory?
A. Because Jenner himself had cowpox.
B. Because a cowpox cure had already been found.
C. Because cowpox is a disease that is similar to smallpox.
D. Because the cowpox virus was more dangerous than the smallpox virus.
(B)4. People who oppose vaccines claim ______ .
A. vaccines cause rabies
B. vaccines cause autism
C. vaccines are too expensive
D. vaccines are inconvenient
(A)5. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. The history of vaccines
B. The history of smallpox
C. How to deal with smallpox
D. How to fight against autism
C
Earbuds, earphones, or headsets —whatever you call them, headphones allow us to enjoy music or entertanment without troubling the people beside us. These listening accessories have played an important role in music and culture over the past hundred years.
Fans of live theatre in the 1890s would probably have had an electrophone. This device included a headset and was part of a telephone service where, for £5, you could call into a switchboard (总机) and listen to live performances from the comfort of your own home. While its role was similar to modern headphones, the headset on an electrophone looked more like something your doctor might use to listen to your heart and had similar sound quality to enjoy.
For this reason, Nathaniel Baldwin, an inventor, set out to make a new kind of headset, one that could make sound louder. In 1910, he succeeded in inventing the first pair of audio headphones on his kitchen table. Baldwin’s homemade headphones were a marked improvement on earlier versions but couldn’t attract any business interest.
In the 1930s and 1940s, he tried to put the product on the market in Europe, but it wasn’t until 1958 that headphones for personal use caught on. That’s when John C. Koss introduced stereophonic headphones, a creation so popular that the Beatles even had their own headphone model.
In the 1970s, headphones were quite heavy —weighing from one to two kilograms. That changed in 1979 when Sony brought out the Walkman: the first portable music listening device. Now, people could listen to music anywhere. Inventions in the 1980s and 1990s followed —Bose’s noise canceling headphones, for example —but it was Apple that turned the headphone into something else. With the introduction of its iPod, Apple’s white earbuds became highly wanted fashion accessories, To this day, the company ‘s wireless AirPods are equal parts of the fashion statement and listening devices.
Technology changes and so does headphones’ role in society. These days, when all you want to do is get away from the crowded and noisy world, headphones are there to answer the call.
(C)1. Which of the following best describes the sound quality of electrophones?
A. Excellent,
B. Perfect.
C. Poor.
D. Clear.
(B)2. What do we know about Nathaniel Baldwin?
A. He invented stereophonic headphones.
B. He invented the first pair of audio headphones.
C. He invented an electrophone including a headset.
D. He invented the first portable music listening device.
(D)3. When did headphones become popular in Europe?
A. In the 1890s.
B. In the 1930s.
C. In the 1940s.
D. In the 1950s.
(D)4. Which of the following might be the most popular with users today?
A. Electrophones.
B. Audio headphones.
C. The Walkman.
D. Wireless AirPods.
(C)5. What can we mainly learn from the passage?
A. Different styles of life.
B. Some famous inventors.
C. The history of headphones.
D. The history of music and art.
D
Suddenly a strong wind knocked Elaine off her feet. She fell over and over, moving like a hockey puck across the ice and into the flying snow. Then the wind picked her up and knocked her face down onto the ice.
Elaine was knocked down by the wind and scared to move. She looked with her eyes partly closed in order to see better, straight down into a bright blue light. Oh no! That beautiful blue was the colour of danger. It came from a deep hole below her. She was lying on a thin skin of ice above a blue crevasse.
Elaine heard something as tiny cracks spread through the ice. Icy cold went into her body. Crunch! The crust gave way slightly, and she dropped a little lower. If she broke through, she’d drop into the crevasse, where nobody would ever find her. The storm blew and Elaine thought of taking action.
Then, as quickly as it began, the wind died. In the sudden quiet, Elaine felt someone near. She looked up. Her penguin stood looking down at her. Seeing Elaine move, the bird walked away, then stopped and looked back. It seemed to be inviting her to follow.
As Elaine tried to decide on her next move, she heard something terrible. Cracks spiderwebbed around her. She made up her mind. She would trust this bird.
She spread her arms on the ice like wings, keeping her body flat and spreading her weight across the icy surface. She breathed out a steamy cloud and moved forward on her body, inching along. Ahead, the penguin left a trail between the cracks. Elaine followed the bird slowly. Icy pieces collected along her arms and hurt her nose and cheeks.
Finally, with one last pull of her arms, Elaine moved along on her hands and knees after her penguin flew onto hard, white ice. Safety! Standing on shaking legs, she turned to look back. Far away, the ice where she stayed disappeared. What she saw was just sea water.
Elaine bent over her hands on her knees. Once her heartbeat had slowed to normal, she turned toward the penguin. How could she thank her friend?
But the bird was already gone, returning its steps across the maze of cracks. As Elaine watched, the penguin stopped at a hill. It stood up on its feet, spread its wings wide and pointed its beak skyward.
“EHEHEH-UHUHUH-EHEH!” it repli ed. The amazing cry made Elaine feel touched.
She threw back her head and replied, “Oh yoyodelayeeoheoheeoheeoh!”
The penguin waited until the last sound disappeared. It looked back at Elaine across the terrible, beautiful ice. Then it was gone.
Elaine pulled out her knife and cut a strip of cloth from the bottom of her jacket. Wrapping the strip around her head, she relaxed with a deep breath, and turned at last toward McMurdo Station. She knew her way back from here.
Her penguin guide would rejoin its family for the long winter ahead. Elaine, thanks to that bird, would head home with a story that she’d never forget.
(C)1. Why was the beautiful blue the colour of danger?
A. Because it meant that nobody came to save Elaine.
B. Because it meant that Elaine stayed on a piece of ice.
C. Because it meant that the ice she was lying on was broken.
D. Because it meant that the weather was terribly cold. (C)2. The bird walked away, then stopped and looked back to
A. stay away from danger
B. find the safe way home
C. invite Elaine to follow it
D. look for something to eat
(A)3. Which is the CORRECT order of what happened to Elaine in the story?
a. Elaine followed the bird slowly.
b. Elaine moved onto hard, white ice.
c. Elaine moved forward on her body.
d. Elaine spread her arms on the ice like wings.
A. d-c-a-b
B. b-d-a-c
C. b-a-d-c
D. d-a-c- b
(D)4. Where might the penguin go in the end?
A. To the broken ice.
B. To McMurdo Station.
C. To the terribly cold sea.
D. To the other side of the hill.
(A)5. What does the passage mainly tell us about?
A. The story about a bird saving a woman.
B. The facts about where a kind bird lives.
C. The story about a woman living with a bird.
D. The facts about how humans live in cold areas.
三、七选五
根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

How to build self-confidence
These tips could help anyone who is trying to build self-confidence. Remember to always love yourself and love others as you love yourself. Try not to be so hard on yourself or others.
Choose to deal with those who can lift you up. Talk to and hang out with friends and families. Make new friends with those who love you and really care about you. ___1___ Choose your friends carefully. Be careful of people who may make you feel bad or unhappy about yourself.
Get to know yourself. What are your values, your beliefs, your morals, your wants, your needs and your tastes? ___2___ ___3___ You cannot be perfect; you can only be the best that you can be. No one in this world is perfect, so don’t blame (指责) yourself for making a mistake or not being perfect. Also, stop comparing yourself with others. ___4___ Be kind to others and do nice things for them. This will help to build your self-confidence. ___5___ You will realize that
1. G
2. F
3. B
4. D
5. E
四、回答问题
It is often said that elderly people don’t under stand young people, while many believe that children are too young to fully appreciate the wisdom of their elders. But in fact, both groups have a lot to learn from each other.
Sister Geraldine Tan runs the St. Joseph’s Home in Singapore. It’s mainly an or ganization for serving the elderly. But not all of its visitors are elderly people.
The home also includes a childcare centre for some kids between 2 months and 6 years old. At the centre of the home’s yard, there’s a playground where the elderly can play with the kids. By doing so, they can learn more about each other and gain each other s respect and understanding.
I think this is quite an interesting idea. For one thing, we live in a world where ageing societies are becoming more common. China itself is facing this problem as its population ages. It will be important for young people to be able to understand and care for the elderly in the coming decades.
Sadly, my own grandparents weren’t around when I was lite as they already passed away. I never got to learn what the world was like through their eyes, or what kinds of challenges they faced when they were at my age. Their lives will always be a mystery to me.
But I suppose I can sill learn from other people of older generations. I might find some of their ideas old fashioned, and they might believe that my generation’s way of thinking is strange or incorrect. But we can still learn from each other anywa y. 阅读短文, 回答下列问题(每题不超过9个词)。

1. Which country is the St. Joseph’s Home in?
Singapore.
2. How old are the kids in the childcare centre in the organization?
Between 2 months and 6 years old.
3. What problem is the world facing in the writer’s opinion?
Ageing societies are becoming more common. / There are more and more elderly people.
4. Why does the writer feel sad about her grandparents?
Because they already passed away when she was little.
5. What does the writer think the elderly and young people should do?
They should learn from each other.
五、首字母填空
A new term has begun. This year may be your busiest school year because you are 1. preparing for important exams.
Good study habits will help you make full 2. use of your time. Here is some advice from USA scientists.
Study the same thing in 3. different places
You may have a regular place to study a quiet room or a corner of the school library. But scientists say it helps you to remember if you study the same thing in different places. For example, you can read your Chinese textbooks in your 4. classroom and in the school garden. See if you remember what you learned better than you read the same thing 5. twice in the classroom.
Don’t just learn one skill at a time
Have you ever seen athletes training? They usually do strength, speed and skill training together, Our brain works like that too. It is 6. better at learning different skills than just one at a time. For example, if you are studying English, you may want to study vocabulary, grammar and reading all at the same time.
Space out your studying
Most of you may have had the 7. experience of studying for a long time the night before a test. That may get you a good grade in an exam, but you will soon 8. forget the things you learned. Scientists found that spacing improves your 9. ability to remember things. You can study for an hour tonight, an hour on the weekend, another hour a week from now. Then you won’t need to 10. stay up all night for a test.
牛津英语译林版九年级上册短文强化训练学生版2
一、完形填空
In the United States, Lake Tahoe is a lake that lies on the border of two states. About one third of it is in Nevada; the rest is in California. On our first ___1___ there, my wife and I discovered views that took our breath away and made us feel like we were walking around in postcards.
I ___2___ Lake Tahoe with my wife last week. It’s an excellent place with many hotels, restaurants, and shops. It’s also home to a ski resort. So we began with a four kilometre ride up to the top of a mountain where we ___3___ to have morning coffee while enjoying the scenes.
Though with much to ___4___ around the lake, we soon headed to Nevada Beach. Here, tall trees and sandy beaches join Tahoe s amazingly ___5___ water. We learned that much of the Nevada side is made up of beaches, parks, ___6___ roads.
On the second day, we discovered the most ___7___ beach on the lake. At this beach, a mountain provides the backdrop for the bright white sand. It ___8___ shows the beauty of Lake Tahoe’s wonderful clear water. In fact, it’s one of the clearest lakes in the world. For me, it was water that I just had to ___9___ in, even though i t’s icy cold all year round.
On the third day, we walked around Memorial Point Overlook. There, ___10___ a beach road, we saw surprising scenes straight out of a ___11___ —different shades of blue mixed with large rocks. Around all this are ___12___ tops that stand up to 3,000 metres above sea level. At that height, they have ___13___ on them even during the summer.
We ___14___ our final day at Kings Beach at the lake’s northern end, a popular area for water sports. We found it is also the ___15___ place to watch the sunset —a colorful way to end a great trip. As a lover of mountains and lakes, I quickly named Lake Tahoe my favourite vacation place.
1.A.time B. class C. trip D. job
2. A. looked at B. arrived at C. shouted at D. pointed at
3. A.stopped B. refused C. gave D. made
4.A.buy B. find C. see D. hear
5. A. green B. dirty C. cold D. clear
6.A.or B. so C. and D. but
7. A.beautiful B. expensive C. terrible D. serious
8.A.still B. also C. even D. instead
9. A.walk B. fly C. ride D. swim
10. A. along B. beside C. with D. for
11. A. book B. newspaper C. painting D. magazine
12. A. building B. tree C. tower D. mountain
13. A. snow B. rain C. cloud D. wind
14. A. took B. spent C. cost D. paid
15. A. careful B. powerful C. dangerous D. perfect
二、阅读理解
A
Nowadays, the Internet has become an important part of our lives. What do you often do on the Internet? Here are some
A. doctors
B. children
C. teachers
D. workers
2. What is Teens Health about?
A. How to look after pets at home.
B. How to choose a good film.
C. How to solve problems in life.
D. How to learn English.
3.Where can we learn everyday English expressions from native speakers?
A. Http: //wrw. bbe. co. uk /learningenglish.
B. Http: //eenshealth. org /teen.
C. Http: //ww. ngkids. co. uk.
D. Http: //www. mtime. com.
4. ______ is a good way to have fun on the weekend.
A. Fighting against stress
B. Learning new words
C. Going to the cinema
D. Managing feelings
5. Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
A. We can’t find Guinness World Records on NG Kids.
B. A film with a rating between 6 and 7 is worth seeing.
C. We can watch English films on BBC Learning English.
D. Sometimes we feel upset when we meet changes in life.
B
More than two thousand years ago, a disease appeared in Egypt. Infected people developed fevers and rashes, and about three out of every ten of these people died. Many people who got well from the disease had lasting scars, and some were left blind. The disease was smallpox, and the fight against this disease finally led to the development of vaccines.
In early eighteenth-century Europe, one of the first methods for controlling the spread of smallpox was put into action. Material from smallpox sores was given to people who had never had the disease through scratches on the arm. The healthy person would develop light symptoms of the disease and then be safe. This worked pretty well, but it wasn’t a perfect solution. Up to three per cent of people would still die after being infected with the virus.
Decades later, when English doctor Edward Jenner was at a young age, he heard a dairymaid said, “I shall never have smallpox, for I had cowpox.” Cowpox is a disease that is similar to smallpox, but it is lighter and mostly infects cows. After he became a doctor, Jenner decided to test whether the cowpox virus could be used to protect against smallpox.
In 1796, Jenner used cowpox to treat an eight year old boy. After a few days of fever and discomfort, the boy recovered. A few months later, Jenner treated him again, this time with smallpox. The boy did not get sick. Jenner S plan had worked. The boy was immune to the disease, and Jenner had invented the world’s first vaccine.
After Jenner’s discovery, it took many years for scientists to develop new vaccines.French chemist Louis Pasteur developed a vaccine for rabies. Over the course of the following years, scientists would go on to create vaccines to protect people against many other diseases.
Although people who oppose vaccines claim vaccines cause autism, today vaccines are responsible for numerous global public health successes. Many kinds of diseases have been prevented and millions of lives have been saved, and it is all thanks to vaccines.
1. People finally developed vaccines during the fight against ______ .
A. cancer
B. cowpox
C. flu
D. smallpox
2. The underlined word “symptoms” in Paragraph 2 means ______ .
A. signs
B. diseases
C. methods
D. causes
3. Why was cowpox used to test Jenner’s theory?
A. Because Jenner himself had cowpox.
B. Because a cowpox cure had already been found.
C. Because cowpox is a disease that is similar to smallpox.
D. Because the cowpox virus was more dangerous than the smallpox virus.
4. People who oppose vaccines claim ______ .
A. vaccines cause rabies
B. vaccines cause autism
C. vaccines are too expensive
D. vaccines are inconvenient
5. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. The history of vaccines
B. The history of smallpox
C. How to deal with smallpox
D. How to fight against autism
C
Earbuds, earphones, or headsets —whatever you call them, headphones allow us to enjoy music or entertanment without troubling the people beside us. These listening accessories have played an important role in music and culture over the past hundred years.
Fans of live theatre in the 1890s would probably have had an electrophone. This device included a headset and was part of a telephone service where, for £5, you could call into a switchboard (总机) and listen to live performances from the comfort of your own home. While its role was similar to modern headphones, the headset on an electrophone looked more like something your doctor might use to listen to your heart and had similar sound quality to enjoy.
For this reason, Nathaniel Baldwin, an inventor, set out to make a new kind of headset, one that could make sound louder. In 1910, he succeeded in inventing the first pair of audio headphones on his kitchen table. Baldwin’s homemade headphones were a marked improvement on earlier versions but couldn’t attract any business interest.
In the 1930s and 1940s, he tried to put the product on the market in Europe, but it wasn’t until 1958 that headphones for personal use caught on. That’s when John C. Koss introduced stereophonic headphones, a creation so popular that the Beatles even had their own headphone model.
In the 1970s, headphones were quite heavy —weighing from one to two kilograms. That changed in 1979 when Sony brought out the Walkman: the first portable music listening device. Now, people could listen to music anywhere. Inventions in the 1980s and 1990s followed —Bose’s noise canceling headphones, for example —but it was Apple that turned the headphone into something else. With the introduction of its iPod, Apple’s white earbuds became highly wanted fashion accessories, To this day, the company ‘s wireless AirPods are equal parts of the fashion statement and listening devices.
Technology changes and so does headphones’ role in society. These days, when all you want to do is get away from the crowded and noisy world, headphones are there to answer the call.
1. Which of the following best describes the sound quality of electrophones?
A. Excellent,
B. Perfect.
C. Poor.
D. Clear.
2. What do we know about Nathaniel Baldwin?
A. He invented stereophonic headphones.
B. He invented the first pair of audio headphones.
C. He invented an electrophone including a headset.
D. He invented the first portable music listening device.
3. When did headphones become popular in Europe?
A. In the 1890s.
B. In the 1930s.
C. In the 1940s.
D. In the 1950s.
4. Which of the following might be the most popular with users today?
A. Electrophones.
B. Audio headphones.
C. The Walkman.
D. Wireless AirPods.
5. What can we mainly learn from the passage?
A. Different styles of life.
B. Some famous inventors.
C. The history of headphones.
D. The history of music and art.
D
Suddenly a strong wind knocked Elaine off her feet. She fell over and over, moving like a hockey puck across the ice and into the flying snow. Then the wind picked her up and knocked her face down onto the ice.
Elaine was knocked down by the wind and scared to move. She looked with her eyes partly closed in order to see better, straight down into a bright blue light. Oh no! That beautiful blue was the colour of danger. It came from a deep hole below her. She was lying on a thin skin of ice above a blue crevasse.
Elaine heard something as tiny cracks spread through the ice. Icy cold went into her body. Crunch! The crust gave way slightly, and she dropped a little lower. If she broke through, she’d drop into the crevasse, where nobody would ever find her. The storm blew and Elaine thought of taking action.
Then, as quickly as it began, the wind died. In the sudden quiet, Elaine felt someone near. She looked up. Her penguin stood looking down at her. Seeing Elaine move, the bird walked away, then stopped and looked back. It seemed to be inviting her to follow.
As Elaine tried to decide on her next move, she heard something terrible. Cracks spiderwebbed around her. She made up her mind. She would trust this bird.。