九年级上册英语课文改编的阅读题

九年级上册课文改编的阅读题

Cartoon heroes

Nemo, a cute orange-and white fish, and Shrek, a huge green monster have won the hearts of young people in China and all over the world. The heroes of popular cartoons are everywhere, on office desks, handbags, and computer screens.

But there some cartoon favourites which are older. The cartoon of the Monkey King has just had his "40th birthday". Called Havoc in Heaven, it tells the story of a monkey who leads a group of monkeys against the rule of the Emperor in heaven. He flies into a peach garden and eats as many as he likes. He makes a mess in each room in heaven. But it is above all the jokes played by the monkey that people remembered. "Havoc in Heaven" has become a common expression used by a parent or a boss when they return to the house or office and see a mess.

Another favourite who has celebrated an important birthday in China is a reporter with red hair and a small white dog. Tintin has travelled to the jungles, the backstreet of Shanghai and even the surface of the moon. Tintin has been popular for 75 years, ever since Belgian cartoonist Herge invented the character in 1929. His books have been translated into more than 50 languages, and about 200 million copies have been sold. In December 1984 the whole series of Tintin began to be published in China. Many Chinese still keep collections of these black- and- white Tintin books. There are several fan clubs in China which have held birthday parties for Tintin in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing and Wuhan.

Finally, Snoopy, Charlie Brown's lovable dog who lives in his own private dream world, also had his "50th birthday" celebrated by China's Snoopy fans in 2000.

"I didn't draw the cartoons only for children Adults who have experienced life understand them better." said the late Charles Schulz, cartoons of Snoopy and the Peanuts cartoons.

1. How many American cartoon characters are mentioned in the article? 5

hasn't been to China, has he? Yes, he has.

Feed me better

Jamie Oliver is a young cook who wants to improve school dinners. In 2005 he went back to school to see what the children were eating.

What’s on the menu?

Jamie asked the children what their meals were like. “We have hamburgers and chips, or pizza”they told him,” and sometimes there is fruit, but we prefer ice cream. “Jamie thought the menu was terrible. The children were eating junk food, and it was a problem. Junk food isn’t just bad for the whose midday meals were unhealthy were difficult to teach in the afternoon. Teachers said that children behaved very badly after lunch.

Improving school meals

When Jamie took vegetables into class, the children didn’t know what they were. Jamie realized that the children didn’t know about healthy food. Then he talked to the people who worked in the kitchens. He found out that they didn’t know enough about food and health, and they didn’t have very much money to spend.

What is healthy food

He decided to teach the cooks and the children about healthy food .It was hard wrok! He cooked healthy meals for them including meat，rice, pasta and vegetable, but a lot of the teenagers refused