九年级英语上册周练二单元话题阅读新版冀教版

周练二单元话题阅读

Passage 1

(2013襄阳)

Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist (钢琴家) who grew up in Shenyang.He

went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight.“You need fortune (机会,

运气).” His father said,“But 1 you don't work hard,no fortune will come.”

What made him sad was that his piano teacher in Beijing didn't like him.“You

have no 2 .You will never be a pianist.” As a nine-year-old boy,Lang Lang was

badly 3 .He decided that he didn't want to be a pianist any more.For the next

two weeks,he didn't touch the piano.Wisely,his father didn't 4,but waited.

Luckily,the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs.He

didn't want to,but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys,he 5 that he could

show others that he had talent after all.That day he told his father that he wanted to 6 with a new teacher.From that point on everything turned around!

He started 7 competitions.In the 1994 International Young Pianists

Competition,when it was announced that Lang Lang had won,he was too 8 to hold

back his tears.Soon it was clear that he couldn't stay in China forever.He had to play on the world stages.In 1997 he 9 again,this time to Philadelphia,US.There

he spent two years practicing,and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to come.After his 10 performance at Chicago's Ravinia Festival,many gigs (特邀

演出) ng Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune comes to him,and lets him shine.

( A )1.A.if B.unless

C.when

D.since

( D )2.A.piano B.knowledge

C.fortune

D.talent

( A )3.A.hurt B.ill

C.broken

D.scared

( B )4.A.hear B.push

C.eat

D.sleep

( A )5.A.realized B.explained

C.forgot

D.noticed

( C )6.A.argue B.dance

C.study

D.interview

( A )7.A.winning B.beating

C.watching

D.refusing

( D )8.A.annoyed B.mad

C.tired

D.excited

( C )9.A.stared B.left

C.moved

D.performed

B.meaningful

( C )10.A.helpful

C.successful

eful

Passage 2

(2014巴中)

The designer of the Apple Computer,Steve Jobs,was not quite successful in his early years.He was not among the best students at school,and from time to time he got into trouble with either his schoolmates or his teachers.But he was full of new ideas,which few people saw the value of.Things remained the same when he went up

to college and he dropped out(退学) halfway.

Steve Jobs worked first as a video game designer at Atari.He worked there for

only a few months and then he set out to tour India.He hoped that the trip would give him more ideas and give him a change in life for the better.

After he returned from India,he began to live on a farm in California.And then,in 1975,Steve Jobs set about making a new type of computer.Along with his friend Stephen Wozniak,he designed the Apple Computer in his bedroom and built it in his garage(车库).He gave the name “Apple”because it reminded him of a happy summer he once spent on an orchard(果园) in Oregon.

His Apple Computer was so successful that Steve Jobs soon became worldwide famous.But unluckily,he died of illness in 2011.

( B )11.Steve Jobs when he was at school.

A.was an outstanding student

B.wasn't the best student

C.didn't learn anything

( B )12.The underlined word “value” means .

A.chance

B.importance

C.hope

( C )13.Steve Jobs .

A.received excellent college education

B.didn't go to college at all

C.didn't finish his college education

( B )14.Steve Jobs named his computer “Apple” because .

A.apple was his favorite fruit

B.he wanted to remember the happy time on the orchard

C.the computer was designed on the orchard

( C )15.Steve Jobs' would be the most important thing for his lifetime success.

A.stay on the orchard

B.travel in India

C.new ideas