人教版英语九年级SectionB话题阅读

Section B话题阅读

一、从方框内选择适当的单词，并用其正确形式完成下面的短文。

by，taste，use，difficult，w ho，pick，learn，scoop，to，foreigner

The Chinese invented chopsticks.Chopsticks are __1__ for eating in China.When having dinner with Chinese friends，it is always better for foreigners to try __2__ how

to use ing chopsticks to eat rice is a problem for most __3__．My advice on eating rice with chopsticks is to bring your rice bowl close to your mouth and quickly __4__ the rice into it with your chopsticks.

Chinese people think you can't enjoy the __5__ of Chinese food if you don't use ing two chopsticks to __6__ up rice and little pieces of meat and vegetables is actually not a __7__ thing.In fact，there are foreigners __8__ can use

chopsticks as well as the Chinese.

According __9__ superstition(迷信)，if you are given a pair of chopsticks，and the two chopsticks are not the same size __10__ accident，it means you are going to miss a boat，plane or train.Besides that，dropping chopsticks may bring bad luck.

1._used_

2._learning_

3._foreigners_

4._scoop_

5._taste_

6._pick_

7._difficult_

8._who_

9._to_10._by_

二、阅读理解。

“Life is speeding up.Everyone is getting unwell.”This may sound like

something someone would say today.But in fact，an unknown person wrote it.

Inventions can change our lives.But have all these things really improved our lives？Imagine this.You're doing your homework on the computer.Your mobile phone rings and the noise from the television is getting louder and louder.Suddenly the computer is turned off and you lost all your work.How do you feel？Inventions have speeded up our lives，but they often leave us feeling tired.

One family in England went “back in time”to see what life was like without these inventions.The grandparents，with their daughter and grandsons Ben 10 and Tom 7，spent nice weeks in an old house.They had no computers or mobile