新目标英语九年级Unit 2同步阅读（含答案）
Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark.
1
选择适合的词语完成下面的短文。
These days computer games have become more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along busy streets have into computer game houses in order to get ’s and at last they even can’ They result is that some people don’’t set their mind on their lessons. When school is over, they rush to the computer game houses near their to get the money. So they steal others’ money and become bad.
Computer game addiction (上瘾) is a serous problem in our life. Something has to be done to
( ) 1. A. got B. became C. changed D. gone
( ) 2. A. boys B. money C. computers D. houses
( ) 3. A. take B. spend C. cost D. pay
( ) 4. A. time B. easy C. good D. hard
( ) 5. A. lose B. make C. pay D. miss
( ) 6. A. with B. for C. without D. by
( ) 7. A. live B. play C. win D. work
( ) 8. A. even worse B. changed C. better D. well
( ) 9. A. happy enough B. enough lucky C. enough happy D. lucky enough
( ) 10. A. close B. keep C. develop D. stop
2
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of September 2, 1666. In four days it destroyed (毁坏) more than three quarters of the old city, where most of those houses were built out of wood and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless but only few lost their lives. The first started on Sunday morning. By eight o’clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings.
The fire stopped only when the king finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path (路线) of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.
( ) 1. September 2, 1666 was _________.
A. Sunday B. Monday C. Tuesday D. Wednesday
( ) 2. The Great Fire of London destroyed more than ___________ of the old city.
A. 25 percent B. 30 percent C. half D. 75 percent
( ) 3. It was easy for the houses to catch fire because most of them were made of ________ and
they ________ near each other.
A. wooden, are B. wood, stood C. stones, were D. bricks, lay
( ) 4. The fire finally was out because there wasn’t ______ left to burn in ______.
A. nothing, the fire B. anything, the city
C. anything, the path of the fire D. something, the streets
( ) 5. The fire lasted _________.
A. two days B. more than four days C. three days D. half a month
3
阅读短文，选择正确答案。
“Depend on yourself” is what nature says to every man. Parents can help you. Teachers can help you. Others still can help you. But all these only help you to help yourself.
There have been many great men in history. But many of them were very poor in childhood, and had no uncles, aunts or friends to help them. They couldn’t depend on them for education. They saw it was, and began to work with their efforts. To know something, they worked their own way up to fame (荣誉).
One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupil, “I can’t make worthy men of you, but I can help you make men of yourselves.”
Some young men are the best in anything, and they are so be pitied (值得同情的). They can never do things successfully if they don’t see their weak points and change their courses (做法). They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as they live if they don’t follow the advice of their parents and teachers, and depend on their own efforts.
( ) 1. “Depend on yourself” in this passage means ___________.
A. depend on your own efforts B. depend on nature
C. wait for others to help D. depend on your parents
( ) 2. Many of the great men in history succeeded because ____________.
A. they were very poor in childhood
B. they could not depend on schools for an education
C. they made great efforts to learn and work
D. they wanted very much to become famous
( ) 3. According to the famous teacher in England, a teacher can _________.
A. make his pupil worthy men
B. teach his pupils everything he knows
C. help his pupils make themselves useful men
D. make his pupils men of strength and courage
( ) 4. If young people depend on their own efforts, ___________.
A. they are to be pitied
B. they can never be successful
C. they are nothing now and will be nothing in the future
D. they can be successful in their work
( ) 5. The main idea of the passage is that ___________.
A. we should depend on our parents and teachers
B. we can depend on our friends and relatives
C. all great men in history were poor when they were young
D. we can’t depend on our parents or teachers, but we can get advice from them
4
阅读短文，选择正确答案。
Computer programmer David Jones earns £ 36,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot prepared to let him have a cheque card. Instead, he had been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.
The 16-year-old boy works for a small firm (= business company) in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm produces two new games for the development of home computer market each month.
But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. In spite of his salary, earned by inventing new programs within tight schedules (= plans), with bonus (奖金) payments, he canno9t drive a car, take out a mortgage (抵押), or obtain credit (贷款) cards.
He lives with his parents in their council house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver, His company has to pay £ 150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.
David got his job with the Liverpool-based company a few months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levers (ordinary levels) and working for a time in a computer shop: “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some program,” he said.
“I suppose £ 35,000 sounds a lot but actually that is pessimistic (悲观的). I hope it will come to more that this year.” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother £ 20 a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.
“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young anyway.”
David added, “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”
( ) 1. Why is David different from other young people of his age?
A. He earns an extremely high salary. B. He is not unemployed.
C. He does not go out much. D. He lives at home with his parents.
( ) 2. David’s greatest problem is how to ___________.
A. make the banks treat him as an adult B. invent computer games
C. spend his salary D. learn to drive
( ) 3. He was employed by the company because ___________.
A. he had worked in a computer shop B. he had written some computer programs
C. he worked very hard D. he had learnt to use computers at school
( ) 4. He left school after taking O-levels because ____________.
A. he didn’t enjoy school education at all
B. he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him
C. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing
D. he wanted to earn a lot of money
( ) 5. Why does David think he might retire early?
A. He has to be young to write computer programs.
B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
C. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.
D. He thinks his firm might go bankrupt (破产).
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新目标英语九年级Unit 2同步阅读（含答案）
Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark.
1
选择适合的词语完成下面的短文。
These days computer games have become more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along busy streets have into computer game houses in order to get ’s and at last they even can’ They result is that some people don’’t set their mind on their lessons. When school is over, they rush to the computer game houses near their to get the money. So they steal others’ money and become bad.
Computer game addiction (上瘾) is a serous problem in our life. Something has to be done to
( ) 1. A. got B. became C. changed D. gone
( ) 2. A. boys B. money C. computers D. houses
( ) 3. A. take B. spend C. cost D. pay
( ) 4. A. time B. easy C. good D. hard
( ) 5. A. lose B. make C. pay D. miss
( ) 6. A. with B. for C. without D. by
( ) 7. A. live B. play C. win D. work
( ) 8. A. even worse B. changed C. better D. well
( ) 9. A. happy enough B. enough lucky C. enough happy D. lucky enough
( ) 10. A. close B. keep C. develop D. stop
2
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of September 2, 1666. In four days it destroyed (毁坏) more than three quarters of the old city, where most of those houses were built out of wood and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless but only few lost their lives. The first started on Sunday morning. By eight o’clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings.
The fire stopped only when the king finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path (路线) of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.
( ) 1. September 2, 1666 was _________.
A. Sunday B. Monday C. Tuesday D. Wednesday
( ) 2. The Great Fire of London destroyed more than ___________ of the old city.
A. 25 percent B. 30 percent C. half D. 75 percent
( ) 3. It was easy for the houses to catch fire because most of them were made of ________ and
they ________ near each other.
A. wooden, are B. wood, stood C. stones, were D. bricks, lay
( ) 4. The fire finally was out because there wasn’t ______ left to burn in ______.
A. nothing, the fire B. anything, the city
C. anything, the path of the fire D. something, the streets
( ) 5. The fire lasted _________.
A. two days B. more than four days C. three days D. half a month
3
阅读短文，选择正确答案。
“Depend on yourself” is what nature says to every man. Parents can help you. Teachers can help you. Others still can help you. But all these only help you to help yourself.
There have been many great men in history. But many of them were very poor in childhood, and had no uncles, aunts or friends to help them. They couldn’t depend on them for education. They saw it was, and began to work with their efforts. To know something, they worked their own way up to fame (荣誉).
One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupil, “I can’t make worthy men of you, but I can help you make men of yourselves.”
Some young men are the best in anything, and they are so be pitied (值得同情的). They can never do things successfully if they don’t see their weak points and change their courses (做法). They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as they live if they don’t follow the advice of their parents and teachers, and depend on their own efforts.
( ) 1. “Depend on yourself” in this passage means ___________.
A. depend on your own efforts B. depend on nature
C. wait for others to help D. depend on your parents
( ) 2. Many of the great men in history succeeded because ____________.
A. they were very poor in childhood
B. they could not depend on schools for an education
C. they made great efforts to learn and work
D. they wanted very much to become famous
( ) 3. According to the famous teacher in England, a teacher can _________.
A. make his pupil worthy men
B. teach his pupils everything he knows
C. help his pupils make themselves useful men
D. make his pupils men of strength and courage
( ) 4. If young people depend on their own efforts, ___________.
A. they are to be pitied
B. they can never be successful
C. they are nothing now and will be nothing in the future
D. they can be successful in their work
( ) 5. The main idea of the passage is that ___________.
A. we should depend on our parents and teachers
B. we can depend on our friends and relatives
C. all great men in history were poor when they were young
D. we can’t depend on our parents or teachers, but we can get advice from them
4
阅读短文，选择正确答案。
Computer programmer David Jones earns £ 36,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot prepared to let him have a cheque card. Instead, he had been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.
The 16-year-old boy works for a small firm (= business company) in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm produces two new games for the development of home computer market each month.
But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. In spite of his salary, earned by inventing new programs within tight schedules (= plans), with bonus (奖金) payments, he canno9t drive a car, take out a mortgage (抵押), or obtain credit (贷款) cards.
He lives with his parents in their council house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver, His company has to pay £ 150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.
David got his job with the Liverpool-based company a few months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levers (ordinary levels) and working for a time in a computer shop: “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some program,” he said.
“I suppose £ 35,000 sounds a lot but actually that is pessimistic (悲观的). I hope it will come to more that this year.” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother £ 20 a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.
“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young anyway.”
David added, “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”
( ) 1. Why is David different from other young people of his age?
A. He earns an extremely high salary. B. He is not unemployed.
C. He does not go out much. D. He lives at home with his parents.
( ) 2. David’s greatest problem is how to ___________.
A. make the banks treat him as an adult B. invent computer games
C. spend his salary D. learn to drive
( ) 3. He was employed by the company because ___________.
A. he had worked in a computer shop B. he had written some computer programs
C. he worked very hard D. he had learnt to use computers at school
( ) 4. He left school after taking O-levels because ____________.
A. he didn’t enjoy school education at all
B. he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him
C. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing
D. he wanted to earn a lot of money
( ) 5. Why does David think he might retire early?
A. He has to be young to write computer programs.
B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
C. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.
D. He thinks his firm might go bankrupt (破产).
Keys
1 CBBDA CDADD
2 ADBCB
3 ACCDD
4 ACBBC