九年级 Unit 1主题阅读
I语法填空
Nelson Mandela, born in South Africa on 18 July, 1918, had a strong personality even when he was a child. He threw himself into the career of the (1)________ (nation) freedom all his life.
Mandela was educated at University College of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand in 1942. On 12 June, 1964, Mandela (2)_________ (send) to prison. He stayed in prison (3)________ 27 years but he never changed his great dream, which was (4)________ (build) a new, equal and free South Africa. (5)_______ (final), he was out of prison on 18 February, 1990. In 1991, he became President of the ANC (非洲国民大会). Three years (6)________ (late), the ANC won the general election, and Mandela became the (7)______ (one) black president in the history of South Africa.
In his lifetime, he won nearly 100 awards. In 1993, he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Mandela also paid close attention to AIDS (8)________ he set up AIDS foundation (基金会) named after him. Now, the birthday of Mandela became (9)_________ international festival – the International Mandela Day.
On 5 December, 2013, the great man died in one of the (10)_______ (capital) of South Africa, Johannesburg.
II 完形填空
The best ideas are often the ones that come out of a need. One such 1.
_______ is circlesoaps. They were invented by 7-year-old Carter Rowen who wanted to make it 2._______ to hold his soap, so he invented the circlesoap.
The circlesoap comes in different 3._____ and shapes. Young children love them. They enjoy washing their hands with these 4.______ soaps. And it is really easier for them to hold these soaps.
Carter Rowen is 10 years old now. “One day, I was playing with a piece of soap in our bathroom. I made a hole in the middle of it. My mum saw it and told me to stop 5.______ the soap. However, after a few days, when my little sisters were using the soap, I 6._________ it became easier for them to hold the soap with money to buy the homeless people an apartment so that they 8.______ live there for free,” said Carter excitedly.
Now Carter has made some money by selling circlesoaps. 9._______ he has bought a lot of everyday things for homeless people with the money. He is
10._________ to help more homeless people. Now the clever boy is working on several other new inventions.
1. A. product B. stuff C. invention D.word
2. A.lighter B.easier C .heavier D. softer
3. A. names B.prices C.weights D.colors
4. A. sweet B. wonderful C.tiny D.cheap
5. A. wasting ing C.making D.carrying
6. A.knew B.guessed C.found D.wondered
7. A.pictures B.holes C.flowers D.rings
8. A. might B.would C. could D.should
9. A. But B.Because C.Although D. And
10. A.trying B.turning C. aiming D.becoming
III.阅读理解
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Singapore was just a sleepy city in South-east Asia more than 50 years ago. But the small dot on the world map has since developed into one of the richest nations thanks to its founder and first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, the father of the state, who passed away on March 23，2015 at the age of 91.
Lee grew up in the Singapore that was part of the British Empire. As a law major who graduated from Cambridge University and the founder of the People's Action Party, he became Singapore's first Prime Minister in 1959 when British agreed to the island's self-rule.
