1、1第 17 课时 九年级上册 Modules 78一、阅读理解(2018山东德州一模)What is the bestselling book in the world? Is it the Harry Potter series or Secret Garden? According to the Guinness World Records, the Xinhua Dictionary, published by the Commercial Press in China, is the worlds most popular dictionary and the bestselling
2、book.In 1950, Chinese language experts(专家) and scholars, Wei Jiangong and Ye Shengtao, started to edit(编辑) the Xinhua Dictionary. There were a lot of discussions, research and paper work. Some hand scripts(稿件) were checked again and again like compositions, peoples daily reported. Many peoples hard
3、work and interesting stories went into making the dictionary.In 1953, the first Xinhua Dictionary was published. Today, 567 million copies of the dictionary have been sold worldwide.However, revisions(修订) to the dictionary continue to be made. According to Yu Guilin from Commercial Press, editors(编辑
4、) usually summarize(总结) the meaning of words again while revising. If the example sentences are out of date, editors need to have experiences and make new examples. “To give a correct explanation of the word 焗油(deep condition)，one editor went to a barber shop(理发店) to experience it for himself，” Yu t
5、old the Beijing Times. So far, the Xinhua dictionary has been revised 11 times.To keep up with the times, some popular and widely used internet words are also added to the dictionary. For example, in the 11th edition, the phrases“晒工资(show off salary)”and “晒照片(show off pictures)” were included.All th
6、ese efforts create the “National Dictionary” of China. The Xinhua Dictionary is not only a useful tool for generations of Chinese people. It also helps foreigners who are learning the Chinese language and culture.1According to Guinness World Records, the bestselling book is ASecret GardenBthe Harry
7、Potter seriesCthe Xinhua DictionaryDGuinness Book of World Records22Whats the meaning of the underlined word “scholars” in the second paragraph?A校长 B学长 C学生 D学者3Which of the following is NOT true about the first Xinhua Dictionary?AThe editors had a lot of discussions, did research and paper work.BWei
8、 Jiangong and Ye Shengtao edited it.CThe first Xinhua Dictionary was published in 1950.DThe editors checked the hand scripts again and again.4While revising the dictionary, the editors Ajust need to read and correct the printing mistakesBhave to change all the examples of the wordsChave to go to a b
9、arber shop to experience deep conditioningDmake new example for the words5According to the article, the Xinhua Dictionary Ahas to include Internet wordsBtries to keep up with the timesCis better than other dictionariesDhas little help for foreign learners二、综合填空阅读下面短文，根据短文内容， 从每个方框内所给 11 个词汇中选择 10 个意
10、义相符的词汇，必要时可加情态动词或者助动词，进行词形变化，填入空白处。(2018山东德州临邑洛北中学第二次练兵)go be drive run climb sleep do get stop stay walkOne morning while Officer Vogel was on his coffee break in a restaurant, a man 1. in and yelled. “Officer! A little kid is driving a car down the street！”He ran out at once and saw a car 2. slowl
11、y, but it was going very straight. He jumped into his police car and followed it. When the car 3. ， Officer Vogel looked inside. The driver was a little boy. His name was Rocco and was only 5. In the back seat 4. his twoyearold sister. Both children were crying.“I want my mummy！” the boy cried. “But
12、 she isnt here.” Then he had an idea. “Just a minute.” He told Officer Vogel. “I can 5. . Ill go to get her by car.”“No！” Officer Vogel said. “6. with me！” Then he drove them to the police 3station and called their mother. It was seven that morning. Rocoos father was at work and his mother 7. . Rocc
13、o saw the keys on top of the refrigerator. He 8. on a chair, and took the keys, then Rocco got into the car and started the engine(引擎 ). When Roccos sister heard the engine she ran to the car and cried. She wanted 9. into the car too. Newspapers and TV stations heard about Rocco, and a lot of report
14、ers went to his house. A reporter asked Rocco, “Can you tell me what you 10. when you grow up？”“To be a truck driver，” he said, smiling. 三、阅读表达(2019预测)All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports can help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer.Many people like to watch others play ga
15、mes. They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when “their” player or team wins.Sports change with the seasons. People play different games in winter and summer. Swimming is fun in warm weather, but skating is good in winter.Some sports are so interesting
16、that people everywhere go in for them.Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China or Australia! And think of people in cold countries. Think how many p
17、eople love to skate in Japan or Canada.Some sports or games go back to thousands of years ago, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is 120 years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all th
18、e time. Waterskiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together they often become good friends. Sports help to train a persons character. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride
19、 and to lose with grace(体面)阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。 1Why do some people get excited when they watch a game?42True or false.(“T”代表正确，“F”代表错误)The history of basketball is more than 120 years.( )3Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.4What kind of countries do you think swimming is popular？(At least
20、2 kind of countries.)5Give a proper title(题目) to the passage.四、书面表达(2018山东德州临邑洛北中学第二次模拟)联合国教科文组织统计显示，北欧国家国民每年读书 24本左右，美国人年均阅读 7 本书，韩国人 11 本书，日本、法国国民每年读书数量为 8.4 本左右，而中国国民人均读书数量低于 5 本你的阅读量是多少？作为一名中学生，你应该怎么做？请根据下列表格中所给要点，写一篇英语短文。要点读书好1. 书籍是良师益友；2.获取知识带来快乐好读书 3.让读书成为日常行为读好书4.选择对自己有益的书；5.一本好书改变人的一生要求：1语言
21、通顺，要点齐全，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范；2文中不得出现真实的姓名和学校名称；380100 词，文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。Nowadays，reading is becoming more and more popular among us. 56参考答案一、CDCDB二、1.ran 2.going 3.stopped/was stopped 4.was 5.drive 6.Stay 7.was sleeping 8.climbed 9to get 10.will do三、1.Because their favorite team wins.2F3无论是在中国还是澳大利亚，跳到池塘或湖
22、中游泳是多么有乐趣啊！4In the countries near the sea; In the countries with many rivers.5Sports四、 Nowadays, reading is becoming more and more popular among us. People often say that gold and silver are the most valuable things in the world. But I dont think so. In my opinion, to read books is more valuable tha
23、n anything else. The old saying “To open a book is always helpful” clearly tells us how good it is to read a book. Books are our friends. They introduce us different kinds of knowledge. They lead us down the road to success. Books are our teachers. They teach us truth, science, literature, and philo
24、sophy of life. Besides, they increase our knowledge, enlarge our experience, strengthen our character and do many other things which we can not do without them. Books tell us what is good and what is evil. And only books can tell the good from the bad. Therefore to read more books is the best policy for our young students. As a middle school student, I think we should read more books. Reading is good for our physical and mental health. Lets be active readers and enjoy reading.
