1、第21课时九年级(全)Units 1112一、阅读理解AMeiyu, born in 1991, is from Turkey(土耳其). She is the youngest child of her family. After high school, many people learned English or Japanese, but Meiyu decided to learn Chinese in university. She learned Chinese for four years in Ankara University in Turkey, and got her
2、name Meiyu there.Meiyu fell in love with Chinese after going to university. She became more interested after she knew more about Chinese history. In the beginning many people did not understand her decision. But they all said Meiyu had made a right choice when she graduated from university in 2013.
3、Since then, more Chinese have been visiting Turkey. The trade between the two countries also requires Chinese-speaking people. “Speaking Chinese means more job opportunities,”said Meiyu.Now Meiyu has been in Wuhan, China for about two years. Besides going on studying Chinese, she shows great interes
4、t in Chinese kung fu as well, so she spends her free time on kung fu training with her coaches. Not only can kung fu help improve her health, but she is also fascinated by the history and culture behind it. Meiyu said,“The more I know about China, the luckier I feel to have been here. But the truth
5、is that fun and pain go together in the process of learning.”Meiyu will graduate in June this year. Her friends want her to stay in China, but her parents hope she can come back home. Meiyu thinks it is difficult to decide. “Even if I go back to Turkey, I will choose Chinese language education as my
6、 job,”said Meiyu.根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。1.Where did Meiyu learn Chinese for four years?A.In China.B.In Turkey.C.In India.D.In Australia.2.Whats probably the meaning of the word“opportunities”in this passage?A.观点B.顺序C.机会D.组织3.Why does Meiyu spend her free time on kung fu training with her coaches?A.Because sh
7、e is interested in kung fu.B.Because she has to learn kung fu to graduate.C.Because she wants to teach kung fu in Turkey.D.Because she wants to take part in kung fu competitions.4.Who wants Meiyu to come back home after her graduation in June?A.Her parents.B.Her friends.C.Her relatives.D.Her classma
8、tes.5.What can you learn from the passage?A.Meiyu lost courage when she was in Wuhan.B.Chinese culture has greatly influenced Meiyu.C.Its easy for Meiyu to choose whether to stay in China or not.D.Many people didnt accept Meiyus decision on education in 2013.B(2023河南郑州二模)Few people can stop themselv
9、es from looking at pictures of cute animals. Take the Internet sensation(引起轰动的人或物)Sally chicken as an example. The chicken with a yellow body and a flat mouth always looks lovely. Seeing her cute pictures cheers people up. But theres another benefit of cuteness.New research has found that looking at
10、 cute pictures of animals can also help us concentrate(专注)better. The study comes from researchers at Hiroshima University in Japan. They invited 132 university students to take part in some experiments. In one experiment, students were asked to find a given number from a list of numbers within a ti
11、me limit. They performed the given tasks twicebefore and after looking at seven pictures of either baby cats and baby dogs, or cats and dogs. Researchers were surprised to find that students who were shown cute baby animal pictures made fewer mistakes.However, baby animals look both “cuter” and more
12、“pleasant”than adult animals. What if the test difference came from their being “pleasant”? To find the answer, the researchers chose some food pictures which looked pleasant but not cute, and gave them to another group of students. But seeing the foods did not make the students perform any better i
13、n the number test. This finding suggests that seeing cute pictures makes students behave more deliberately and perform tasks with greater time and care.The “power of cuteness” could be of great use. Think about situations in which people need to act carefully: driving, office work and exams. “In my
14、first year of high school, I brought small plastic toys to school during tests. I would set them up in a row on my desk, facing me, and then get busy answering exam questions,”Susana Martinez-Conde wrote in Scientific American.根据材料内容选择最佳答案。6.Why is Sally chicken mentioned in the first paragraph?A.Sh
15、e is the main character.B.She is a lovely Internet sensation.C.She is used to introduce the topic of the passage.D.She is popular to cheer people up on the Internet.7.Whats that main finding of the study at Hiroshima University?A.Seeing cute animals could cheer people up.B.Seeing pleasant things hel
16、ps people concentrate better.C.Seeing pictures of cats and dogs helps people perform better.D.Seeing cute things could help people focus on something better.8.The underlined word “deliberately” has the closest meaning to “”.A.happilyB.correctlyC.activelyD.carefully9.What do Martinez-Condes words tell us?A.It is popular for students to have toys.B.It is powerful for stude