九年级英语下册Unit 4 Life on Mars Study skills同步训练（牛津版）.doc

Unit 4 Study skills 一、选择题。 ( )1.________ number of the students _________ very large in our school. A.A,are B.A,is C.The,are D.The,is ( )2.Only ________ of the students have passed the English exam. A.two fives B.second fives C.two fifth D.two-fifths ( )3. --- The song ____ the old days and the love of family. --- Sure. It’s my favorite song. A. helps me out B. reminds us of C. lets us down D. regards us as ( )4.Are you aware ________ the risk of swimming alone in the big river? A.of B.with C.for D.from ( )5.There is not any water __________ air on the Moon. A.and B.but C.or D.not 二．阅读理解 Chinese space lover Wang Yuan has been chosen as one of the volunteers for the Mars-500 test project. He was very happy to be chosen and will accept the challenge. Another five volunteers are all space lovers. They are three Russians, an Italy-Colombian and a Frenchman. They will feel what it’s like to travel to Mars without leaving Earth. During the whole process (过程), they are locked up for one and a half years under the condition which is similar to the red planet. So the experiment is called Mars-500. The Mars-500 test will be done in a special building in Moscow. Although the volunteers won’t leave the building, they will feel as if they are on a real trip to Mars. The most difficult thing is that they will be separated from the people outside. For 18 months, they won’t see sunsets or sunrises. That will be hard. When reporters asked what they would miss most during the 500-day special life, Charles from France said, “For me, it will be mainly my family, the sun and fresh air.” The main task is to study “Man and the Environment”. It will care about the astronauts’ physical effects and the experience of staying there. Everyone will stay and work there alone. So they will have to make decisions by themselves and then report to Earth, and Earth will tell them whether they do the right thing or not. Each astronaut is preparing for the great challenge. And people are looking forward to the result of the experiment. ( )1. How many volunteers have been chosen for the Mars-500 test project? A. 3. B. 4. C. 5. D. 6. ( )2. The experiment Mars-500 will be done in 　　　. A. China B. Italy C. Russia D. France ( )3. What does the underlined phrase “be separated from” mean in Chinese? A. 与……隔离 B. 与……相处 C. 与……打交道 D. 与……和好 ( )4. The main task of the test is to study 　　　. A. whether there are aliens on Mars B. if there is life on Mars C. if Mars is suitable for humans to live on D. the differences between Earth and Mars (　)5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Five space lovers have been chosen as volunteers. B. The Mars-500 test will take place in Paris. C. The Mars-500 test is about a real trip to Mars. D. The volunteers will face many difficulties. 三．任务型阅读 A TV program has become popular in China recently. It has made people all over China become interested in writing Chinese characters(汉字). The increasing use of computers and smart phones has left most young people hardly able to write by hand. Many of them are even unable to remember the 10,000 characters used in daily life without electronic help. CCTV started the Chinese Character Dictation Competition to improve t he population’s handwriting skills. Contestants（参与者）on the show were school pupils, but it was found that 70 % of adults in the audience（观众）were unable to remember how to write the word “chan chu”. Because computers allow people to type characters simply by entering pinyin, they don’t need to remember how to write them. “The keyboard age has had a big influence on the handwriting of Chinese characters.”Guan Zhengwen, who designed and directed the show said. He added that he hoped to encourage people to keep it alive as an art form. Hao Mingjian, an editor of a magazine, putting his heart into Chinese characte rs, said,“Learning Chinese characters goes on throughout your life. If you stop using them for a long time, it is very likely that you will forget them.” Answer the questions according to the passage. 1. Are Chinese people interested in writing Chinese characters now? 2. What has left most young people hardly able to write by hand? 3. Why did CCTV start the Chinese Character Dictation Competition? 4. How do computers allow people to type characters simply? 5. What can you learn from the passage? 参考答案; 一、DDBAC 二、1-5 DCACD 三、1. Yes, they are. 2. The increasing use of computers and smart phones. 3. Because it/they wanted to improve the population’s handwriting skills. / To improve the population’s handwriting skills. 4. By entering pinyin. 5. It’s important/necessary to have/make/let young Chinese know the importance of writing Chinese words. /Computers have a big influence on the handwriting of Chinese characters. /We /Young people must learn to write Chinese characters.