《2025年奔跑吧少年九年级英语全一册外研版》

①Cloze test. 人与社会 历史、社会与文化
One day, James Watt was sitting near the fire in the kitchen. He was 1 the fire and thinking about something. A teapot(茶壶) was over the fire. Soon the lid(盖子) began to move up and down.
" 2 makes it up and down?" the boy asked himself. He looked at the lid carefully, but he could see 3. "Grandma, what's in the teapot?" he asked.
His grandma smiled and answered, " 4, my child—nothing but water. "
"But I think there is something else," James said.
His grandma laughed and said, "Oh, that's the steam. You can see it coming out of the teapot. "
"How did the steam get 5 the lid then?" James asked again.
"My dear, the steam comes from the hot water, so the hot water makes it. " The grandma began to think that the boy had too many 6.
"The steam must be very 7 to make the lid move," James said to himself 8.
"Well, if there is more water, the steam will be 9 stronger. " He began to 10 using the steam to work for people. He tried out his idea but didn't 11. Then he tried again and again. Though he was not successful, he learnt something 12. Some people said to him, "It's impossible to do that. You'd better 13. " However, James went on trying 14 finally he worked it out. He used his idea to 15 the steam engine.
()1. A. making
B. watching
C. catching
D. lighting
()2. A. Where
B. How
C. What
D. When
()3. A. something
B. anything
C. everything
D. nothing
()4. A. Water
B. Fire
C. Drink
D. Steam
()5. A. beside
B. on
C. behind
D. under
()6. A. examples
B. rules
C. questions
D. problems
()7. A. strong
B. proper
C. warm
D. soft
()8. A. sadly
B. quickly
C. angrily
D. excitedly
()9. A. too
B. much
C. so
D. very
()10. A. enjoy
B. consider
C. finish
D. practise
()11. A. study
B. fight
C. finish
D. succeed
()12. A. useful
B. possible
C. crazy
D. perfect
()13. A. wake up
B. grow up
C. stay up
D. give up
()14. A. so
B. until
C. and
D. but
()15. A. improve
B. research
C. introduce
D. get

答案： 1—5 BCDAD 6—10 CADBB 11—15 DADCA

Ⅱ Vocabulary exercises.
A. Complete the passage with proper forms of the words in the box.
invention, keep, useful, himself, at that time
Thomas Edison was a famous inventor. He made many 16. things, such as the light bulb. 17., people used candles and oil lamps. Edison's 18. changed the world. He worked hard and never gave up, even when he failed many times. He believed in 19. and kept trying. His story teaches us to 20. working hard to make the world a better place.
B. Complete the passage with proper words according to the Chinese given.
Tu Youyou is famous around the world. To honour her contributions to the development of artemisinin (青蒿素), which has saved millions of lives worldwide, she was awarded the 21. (奖牌;奖章) of the Republic. We Chinese are very proud of her.
Tu Youyou became interested in traditional Chinese medicine when she was very young. She spent all her free time reading books about it because she wanted to help 22. (生病的) people. In 1951, she 23. [上(学)] Beijing Medical College to study medicine. There, she started researching how to 24. (医治;治疗) malaria. It's a disease that many people 25. (死亡) of at that time. After years of hard work, she finally discovered a(n) 26. (有用的) medicine. It became a great 27. (工具) to fight malaria.
When interviewed, Tu Youyou said, "I faced many difficulties that I didn't know how to 28. (做成), but I never gave up. Success requires talent and hard work. "
Tu Youyou's invention has saved millions of lives. Her story makes us 29. (了解;意识到) that we can make a difference with care, hard work, and the right tools. She 30. [ (使)继续] to inspire people never to stop trying, no matter how hard the journey may be.

答案： 16. useful
17. At that time 18. invention(s) 19. himself 20. keep
21. Medal 22. sick 23. attended 24. treat 25. died 26. useful
27. tool 28. manage 29. realise 30. continues