《2025年奔跑吧少年九年级英语全一册外研版》

Ⅰ Cloze test. 人与社会 科学与技术
Some old Chinese inventions have won wide popularity around the world. Recently, a British woman used an ancient Chinese invention to help her son 1 a maths problem.
Dr Mantri grew 2 in India. She was taught 3 to use an abacus(算盘) to deal with maths problems when she was young. After noticing that her 4 Dhruv had great difficulty with maths, she 5 using the same ancient Chinese tool to help him after school.
“My son was in Grade 5 when I noticed he was 6 in maths,” said Dr Mantri, “I would ask him 7 very easy like ‘35-13= ?’, but he couldn’t work it out.”
“I never thought I would teach him to use such an old tool 8 I realised I could try the Chinese abacus. It is a useful 9 to help kids better understand numbers and basic calculations. Very soon I saw the results. After six days, Dhruv started to make progress 10 with the help of the abacus. He even performed with the abacus at a school meeting where some parents came to 11 for advice on using it to help their kids.”
Known as the fifth invention of ancient China, Chinese abacus is also 12 as the earliest computer. It helped people solve many maths problems in ancient China. As long as you 13 the rules, you can use it. Sometimes, just move one bead(算珠), then another bead, and you will get the 14. What a(n) 15 tool!
So far, the Chinese abacus has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of human beings for more than 10 years.
()1. A. solve
B. hang
C. agree
D. compete
()2. A. up
B. away
C. down
D. into
()3. A. what
B. how
C. where
D. when
()4. A. worker
B. student
C. son
D. teacher
()5. A. enjoyed
B. started
C. finished
D. practiced
()6. A. creative
B. weak
C. talented
D. successful
()7. A. something
B. anything
C. everything
D. nothing
()8. A. after
B. when
C. until
D. since
()9. A. sign
B. report
C. method
D. symbol
()10. A. politely
B. loudly
C. bravely
D. quickly
()11. A. care
B. leave
C. ask
D. pay
()12. A. cost
B. caught
C. covered
D. considered
()13. A. repeat
B. reuse
C. remind
D. remember
()14. A. problem
B. answer
C. task
D. power
()15. A. magic
B. terrible
C. awful
D. simple

答案： 1—5 AABCB 6—10 BACCD 11—15 CDDBA

Ⅱ Vocabulary exercises.
A.【原创】Complete the passage with the proper forms of the words given in the box.
develop, amount, introduction, varied, at
Have you seen the 2025 CCTV Spring Festival Gala? It amazed the audience with the 16. ______ of Yang BOT, a group of human-like robots. These robots, created by a famous Chinese tech company, combined tradition and technology in a unique way. To prepare for the show, they practised hard, using AI to learn every movement 17. ______ a time. Their strong joints and sensors allowed them to move smoothly and accurately.
The 18. ______ of such advanced robots is a result of years of research. During the performance, the robots spun colourful handkerchiefs, just like real dancers. The audience was thrilled by this 19. ______ and creative show. Since its debut, Yang BOT has stored a large 20. ______ of praise, proving how technology can bring tradition to life in exciting new ways.
B. Complete the passage with the proper words according to the Chinese given.
China is famous for many special inventions. 21. ______ (印刷) is one of them. Before the invention, people could only make one book at a time by hand for a few months. But today, it takes several minutes to print a 22. ______ (单个的) book. In fact, people can get information with an Internet 23. ______ (计算机网络连接) more easily than in printed forms. In a way, we can 24. ______ (把……比作) the introduction of the computer to the invention of paper. The Internet is even more 25. ______ (有影响力的) than books because it can 26. ______ (传播) more knowledge. What’s more, we can use computers to look through news, send electronic 27. ______ (邮件), post photos and buy things 28. ______ (在线的). If things are going on in this 29. ______ (方向), maybe one day books will be 30. ______ (取代) by computers.

答案： 16. introduction 17. at 18. development 19. varied 20. amount 21. Printing 22. single 23. connection 24. compare 25. powerful 26. spread 27. mails 28. online 29. direction 30. replaced