《2025年全品学练考九年级英语人教版内蒙古专版》

Ⅲ. 阅读理解
You either have it, or you don't—a sense of direction. But why is it that some people could find their way across the Sahara without a map, while others can lose themselves in the next street?
Scientists say we're all born with a sense of direction, but it is not properly understood how it works. One theory (理论) is that people with a good sense of direction have simply worked harder at developing it. Research being carried out at Liverpool University supports this idea and suggests that if we don't use it, we will lose it.
"Children as young as seven have the ability to find their way around," says Jim Martland, research director of the project. "However, if they are not allowed out alone or are taken everywhere by car, they never develop the skills."
Jim Martland also emphasizes that young people should be taught certain skills to improve their sense of direction. He makes the following suggestions:
• If you are using a map, turn it so that it relates to (与……有联系) the way you are facing.
• If you leave your bike in a strange place, put it near something like a big stone or a tree—something easy to recognize. Note landmarks on the route as you go away from your bike. When you return, go back along the same route.
• Simplify (使简化) the way of finding your direction by using lines such as streets in a town, streams, or wells in the countryside to guide you. Count your steps so that you know how far you have gone and note landmarks such as tower blocks or hills which can help to find out where you are.
Now you will never get lost again!
(C)23. Children have the ability to find the way around when they are as young as ______ years old.
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
(C)24. Which of the following things cannot be used as landmarks?
A. Hills.
B. Wells.
C. Bikes.
(A)25. What does the underlined word "emphasizes" mean in the passage?
A. To give special importance to something.
B. To express thanks to somebody.
C. To understand or become aware of a fact.
(C)26. Scientists believe that ______.
A. some babies are born with a sense of direction
B. people learn a sense of direction as they grow older
C. everybody has a sense of direction from birth
(B)27. What may be the best title of the passage?
A. Research on directions
B. A sense of direction
C. People's ability to find the way

答案： 23. C 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. B

【熟词生义】
well
【熟词】①interj. 嗯；好吧 ②adv. 好；令人满意地
Well, let's meet at the school gate at four in the afternoon.
好吧,我们下午 4 点钟在校门口见面。
They organized the activity quite well.
他们把这次活动组织得很好。
【生义】①adj. 健康；身体好 ②n. 井；水井
Are his grandparents well enough to travel right now?
他的祖父母现在身体好到能旅行吗？
Two ducks fell into the deep well and they couldn't come out.
两只鸭子掉进深井里出不来了。
28. 请写出 well 在本文中的含义：______

答案： 井;水井