《2025年通城学典初中英语阅读组合训练九年级英语苏州专版》

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Then came the night of the first falling star. Denning, our greatest astronomer, said that the height of its first appearance was about ninety or one hundred miles.
I was at home at the time and writing in my study. The curtain was up. If I had looked up, I would have seen the strangest thing that ever came to the earth from outer space. Many people saw it, and simply thought that another meteorite had fallen. Nobody went to look for the fallen star that night.
Poor Ogilvy had seen it fall. So he got up very early with the idea of finding it. He did find it, soon after dawn. A huge hole had been made and the sand and gravel had been thrown violently in every direction, forming piles that could be seen a mile and a half away.
The Thing itself lay almost completely buried in sand. The uncovered part looked like a huge cylinder. It was covered with a thick burnt skin, which softened its edges. He went near it, surprised at the size and even more surprised at the shape, since most meteorites are very round. It was, however, still very hot from its flight through the air and he could not get close to it. He could hear movement from the inside but thought this was because of its cooling down. He did not imagine that it might be hollow.
He remained standing on one side of the pit that the Thing had made for itself, looking at its strange appearance. He was alone on the common.
Then suddenly, he noticed that some of the burnt skin was falling off the round edge of the end. A large piece suddenly came off with a sharp noise that brought his heart into his mouth. For a minute he hardly realized what this meant, and although the heat was excessive, he climbed down into the pit to see the Thing more clearly. He realized that, very slowly, the round top of the cylinder was turning.
Even then he hardly understood what was happening, until he heard another sound and saw the black mark jump forwards a little. Then he suddenly understood. In fact, the cylinder was artificial! Something inside the cylinder was opening the top!
“Good heavens!” said Ogilvy. “There's a man in it—man in it! Half burnt to death! Trying to find a way out!” At once, thinking quickly, he connected the Thing with ▲.
——文章节选自《星际战争》(The War of the Worlds)
(B)1. What happened when the narrator was writing in his study?
A. A fire was burning.
B. Something was falling.
C. An earthquake was going on.
D. A spaceship was flying into the sky.
(A)2. Which paragraph specially describes the cylinder?
A. Paragraph 4.
B. Paragraph 5.
C. Paragraph 6.
D. Paragraph 7.
(A)3. 新考法·信息排序 Which is the CORRECT order to describe the cylinder?
a. Some of the skin fell off.
b. The black mark jumped forwards.
c. A piece of skin created loud noise.
d. The round top of the cylinder turned.
e. Something was opening the top of the cylinder.
A. a-c-d-b-e
B. d-c-a-e-b
C. a-d-c-e-b
D. e-c-d-b-a
(D)4. Which of the following can be put in “ ▲ ”?
A. the dangerous earthquake
B. the heavy snow that morning
C. the scary rainstorm last night
D. the flash on Mars

答案： 1. B 2. A 3. A 4. D