《2025年同步练习册明天出版社九年级英语全一册鲁教版五四制》

一、阅读理解
How do we know the time? A clock, a watch or a mobile phone can help us. However, many years ago there were no clocks and knowing the time was not so easy. Over the centuries people have developed different ways of telling the time.
About 5,500 years ago, the Egyptians invented the sun clock. This was a tall stone building. Its shadow (影子) showed the movement of the sun. So people were able to know midday(正午). The Egyptians made a sundial (日暑) about 3,500 years ago. It was smaller than the sun clock and could let people know the time for half a day. On cloudy days or at night it was impossible to tell the time with a sun clock or a sundial. Water clocks were the first clocks not to use the sun. The idea is simple. Water flows (流动) from one bottle to another. When the water reaches a certain level, it shows the hours. The Egyptians used water clocks about 3,400 years ago. These clocks were popular in the Middle East and China. But they failed to make people know the exact time.
In the 13th century, the mechanical clock was invented. This was more exact, but it was expensive to make one. Over the next few centuries, it was developed. For example, springs(发条) were added. This enabled people to get the exact time and allowed clocks to be smaller. In 1927, the first quartz (石英) watch was developed. Clocks became cheaper to make. It's also cheaper for ordinary people to own a clock. People began depending on them more and more to run businesses, markets and so on. More recently, in 1956, came the digital clock. And nowadays satellites send our mobile phones the time to the exact second.
There has been a lot of progress in timekeeping. Clocks are always changing but some things never change. Many of us still have trouble getting out of bed on time and not being late for school or work.
1. According to the passage, we can't use a ____ to tell the time on a rainy day.
A. water clock
B. sun clock
C. digital clock
D. mechanical clock
(B)
2. What's the probable meaning of the underlined word “ordinary” in the third paragraph?
A. Modern.
B. Special.
C. Wealthy.
D. Common.
(D)
3. Which of the following is not TRUE according to the passage?
A. A sundial was made by the Egyptians about 3,500 years ago.
B. Water clocks were the first clocks not to use the sun.
C. The mechanical clock was more exact than a sundial.
D. We couldn't usea digital clock until 1927.
(D)
4. Which of the following shows the structure (结构) of the passage?
(①= Paragraph 1 ②= Paragraph 2...)
A.
B.
C.
D.

(A)
5. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The importance of time.
B. The development of timekeeping.
C. The inventions of clocks.
D. The history of a digital clock.
(B)

答案： 1.B 2.D 3.D 4.A 5.B