阅读理解。                                                 The History of the English

阅读理解。                                                 The History of the English

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                                                 The History of the English Dictionary
     In 1746, Samuel Johnson began to work on his most famous book, the Dictionary of the English Language. It took him nine years to complete and in that time, he wrote meanings for more than 40,000 words.
 It was the first English dictionary to include so many words.
     Johnson was born in Staffordshire, Britain in 1709. His father was a bookseller and the family was not
 very rich. Johnson was a very clever student and he went to Oxford University in 1728. After Oxford,
 he became a school teacher but he was not happy about his job. In 1735, he married a woman named
 Elizabeth Porter. He was twenty-five years old and she was forty-six.
     A few years after that, Johnson got a job to write the English dictionary. He worked in a house in 
 London and he had six men to help him. To write the dictionary, Johnson looked for words used by the
 important English writers in those days. He underlined the sentences where the words were used and
 wrote them in his notebooks. Then he gave his notebooks to his workers and they wrote the words and
 the sentences out neatly. After that, they put the words in order according to the English alphabet. Once
 that was done, Johnson would write the meanings for the words.
     When it was completed, the Dictionary of the English Language became famous and it was used by
 many people in that time. Johnson was a happy man because of that, but his wife died before the
 dictionary was completed and she never got to share her husband"s happiness.
     Johnson died in London in 1784. In his lifetime, he not only wrote the Dictionary of the English
 Language but he also wrote many poems and famous articles.
1. When Johnson started to work on the Dictionary of the English Language he was ____    A. poor
    B. thirty-seven years old
    C. a school teacher
    D. a clever student2. Elizabeth Porter ______.    A. was older than Johnson by twenty-one years
    B. helped Johnson to get the dictionary writing job
    C. was a sick woman
    D. died before the dictionary was completed because she was too old3. The Dictionary of the English Language was the first ______.    A. dictionary to include so many words
    B. dictionary in the world
    C. dictionary that was written in England
    D. English dictionary to have 40,000 words4. It took ______ people ______ years to complete the Dictionary of the English Language.    A. eight; nine
    B. six; nine
    C. six; seven
    D. seven; nine
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阅读理解。     London"s River Thames has twenty-seven bridges. But Tower Bridge, the first bridge over the
Thames as you travel to London from the sea,is the most famous of them all. What makes Tower
Bridge so exciting? Why do visitors come from all over the world to see it?
    The thing that is surprising about Tower Bridge is that it is open in the middle. It does this to let the 
 big ships through to the Pool of London.lf you are lucky enough to see the bridge with its two opening
arms high in the air,you will never forget it.
    On its north side stands the Tower of London it self.Although they look the same age,the Tower is
almost a thousand years old,and Tower bridge is only about one hundred, It was built in the 1890s.
By1850, everyone agreed that a bridge across the Thames near the Tower was most necessary. But
the designers argued about the new bridge for another  thirty years.This took so long because they had
two big problems.l. Tower Bridge is ______.
A. about one thousand years old
B. the oldest and the most famous bridge in London
C. the first one you can see when you go from the sea to London
D. the one that took workers about 30 years to build
2. The Tower of London is ______.
A. across from the Thames
B. on the north of Tower Bridge
C. in the middle of Tower Bridge
D. much younger than Tower Bridge
3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. You can see the bridge with its two opening arms high in the air at anytime.
B. By 1850 everybody thought it most necessary to have a bridge built across the
    Thames near the Tower.
C. It took the designers thirty years to argue about the bridge before it was built.
D. It was no easy thing to build a bridge near the Tower.
4. Why is the bridge open in the middle?
A. To make it special.
B. To attract (吸引) more people from the world to see it.
C. To let the big ship through to the Pool of London.
D. BeCduse it is so long that has to be divided into two parts.
5. How long was the Tower Bridge built?
A. A thousand years.
B. A hundred years.
C. Five thousand years.
D. Five hundred years.
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     Beijing"s battle to correct English-language signs before the 2008 Olympics has started.
     By the end of the year, all public "W.C." in the city will be called "toilets". In western countries people
don"t use "W.C", because it is quite rude in English.
     Road signs are also on the list. These signs will be changed into real English word. For example, "Dong
Chang"an Jie" will become "East Chang"an Avenue".
     But there is still a question. What to do about menus? Thousands of tourists, athletes and reporters will
visit the city, and most of them can"t speak Chinese or understand Chinese characters.
     Now linguists (语言学者) are trying hard to translate popular Chinese dishes like "ants climbing the
tree" into good English.
根据冀教版九年级英语上册Unit2 Lesson 10内容填空。
     Welcome 1._____  China. Let me introduce something about the Great Wall  2._____you.
The Great Wall is the longest 3._____ in the world.It has a  4._____  of over two thousand 5._____.
It was very difficult  6._____ 7._____  such a great wall in the old times. It ismore than 7,000
kilometres 8._____ , 6~7 metres high and 4~5 metres  9._____.  10._____Someplaces, it is  11._____
enough for five horses or ten men 12._____   13._____  side by side along the top.
    Today it has become a place of 14._____no only to Chinese people, but also to people
15._____  16._____  the world. All Chinese are 17._____ of it.
     I hope you"ll have a good time 18._____ the Great Wall.
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     Which country is the biggest country in the world? Well, look at the map and you"ll know it is Russia.
Then the following are Canada, China, the USA and Brazil. Among them,China has the largest number
of people,with the population reaching l. 3    billion. Canada has the longest coastline. It is long enough
to go around the earth six times.What is the largest island in the world,do you know? Is that Hawall?
No,it is much smaller than the largest island in the world-Greenland.Grcenland is to the northeast of
Canada.81% of its land is covered with ice. It is very cold there,so there are only about 56,000 people
living on the island.
1. What is the fifth largest country in the world?
A. China            
B. America.
C. Brazil.          
D. Canada.
2. Which country has the largest number of people?
A. Russia.            
B. Canada.
C. China.             
D. America.
3. How many times can Canada"s coastline go around the earth?
A. Five times.      
B. Six times.
C. Seven times.      
D. Four times.
4.What is the largest island in the world?
A. Hawaii.          
B. Greenland.
C. Taiwan.          
D. Hainan Island.
5. How much of Greenland"s land is covered with ice?
A. 80% of Greenland"s land is covered with ice.
B. 81% of Greenland"s land is covered with ice.
C. 18% of Greenland"s land is covered with ice.
D. 13% of Greenland"s land is covered with ice.
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       Mother"s Day and Father"s Day are two big national holidays in many western countries. And it"s
interesting because they are not the same in every country. In England, Mothering Sunday is in March. In America and Germany and other countries, it"s one Sunday in May. Father"s Day is in the middle of June. How do you celebrate Mother"s Day and Father"s Day? Let"s learn something more about it from the
following introduction.
       In England, we call Mother"s Day Mothering Sunday, because it"s always on a Sunday. I don"t really
know the origin of it but I remember that my mother had a cup of tea early in the morning. And then we
would go to church. And at the end of the church service, the children would collect a daffodil (水仙花)
and take it back and give it to our mother who would normally be sitting in the service in the church. And
really that"s all we did to celebrate the day.

       As Ann said, I remember taking cups of tea to my mother. The idea in general is that the washing-up would be done; perhaps some cooking would be done on Mother"s Day. We would try to relieve her of
all those jobs to make it a special day for her, so that whenever she looked around, there was something
to eat, something to drink, or something to read, or something interesting for her to do.

       Father"s Day is always in June, a Sunday in the middle of June. On Father"s Day, the idea is to find
something fun that the children could do with their father together. I remember going to baseball games. I
think that on Father"s Day it"s particularly focused on doing things together because that is supposed to be
relaxing and fun for Dad.
1. In               , Mothering Sunday is in March.
A. Germany B. England C. America D. China
2. Ann remembered that her mother in the morning                 on Mothering Sunday.
A. had a cup of tea
B. got up late
C. collected a daffodil
D. had something to eat
3. What did Bill remember doing on Father"s Day?
A. Doing housework.
B. Eating outside.
C. Going to the church.
D. Watching baseball games.
4. What"s the text mainly about?
A. The history of some national holidays.
B. The stories of some interesting holidays.
C. How to celebrate Mother"s Day and Father"s Day.
D. How to understand Mother"s Day and Father"s Day.