九年级英语任务型阅读训练题新人教版.docVIP

九年级任务型阅读训练题 （一） 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成表格中所缺的信息。 What makes the world become smaller and smaller? Some inventions. It began in the 11th century, but it has developed greatly in the last century. Let’s take a look at the five top inventions. Movable Type（活字印刷）: By using Movable Type, books could be printed cheaply and easily. Bi Sheng invented Movable Type in China in the 11th century. Telephone: The inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876. “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.” he said to his assistant over the phone line. And with those famous words, the world was about to get much smaller. Airplane: The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in 1903. Air travel has made the faraway places suddenly become a lot closer. Satellites（卫星）: The Soviet Union sent up the world’s first satellite in 1957. This began the Space Age. Satellites have helped scientists study the earth. Much of our knowledge of the world has come from the information recorded by satellites. Internet: When the Internet was created in 1969, only a few people knew about it. But more than 650 million people in the world use it now. The Internet has made information about anything easy to get. Title 1. __________ The top inventions Movable Type Telephone Airplane Satellites Internet 2. China / / The Soviet Union The U. S. When 3. in 1876 in 1903 in 1957 in 1969 How books printed cheaply and easily the world got a lot smaller making the faraway places closer 4. ; much information recorded by satellites making 5 about anything easy to get （二） The Secret of Success 1. Your best chance of success is by doing what you really want to do. Ask yourself, “If money were not so important, what kind of work would I do for free?” Then just do what you like to do. 2 Think about what you are going to do. You have to start somewhere and it may be quite a real beginning. Whether you are beginning in business or you’re dreaming to be a star, you