2024人教版九年级英语上册期末阅读表达专项复习练习题（含答案解析）.docx

2024人教版九年级英语上册期末阅读表达专项复习练习题

一．（23-24九年级上·吉林·期末）

Umbrellascouldbeoneoftheworld’smostimportantinventions.Thefirstumbrellawasinventedoverfourthousandyearsago.

Umbrellaswereusedonsunnydaysatfirst.Chinesepeoplewerethefirsttousetheirumbrellasonrainydays.Theywaxed(给……打蜡)theirpaperumbrellassothattheycouldbeusedwhenitwasraining.

Theword“umbrella”comesfromtheLatinword,umbra.Itmeansshade(背阴).Startinginthe16thcentury,theumbrellabecamepopularintheWesternworld,especiallyinnorthernEurope,whereitoftenrains.Atfirst,peoplethoughtthattheumbrellawasonlysuitableforwomen.

ThenafamousEnglishtraveler,JonasHanway(1712-1786),carriedandusedanumbrellainEnglandforthirtyyears.Becauseofhim,menbegantouseumbrellas.

InEurope,earlyumbrellasweremadeofwoodandcoveredwithcanvas(帆布).

Peopleusedveryhardwoodtomakeumbrellahandles.In1852,SamuelFoxinventedanewkindofumbrellawithribs(伞骨)madeofsteel.

SamuelalsostartedacompanycalledEnglishSteelsCompany.Afterthat,compactcollapsible(可叠)umbrellaswerethenextimportantstepinumbrellaproduction.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1．Wasthefirstumbrellainventedthreethousandyearsago

2．Whofirstusedtheirumbrellasonrainydays

3．WhatdidJonasHanwaydo

4．WhatwereearlyumbrellahandlesmadeofinEurope

5．Whatdoesthewritermainlytalkabout

二．（23-24九年级上·广东云浮·期末）

回答问题请阅读下面的短文，根据所提供的信息，回答问题，并将答案写在相应题目的答题位置上。

Longtimeago,peoplefromotherculturesusedtheirhandstoeatfood,whiletheancientChineseinventedchopstickstokeeptheirhandsclean.Earlychopstickswereusedmainlyforcookinguntil400A．D．whenpeoplebeganeatingwithchopsticks.

Wedon’tknowexactlywhenchopstickswereinvented.There’saresearchshowingthattheydidn’tcomeintowideuseuntilabout300B．C．ChinesethinkerConfuciuswasanimportantpersoninthehistoryofchopsticks,becausehethoughtpeacewouldnotappe