九年级英语阅读训练九

（A）

During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doctor, taught PE and wrote several books．While he never thought it very important, Dr Naismith is today best known for one thing．He was the inventor of basketball．

Dr James Naismith was born in Canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the USA．One day the school principal told James he was having a problem with the students．Because of heavy snow, the students could not go outside．He told James that they needed a sport the boys could play indoors and gave the teacher two weeks to think of something．

It was on the very last day that James came up with his idea．The “birth of basketball” is said to be on December 21, 1891, when two teams from the school played the first game．It was quite different from the basketball games of today．It had 9 players on each team and footballs were used instead of basketballs．Soon after, the game changed to 5 players on each side, using special “basketballs” through nets．

Although Dr Naismith did not live to see basketball become the worldwide game it is today, in 1936, just three years before his death, basketball became an Olympic sport at the games in Berlin．

( )1. Which of the following things did Dr James Naismith NOT do?

A. Teach PE at school. B. Write books．

C. Work at hospital． D. Take part in the Olympic Games．

( )2. In which season did Dr Naismith invent basketball?

A．Summer． B．Winter． C．Spring． D．Autumn．

( )3. Why is December 21 thought to be the birthday of basketball?

A．It was on this day that Dr Naismith came up with his idea for basketball．

B．It was the day on which Dr Naismith was born．

C．It was the day on which Dr Naismith was asked by his boss to invent a new game．

D．It was on this day that the first game of basketball was played．

( )4. At the time of Dr Naismith’s death, which of the following was true?

A．Basketball was already a worldwide game．

B．Basketball was played with 9 players on each side．

C．Basketball was an Olympic sport．

D．Basketball was still played using footballs．

( )5. What would be the best title for this story?

A．History of Basketball B．How Basketball Has Changed

C．Father of Basketball D．Happy Birthday, Basketball

（B）

On 22nd January, 2007, Dave Cornthwaite from the UK became the first person to skateboard across Australia. He made a new world record, by skating a total of 5,823 kilometers. Jack Smith, the previous (前任的) champion, had skated a total of 4,830 kilometers across the US in 2003. Dave’s journey started in Perth and ended in Brisbane traveling about 60 kilometers a day. It took him five months and 13 pairs of shoes. He had great physical pain and he got really sore feet.

If Dave hadn’t believed in making his dreams come true, none of this would have happened. Dave left his job two weeks after he had bought a skateboard and decided to go on a journey. He wanted this journey to be about something more than him, so he created an association that would raise money for charities. “If people follow my journey and donations, then I’m doing many people a lot of good,” said Dave. This journey had plenty of challenges. He traveled across the Australian desert (沙漠) where temperatures reached 48℃ in the day and 0℃ at night. He had a serious accident in Adelaide when he jumped on a piece of metal

that cut through his foot.

Dave helped raise more than ￡50,000 for children’s charities, wrote a book and encouraged others to follow in his footsteps. I wish we had more people like him leading the way!

( ) 1. Where is Dave from?

A． The US. B．Australia. C．The UK D．France

( ) 2 . What can we get from the passage?

A. Dave skated a total of 4,830 kilometers across Australia.

B．Dave spent 5 months skating from Perth to Brisbane.

C .Dave was the first person to skateboard across the US.

D．Dave traveled at the speed of 600 kilometers a week.

( )3.What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

A .Dave got hurt during his journey. B．Everyone can help others if he wishes.

C. The environment of Australia is terrible. D.Dave challenged himself to achieve his dreams.

( ) 4.Where may the passage come from?

A．An art book. B．A story book. C．A science book. D．A medicine book.