九年级上册1-8练习

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esent China at the Olympic Games. He39。 s a symbol of China39。 s international sporting success. And now that he39。 s well known all over the world, Liu Xiang will also be asked to appear in advertisements and films, and even to record music. But his coach Sun Haiping is making sure that he trains regularly. Liu Xiang will be advised by his coach on how to be a great sportsman, and by his manager on how to be a star. Liu Xiang is not an overnight success. He was born in Shanghai on 13th July, 1983 and, like many Olympic sports stars, he started training when he was very young. In Grade Four, he went to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai. Liu was encouraged at first to train as a high jumper. Then, in 1998, his skill at hurdling was noticed by his coach Sun Haiping. Liu Xiang was helped by a special programme. It was set up in 2020 to help young sportsmen and sportswomen. Liu39。 s races were recorded, and his performance was pared with the world39。 s best sports stars. Sun Haiping used the information to change Liu39。 s training programme. In 2020 he won his first international 110m hurdles event in Switzerland, and in the same year, a gold medal at the Asian Games in Korea. In 2020, Liu won the first Olympic gold medal in the same event for China in Athens, Greece. So what39。 s next for Liu Xiang? Has he found out that there39。 s more to life than training? Will he be encouraged to spend more time away from sport? No, Liu Xiang will go for more medals for China because he was trained for gold! Liu Xiang ____. has trained for many years, and will continue to win medals was helped by his sports school to bee a gold medal winner will be encouraged to be a star and not a sporting hero Read the passage and answer the questions. many sportsmen and sportswomen took part in the Olympic Games? country won the most gold medals? were Chinese people proud of the Chinese Olympic sportsmen and sportswomen? was the Olympic flag taken after Athens? The 2020 Olympic Games The 2020 Olympic Games were held in Athens in August and lasted 17 days. The Games were watched by four billion people all over the world. This was the biggest number of people ever to watch a sports event. More than 11,000 sportsmen and sportswomen from 202 countries took part in the Games, with a larger number of sportswomen than ever before. The largest number of medals was won by America, with 35 gold medals. China came second with 32 gold medals. Russia was third, with 27 gold medals. When the Chinese Olympic sportsmen and sportswomen returned to China after the Games, many people came to see them at the airport. They were very proud of their heroes. The sportsmen and sportswomen were also very proud. My country, I love you! said Liu Xiang, the winner of the hurdling gold medal. We were so encouraged when we learnt about our country39。 s hopes for our team, said Chen Zhonghe, the coach for the women39。 s volleyball team. The basketball star Yao Ming said, We need to learn from these Olympic Games. Now we will start preparing for the 2020 Olympics in China. At the end of the 2020 Olympic Games, the Olympic flag was taken to Beijing for the 2020 Games. The Games do not stop! M4 Listen and read. Tony: Dad, can I ask a favour? Can I borrow your digital camera? Tony39。 s dad: Why? Tony: I39。 d like to take some photos on the school visit to the museum next week. Tony39。 s dad: Is this for your school magazine? Has it been published yet? Tony: Yes, two issues have been published. But it39。 s going to be an online magazine from now on. Tony39。 s dad: What39。 s wrong with an ordinary magazine? Tony: Do you mean using paper? It39。 s too expensive. If the magazine is online, paper won39。 t be needed. That39。 s an important advantage. It39。 ll be published on the school website, and it can be read on screen. Tony39。 s dad: Well, that makes me think. Paper and printing have been used for ages. We once got information from books, but now the same information can be read or even listened to on puters. Tony: I wonder ... Can books be replaced by puters? Maybe I39。 ll write something for the magazine! Anyway, about the camera ...? Tony39。 s dad: Here it is. The battery hasn39。 t been charged for a couple of months. It39。 s been turned off since your mum39。 s birthday party. Tony: It doesn39。 t matter. I39。 ll see to that. Tony39。 s dad: But you must promise that it won39。 t be lent to anyone, and it won39。 t be left at school! Just look after it. Is that clear? Tony: Promise! Read the passage and match the main ideas with the paragraphs. The world before books The invention of printing Life on paper and in print Technology and books Can books be replaced by puters? Paragraph 1 matches . Paragraph 2 matches . Paragraph 3 matches . Paragraph 4 matches . Paragraph 5 matches . Can Books Be Replaced by Computers? by Tony Smith Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every day I open my books in class and start my lessons. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print? Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren39。 t many books, few people learned to read. Then printing was invented in China. The first printed books were made by putting ink on a wooden block and holding the paper against it. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books c。