九年级英语第三单元阅读材料.docx

(A)English is now the first language of about 400 million people, the mother language of 12 countries and the official language of thirty-three more countries・ That means one in every seven people in the world speaks English・English has become the new Latin(拉丁语)of the century. One must know English is a part of the twenty-fi「st century. In Italy, for example, English is a must for many technical (技术丫冷) jobs・ In China, English is the most important foreign language learned at school.Now no other language on the earth is better suited to play the role of the world language. Because English is easier to learn than any other language, and it easily borrows local words and phrases from other countries to expand(丰富'，扩大)its vocabulary.English is so widely used that it has become the standard language for all kinds of international communication. Now 75% of the world's mail is in English. 60% of the worlds telephone calls are made in English. 60% of the worlds radio stations are broadcast丿亠播)in English and over half of the worlds books and magazines are written in English・ In a word, English is now the worlds first language・( )26. ____ countries speak English as their mother language・A」1 B」2 C.33 D.45( )27・"English has become the new Latin of the century" means ________ ・A.English has a long historyB.English is as important as LatinC.English has borrowed lots of words from LatinD.English is as difficult to learn as Latin( )28.If you want to ask for a technical job in Italy, you must be able to _______ .A.speak LatinB.speak FrenchC.speak EnglishD.speak Italian( )29. ____ of the world's magazines are written in English.A.More than 50%B.75%C.60%D.Less than50%( )30.The writer thinks English is now ______ .A. a native languageB.the world languageC.an official languageD.the Latin language(B)One day, I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying, “You don't say! You don't say!” I was puzzled(困惑的),and I thought, "Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about/9 So I said to him, "Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?^u Certai nly. Whe n Pm back home, every one will laugh at me if I leave here without seei ng it. The Great Wall is wonderful!v“Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world・ And people of many countries have come to visit it." As I went on telling him more ab out it, he stopped me again, “You don't say!”I couldn't help asking, "Why do you ask me not to talk about it?^“Well, I didn't ask you to do so." he answered, greatly surprised."Didn't you say "You don't say! VI asked again.Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, "'You donl say!9means “Really?' Perhaps you know little about English idioms(习惯用语)•”Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms. 根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。

( )3 l.The foreigdidn't want to listen to the writer to talk about how he was studying English.( )32.The writer was puzzled because the foreigner knew the Great Wall very well・( )33.The foreigner thought the Great Wall was wonderful.( )34.Perhaps the story happened in China.( )35.When the foreigner used the idiom “ You don't say! ” , he meant u Stop talking! ”(A)Every person uses his own special words to show his ideas and feelings. Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time・One such American expression is 八Where's the beef T\ It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be. In the early 1980s, “Where's the beef ?'、was one of the most popular expressions in the Un ited States ・ It seemed as if every one was using it at that time ・Beef, of course, is the meat from a cow, and no food is more popular in America than a hamburger made from beef. In the 1960s, a businessman named Ray Kroch began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price ・Kroch called his restaura nt “McD on aldV ・ Ray Kroch became one of the richest businessmen in America・Other business people saw his success・ Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company called “Wen dyf said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McD on aid's or anyone else・ The Wendy^s company began to use the expression "Where's the beef ?v to make people know that Wendyt hamburgers were the biggest. The Wendy^s television advertisement showed three old women eating hamburgers・ The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat. One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef. u Whereas the beef?” she shouted in a funny way. The advertisement for Wendy^s hamburger restaurants was a success・ As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression Wherethe beef T\ 根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。