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牛津版(深圳•广州)2019-2020学年初中英语九年级上册Unit 1 自主检测

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    Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and engineer, was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833, but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842, where his father, Immanuel, made a strong position for himself in the engineering industry. Immanuel Nobel invented landmines and made a lot of money from the government during the Crimean War(克里米亚战争), but went bankrupt soon after. Then, the family returned to Sweden in 1859, where Alfred began his own study of explosives in his father's lab. He had never been to school or university but had taught himself, and by the time he was twenty, he became a skillful chemist and excellent linguist, speaking Swedish, Russian, German, French and English. He built up about 100companies in 20 different countries. He was always searching for a meaning to life. He spent much time and money working on how to end the wars, and the peace between nations, until he died in Italy in 1896. His famous last will, in which he left money to provide prizes for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace, is a memorial to his interests and ideas. And so, the man is remembered and respected long after his death.

(1)、Alfred Nobel was born in            .
A、Japan B、Stockholm C、Russia D、Moscow
(2)、What did Immanuel Nobel invent during the Crimean War?
A、The engineering industry. B、A strong position. C、Landmines. D、Study of explosives.
(3)、Alfred Nobel returned to Sweden, because his father          .
A、went bankrupt B、was put in prison C、was ill D、died
(4)、Alfred Nobel built up about companies in different countries.
A、20 B、40 C、60 D、100
举一反三
    On my eighth birthday, Dad bought me an accordion(手风琴) and said excitedly, "Once you learn to play, it'll stay with you for life." But I didn't want to play it. I just wanted to play games, But Dad asked me to take accordion lessons.
    One day, I found a box in a corner. When I opened it, I saw a beautiful violin. "It was your father's," Mum said. "His parents bought it for him. I guess he got too busy on the farm to learn to play it."
    I had to practice half an hour every day, and every day I tried to get out of it. But Dad didn't allow. I asked why. He answered, "Because you can bring people joy. You can touch their hearts." He added softly, "Someday you'll have the chance I never had: you'll play beautiful music for your family. And you'll understand why you've worked so hard." I was speechless.
    The lessons stopped after I finished high school. When I grew up, I got married and moved into a new house. I put the accordion in the attic(阁楼).
    One afternoon, my two children found the accordion by accident (偶然). They got very excited. "Play it. Play it," they laughed and said. I started to play some simple songs. I was surprised I could still remember them. Soon the kids were dancing. Even my wife was laughing and clapping to the beat.
    At that moment, my father's words came back to me, "Someday you'll have the chance I never had. And you'll understand." I finally knew why Dad had asked me to practice hard. Dad never learnt to play his violin. But I told my family, "This is my father's music."

阅读下面短文, 根据短文内容选择正确答案。

There are 24 solar terms(节气)in China. They can guide farming activities and are believed to be an outstanding achievement by ancient Chinese. 

Grain Rain" is the sixth solar term in the 24 solar terms and it is the last solar term in spring. It falls on April 20 this year. The term"Grain Rain" came from a folk story. When Cang Jie created writing characters, grain came down from sky like rainfall. Therefore, the Yellow Emperor named this day as the "Grain Rain". When this day comes, the number of rainfall increases. It is very important for the growth of the grain. 

Nowadays, different areas have different customs during "Grain Rain", Picking and cooking tea leaves: "Grain Rain Tea" is the name for the tea made around the time of "Grain Rain" in the south of China. it is considered as one of the best kinds of tea. it not only has a strong and good taste but also can last for a long time in water. 

Blessing(祈福)to the sea: "Grain Rain" is a perfect time for fishing. Since it gets warmer and warmer, the sea also gets warmer and more fishes swim in the sea. Fishermen in the north often bless for safety and success on the sea. 

Killing insects: As the weather gets warmer. insects become more active. Farmers in Shandong, Shanxi and Shaanxi often use different methods to kill insects. 

Taking a bath: In some of the north-west areas, people take the shower in the river during "Grain Rain" period. They think it can help them be far away from the bad luck. 

 请阅读短文,从每小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

In the year 2070, most of you will be more than 50 years old. The good news is that travel might become smarter by that time. To catch people's eyes and increase the numbers of passengers, European airline (航空公司) easyJet has made some predictions and released (发布) easyJet 2070: The Future Travel Report. Let's take a look at some mind-blowing ideas.

Have a heartbeat passport. Paper passport will be a thing of the past. You will use "heartbeat passport" instead. According to experts, the machine will count how many times the heart beats in a minute, then it will tell who you are. It doesn't work hard because everyone's heart beats differently.

Enjoy more comfortable flight. The seats on the plane are only one size, which can't make passengers fulfilled. But in the future you'll be able to book a seat according to your body type. The seat might even be able to cool or warm you if you want. There will also be no more screens on the back of the seats. A special light from the seat could show the latest movies straight in front of your eyes.

Bring history back to life. If you like to visit great places of interest, the AR glasses will help you enjoy the journey. By wearing the AR glasses, you can see what happened at a historic place, such as a famous battle (战役). You may even be able to sit among the cheering people at the first Olympic Games.

Are you looking forward to having those changes in the year 2070? What other changes do you think about during the flight?

 阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

 For years, scientists have been researching how exposing(暴露) humans to nature may improve their physical and mental health. People are encouraged to visit forests and grow houseplants. Now researchers are also testing whether we can get some of the same benefits from experiencing nature in VR(虚拟现实). 

 Scientists are trying to understand what exactly about nature makes a real difference in health results. One tool that might help is VR, says Hector Alvarez, who wanted to find out if simply seeing nature can relax people. In an experiment, VR allowed him to expose people to the visual(视觉的) experience of nature while controlling temperature, light and air pollution. He is now preparing to publish his research. 

 People can feel safe faster in environments with lots of plants, Hector explains. "That's why I was interested in VR. If it is right that we feel safe faster in nature, it should bring your stress levels down. "

 So far, Hector says, research shows there are some health improvements by experiencing nature in VR. However, they are smaller than those got in the real nature. 

 Gretchen Daily is an environmental scientist at Stanford University. She agrees at parts of this research, especially in situations without nature. But in the long term, connection with nature in the real world can not be replaced. To some degree, Gretchen worries that the idea might take off that VR can replace the real thing. "If that's taken very far, that' ll be really harmful overall because the real thing is necessary in so many ways, " she says. "We just cannot live on a dead planet. "

 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

 When you look into the mirror, you may wonder whether it is possible for us to have a twin self who can do lots of challenging things for us, like the difficult project to be finished ahead. Now with the invention of digital twins, it seems possible.

A digital twin is a copy of things like the products or persons in the online forms. Like humans,    a digital twin can also develop itself as long as they are fed with enough data(数据).

 In 1970, when Apollo 13 was carrying out its task in space, something went wrong with the spaceship, leaving astronauts stranded(困住)200,000 miles from Earth, NASA engineers used spacecraft data to recreate the conditions of the broken part of the spacecraft. This method allowed them to develop solutions that finally brought the astronauts safely home. This event is widely thought as the birth of digital twins. Since then, this technology has been used in many fields, including business, medicine, and more recently, human modelling.

 One of the most fantastic uses of digital twins is in health care. Professor Declan O' Regan, an    AI expert, shows the new method can help doctors treat certain illness easily and quickly, and it can even help doctors to find ways to stop some kind of illness before it is too late.

 Another successful example is to use the digital twin to change the sports science to some degree. Compared with the past when the coaches needed to set up a program to help train the sportspersons, they now use the data to build the digital twin to help the athletes to improve their skills and avoid accidents in sports.

 Not everything about the digital twin is good. It is clear that the new technology will influence us a lot, but what direction it will take in the future remains to be seen. There are some doubts over it, as it will result in problems related to ethical(道德的) consideration.

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