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单元阅读能力提升
九年级全一册英语（遵义地区）
一、完形填空。
Itisinterestingtovisitanothercountry，buttherearesomeproblemswhenwedontknowthe__1__verywell.Itmaybe__2__totalkwiththepeoplethere.Wemaynotknowhowtousethetelephoneinthecountrythatwearevisiting.Wemaynotknowhowtobuy__3__weneed.Ina__4__countrywemightnotknowwheretoeatorwhattoorderina__5__．Itisnoteasytodecidehow__6__totip(给……小费)waitersortaxidrivers.Whenweneedhelp，wemightnotknowhowtoaskforhelp.Itisnotpleasanttohaveanexperience__7__that.__8__ashorttime，however，welearnwhattodoandwhatto__9__．Welearntoenjoylifeinanothercountryandthenwemaybe__10__toleave.
()1.A.languageB．peopleC．words
()2.A.tiredB．happyC．difficult
()3.A.howB．whenC．what
()4.A.goodB．strangeC．old
()5.A.restaurantB．schoolC．hospital
()6.A.soonB．manyC．much
A
C
C
B
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C
()7.A.asB．likeC．far
()8.A.AfterB．InC．Before
()9.A.sayB．tellC．speak
()10.A.gladB．worriedC．sorry
B
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A
C
二、阅读理解。
OnedayanAmericancalledSimonwenttoLondontovisithisfriend，Rick.Ricktoldhimthathisflatwasonthefirstfloor.Whenhearrived，Simonwentstraighttothefirstfloorofthebuilding.ButhewastoldthattherewasnoRickonthatfloor.Doyouknowwhy?
Infact，theBritishcallthefirstfloorofabuildingthegroundfloor.Thefloorabovethegroundflooristhefirstfloor，whichAmericanswouldcallthesecondfloor.
ThestoryshowsthatthereareafewculturaldifferencesbetweenBritainandAmerica，thoughtheBritishandAmericansbothspeakEnglish.
TheBritishusuallyhidetheirfeelings.Theyseldomstartaconversationwithstrangers.Forexample，onthetraintheBritishoftenspendtheirtimereadingnewspapersorbooks.ButAmericansarequitedifferent.Theyremoreactiveandeasier