沪教版英语九年级上册-U1-U8-Reading-原文(含习题)

Unit1ArchimedesandthegoldencrownOnedayinancientGreece,KingHieroaskedacrownmakertomakehimagoldencrown.Atfirst,hewasveryhappywithit.It'sanicecrown,isn'tit?heaskedhismen.Later,however,hebegantodoubtthatitwasarealgoldencrown.Isitmadecompletelyofgold?hewondered.HesentittoArchimedesandaskedhimtofindoutthetruth.Thisproblemseemsdifficulttosolve.WhatshouldIdo?thoughtArchimedes.Archimedeswasstillthinkingaboutthisproblemashefilledhisbathwithwater.Whenhegotintothebath,somewaterranover.That'sit!shoutedArchimedes.Iknowhowtosolvetheking'sproblem!Archimedeswentstraighttothepalacetoseetheking.First,heweighedthecrownandaskedthekingforsomegoldofthesameweight.Next,heputtwopotsintotwobigbowlsandfilledbothpotswithwater.Heputthegoldintoonepot,andsomewaterranintothebowl.Thenheputthecrownintotheotherpot.Thistime,evenmorewaterranintothebowl.Lookatthis,saidArchimedestoKingHiero.Acrownmadecompletelyofgolddisplaceslesswaterthanacrownmadeofgoldandanothermetal.Thiscrowndisplacedmorewaterthangoldofthesameweight,soI'mcertainthatit'snotcompletelymadeofgold.Thecrownmakertrickedme,didn'the?Whatabadmanheis!ShoutedKingHiero.Hethensentthecrownmakertoprison.CVocabularyC1Herearesomesentencesfromthestory.Doyouknowthemeaningsofthewordsinitalics?Circlethecorrectanswers.1Later,however,hebegantodoubtthat...afeelsurebnotfeelsure2Thisproblemseemsdifficulttosolve.awritedownbfindthecorrectanswer3...ashefilledhisbathwithwater.amade...fullbemptied4Next,heputtwopotsintotwobigbowls...adeeprounddishesbflatdishes5Acrownmadecompletelyofgolddisplaceslesswater...aalittlebasmalleramountofC2Completethestorybelowwiththewordsfromthebox.Changetheirformsifnecessary.CertainfillrealseemsolvetruthOneday,twowomencametoKingSolomonwithababyboy.Bothwomensaidtheboywastheirson.Nooneknewwhichwomanwastellingthe.KingSolomonorderedasoldiertocuttheboyinhalf,anddividetheboybetweenthetwowomen.Thefirstwomansaid,Goahead.That'fair.However,thesecondwomanwaswithfear.No!sheshouted.Don'tkillhim!Lettheotherwomanhavehim.KingSolomonstoppedthesoldier.Givetheboytothesecondwoman,hesaid.I'm____________thatshe'shismother.Thewomantookthebabyboyhomehappily.EveryonewasamazedathowKingSolomonthisproblem.DComprehensionD1Thesepicturesshowtheeventsofthestory.Puttheminthecorrectorderbywritingthenumbers1-8intheboxes.D2Readthestoryagainandanswerthequestionsbelowincompletesentences.1WhydidKingHierosendthecrowntoArchimedes?2WhathappenedwhenArchimedesgotintothebath?3Whatdidthecrownmakerdotothecrown?MorepracticeAReadthestorybelowanddescribehowCooChongweighedtheelephant.Usethewordsfromtheboxtohelpyou.CaoChongweighsanelephantCaoChongwasthesonofCaoCao.Oneday,SunQuansentCaoCaoapresent.Itwasahugeelephant.CaoCaowantedtofindouttheweightoftheelephant.Whatahugeanimalitis!Cananyonetellmehowtoweighit?heaskedthecrowdaroundhim.Canwegetalargescale?askedasoldier.However,noonecouldfindascalelargeenough.Canwecutitup?askedanothersoldier.No.Idon'twanttokillit,saidCaoCao.Justthen,youngCaoChonghadawonderfulidea.Icanweightheelephant!hesaid.Letmehaveatry.CaoChongaskedsomesoldierstoleadtheelephantontoaboat.Astheheavyanimalwalkedontoit,theboatwentlowerintothewater.CaoChongdrewalineonthesideoftheboattomarkhowlowitwent.Theelephantwasthentakenofftheboatandtheboatwasfilledwithrocksuntilitwentdownagainandwaterreachedthelineontheboat.CaoChongthenweighedtherocks.Headdeduptheweightofalltherocksandsaid,Thisistheweightoftheelephant.CaoCaowasveryhappywithhisson.Mysonisveryclever,isn'the?hesaid.Everyoneagreed.lead...ontomarkrockweighgolowertake...offgodownaddupdrawalinefill...withreachBDoyouknowanyotherwisekidsinhistory?Sharetheirstorieswithyourclassmates.Unit2geniusesManypeopleconsiderAlbertEinstein(1879-1955)agenius.Thisstoryabouthimshowsthathealsohadasenseofhumour.Einsteinoftenreceivedinvitationstoexplainhistheoriesatdifferentuniversities.Onthesetrips,hisdriverHansoftensaidtohim,It'sapleasuretodriveageniuslikeyou,DrEinstein.Oneevening,ontheirwaytoauniversity,Einsteinsaid,I'msotired.IwishIcouldavoidgivingmylecturetonight,Hans,butIdon'twanttoletmyaudiencedown.Iknowwhattodo,saidHans.Icangivethelectureforyou.Youcantrustme.I'velistenedtoyourlecturesomanytimesthatI'velearntitbyheart.Nooneknowsyouatthisuniversity,sotheywon'tfindout.So,theychangedplaces.Attheuniversity,Hanswasguidedtothefrontofthehall.Einsteintookaseat,listenedtoHansgivehislecturewithoutdifficulty,andjoinedintheapplauseattheend.However,beforeHansleft,amanshouted,I'dliketoaskyouaquestion.HethenaskedaquestionsodifficultthatHanshadnoideawhathewastalkingabout.Einsteinturnedpale.Ohno!hethought.Nowwe'reintrouble.ButHansjustlaughedandsaid,That'ssuchaneasyquestionthatevenmydrivercananswerit.Hans,please...Einsteinstoodupandansweredthequestionperfectly.Theylefttheuniversity,withEinsteindriving.Alittlelater,Hansofferedtodrive.No,laughedEinstein.It'sapleasuretodriveageniuslikeyou,Hans.CVocabularyC1Thewordsinitalicsexplainthemeaningsofsomewords.Findthesewordstocompletetheheadlines.Changetheirformsifnecessary.1Farmer:It'satoworkinthefields(happything)2Doctorswarnpeopletotoomuchsunthissummer(keepawayfrom)