九上任务阅读期中复习专项练习9篇第一篇A Better Way to Start Your DayWhether you love mornings or not, they're a fact of life. If you hate them, here are some ways to make them less awful. If you're a morning person, these tips can make mornings even better!1．Be sure to get an adequate(足够的) amount of sleep. Most people need seven or eight hours of sleep to feel their best during the day. If you must get up at 5 or 6 a. m., go to bed early to get your eight hours. Turn off the TV, computer or smartphone and hit the hay. When you get enough sleep, you won't feel sleepy. You can get out of bed on tine. That will make your day better, too.Turn on some music in the morning. Play any tune you like. It doesn't matter. 2．You'll feel much happier as you start the day.3．As your mother said, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Your body is out of fuel(燃料)by morning. You need some to help you control your blood- sugar. That affects your mood(情绪)and energy for the day.Don't watch TV or read a newspaper first thing in the morning. Your brain is fresh and ready to work on new things. Don't fill it up with negative(消极的) information about the world and its problems. Instead, readsomething inspiring(鼓舞人的)or uplifting. 4．Avoid answering QQ or weChat first thing. Use that precious(宝贵的) morning time to get some exercise, at breakfast and enjoy life. Check QQ or WeChat last before you leave your house. Then you'll only have time to heck the most important messages. 5．Every day is a new day—enjoy it!第二篇People all need friends because nobody wants to be lonely and a friend can help you in good and bad times. You've made friends since childhood, but you still don't know who your true friends are. 1．Always honestHonesty is important to keep a relationship alive.2．It may be hard sometimes but lying can destroy a friendship. It is important that your friend speaks honestly and never makes up stories.Always there for youThere are always periods in your life when you have problems or difficulties. A true friend will always have time to listen to your problems and give advice. It may not be able to solve your problems but the fact that your friend made time to listen is a sign he/she cares for you.3．You also need to accept that your friend also has other things to do so he/she can't always listen to your problems at once.Always respectful(尊敬的）A true friend will always respect your opinion no matter whether he/she agrees or not.4．Always understanding5． A true friend will always be forgiving and understanding, even if it isn't his/her fault. We are all different people and we all make mistakes. A true friend is always forgiving and understanding because he/she doesn't want to take the risk of losing his/her best friend.A. Your friend is not a true one if he/she can never make time for you when you are in trouble.B. In order to help you, a friend may not tell you the truth.C. Here are some signs to tell you if your friend is a true friend:D. Your true friend may disagree but never insists(坚持）that he/she is correct.E. It is possible that some problems will appear between you and your friend.F. A true friend always tells you the truth.第三篇President Xi encouraged the country's youth to study hard and take in the knowledge like sponge(海绵). Xi has valued the development of Chinese youth. Now, let's have a look at what he has said to us.1．Youth is an important time to train a person's thinking and abilities, and young people should be thirsty for knowledge and eager to learn about the new things.2．Young people should have a good understanding of the history and progress of the Chinese people's hard work in modern times. They should give themselves away to the motherland, the people and the nation.3．The road of life for young people is long. Along the way, there is sunshine as well as rains and winds, joy as well as sadness.4．Young people should smile and never give up when facing difficulties. They should dare to dream and work very hard to realize their dreams.5．Learning is necessary for young people's growth and progress. The qualities and abilities of young people will have a direct influence on realizing the Chinese Dream.第四篇Have you ever tried to hide your emotions(情感) during a conversation? 1.Scientists from Ohio University have found that people are able to tell other people's emotions according to changes in the color of their faces.Scientists studied pictures of the expressions on people's faces. 2. For example, happiness makes our faces red around the cheeks and a little blue around the chin. Disgust(厌恶) creates not only a blue-yellow color around the lips, but also a red-green color around the noses and forehead."We believed these color patterns are the result of small changes in blood flow triggered(触发) by the nervous system(神经系统)." Lead researcher Alex Martinez said.3. Does the color alone or also facial expressions help people tell others' emotions?To find this out, scientists added color patterns to pictures of faces. These faces showed no facial expressions. 4. They were able to tell the emotions 75 percent of the time without difficulty.5. For example, when two people are arguing over something, we say they are red in the face. When a person is angry, we'd say he or she is blue in the face.A. But this raises a question.B. It is shown that human emotions are influenced by colors on the face.C. They found that every facial expression is connected to a certain color.D. It is not always easy, because the color on your face may tell the truth.E. Then, volunteers were asked to tell what emotions the faces were showing.F. This is why there are some Chinese sayings that connect emotions to the color of one's face.第五篇If you ask people of different countries "Could you tell me the way to the post office?" you will get different answers.In Japan, people use landmarks（路标）instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, "Go straight down to the corner. 1. The post office is across from the bus stop. "In Kansas, America, there are no towns or buildings within miles. So instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distance. For example, people will say, "Go north two miles. 2. "People in Greece sometimes do not even try to give directions. They will often say, "Follow me."3.Sometimes if a person doesn't know the answer to your question, he or she might say, "Sorry, I have no idea." But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers "I don't know." 4. They usually give an answer, but often a wrong one. A visitor can often get lost in Yucatan!5. You might not understand a person's words, but maybe you can understand his or her body language. He or she will usually point to the right direction. Go on in that direction and you may find the post office!第六篇Humans' Greatest AchievementsThe earth is 4.5 billion years old, but the human race has lived on it for just 200, 000 years. In that short time, we have achieved some amazing things.1. The list is almost endless. The invention of the airplane has changed our lives. The discovery of antibiotics(抗生素) has saved the lives of millions of people. Can you imagine living withoutelectricity What about the printing press(印刷术)？Without the printing press, you wouldn't be reading this. In the last 50 years, there have been great achievements in communication, such as radio, TV, computer, the Internet, and smartphone (智能手机). 2.What about the arts？The arts have brought pleasure to many people, but are the Beatles and Bach more important than antibiotics？ 3.Finally, we must not forget humans' early achievements. 4. We can't imagine modern life without cooked food and cars.What are humans' greatest achievements？To answer the question, we need to decide what we mean by "great" 5. Or is it just something that makes us say “Wow”, like the Great Wall？What do you think?第七篇A. Think about what to do tomorrow.B. Review the day.C. Imagine a quiet place.D. Exercise every day.E. Stop doing other things.F. Choose proper food.If you have difficulty sleeping at night, it's time for you to take it seriously. According to Medicine Net, bad sleeping can lead to plenty of problems such as poor concentration and mood changes. Luckily,there are some tips that can help you fall asleep quickly ad may also improve the quality (质量)of your sleep.1. Daily exercise will reduce your stress and help you fall into a deep sleep. Consider doing exercise such as walking, swimming or bicycling between 5:00 pm to 7:00pm, as your body is at its finest physical condition. Then you can get a good quality of sleep at night.2. Eat food that is helpful to your sleep. Take healthy food in your food list, such as milk, cheese, bananas, eggs and honey. Have a light dinner and don't eat high-fat foods, as these foods take longer to digest(消化). Keep away from chocolate and high-sugar foods before bedtime. Drink plenty of water all through the day. But remember to stop doing so by 8:00pm, or you prevent yourself from enjoying a good sleep by visiting the bathroom from time to time.3. Prepare yourself for sleep and avoid eating , watching TV or doing homework in your bed. Your body will learn that when you are on your bed, it's time to fall asleep. Doing other things on your bed will make it harder to fall asleep when you finish them all.4. If you can't fall asleep for hours in bed, then try to review what you did during the day .Try to catch as much detail(细节) as possible. But don't think too much about anything that you worried about, since that can make falling asleep more difficult. If you finish reviewing the day, but still can't fall asleep, then go back to yesterday and even the day before yesterday. Reviewing the day can make you calm.5. If you are having trouble clearing your mind , think of a relaxing and peaceful scene. For example, imagine that you're lying on the beach under the warm and pleasant sunshine, watching the waves(海浪) breaking on the rocks again and again . And it would be better if you can do deep breathing exercises while you do this.第八篇Besides the spelling of the word, there are, clearly, many differences between American and British humor.There is a common belief in the U.K. that Americans don't understand irony (讽刺). This is of course not true. 1. Irony may show up in American comedies(喜剧), but people there don't use it as much as the British do in daily life.2. It actually runs in the blood of the British people. They use it as much as prepositions(介词) in everyday conversations, as a way of playing with their friends and laughing at their enemies, as well as themselves. This may sometimes make people unhappy if the listeners are not used to it.3. After Americans use irony, they will clearly say that they are "only kidding". They feel the need to make a joke clearer so that it will not make other people uncomfortable.Humor is tied so much to culture. American jokes are more clear and forward, a bit like Americans themselves. 4. This may result from the fact that British culture is more reserved(矜持的) than American culture.However, we still find that certain American comedies have made huge success in Britain and vice versa(反之亦然). 5.第九篇Being Well-Organized And Getting Things DoneBeing well-organized and getting things done and what we have done is tried to make them as easy to follow as possible to allow you to implement them immediately. There is no doubt that being organized does make a difference.1.It is something that you should do every single day and the best way to approach this is to place things in order of importance. Watching that movie may sound like a good idea, but put that at the bottom of the list and focus on things that influence your work, health, or anything else that is key to your survival (生存).2.Next, you should consider trying to plan ahead, so if you know that there is an appointment at a certain location for a certain time, then plan your day around that appointment.3.Knowing where everything is really will allow you to get more things done as you will waste less time hunting for that object that you require to complete your task. Too much time is wasted hunting for keys or that piece of paper and it also just stresses you out and can upset your pace.4.Giving tasks to others will always lead to you getting more done, but it is not just a case of picking anybody to do a task. Instead, you need to make sure that they are capable of doing it without running into any problems and that they do have the correct tools to complete the job.5.Having a schedule will help to force you into completing tasks on time and actually getting more done in the process. The only problem here is that you need to be sensible when working out how long something takes or you will put undue pressure on yourself and this is where mistakes can occur and you will actually then start to get less done.Keys第一篇C；D；A；E；B第二篇C；F；A；D；E第三篇F；D；B；C；A第四篇D；C；A；E；F第五篇D；A；F；C；B第六篇E；A；F；D；B第七篇D；F；E；B；C第八篇C；D；A；E；B第九篇C；B；E；A；F。
