2023年九年级暑期话题阅读天天练：文娱与体育（含解析）

2023年九年级暑期话题阅读天天练：文娱与体育 （共8题） 一、阅读理解题（共8题） No one knows exactly when jazz was invented, or by whom. But it is said that it began in the early 1900s. Jazz was a new kind of music, for America and the world, and New Orleans was its birthplace. __▲__ Most were blacks. This music was not written down, and at first only blacks played it. It was hard for white musicians to learn the new style. But soon they, too, were playing jazz. The popularity of this music spread. From New Orleans, it traveled up the Mississippi (密西西比) to Chicago, then to Kansas City and New York. By the 1920s, there were many jazz musicians, both black and white. Many of them were famous. One man was better than the rest. His name was Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong was a born musician. He was not only talented but also hard-working. He also had a good sense of humor and a big, good-natured smile. These personal qualities were valuable in his rise to fame. After he became famous, he traveled around the world. It seemed that everyone wanted to hear Louis play. But life was not always easy, especially at the beginning. Louis Armstrong was born in 1900 in New Orleans. His father never went to school and his mother could hardly read. When Louis was still a kid, his parents separated, and Louis lived with his mother. How hard their life was can readily be imagined. And yet Louis smiled through everything. He later wrote, "My whole life has been happiness. Life was there for me and I accepted it. Whatever happened has been beautiful to me. I love everybody." (1) The underlined word "they" in Paragraph 3 refers to _____. A．new styles B．jazz pioneers C．black musicians D．white musicians (2) What's the meaning of the underlined word "separated" in the last paragraph A．Moved away. B．Were busy. C．Lost all money. D．Parted. (3) What can we learn from the passage A．Only blacks play jazz. B．Louis's mother cared him a lot but not well educated. C．Louis Armstrong was very serious and he worked hard. D．Although life was unfair to him, Louis Armstrong still faced it hopefully. (4) What's Louis Armstrong's attitude (态度) towards life A．Hopeful. B．Pleased. C．Sad. D．Scared. (5) Which sentence can be put into the "__▲__" in Paragraph 3 A．Jazz was very popular in the beginning. B．Who were the jazz pioneers C．Only a small number of people like jazz at first. D．Musicians can play jazz well. Do you know the movie I, Robot It tells us a story about the future. The year is 2035 and robots are just as common as mobile phones. People depend on their robots to do lots of things, for example, babysitting, cooking, and taking their dogs for a walk. Robots have to listen to humans' orders, because their inventors make them do so. A police officer called Spooner hate robots. He doesn't think humans can get on well with their robots at all! But the scientist Susan has different opinions. Susan works on robots' mind and she thinks one day robots will become ... ...