九年级任务型阅读训练题（一）本试卷主要培养学生英语应用拓展能力。（一）阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成表格中所缺的信息。What makes the world become smaller and smaller? Some inventions. It began in the 11th century,but it has developed greatly in the last century. Let’s take a look at the five top inventions.Movable Type（活字印刷）: By using Movable Type, books could be printed cheaply and easily.Bi Sheng invented Movable Type in China in the 11th century.Telephone: The inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876. “Mr.Watson, come here. I want you.” he said to his assistant over the phone line. And with thosefamous words, the world was about to get much smaller.Airplane: The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in 1903. Air travel has made thefaraway places suddenly become a lot closer.Satellites（卫星）: The Soviet Union sent up the world’s first satellite in 1957. This began theSpace Age. Satellites have helped scientists study the earth. Much of our knowledge of the worldhas come from the information recorded by satellites.Internet: When the Internet was created in 1969, only a few people knew about it. But more than650 million people in the world use it now. The Internet has made information about anything easyto get.Title 1. __________ThetopMovableinventionsType2.WhenHowChina3.Telephone/in 1876Airplane/in 1903SatellitesInternetTheSovietThe U. S.Unionin 1957in 1969making5aboutanything easyto getbooks printedthe world gotmakingthe4.;cheaplyanda lot smallerfarawaymucheasilyplaces closerinformationrecordedbysatellites（二）The Secret of Success1. Your best chance of success is by doing what you really want to do. Ask yourself, “If moneywere not so important, what kind of work would I do for fre...
