九年級英語Unit 7 Comic strips知識點及練習題
m: not really，i didn’t do anything. ______8____ the weather was terrible.
（b）seoul goes cow-mad
recent weeks have seen tens of thousands of people take to streets in seoul (首爾), the capital of south korea. they carried banners (橫幅) that said “mad cows drive our people mad”.
these people were against the government’s decision to buy us beef. they have fears (擔心) of beef with “mad cow disease”.
several countries stopped buying us beef after a case (病例) of mad cow disease in . but when south korean new president (總統) lee myung-bak took office in february, he wanted to warm up ties (聯系) with the us. so in april his government agreed to continue trade (買賣) and this move (舉動) led to a flood of anger around the country.
although both the south korean and us governments said us beef is safe to eat, the anger has grown into the country’s biggest protest (抗議) in 20 years. people accused (批評) president lee of being out of touch with common people. they also voiced opposition (反對) to his other policies, such as education plans.
“what lee did is just like offering tribute (貢品) to a chinese emperor in the past. it’s quite humiliating (恥辱的),” said kim sook-yi. the 35-year-old woman joined the protest with her two children.
at center of the wave of anger, south korean cabinet (內閣) offered to step down earlier this month. the president also said sorry to his people last thursday. he suggested that there could be progress in the coming trade talks with the us.
閱讀短文，判斷對（t）錯（f）。
1. the people gathering in seoul were against the government’s decision to buy us beef.
2. president lee myung-bak took office in april, .
3. several countries stopped buying us beef because a case of mad cow disease was found there in .
4. kim sook-yi accused president lee of offering tribute to us.
5. the country’s biggest protest have affected south korean cabinet’s and the president’s actions.
（ c ）just why federer is the perfect player
roger federer is one of the greatest players in the history of tennis. if you don’t know much about this swiss player, you can now read about him in the new biography, the roger federer story, quest for perfection (《費德勒的故事，追求完美》). the chinese edition goes on sale on june 25, the opening day of the wimbledon tennis championships.
the book was written by rene stauffer, a famous swiss tennis journalist. the book starts with federer’s life as a junior player. it tells of his early struggles (掙扎) on the atp tour and his breakthrough (突破) win at wimbledon in . it ends with his 10th grand slam (大滿貫) title at the australian open earlier this year. the book also focuses on his values, his relationship with the media as well as his charity work.