英语九年级阅读irelandisanislandinthenorth-westofEurope
Ireland（爱尔兰）isanislandinthenorth-westofEurope.ItisthethirdlargestislandinEuropeandthetwentiethlargestislandonEarth.
Irelandisacountrywitharichculture.AholidayinIrelandallowsonetoexperienceitswarmhospitalitydelicioustraditionalfoodwonderfulmusicandbeautifulsights.HereyoucanenjoyamorningbreakfastataB&B（bedandbreakfast）drinkinapub（酒吧）experiencethelocalart,orhikeonamountain.
Irishpeople
ItisquitenormaltoseeafriendlysmileonthefaceofIrishpeople.Youwillnearlyalwaysfindthelocalpeoplegreetyouwith“Howareyou”Youranswertothiscouldbethesame.PubculturePubsarethemainplacesforsocializing（社交）inIrelandespeciallyinthesmalltowns.Youcandrinkthereeattheredancethereorlistentoagroupofmusiciansthere.Foodinpubsknownas“pubgrub”isgenerallygoodandthepricesarefair.Thepubsaregenerallycomfortableandtheyusuallydon’tcloseuntilmidnight!
Thelanguage
Thenationalandofficial(官方的)languageofIrelandisGaelicaswellasEnglish.However,nearly99ofthepopulationspeaksEnglish.Lessthan5ofthepopulationusesGaelicintheirdailylife.HoweverGaelicmustbetaughtinIrishschoolsandrecentlythereisanincreasinginterestinthelanguage.
1.HowshouldyouanswerwhentheIrishpeoplegreetyouwith“Howareyou”accordingtothepassage
A.Finethankyou.B.HelloC.HowareyouD.Great
2.Theunderlinedword“they”refersto______.
A.pubsB.pricesC.townsD.musicians
3.Wecanlearnfromthelastparagraphthat______.
A.it’snoteasytolearnGaelic
B.mostIrishpeoplespeakGaelic
C.studentsmustlearnGaelicatschool
D.mostIrishpeopleareinterestedinGaelic
4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedaboutIreland
A.Itspeople.B.Itslanguage.C.Itsfestivals.D.Itspubs
5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage
A.FoodinthepubsinIrelandisusuallyveryexpensive.
B.GaelicisoneoftheofficiallanguagesofIreland.
C.IrelandisthetwentiethlargestislandonEarth.
D.Iris