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九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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You know that eating a sensible diet and getting plenty of exercise help make your body healthy and strong.But do you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier and smarter? Here are some steps toward a smarter brain.
Limit your TV viewing
(1) Never spend too much time on TV viewing, for it needs very little brain activities.Your brain will become weak just as your muscles do.If you do watch TV, choose something educational and meaningful.
Travel
Travelling to another country forces you to see and do things in a fresh way, bringing stimulation to the brain.
Learn a new language
Learning a new language involves different learning methods.Learning a language sharpens your brain and helps prevent memory problems that you may meet in later years.
Read often
As you read, take the time to look up people or places that aren’t familiar.Reading makes your vocabulary much larger if you always search for words and definitions that you don’t know.Each week, choose an animal, a bird or fish, and read everything you can about it.Stretch your brain as you become an expert on the subject.
Calculate (计算)when you shop
As you put things in your grocery cart, total everything in your head.See how close you get to the actual total.
Use your non-dominant(不占优势的)hand
If you are right-handed, use your left hand for everyday activities, or use your right hand if you are left-handed.Doing familiar things in a different way will make your brain create new neural (神经)networks.
Wechat(微信)
(2) Read messages from various people.They have different interests.And some say that learning to express yourself in just 100 words is a great brain challenge.
Have a try and do these every day.Little by little you can get into the habit of challenging your brain, and make your brain smarter!
1.将(1)处翻译成汉语
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2.将(2)处合并成一句
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3.Why do you read often according to the passage? (至少两条)
______________________________________
4.How many steps towards a smarter brain are mentioned in the passage?
______________________________________
5.Give a title of the passage.
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九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
任务型阅读 (共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
For hundreds of years, scientists have been trying to answer what things have an effect on people’s emotions (情感). How you feel is controlled by many things. Your emotions can be affected by your personality, the actions of others and the events around you. Perhaps you don’t know your emotions can be influenced by the weather as well.
People often say they feel good when the sun is shining and sad when it is cloudy. In fact, sunlight makes us feel good. When sunlight hits our skins, our bodies produce a vitamin. Vitamins are chemical substances (化学物质) which we all need to stay healthy. Sunlight helps our bodies produce vitamin D. Vitamin D helps our bodies make a special chemical substance. This special chemical substance affects our brains(大脑) and makes us feel happy. For example, there are long, dark winters of little sunlight in Sweden and Norway, so many people in these countries often feel sad. Without much sunlight, their bodies produce less vitamin D. Without enough vitamin D, their bodies make less of this special chemical substance which makes them feel good. To help the people in these countries feel better, special “ sunrooms” with artificial(人造的) lights have been built. People can go there and get “sunlight” for an hour or two!
The weather can also affect people’s emotions in other ways. Hot weather can make people angry because people feel uncomfortable when it is hot. In the same way, rain can make people angry because being wet can be unpleasant. As you can see, the weather can have an effect on the chemical substances which control our brains. Through these ways, the weather can influence our emotions. Sadly , while the weather can change us, we can hardly change the weather.
The 1. influences people’s emotions
What influen ces people’s emotions? Your 2. , the actions of others, the events 3.you and the weather 4. are our emotions influenced by the weather ? 5.
Our bodies produce a chemical substance when sunlight hits our skins. Then it makes us feel 6. .
Hot weather
It can make people feel uncomfortable when it is hot.
7. weather
Being wet can be so unpleasant that we feel angry.
8. The weather can influence our emotions 9. it influences the chemical substances that control our brains.
The weather can change us, but we can do 10. to change the weather.
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
A new product – the Apple Watch – into the market. Last year, the watch was firstly introduced by Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. The price of the watch is from $349 to $1,099, depending on its size and whether it is a sports or regular one.
Apple engineers and designers have put in a lot of thought and hard work into creating this "small screen" on your wrist(手腕). The "sensor(传感器)" on the screen not only finds your finger, but also knows the difference between when you are tapping(轻触), and when you are pressing hard er.
The watch also has “haptic feedback(触觉反馈)”. You can s end personal messages to your friend —such as drawing a star or a special sign with your fingers, or tapping the watch, say 3 times, and your friend will receive those taps on their wrist.
Besides telling the time, the watch will use 'Bluetooth' to connect with your iPhone and show calls or text messages that come in.
According to Tim Cook, the watch may open up a whole new area of applications(应用) that we had never thought of. Some car f actories like BMW have developed an app that allows its car owners to open their cars with the watch. A 'Hotels' app may allow you to open the door to your hotel room without worrying about losing the smart-card. And finally, even at the airport—passengers may be able to simply wave their wrist to check into their flight.
The biggest use of the watch, however, is as your personal fitness coach. The watch can show your pulse (heartbeat) using a sensor at the bottom of the watch. It also has the same sensor as your iPhone, so it knows when you are moving, and also how much you are walking or running. It will remind you if you have been sitting for too long without taking exercise.
1.We can learn from the passage that the Apple Watch .
A. is designed by Tim Cook
B. was brought into the market last week
C. sells at different prices for different colors
D. can show your pulse and knows when you are moving.
2.With apple watch, you can .
A. develop your own personal app
B. connect your iPhone with your iPad
C. receive personal messages from your friends’ iPhone
D. send personal messages to your friends’ apple watches
3.Many businesses help push for the uses of apple watch EXCEPT .
A. hospitals B. hotels C. airlines D. car factories
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Do you feel tired sometimes? Nowadays, stress is everywhere in our daily life. Not just men, women and young people also suffer from stress.
There are many causes, such as: death, marriage, money, moving house, changing jobs, ending relationships.
So how do you know if you suffer from stress? Do the Stress Test and find out!
Stress Test
Do you …? Yes No
1. often sleep badly?
2. get headaches a lot?
3. find it difficult to relax?
4. need alcohol (酒精) or cigarettes to keep calm?
5. usually hide your feeling?
6. find it difficult to put your heart into something?
7. take sleeping pills?
8. get angry when things go wrong?
If you have more than two “Yes” among these questions, you are suffering from stress. So what can you do about it?
Doing yoga (瑜伽), chewing gum and playing with worry beads (念珠) are all common ways of relieving (减轻) stress. However, doctors now say that there are simpler ways. They say that people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people—and especially men—ought to cry more often, because cry ing is the natural way of relieving stress.
1.From the passage, we can know that .
A. many soc ial problems can cause stress
B. young people suffer more from stress than the old
C. doing yoga is the most useful way to relieve stress
D. if all the answers are yes, you are suffering from stress
2.You may suffer from stress if you .
A. never depend on alcohol or cigarettes
B. can sleep without sleeping pills
C. often communicate with anyone else
D. easily get angry when things go wrong
3.Which of the following is NOT a way to relieve stress?
A. Doing yoga. B. Taking sleeping pills.
C. Laughing and crying. D. Playing with worry beads.
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
More people are buying tickets over the phone or the Internet for travel and other things. Not only are people doing their shopping electronically (电子地), but also many businessmen are giving “electronic tickets” or “e-tickets (电子机票)” to the buyers.
The most common use for electronic tickets today is for air travel. Airlines have surely removed paper tickets by asking more money for them than for electronic tickets. Although some companies offer the choice to buy tickets online, these tickets aren’t electronic, because they can be used by anyone holding the ticket for travel or entrance.
Electronic tickets are usually bought online, over the phone or from travel businessmen. A system online or over the phone will tell you that the ticket is electronic, and will ask you to offer some personal information depending on its requirements (要求). You’ll receive a confirmation (确认) number showing your buying. You should keep this number.
The system will also tell you what must be shown at the time of travel or the event. Photo identification, such as ID card, confirmation numbers and credit cards (信用卡) will probably be required. Make sure that you have the right ID. On the day of the travel or the visit, it will be used often.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案,并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.Where may electronic tickets be used most today?
A. In the library.
B. In the train station
C. In the airport.
2.You have to keep the confirmation number to .
A. show that you have bought the ticket
B. have a lucky number for your travel
C. find your seat number on the plane
3.What does the underlined word “identification” mean in Chinese?
A. 介绍信 B. 职业申请 C. 身份证明
4.Which of the following is TURE?
A. E-tickets have a higher price than paper ones.
B. E-tickets have only been used in air travel companies.
C. E-tickets have more personal information than paper ones.
5.What is the BEST title for the passage?
A. What are paper tickets?
B. What are electronic tickets?
C. How to shop online?
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Stop and listen! What do you hear? You may hear many different sounds. Some of those sounds may be noise. Noise is a loud or unwanted sound.
Noise can be caused by many kinds of machines, such as motorcycles, jet planes (喷气式飞机), farm tractors, and power motors. And, to some people, rock music is also a noise.
What happens to people who live near noisy machines or use them over a period of time? Doctors have found that these people have trouble in sleeping. And most importantly, constant (连续的) loud noise can cause loss of hearing.
Scientists use a unit of measure called a decibel(分贝) to measure the loudness of a sound. The sound of a quiet room, for example, measures 35 decibels. Talking measures between 40 and 65 decibels. Sounds from traffic and from some rock bands measure over 120 decibels. Noise at such high level causes the greatest hearing loss.
根据短文内容,判断正(T)误(F)。
1.According to the passage, noise is all sounds that you can hear.
2.A “decibel” is a machine that makes loud noise.
3.Loud noise can help people sleep better.
4.Not all people think that rock music is a noise.
5.We can infer (推断) from the passage that noise is a serious problem.
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
My mom isn’t fancy like other moms.They wear fancy clothes and drive fancy cars. My mom wears her gardening clothes when she walks me to school.
When fancy moms laugh,their laughs sound soft and whispery. You can hear my mom’s laugh from down the hall. I show her how to laugh quietly and she practices. But before long she starts laughing even harder than before.
At the talent show,my mom cheers loudly,“Bravo,everyone!Bravo!”instead of clapping politely the way fancy moms do.
For our class hike(徒步旅行),parents are invited. At breakfast I go over my rules for Mom,“Please don’t whistle. Don’t laugh loudly. No clapping. And stay in line.”
The other moms show up wearing fancy jackets and sneakers. My mom wears cutoffs,a floppy straw hat,and her old hiking boots.
We hike along,all in a line. Soon Mom starts to whistle her hiking songs,She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain.I shake my head at her. She stops and whispers,“Oops. Sorry,Jane.”
We keep hiking. Everything is perfect until…
Our teacher,Ms. Steele,stops and points,“A snake!”All the moms hold their kids hands and back up,except my mom.“Watch out!It might be poisonous(有毒的)!”Ms. Steele says.
The other moms shuttle back some more. However,my mom steps forward and says,“Hmm. Let’s see what kind it is. Nope,it’s not poisonous.”
I shut my eyes.I know what’s coming next. Mom makes a sudden attack.“Got it!”she says. The other moms scream,not sounding fancy at all.
Kids gather around as Mom examines the snake.“It’s OK to touch,”she says.
Everyone’s too scared,but I go first.“snakes aren’t slimy,”I tell them. Right away,others line up. A couple of the fancy moms come up to touch the snake’s tail.
Later,Ms. Steele tells us to draw our favorite part of the hike. After a while,I look around quickly. Everyone’s picture is of Mom and me with the snake.
As we hike back to the bus,I squeeze Mom’s hand.“I’m glad I didn’t tell you my don’t-catch-snakes rule.”She smiles. But soon,she’s whistling her hiking songs again!
I start to make her silent,then stop. Instead,I take a deep breath and sing out too. Everyone joins in,even the fancy moms.
1.The word“fancy”in this passage is close to“ ”.
A.fashionable or expensive B.energetic or valuable
C.modern or comfortable D.common or popular
2.Jane tries to make some rules for her mom because .
A.she expects her mom not to catch snakes
B.she is afraid her mom will make her lose face
C.she wants her mom to be different from others
D.she wishes her mom to act more politely than the other moms
3.Jane begins to feel proud of her mom when .
A.she goes first to touch the snake and other kids follow her
B.she joins her mom in singing together with the other moms
C.she tries to stop her mom whistling but later she give up
D.she finds everyone drawing about her mom and her with the snake
4.Which can be the best title for the passage?
A.My Mom Isn’t Fancy
B.Our Hike Isn’t Perfect
C.An Unpleasant Talent Show
D.An Unforgettable Experience
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
In the Charles E.Johnson Elementary School in New York, there is a special radio. It gives people warnings(警报)about bad weather.
One day, there came a sound from the radio. This sound brought the piece of news:a heavy storm was coming. William Tomic, principal(校长)of the school, asked teachers to bring children indoors and put them in a safe place at once.
Minutes later, the storm came. However, because of the warning of the radio and the quick work of the principal, no one was hurt.
“The radio really did work very well.________(我们对它的工作感到很高兴),”William Tomic said. “The parents were as well.”
The U.S. government hopes there will be more such success stories. It plans to give this kind of radios to all 97,000 public schools in the country.
Every year, more than 10,000 big thunderstorms, 2,500 floods, 1,000 tornadoes(龙卷风)and some hurricanes(飓风)take place in the U.S., so the waming radios are very useful.They not only give people warnings about bad weather,but also give warnings about other dangerous things.
(一)请根据短文内容,简要回答下列问题.
1.What does the special radio give people?
2.Why was no one hurt in the school in the storm?
(二)请根据短文中所给汉语完成句子。
3.
(三)请把短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
4.
(四)请给短文拟一个恰当的英文标题。
5.
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Gao Wenqi, 49, owner of a restaurant in Xi'an, Shanxi, started to offer a new service on April 13, 2013: suspended meals (待用快餐). Now many restaurants in China, such as in Henan,Chongqing and Yunnan, have joined the program.
You can pay 10 yuan for a meal, which should be sold at 16, and leave it at the restaurant. Then other people in need, such as the disabled(残疾人), the poor elderly or homeless children,can have it without paying.
This idea comes from the cafes (咖啡馆) in Naples, Italy. It's a tradition that someone there pays in advance for an extra (额外的) cup or two. Then another coffee-drinker can take them for free.
“The program is meaningful. It offers help with dignity(尊严),” said Gao to Xinhua. However, people are worried that someone who is able to pay would also ask for the suspended meals, so there should be rules for this program.
1.According to the passage, this program may possibly take place ________.
A. in a restaurant B. at a bus station C. in a school D. on a train
2.The suspended meals are offered to________.
A. students B. workers C. people in need D. the rich
3.The underlined phrase “in advance” in the third paragraph means “_ _” in Chinese.
A.滞后 B.预先 C.优先 D.胜过
4.It's said that the idea of “suspended meals” comes from________.
A. Italy B. the U.S. C. Canada D. China
5.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Someone who is unable to pay can ask for the suspended meals.
B. The program is meaningful and it offers help with dignity.
C. Gao Wenqi's restaurant joined the program on April 13, 2013.
D. All customers must pay an extra meal at the restaurant.
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析