Do you know the game "Rock, paper or scissors"? Maybe you think it's just a simple game for children. But in fact, some adults use it to make decisions and solve their problems. It is also popular in many countries.
There are different stories about the history of the game. But many people believe the game came from Japan, and Japanese have played it for a long time. Later it came to Europe in the middle of the 18th century. In 1842, England founded the Paper Scissors Stone Club and from then on people could get together to play the game for honor (荣誉).
There is even an international club named the World Rock Paper Scissors Club in Toronto. The club makes "Rock, paper or scissors" more and more popular. It holds the world championship (锦标赛) every year. Top players from around the world take part in it and the champion (冠军) can get a lot of money and the honor of all the fans of "Rock, paper or scissors".
1.Who use the game to make decisions and solve problems according to this passage?
A. Children. B. Some adults.
C. Students. D. The old.
2.Where do many people think this game came from?
A. Europe. B. China.
C. Japan. D. The USA.
3. From when could people get together to play this game for honor?
A. 1842. B. 1841.
C. 1845. D. 1846.
4.How often does the World Rock Paper Scissors Club hold the world championship?
A. Once a year. B. Once two years.
C. Once three years. D. Once four years.
5.What will the champion of this game get?
A. A lot of money. B. The leader of this club.
C. Honor. D. A and C
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Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied with (满意) him.
One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future (未来). They talked for a long time. “Have a look at your watch, please,” said the girl. “What time is it now?” “Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,” said Jack. “Where's yours?” “I left it at home.”Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!” The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?”
1.Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.
A. sixteen B. eighteen
C. twenty D. fifteen
2.The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________.
A. he's her grandson B. he's clever
C. he can keep quiet D. he gets home on time
3.From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack's ________.
A. classmate B. colleague (同事)
C. aunt D. wife
4.The word “stamp” in the story means ______ in Chinese.
A. 盖印 B. 跺 C. 贴邮票 D. 承认
5.Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order (为了) ________.
A. to wake his grandma up
B. to make his grandma angry
C. that his grandma was going to tell him the time
D. that his grandma was going to buy him a watch
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Festivals | |||
Symbol | Name | Date | Country |
Spring Festival | January or February | China | |
Mother’s Day | The second Sunday in May | the USA | |
Boys’ Day | May 5th | Japan | |
Christmas Day | December 25th | Western countries | |
1.Mother’s Day often comes on______.
A. the second Saturday in January
B. the third Saturday in December
C. the second Sunday in May
D. the fifth Sunday in May
2.Of all the festivals in the form(表格),______ comes last in a year.
A. Christmas Day B. Boys’ Day
C. Mother’s Day D. Spring Festival
3.The symbol of Spring Festival is______.
A. flowers B. fish
C. trees D. dumplings
4.Americans may celebrate______ festival(s) in the form.
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
5.The festival for boys is only celebrated in _______.
A. China B. the USA
C. Japan D. Canada
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
We all know who Benjamin Franklin was. He was a very famous American statesman. He was also the first man to discover electricity. Franklin liked to study and to learn about new things. One day he heard from a friend that something black in colour holds the heat better than something white in colour. Franklin wanted to find out if this was true or not.
There was snow on the ground at the time. So he put two large pieces of cloth over the snow. One piece of cloth was black in colour, the other piece was white. Then he waited until the sun began to shine. After several hours he looked under the pieces of cloth and saw that the snow under the black cloth melted(融化) much faster than the snow under the white cloth. This proved to him that the black cloth held the heat better than the white cloth.
Soon after this, people began to wear white hats and white clothes during the summer because they were cooler.
Judge the following statements True (T) or False (F)
1.Benjamin Franklin was only a scientist.
2.One day a friend of his told him something about the relation(关系) between colour and heat.
3.Something black in colour holds heat better than something white in colour.
4.This story happened in summer.
5.People wear white clothes in summer because they know it is cooler.
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Would you like to have an electric car? Do you know this kind of quiet and clean cars run on electricity(电)?
In the future, more and more people will have cars, so the cars will be in great need. But the oil won’t keep up with the number of cars on the road. So the price of oil will go up.
Electric cars aren’t perfect just yet. It can take eight hours to charge(充电) a car for only 100 miles of driving. How far that car travels depends on the weather and traffic.
Price is a problem, too. Electric cars cost much more than cars using oil. The good news is that electric-car technology(技术) is getting better. As it does, the prices of this kind of cars are going down.
To charge the car, the US Department of Energy is paying for at least 10,000 charging stations around the country. And it will cost about three dollars for each charge.
Now carmakers are looking for other ways to make the car cheaper. Then more people will use electric cars, and we’ll have a clean and nice world in the future.
1.Why will the cars be in great need in the future?
_________________________________________________________________________
2.How long does it take to charge an electric car for only 100 miles of driving?
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Are electric cars cheaper than cars using oil at present?
_________________________________________________________________________
4.How much should people pay for each charge?
_________________________________________________________________________
5.What will the world be like if most people use electric cars?
__________________________________________________________________________
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Is your TV connected to the Internet? What about your chair or your fridge? It is possible that they are not. But in the future, most things in your home may be connected, as the so-called "Internet of things" is developing.
The Internet of things may be coming sooner than you think. It is reported that during his speech earlier this year, Samsung CEO(首席执行官) BK Yoon spent a lot of time talking about the Internet of things. He said that five years from now, every Samsung product will be part of the Internet of things, whether it's a washing machine or a vacuum cleaner(吸尘器).
So, how do household(家用) objects that are part of Internet of things work? Well, think of a usual chair. When connected to the Internet, the chair warms up when it knows that the user has just walked into the room and is feeling cold.
An Internet-connected camera, like a smart-home camera, could help people feel safer in their homes. It can recognize(识别) people's faces, and even can see when someone passes by in the dark. Then it can send you a message on your smartphone to let you know who's there. If the person is someone you don't know, it can tell you that, too.
But according to MIT Technology Review, whether companies are connecting dog food bowls or security(安全) systems to the Internet, there may be problems. For example, many early connected-home devices(装置) don't have much built-in security, which means they could be hacked(被黑客攻击). In addition, it could be difficult to get these devices to work together because they are made by different companies. To fight this, many companies have joined the Open Interconnect Consortium, which had 45 members by late 2014.
So, picture this: you walk in through the front door of your home. The temperature changes to make you feel comfortable after a long day at school. Your favorite music starts playing for you. Do you think that this would be a good thing? It may happen sooner than you think.
1.The Samsung CEO's speech is mentioned to prove that_____.
A. the Internet of things will appear in our daily life sooner
B. Samsung has produced the Internet of things recently
C. Samsung products have been part of the Internet of things
D. he spent a lot of time talking about the Internet of things
2.We can infer(推断)from paragraphs 3 and 4 that _____________.
A. the chair can know whether the user feels cold or not
B. a usual chair can warm up when it knows the user comes in
C. an Internet-connected camera can be used to take photos in the house
D. an Internet-connected camera can be connected to the user's smartphone
3.According to the passage, it is mentioned that_____
①the temperature inside is neither too high nor too low
②your fridge provides the drinks for you
③the chair warms up if you feel cold
④your favourite music starts playing
⑤your washing machine starts working
A.①②⑤ B.②③④ C.①③④ D.①④⑤
4.What's the problem about the Internet of things?
A. Companies which produce connected-home devices haven't joined together.
B. Connected-home devices may not work together and can easily get hacked.
C. Companies have difficulty connecting security system to the Internet.
D. These new devices are produced by different companies.
5.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. How to product the Internet of things.
B. The introduction to use the Internet of things.
C. The way of connecting the Internet of things.
D. The Internet of things is coming in the future.
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When he was a teenager, Hunter Adam was very unhappy and he spent many years in a special hospital for people with mental(心理的) health problems.
When he left the hospital, Adam decided to become a doctor, so he went to a medical school in Virginia, USA. But when he was there, he did things in a different way. For example, he didn’t like the doctor’s white coats, so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didn’t like Adams because he was too different.
But Adams believed that people in hospital need more than medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them as patients, but as people too. He spent a lot of time with children in the hospital and often dressed up like a clown to make the children laugh.
When he finished medical school and become a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital, called “the Gusundheit Institute”,together with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people.
Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 1988, Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film, Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said, “Hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who is a friend. I enjoyed playing him.”
1.Why did the doctors at the medical school dislike Adams?
A. because he was a warm person
B. because he had mental health problem
C. because he was a clown
D. because he wasn’t the same as others
2.The Gusundheit Institute
A. was a hospital
B. belonged to Universal Pictures
C. could make films
D. was a medical school
3.According to the passage, which statement is NOT true?
A. Adams wore shirts instead of white uniforms when visiting patients
B. Robin Williams believed that patients need a doctor who is a friend.
C. In Adams’ opinion, not only medicine was needed for patients
D. Robin Williams was an actor
4.The passage mainly tells us about
A. how to cheer up patients
B. people with mental health problems
C. a film about Adams
D. a doctor named Hunter Adams
九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
Spiders are not insects as many people believe. They belong to a class of animals called arachnids(蛛形纲动物). Spiders have eight eyes, four pairs of legs, and can grow a new leg if they lose one. A spider’s body is divided into two sections: the abdomen(腹部) and the thorax(胸部).The legs, eyes, and mouthparts are in the thorax section.
Most spiders have poison glands(毒腺)and sharp teeth. They use their sharp teeth to force poison into the insects they catch for food. This poison can make an insect lose the ability to move, and the helpless insect is then devoured by the spider.
Spiders usually have silk glands under their abdomen. They produce a liquid(液体)that is thicker than water from their glands. When the liquid comes into the air, it dries into silk. Many spiders use this silk to form webs to catch insects and to make cocoons(茧)that protect their eggs. This amazing silk is also used to create lines that spiders hang onto as they travel to new areas.
Spiders live in almost everywhere on earth. The only places where there are no spiders are the coldest places, the highest mountains and the seas.
1.What will happen if a spider loses one leg?
A. It will die.
B. It will lose its way.
C. It will grow a new one.
D. It will have seven legs forever.
2.What is the meaning of the underlined word “devoured”?
A. Eaten. B. Caught. C. Killed. D. Saved.
3.According to the passage, which of the following is WRONG?
A. Spiders are not insects.
B. All spiders have poison glands.
C. Spiders make cocoons to keep their eggs safe.
D. There are no spiders in the coldest places.
九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
Attention, please!Sunshine Language Learning Centre will set a course and it will teach Pure(纯正的) British English. Maybe you've known some British expressions are quite different from American ones. British people use "autumn “ for “fall” ,”film” for "movie". “holiday” for “vacation", “garden" for "yard". etc.
There are more typical(典型的)expressions that you may not know. Here are Mr Bean's examples.
Are you interested in it? Do you want to learn? You can learn British English well if you put much effort into it. We have some native British English teachers with much experience to help you.
“cheers” or “thanks” | British people use “Cheers” much more often than“Thanks”. “Cheers” is often used by them in daily informal conversations for small favours , such as opening doors for others, lending somebody a pen, showing strangers ways,… | |
Present Perfect Tense orSimple Past Tense | It’s more common to hear the British say “Have you done yourwork?” than “Did you do your work?” They prefer present tense to simple past tense. |
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500 for one person; 900 for two(10% off):1,200 for three (20% off); for four or more, 30% off.
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1.The passage is most probably a(n) .
A. story B. notice
C. invitation D. advertisement
2.Some typical British expressions are quoted(引用)mainly because the course organizers think .
A. English is hard to learn and needs hard work
B. these typical English expressions are interesting
C. some learners can be attracted to take the course
D. British English expressions are better than American ones
3.If you and three of your classmates have decided to take the course, how much will you pay all together?
A.1,200. B. 1,400. C. 1,500. D. 1,600.
九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
The word “cartoon” came form Italian. It first referred to the picture before an actual(真实的)drawing on the wall. __1.__ Since the 1840s, it has also come to mean any drawing that is humorous, satirical(讽刺的)or showing an opinion. It usually appears in a newspaper and magazine, with or without a short test.
_2.___ People of all ages, especially young children enjoy all kinds of cartoons in newspapers and magazines, or television and at the movies. Cartoons not only show their life, but help form it. 3._They have supplied ideas to plays, movies and television series and so on. Names or words form cartoon series have also come into modern languages.
Many cartoonists (漫画家)draw with special pens._ 4.__Surely, computers are especially effective for the making of animated cartoons. This helps us to enjoy more lively cartoons.
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
A .They have set the style for clothing, food, manner and many other things. |
B. In the mid-19th century, it came into English. |
C. Some use the computer. |
D. Today cartoons are a part of the daily lives of most people. |
5.Form the passage, we know that ______________.
A. few young children like cartoons
B. the word “cartoon” came form English.
C. all cartoonists use pencils to draw cartoons nowadays.
D. people like cartoons because they show and help form the life.
九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析