Imagine you could remember everything that ev...

Imagine you could remember everything that ever happened to you. The detail（细节）of every book you have ever read. Every moment in class you have ever taken. A perfect memory sounds like a wish come true, doesn't it?

But as the old saying goes, Be careful what you wish for. Believe it or not, there are some people in the world who have near perfect memories of their experiences. They remember almost every detail about almost every day of their lives. People with this ability have a "highly superior autobiographical memory（超级自传体记忆）," or HSAM.

If you are asked this evening to describe the events of your day in as much as detail as possible, you will probably do pretty well. But if I ask you to provide details about what you did on March 3, 2012, do you know what day of the week it was? What did you eat for lunch? Was it cold that day? You would have no idea where to even begin.

A person with HSAM would be able to provide all those details for almost any day of his or her life. In addition to（除了）every great moment they remember, they also remember each time they were embarrassed（难堪）or deeply sad. The negative（消极的）events replay in their minds in equal detail as the great moments. Sometimes，forgetting isn’t such a bad thing.

In fact, for most of us, forgetting is a natural part of how our brains function（运转）. If we don't need to remember something or try to make an effort to remember it, the information fades away（消逝）and is lost. But for those people with HSAM, the problem is that they are unable to forget. All of their experiences, even the most unimportant， remain clear to them all the time.

Research has shown that the brains of people with HSAM do not simply function differently than other brains; their brains are structurally different. By studying the brains of people with HSAM, scientists may be able to find ways of helping others have better memories—not perfect memories with an inability to forget, but better memories.

1.The writer mentions three questions in Paragraph 3 to show that　　　　　　　 .

A.many people would like to share their life experience with others

B.few people can describe the events of the present moments

C.some people find it difficult to tell others about their life

D.most people can't remember lots of details in the past

2.People with HSAM　　　　　　 .

A.often feel sorry or deeply sad for others

B.want negative events to stay clear in their minds

C.remember both great and bad moments in details

D.forget their unimportant experiences in daily life

3.The writer probably agrees that　　　　　 .

A.practice makes memory perfect

B.forgetting is important and helpful

C.people should remember everything

D.scientists should help people with HSAM

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.The Importance of Memory

B.The Imperfect Gift of Memory

C.The New Research of Memory

D.The Advantages of People with HSAM

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

Imagine that you are the first person ever to see Hawaii. What would be the first thing you would set foot on?

The beach, naturally. There are hundreds of miles of beaches on the twenty islands of Hawaii. These islands cover 1,600 miles and are about 2,300 miles west of California. Most of them are covered with fine white sand. They are thought to be among the finest beaches in the world.

Another wonderful thing about the beaches of Hawaii is the water temperature. The year-round average (平均)temperature of the water at the famous Waikiki Beach is 230C!

The same is true of air temperature. In fact, there are no real seasons in Hawaii. There is a difference of only two or three degrees between the hottest day of summer and the coldest day of winter. That’s why the Hawaiians don’t have a word for weather in their language.

Perhaps the nicest thing about Hawaiian beaches are the waves. The earliest settlers (定居者) in Hawaii, the Polynesians, quickly learned how much fun it was to ride the waves. They developed a sport which is now very popular on the islands called body surfing. You go out into the ocean, wait for a big wave to come towards you, jump on it, and ride it all the way to the beach.

Now imagine once again that you are the first person ever to set foot in Hawaii. What do you think would be the second beautiful thing you would notice?

Would it be those strange triangles (三角形状物) rising out of the water hundreds and hundreds of meters high? What are those beautiful things? They are volcanoes (火山), of course. These volcanoes are not just a part of the islands. They made the islands at first. Because of them the islands are still growing.

The most famous volcano on Hawaii is Mauna Loa. It is the world’s most active volcano. It has been erupting (喷发) for thousands of years. Even when it isn’t erupting, smoke comes out of the earth from a thousand little holes.

In 1950 Mauna Loa erupted for twenty-three days. That erupting produced the greatest amount of lava (熔岩) in modern history. In 1960 it erupted again. That time it added a kilometer of beach to the island. Because Mauna Loa has erupted so often, it has become the biggest (but not the tallest) mountain in the world.

These volcanoes could be dangerous to the population of Hawaii. In fact, Hilo, the second largest city in Hawaii, is built just under Mauna Loa. The volcano could erupt at any time. Most people believe that it will erupt sometime in the next twenty-five years. But the people of Hilo do not seem worried. They live with the danger as part of their lives.

1.According to the passage, what are the two most beautiful things in Hawaii?

A.Waves and cities.

B.Beaches and language.

C.Volcanoes and beaches.

D.Volcanoes and people.

2.Which is NOT the reason why the Hawaiians don’t have a word for weather in their　 language?

A. There are no real seasons in Hawaii.

B. The temperature of the water at one of the beaches is always 230C.

C. The Hawaiians feel almost the same in the hottest day and coldest day.

D. There is not much difference in air temperature all the year round in Hawaii.

3.It can be inferred that _________ according to the passage.

A. volcanoes are more active because the area of the island is enlarging

B.the visitors to Hawaii can probably see more than one active volcano

C.Mauna Loa is the tallest mountain in the world because it has erupted so often

D.people in Hilo are sure that more visitors will come because of volcanoes

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Imagine that you are the first person ever to see Hawaii. What would be the first thing you would set foot on?

The beach, naturally. There are hundreds of miles of beaches on the twenty islands of Hawaii. These islands cover 1,600 miles and are about 2,300 miles west of California. Most of them are covered with fine white sand. They are thought to be among the finest beaches in the world.

Another wonderful thing about the beaches of Hawaii is the water temperature. The year-round average（平均） temperature of the water at the famous Waikiki Beach is 23℃!

The same is true of air temperature. In fact, there are no real seasons in Hawaii. There is a difference of only two or three degrees between the hottest day of summer and the coldest day of winter. That's why the Hawaiians don't have a word for weather in their language.

Perhaps the nicest thing about Hawaiian beaches are the waves. The earliest settlers（定居者） in Hawaii, the Polynesians, quickly learned how much fun it was to ride the waves. They developed a sport which is now very popular on the islands called body surfing. You go out into the ocean, wait for a big wave to come towards you, jump on it, and ride it all the way to the beach.

Now imagine once again that you are the first person ever to set foot in Hawaii. What do you think would be the second beautiful thing you would notice?

Would it be those strange triangles（三角形状物） rising out of the water hundreds and hundreds of meters high? What are those beautiful things? They are volcanoes（火山）, of course. These volcanoes are not just a part of the islands. They made the islands at first. Because of them the islands are still growing.

The most famous volcano on Hawaii is Mauna Loa. It is the world's most active volcano. It has been erupting（喷发） for thousands of years. Even when it isn't erupting, smoke comes out of the earth from a thousand little holes.

In 1950 Mauna Loa erupted for twenty-three days. That erupting produced the greatest amount of lava（熔岩） in modern history. In 1960 it erupted again. That time it added a kilometer of beach to the island. Because Mauna Loa has erupted so often, it has become the biggest（but not the tallest） mountain in the world.

These volcanoes could be dangerous to the population of Hawaii. In fact, Hilo, the second largest city in Hawaii, is built just under Manna Loa. The volcano could erupt at any time. Most people believe that it will erupt sometime in the next twenty-five years. But the people of Hilo do not seem worried. They live with the danger as part of their lives.

1.According to the passage, what are the two most beautiful things in Hawaii?

A．Waves and cities.　　　　　　　　　　 B．Beaches and language.

C．Volcanoes and beaches.　　　　　　 D．Volcanoes and people.

2.Which is NOT the reason why the Hawaiians don't have a word for weather in their language?

A．There are no real seasons in Hawaii.

B．The temperature of the water at one of the beaches is always 23℃.

C．The Hawaiians feel almost the same in the hottest day and coldest day.

D．There is not much difference in air temperature all the year round in Hawaii.

3.What should be the meaning of “body surfing”?

A．Riding waves.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Body-building.

C．Sea bathing.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．Jumping into the sea.

4.It can be inferred that ________ according to the passage.

A．volcanoes are more active because the area of the island is enlarging

B．the visitors to Hawaii can probably see more than one active volcano

C．Mauna Loa is the tallest mountain in the world because it has erupted so often

D．people in Hilo are sure that more visitors will come because of volcanoes

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Do you ever throw away food at home? Have you ever thought about what happens to the food that shops and supermarkets don’t sell? Well, you might be shocked (震惊) to find out that nearly one third of food produced for human gets lost or wasted. What’s more, around 800 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy life.

Many people in the UK and across the world are trying to do something about this imbalance and make use of thrown-out food that can be perfectly eaten. For example, there is a cafe in Leeds (UK) whose meals are all created using unsold food from supermarkets, including a lot of vegetables, fruit, fish and other things. This unwanted food is turned into delicious soups and all kinds of dishes that feed the hungry people of Leeds. Customers simply pay what they can afford, or help with the washing up. In just ten months, 10,000 people were fed at this cafe, using twenty tons of unwanted food!

Also, last year the UK’s first food waste supermarket opened. The supermarket is near Leeds and works on a “pay as you feel”; customers pay whatever they want for the produce. The stock (库存) changes daily but you can usually find things such as fresh vegetables, fruit and milk there. Some low-income families have said that it has changed their lives.

“Fuel for School” is another food waste project. Surplus (多余的) food from supermarkets such as vegetables, fruit and bread is used to feed hungry schoolchildren whose families may not be able to afford to buy them lunch.

I lived in Leeds for three years, and have had lunch at a food waste cafe, and it was delicious. I couldn’t believe that it was all food that supermarkets had thrown away! I have also taken part in projects such as “Foodcycle”, using supermarkets’ unwanted food to cook meals for poor people.　　

More cafes like this are being opened in other parts of the UK, and it is now becoming popular in the world. I think this is an amazing act as food waste is one of the world’s biggest problems. I also believe that the law should be changed, so that supermarkets don’t throw away so much perfectly good food!

1.800 million people in the world can’t live a healthy life because of ______.

A. unsold food　　 B. unwanted food

C. being unable to work　　 D. being short of food

2.According to the passage, the writer agrees that ______.

A. buying the waste food can protect the environment

B. all the people in the world make use of waste food

C. food waste in the world can be solved by the UK soon

D. the government should make the law to stop food waste

3.What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?

A. To encourage people to save food.

B. To introduce some supermarkets in the UK.

C. To share his personal experience in saving food.

D. To explain why he cooked meals for poor people.

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

Can you imagine a pair of shoes that could tie themselves? All you would have to do is to put them on and push a button. Well, this idea is becoming a real reality. The shoe company Nike created the self-tying shoe! This idea first came from the movie Back to the Future II, Nike has been working for years to create a shoe that can do this in real life. They have finally done it with Nike HyperAdapt 1.0.

So how do they work? According to Nike, the shoe is “powered by an underfoot-lacing mechanism (脚下系带装置)”. This is kind of like a small motor (发动机) that has the power to lace the shoes. All the wearer has to do is to put them on, and at first, the shoes are very loose (松的). But then you can push the “+” button (按钮), and the shoes will tighten to be the perfect fit for the wearer. To take them off, all you have to do is to push the “－” button, and the shoes will be easily off.

They haven’t been released to the public yet, and the cost of the shoes is still unknown. But you might be able to get a pair of your own closer to the holiday season this year.

1.The best title to describe the main idea of the passage is ________.

A. Shoes of the future are now a reality　　 B. Shoes of the future are coming themselves

C. The shoe company Nike and its movie　　 D. Shoes and movies are doing their work

2.When did the shoe company Nike start creating the self-tying shoe?

A. Not until the imagination came into being.

B. Soon after the shoe company Nike was formed.

C. After the movie Back to the Future II was shown.

D. Before the movie Back to the Future II was shown.

3.What makes the self-tying shoe work?

A. The power from Nike.　　 B. An underfoot-lacing mechanism

C. Nike HyperAdaPt 1.0　　 D. Setting a small button with a motor

4.The first thing for the wearer to do after putting the shoes on is to ________.

A. make them loose　　 B. make the perfect fit

C. push the “－” button　　 D. push the “+” button

5.The Chinese meaning of the underlined word “released” is ________.

A. 检验　　 B. 投放　　 C. 注册　　 D. 生产

九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Have you ever had a science class that you look forward to? It doesn’t happen often. But when you have a teacher like Mrs. Rheineck, it’s more than a science class. It’s a science class where learning is easy and fun. There is no getting down to a huge textbook or listening to a teacher about something you don’t care about.

My experience with Mrs. Rheineck didn’t start with science class, but with her as my tutor（导师，家庭教师）. I was always a weak reader and wasn’t getting any better. My parents told me I needed to be tutored.

One day after school, I went into the library with my mom for my first tutoring time. I had no idea who was tutoring me. My mom practically had to pull me into the library. The first thing we did was to play a game to get to know each other and get rid of the awkwardness (笨拙，尴尬). We didn’t even play a reading game.

We also went around the library and I got to pick out a book I wanted to read. She didn’t make me read a boring textbook about something I didn’t care about. I didn’t even pick a book. I picked out a magazine about remote control cars. I thought to myself, how bad could it be? I got to read about remote control cars. She told me even though I was reading a magazine, I was still reading. After the first magazine, she picked out a book she liked. I would read a chapter(章) and then she would read a chapter to me, this way I didn’t have to read for long periods of time.

As I got better and faster at reading, I was able to read two chapters in the same amount of time, which used to take me to read one chapter.

Reading is one of the most important things in high school and college to be successful. If it wasn’t for her, I would not be the reader I am today and I thank her for that.

1.Why was the writer tutored by Mrs. Rheineck?

A. Because the writer was too shy to talk with others.

B. Because the writer found science easy and fun.

C. Because the writer liked her science class.

D. Because the writer couldn’t read books quickly.

2. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that __________.

A. the writer went to the library to play a game

B. the writer was unhappy to be tutored

C. the writer knew Mrs. Rheineck very well

D. the writer was awkward to read in the library

3.At the library, the writer __________.

A. chose any book he was interested in

B. played a reading game with Mrs. Rheineck

C. was asked to read one chapter after another

D. had to read textbooks rather than magazines

九年级英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

一Do you still remember our first meeting ten years ago?

—Of course．Everything _________happened yesterday．

A．even though　　 B．as if　　 C．after all　　 D．as soon as

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

一Do you still remember our first meeting ten years ago?

—Of course．Everything _________happened yesterday．

A．even though　 　　　　　 B．as if

C．after all　　 　　　　　　 D．as soon as

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

---- Could you tell me how to write an application letter?

---- With pleasure. Remember that the letter should be written in the formal _______.

A. value　　　　　　 B. effect

C. mood　　　　　　　 D. style

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

---- Could you tell me how to write an application letter?

---- With pleasure. Remember that the letter should be written in the formal _______.

A. value　　　　　　 B. effect　　　　　　　 C. mood　　　　　　　 D . style

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析