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When a Man Made Fun of His Seatmate
Soon after Savannah Phillips, a 33-year-old mother, sat down in her window seat on a United Airlines flight this past May, she glanced（瞥见）over at her seatmate. He was busy ___________. His phone was not far from her face and the letters were unusually _________, making it easy for Phillips to read the message on it: “Hey Babe, I’m sitting next to a smelly fatty.”
Tears streamed down the poor woman’s face as she tried to hide herself to the corner, trying to make herself as _________as possible.
“It awoke all the unpleasant things I think about myself. I always preferred to sit alone on flights because of my _________, fearing others next to me would feel uncomfortable. ” Phillips wrote in a Facebook post after the flight.
Sitting a row behind them was Chase Irwin, a 35-year-old bar manager. He could see Phillips crying—and then he oversaw the man’s texts.“I could not have this guy,who’s making fun of her, sit next to her this whole flight,” he said in an interview later.
_________, Irwin unlocked his seat belt and went over to the texter. “Hey, I need to talk to you,” Irwin said. “We’re switching（交换）seats—now.” When the texter asked why, he said, “You’re texting about her, and I’m not putting up with that.”
The texter quickly _________. Irwin took his place next to Phillips and was soon cheering up his new seatmate.
“He ___________me not to let that guy get to me and that everything was going to be fine,” Phillips wrote. They spent the rest of the flight chatting like friends.
With her trust in humanity restored, Phillips wrote this on Facebook: “I was so grateful（感激的）he was there. What he did set such a good_______for others to follow, that is, sticking up for people when they need help.”
1.A.texting B.talking C.playing D.working
2.A.beautiful B.large C.discouraging D.surprising
3.A.warm B.brave C.small D.light
4.A.build B.face C.manner D.character
5.A.Probably B.Fortunately C.Successfully D.Immediately
6.A.promised B.remained C.agreed D.insisted
7.A.encouraged B.ordered C.warned D.trained
8.A.goal B.example C.task D.time
九年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
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An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after a day's hard work. When he was not far from his house， the light on the cart went out. He tried but could not mend it.
He was near his home， and so he went along the road without a light. When a policeman saw this， he stopped the old carter.
"Where's your light?" asked the policeman. "No one may take a cart along a road at night without a light. You know that. You've broken the law.
"I had a light，" said the old man， "but it has just gone out."
"I don't believe that story，" said the policeman. He took out a book and got ready to write. "What's your name and where do you live?" he asked.
"Please don't take my name，" said the old man. "My house is just there. You can see it from here. I had a light nearly the whole way. I haven't come far without a light."
"You came all the way without a light. What's your name?"
The carter quickly took the policeman's hand and put it down on the top of the light. The light was still hot， and burnt the policeman's hand. He jumped and he was very angry.
"Now， what do you think?" said the carter. "Did I come all the way without a light?"
1.In the passage "Cart" is ___________.
A. something like a car B. something like a light
C. something pulled by a horse D. something with a light
2.The old man drove home ___________.
A. on the back of his horse B. late one night
C. very late every night D. with a policeman
3.Where did the policeman stop the old man?
A. Near his home. B. At the traffic lights.
C. Under a road light. D. Far from his house.
4.How did the old man make the policeman believe his words?
A. He made the policeman touch the light.
B. He jumped and shouted angrily.
C. He made the policeman angry.
D. He burnt the policeman's hands.
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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An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after a day's hard work. When he was not far from his house, the light on the cart went out. He tried but could not mend it.
He was near his home, and so he went along the road without a light. When a policeman saw this, he stopped the old carter.
"Where's your light?" asked the policeman. "No one may take a cart along a road at night without a light. You know that. You've broken the law.”
"I had a light," said the old man, "but it has just gone out."
"I don't believe that story," said the policeman. He took out a book and got ready to write. "What's your name and where do you live?" he asked.
"Please don't take my name," said the old man. "My house is just there. You can see it from here. I had a light nearly the whole way. I haven't come far without a light."
"You came all the way without a light. What's your name?"
The carter quickly took the policeman's hand and put it down on the top of the light. The light was still hot, and burnt the policeman's hand. He jumped and he was very angry.
"Now, what do you think?" said the carter. "Did I come all the way without a light?"
1.In the passage "Cart" is ___________.
A. something like a car
B. something like a light
C. something pulled by a horse
D. something with a light
2.The old man drove home ___________.
A. on the back of his horse B. late one night
C. very late every night D. with a policeman
3.Where did the policeman stop the old man?
A. Near his home. B. At the traffic lights.
C. Under a road light. D. Far from his house.
4.How did the old man make the policeman believe his words?
A. He made the policeman touch the light.
B. He jumped and shouted angrily.
C. He made the policeman angry.
D. He burnt the policeman's hands.
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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.An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after a day's hard work. When he was not far from his house, the light on the cart went out. He tried but could not mend it.
He was near his home, and so he went along the road without a light. When a po
liceman saw this, he stopped the old carter."Where's your light?" asked the policeman. "No one may take a cart along a road at night without a light. You know that. You've broken the law.”
"I had a light," said the old man, "but it has just gone out."
"I don't believe that story," said the policeman. He took out a book and got ready to write. "What's your name and where do you live?" he asked.
"Please don't take my name," said the old man. "My house is just there. You can see it from here. I had a light nearly the whole way. I haven't come far without a light."
"You came all the way without a light. What's your name?"
The carter quickly took the policeman's hand and put it down on the top of the light. The light was still hot, and burnt the policeman's hand. He jumped and he was very angry.
"Now, what do you think?" said the carter. "Did I come all the way without a light?"
1.In the passage "Cart" is ___________.
A. something like a car
B. something like a light
C. something pulled by a horse
D. something with a light
2.The old man drove home ___________.
A. on the back of his horse
B. late one night
C. very late every night
D. with a policeman
3.Where did the policeman stop the old man?
A. Near his home.
B. At the traffic lights.
C. Under a road light.
D. Far from his house.
4.How did the old man make the policeman believe his words?
A. He made the policeman touch the light.
B. He jumped and shouted angrily.
C. He made the policeman angry.
D. He burnt the policeman's hands.
九年级英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
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The old man cancer. His made us very sad.
A. died from; dead B. died of; dying
C. died from; dying D. died of; death
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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The old man _________ cancer. His ________ made us very sad.
A.died of , dead B. died of ,dying
C.died from ,dying D.died of, death
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Just as the saying goes, “________.” My cousin has made his dream come true after years of hard work.
A.practice makes perfect B.burn the candle at both ends
C.no pain, no gain D.actions speak louder than words
九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Just as the saying goes, “______.” My cousin has made his dream come true after years of hard work.
A.practice makes perfect B.no pain, no gain
C.every dog has its day D.actions speak louder than words
九年级英语单选题简单题查看答案及解析
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Just as the saying goes, “________.” My cousin has made his dream come true after years of hard work.
A. practice makes perfect B. no pain, no gain
C. every dog has its day D. actions speak louder than words
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Just as the saying goes, “_______” My cousin has made his dream come true after years of hard work.
A. Practice makes perfect B. No pains, no gains
C. Every dog has its day D. Actions speak louder than words
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
liceman saw this, he stopped the old carter.