Hot Dog The 1600s — A German called Johann Georghehner created the “dachshund” sausage(香肠). “Dachshund” is a German small long thin dog. The 1860s — The very first hot dog — the “dachshund” sausage in a roll — was sold by Germans in New York. It became popular in the US later. 1871 — Charles Feltman, a German, started the first Coney Island hot dog stand. It made hot dogs known to more people. 1893 — Chris Ahe started the American tradition of eating hot dogs at baseball parks, making hot dogs more popular. 1901 — A New York painter, Tad Dorgan, saw the red hot “dachshund” sausages sold on streets. He wanted to draw a picture of it, but he wasn’t sure how to spell “dachshund”, so he simply wrote: “Hot Dog”. It is widely believed how Hot Dog had its name. 1949 — The first vegetarian (素食) hot dogs came out. | Hot Dog Fun Facts World record for eating hot dogs: 73 in ten minutes. Hot dogs were one of the first foods eaten on the moon! About 150 million hot dogs are eaten by Americans each July 4th. About 21 million hot dogs were sold at American baseball parks in 2010. New Yorkers eat more hot dogs than any other city population in the US. |
1.The passage mainly shows us ________.
A.how to make hot dogs B.what the history of hot dogs is
C.how to sell hot dogs D.what people like hot dogs for
2.It’s believed that the name “Hot Dog” was created by ________.
A.Tad Dorgan B.Charles Feltman
C.Chris Ahe D.Johann Georghehner
3.From the passage, we can know that ________.
A.New Yorkers like eating hot dogs most in the World.
B.Germans eat about 150 million hot dogs each July 4th.
C.A world record says someone ate 73 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
D.About 21 million hot dogs were sold in America in the 1860s.
九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题
Hot Dog The 1600s — A German called Johann Georghehner created the “dachshund” sausage(香肠). “Dachshund” is a German small long thin dog. The 1860s — The very first hot dog — the “dachshund” sausage in a roll — was sold by Germans in New York. It became popular in the US later. 1871 — Charles Feltman, a German, started the first Coney Island hot dog stand. It made hot dogs known to more people. 1893 — Chris Ahe started the American tradition of eating hot dogs at baseball parks, making hot dogs more popular. 1901 — A New York painter, Tad Dorgan, saw the red hot “dachshund” sausages sold on streets. He wanted to draw a picture of it, but he wasn’t sure how to spell “dachshund”, so he simply wrote: “Hot Dog”. It is widely believed how Hot Dog had its name. 1949 — The first vegetarian (素食) hot dogs came out. | Hot Dog Fun Facts World record for eating hot dogs: 73 in ten minutes. Hot dogs were one of the first foods eaten on the moon! About 150 million hot dogs are eaten by Americans each July 4th. About 21 million hot dogs were sold at American baseball parks in 2010. New Yorkers eat more hot dogs than any other city population in the US. |
1.The passage mainly shows us ________.
A.how to make hot dogs B.what the history of hot dogs is
C.how to sell hot dogs D.what people like hot dogs for
2.It’s believed that the name “Hot Dog” was created by ________.
A.Tad Dorgan B.Charles Feltman
C.Chris Ahe D.Johann Georghehner
3.From the passage, we can know that ________.
A.New Yorkers like eating hot dogs most in the World.
B.Germans eat about 150 million hot dogs each July 4th.
C.A world record says someone ate 73 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
D.About 21 million hot dogs were sold in America in the 1860s.
九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析
A hot dog is one of the most popular American food. It was named after frankfurter, a German food. You may hear “hot dog” ____ in other ways. People sometimes ____ “hot dog” to express pleasure(快乐). For example, a friend may ask if you would like to go to the cinema. You ____ say, “Great. I’d love to. ” Or, you could say” ____! I’d love to go.” People _____ use the expression(表达) to describe someone who is a “show-off”, who tries to show everyone else how _____ he is. You often hear such a(n) ____ called a “hot dog”. He may be a basketball player, for example, who ____ the ball with one hand making a(n)_____ catch seem more difficult. You know he is a “hot dog” because when he makes such a catch, he bows(鞠躬) to crowd, hoping to _____ their cheers.
1.A. cooked B. eaten C. picked D. used
2.A. speak B. tell C. talk D. say
3.A. must B. had to C. might D. need
4.A. Excuse me B. Don’t worry C. Never mind D. Hot dog
5.A. ever B. yet C. also D. still
6.A. kind B. hopeful C. great D. careful
7.A. person B. dog C. hand D. people
8.A. catches B. plays C. throws D. passes
9.A. funny B. easy C. exciting D. good
10.A. lose B. win C. avoid(避免) D. explain
九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Which of the following words is created in the same way as pancake?
A. impolite B. surface C. German D. playground
九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析
Choose the best answer (根据短文内容,选择最恰当的答案)
The hot dog is popular. It’s not a dog, but a cooked sausage in a long piece of bread. Here are some stories and facts about it.
HISTORY of the Hot Dog The 1600s A German called Johann Georghehner created the “dachshund” sausage. “Dachshund” is a small German dog with a long body and short legs. The 1860s The very first hot dog — the “dachshund” sausage in a roll — was sold by Germans in New York. It became popular in the US later. 1871 Charles Feltman, a German, started the first Coney Island hot dog stand. It made hot dogs known to more people. 1893 Chris Von Der Ahe started the American tradition of eating hot dogs at baseball parks, making hot dogs more popular. 1901 A New York cartoonist, Tad Dorgan, saw the red hot “dachshund” sausages sold on streets. He wanted to draw a picture of it, but he wasn’t sure how to spell “dachshund”, so he simply wrote “Hot Dog”. It is widely believed how the hot dog had its name. 1949 The first vegetarian hot dog came out. | HOT DOG FUN FACTS |
The world record for eating hot dogs: 73 in ten minutes. | |
The hot dog was one of the first foods eaten on the moon! | |
About 150 million hot dogs are eaten by Americans on each July 4 th. | |
About 21 million hot dogs were sold at American baseball parks in 2010. | |
New Yorkers eat more hot dogs than any other city population in the US. |
1.“Dachshund” is a name for ________ at the very beginning.
A.a kind of dog B.a person
C.a kind of sausage D.a hot dog
2.The underlined word roll in the passage probably means ________.
A.a piece of paper B.a list of names
C.a piece of bread D.a kind of jam
3.The Americans started the tradition of eating hot dogs at baseball parks in ________.
A.1871 B.1893 C.1901 D.2010
4.________ is believed to be the man who created the name “Hot Dog”.
A.Johann Georghehner B.Charles Feltman
C.Chris Von Der Ahe D.Tad Dorgan
5.Which of the following is TRUE about hot dogs?
A.There is still no vegetarian hot dog now.
B.An American sold the very first hot dog in Germany.
C.Someone has once finished eating 73 hot dogs in ten minutes.
D.New York people like eating hot dogs best throughout the world.
6.The passage is most probably from a magazine on ________.
A.plants and animals B.food and drinks
C.history and society D.earth and space
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Just before the Christmas in 1997, a German girl called Juliana was flying over a big forest of America. The plane was flying high in the sky. Suddenly, there was a cloud noise. Juliana found herself falling through the a ___1.___ . She closed her eyes. She b___2.___ that she was going to die.
She fell 3,000 meters. When she opened her eyes again, she found she l___3.___ in a tree in the middle of the forest. She was not dead! She was g___4.___ surprised that she was not only alive, nut she wasn’t badly h__5.___. She was sitting in her s___6.___. She was holding a bag of sweets.
She managed to stand on a big branch of the tree and c__7.___ down. But she could see nobody else. She was alone except for a few dead b___8.___ here and there.
She began to walk. At first she had nothing to eat except the sweets. Later she found a little fruit. She had never seen this kind of fruit before. She found the fruit was s___9.___ after she saw some monkeys eating it.
After four days, she came to a deep river. She walked by the side of the river for six m___10.___ days and at last arrived at an Indian village. She found people!
九年级英语单词拼写困难题查看答案及解析
Inventions have changed the world!
X-rays X-rays were discovered in 1895 by a German professor called Wilhelm Roentgen.This invention was so important that Roentgen was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1910. |
The telephone The telephone was invented by Alexander graham Bell, a doctor and speech teacher for the deaf.The first phone call was made by Bell in 1876.The first words on the telephone were “Mr.Watson, come here! I need you!” |
The television The television was invented in 1926 by John Logic Baird, a Scottish inventor.But the electronic televisions like the ones we have today were invented by Valdimir Zmorykin in 1920s in America. |
The computer The first computer was built in 1946 by two American engineers, Presper J.Eckert and John W. Mauchly.It was developed for the army, and it was very large.Later, in 1971, the small home computers were first produced for personal use. |
1.when were X-rays discovered?
A.In 1876 B.In 1895. C.In 1910 D.In 1926
2.Who invented the telephone?
A.Roentgen B.Bell C.Baird D.Eckert and Mauchly
3.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Roentgen was a German.
B.Bell was a doctor and speech teacher for the deaf.
C.The electronic television was invented in 1926.
D.The small computer was produced for personal use in 1971
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Little Tom down the street calls our dog "The keep dog". Zip is a sheep dog. But when Tom tries to say" Sheep", it comes out "keep". And in a way Tom is right. Zip is always bringing things home for us to keep! I'll tell you about some of them.
Zip's first present was a shoe. It was made of green silk.
We didn't know how Zip found the shoe. But after a moment Mary, my big sister, told me the shoe had a strange smell. I nodded(点头)and held my nose. "What do you think it is?"
"It smells like something for cleaning. I think someone tried to clean a spot (污点) off the shoe. Then he put it at the door to dry."
"Along came Zip. And good-bye shoe!" I said. "We should take it back."
"We can't ".said my sister.
"Maybe little Tom is right," Mary said. "Maybe Zip is a keep dog!"
1.The writer and Mary didn't know______.
A. what Zip's first present was
B. how Zip carried its first present home
C. who owned Zip's first present
D. what Zip's first present was made of
2.Tom calls Zip "the keep dog" because ______.
A. the dog likes keeping things
B. the dog likes playing with shoes
C. he doesn't know the dog's name
D. he can't pronounce the word " sheep" well
3.What made the shoe strange was ______.
A. its color B. its smell
C. its size D. that it was a silk one
4.The word "keep" in the last sentence means "_____"
A. keeping things for itself
B. bringing things for other to keep
C. not letting it run about
D. taking care of a small child
5.We can know from the reading that the dog _____.
A. likes to give presents to people
B. has been kept in at the writer's home
C. has brought some trouble
D. likes to be called "the keep dog"
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
—What’s the weather like in Kunming, Lucy?
—It’s hot cold. So Kunming is called “the Spring City”.
A. neither; nor B. not only; but also C. either; or D. both; and
九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析
—Do you know the dog can call the police for help?
—Really? It’s thing I have heard.
A. amazing B. more amazing C. the more amazing D. the most amazing
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince(王子)of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert.
One day the Prince wanted to go hunting with his men. He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a small wooden bed.
When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet him. He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws on the Prince's chest. Then the Prince saw the blood on his head. He rushed into his house and found the bed lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them.
The prince thought the dog had killed his son and took out his sword, killing the dog. Just as Gelert was dying, he managed to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog. The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt. Near him was a dead wolf.
The Prince ran back into the house but it was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad indeed. Tears ran down his face when he realized he had killed his faithful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried him there. After this, the Prince never smiled again.
If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It reminds people of a brave and faithful dog.
1. The Prince told the dog to when he was leaving.
A. watch the door B. take care of his baby at home
C. welcome his friends D. stop the strangers
2.. The dog was very when his master came back from hunting.
A. glad B. sorry
C. afraid D. upset
3.. The underlined word “faithful” in Paragraph 5 most probably means .
A. 友好的 B. 温顺的
C. 忠诚的 D. 聪明的
4. The Prince never smiled again because .
A. the wolf was killed by Gelert
B. he had buried the dog on the top of mountain
C. Gelert had killed his baby son
D. he had killed his faithful friend Gelert
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析