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You may have heard of the old story about the world's most whole-hearted fisherman. He had out-fished his friend all morning long. They used the same live bait (鱼饵), the same equipment and fished together in the same mountain stream. But he had almost caught a bucket of fish while his friend had yet to catch even one.
"What's your secret?" asked the friend. "I haven't even gotten any one!"
The successful fisherman emptied the bait of his mouth into a cupped hand and replied. "You have to keep your worms (鱼虫) warm."
Whether or not we fish or even eat fish, there is a lesson to be learned here. We are most likely to succeed when we fully put our hearts into a task. Especially if the task before us is difficult or there seems little probability of success. Whether we want to build a new business or write that first novel, we should see how willing we are to do what it takes-even if it means keeping the worms warm.
So I often ask myself. "How much do I want this?" when some people fish, if they don't catch, they don't eat. Some things are too important for me to risk failure. So how much do I want to succeed at this career (事业) or this dream? And how hard am I willing to work? If "success" only comes before "work" in the dictionary, I may have to work harder than I've ever worked before. But if I want it enough, the hard work will be worth it.
"Always bear in mind," said Abraham Lincoln, "that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing."
And that is where it always begins: with a whole-hearted resolution to succeed—in a task, in a career, in a life. How much do you want this? And, how hard are you willing to work? Start there, and great things can happen.
1.Paragraph 1 is mainly about the old story of ________.
A.two friends B.Abraham Lincoln C.some baits D.a fisherman
2.The lesson we learned is to ________ from Paragraphs 2-4.
A.only keep the worms warm B.write the first novel soon
C.put our hearts into any task D.be willing to do nothing
3.Why does the writer often ask himself the two questions?
A.See if he has been whole-hearted. B.Be able to risk failure anytime.
C.Find out if the hard work is worth it. D.Work less harder than before.
4.What does the word "it" in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A.Career. B.Dream. C.Success. D.Work.
5.What does the writer want to tell us according to the last two paragraphs?
A.Own your resolution is the most important.
B.Do as Abraham Lincoln says, you'll succeed.
C.To succeed begins with a whole-hearted resolution.
D.Start anywhere, and great things can always happen.
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MOST of you may have heard about the Nobel Prize. But do you know the Ig Nobel Prize (搞笑诺贝尔奖)?The awards are given each year to 10 unusual achievements in science. It is to “honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.
This September the 2014 winners of the Ig Nobel awards came out! Research into why bananas are slippery(滑的) won the Ig Nobel for physics.
A team of scientists from Japan, tested 12 different banana skins. They then used sensors to measure the friction(摩擦力) between the slippery side of banana skin and the ground. They found that when someone steps on a banana skin, a special chemical, polysaccharide follicular gel(囊泡多糖凝胶), is set off. This chemical reduces friction by one-fifth. Later, scientists also compared banana skin with apple skin and orange skin and showed why apple and orange skins are not quite so dangerous. Friction was about 60 per cent higher on an apple peel.
Polysaccharide follicular gel is also found in the membranes (薄膜) where our bones meet. “This idea will help to design a joint prosthesis (人工关节),” Kiyoshi Mabuchi, the lead scientist, told the BBC news.
The Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine went to doctors from the Detroit Medical Center, US. They used salt pork to stop a young child’s nose bleed. Other interesting research includes whether owning a cat was bad for your mental health and looking at ugly art can be painful.
While Ig Nobel Prizes are mostly funny, great scientific breakthroughs(突破) can be made. In 2006, a team found that a type of mosquito(蚊子) is equally attracted to the smell of feet and cheese. As a result, mosquito traps were made using cheese to fight against malaria in Africa.
1.Ig Nobel Prize awards are mainly given for achievements in _____.
A. chemistry B. Science
C. medical research D. Arts
2.Which of the following is True about the banana skin research?
A. The test led to the invention of a joint prosthesis.
B. Stepping on apple and orange skins are not dangerous.
C. The test showed that apple skin is more slippery than banana skin.
D. The chemical inside the skin mainly causes the banana’s slipperiness.
3.Which research has won 2014 Ig Nobel for Medicine?
A. Looking at ugly art can be painful.
B. Salt pork can be used to treat nosebleeds.
C. Mosquitoes like the smell of feet and cheese.
D. The influence cats have on their owner’s mental health.
4.What’s the best title for this passage?
A. Fun science that makes people think
B. Science is dry and humorless but meaningful
C. Ig Nobel Prizes： Think First, Then Laugh
D. Ig Nobel Prize given out to silly scientists
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－Have you heard of the news about the missing Malaysian plane?
－Of course, people all over the world want to know _______.
A. where is it B. whether it is safe
C .how does it disappear D. why is it missing
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Have you heard of Lonely Planet？It is the largest travel guide book publisher in the world.
For about 40 years，Lonely Planet's travel books have offered great advice and tips for backpackers and other low—cost travelers around the world. If you want to travel cheaply and happily，you should read its books，or visit their website and get ideas from the forums（论坛）
Lonely Planet was founded by Tony and Maureen Wheeler. Maureen was born in Belfast，Northern Ireland. At age 20 she moved to London，where she met Tony Wheeler and got married with him. Just days after graduating in 1972，Tony and his wife Maureen drove from London to Afghanistan and eventually arrived in Sydney, Australia. Although at the end of the trip, they almost had no money left, they were very happy. Later in the year, people they met asked them continually—How did you travel? What did you see? What did it cost? These made them to turn their diaries into the first Lonely Planet book.
They spent a long time writing their first travel guide，Across Asia on the Cheap，in their home in Australia. Within a week they had sold about 1. 500 copies. The Lonely Planet Story is an unusual mix of autobiography（自传），business history and travel book. The book was soon became the backpackers' bible. Then the Wheelers set up a publishing company called" Lonely Planet Publications." They have produced travel guides to just about every corner of the globe. In 2009，the company changed its name to "Lonely Planet".
Now. Lonely Planet has become the world's most successful travel publisher. It has offices around the world.
1.Backpackers can get ___________from Lonely Planet's travel books.
A.advice B.money C.books D.website
2.___________set up the publishing company “Lonely Planet Publications”.
A.Tony Wheeler B.Some backpackers
C.Tony Wheeler and his wife D.Some low—cost travelers
3.The Wheelers travelled ___________just days after graduating in 1972.
A.from London to Afghanistan B.from London to Sydney
C.from Afghanistan to London D.from Sydney to London
4.The underlined word “These” in the passage probably refers to___________.
A.people they met B.the problems people met
C.the days they travelled D.the fact people asked them questions
5.The Lonely Planet Story is a kind of autobiography as well as___________.
A.science fiction B.business history C.detective stories D.film guide
6.Which of the following statement is NOT true？
A.The Wheelers almost had no money left after the journey，but they felt happy.
B.If you want to travel cheaply and happily，you'd better to read Across Asia on the Cheap.
C.Maureen met Tony Wheeler in Belfast，Northern Ireland at the age of 20.
D.The travel guide was so popular that they had sold about 1，500 copies in a week.
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—Have you ever heard about the song Big Big World?
--Yes, it beautiful. All of us like it very much .
A.smells B. sounds C.looks
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Many of you have heard a Cinderella (灰姑娘) story, but you may not know that there are over a hundred different ways to tell the Cinderella story. When writers tell the same story in a different way, it is called their “version” of the story. The story of Cinderella has many different versions. Let’s read two of them and find out how they are different.
The version that most people know is the oldest one written in 1697 by Charles Perrault from France. This is the version where the birds help make Cinderellas’s dress and the mice turn into carriage men (马车夫) and help Cinderella go to the dance in a pumpkin (南瓜) carriage. In this version, many of the animals are Cinderella’s friends. They help her meet the Prince. Cinderella marries the Prince and they live happily together ever after.
In another version of this story written in the 1850s by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from Germany, the birds help Cinderella in the whole story. Cinderella’s father gives her a little tree when he comes back from a party. She plants the little tree and her tears water it until it grows into a tall tree.
The birds now live in the tree and they give Cinderella a dress of gold and shoes of gold. Cinderella goes to the party to meet and dance with the Prince. Later, he finds Cinderella at home doing work for her stepmother (继母). Cinderella marries the Prince and they live happily ever after.
Now you can understand what the word “version” means and how more than one writer can tell a story in a different way. That is why there are many versions of the same story.
1.In the story written in 1697, ________ helped make Cinderella’s dress.
A. her father B. her stepmother
C. the birds D. the mice
2.In Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s story, Cinderella’s father ________.
A. gives her some birds
B. gives her a little tree
C. makes a gold dress for her
D. makes gold shoes for her
3.The Chinese meaning of the word “version” in this passage is probably “________”.
A. 人物 B. 语气 C. 方法 D. 版本
4.If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is the best?
(①=" Para." (自然段) 1 ②=" Para." 2 ③=" Para." 3 ④=" Para." 4 ⑤=" Para." 5)
A. ①; ②③④; ⑤ B. ①②; ③; ④⑤ C. ①②; ③④; ⑤ D. ①; ②; ③④⑤
九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Many of you have heard a Cinderella (灰姑娘) story, but you may not know that there are over a hundred different ways to tell the Cinderella story. When writers tell the same story in a different way, it is called their “version” of the story. The story of Cinderella has many different versions. Let’s read two of them and find out how they are different.
The version that most people know is the oldest one written in 1697 by Charles Perrault from France. This is the version where the birds help make Cinderellas’s dress and the mice turn into carriage men (马车夫) and help Cinderella go to the dance in a pumpkin (南瓜) carriage. In this version, many of the animals are Cinderella’s friends. They help her meet the Prince. Cinderella marries the Prince and they live happily together ever after.
In another version of this story written in the 1850s by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from Germany, the birds help Cinderella in the whole story. Cinderella’s father gives her a little tree when he comes back from a party. She plants the little tree and her tears water it until it grows into a tall tree.
The birds now live in the tree and they give Cinderella a dress of gold and shoes of gold. Cinderella goes to the party to meet and dance with the Prince. Later, he finds Cinderella at home doing work for her stepmother (继母). Cinderella marries the Prince and they live happily ever after.
Now you can understand what the word “version” means and how more than one writer can tell a story in a different way. That is why there are many versions of the same story.
1.In the story written in 1697, ________ helped make Cinderella’s dress.
A. her father B. her stepmother
C. the birds D. the mice
2.In Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s story, Cinderella’s father ________.
A. gives her some birds
B. gives her a little tree
C. makes a gold dress for her
D. makes gold shoes for her
3.The Chinese meaning of the word “version” in this passage is probably “________”.
A. 人物 B. 语气 C. 方法 D. 版本
4.If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is the best?
(①= Para. (自然段) 1 ②= Para. 2 ③= Para. 3 ④= Para. 4 ⑤= Para. 5)
A. ①; ②③④; ⑤ B. ①②; ③; ④⑤ C. ①②; ③④; ⑤ D. ①; ②; ③④⑤
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Many of you have heard a Cinderella story, but what you may not know is that there are over a hundred different ways to tell the Cinderella story. Each of these stories is written by a different author. The story of Cinderella has many different versions.
The version that most people know is the oldest one written in 1697 by Charles Perrault from France. This is the version where the birds help make Cinderella’s dress and the mice turn into carriage men and help Cinderella go to the ball in the pumpkin that turns into a carriage. In this version, many of the animals are Cinderella’s friends. They help her meet the Prince, who Cinderella marries, and together they live happily ever after.
In another version of this story, written in the 1850s by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from Germany, there are birds that help Cinderella throughout the story. Cinderella’s mother is not living at the beginning of the story. She visits her mother’s grave three times a day to say a prayer for her.
Cinderella’s father has given her a brunch when he goes to the festival. She plants the brunch and her tears water the brunch until it grows into a tall tree.
The birds now live in the tree and they give Cinderella a dress of gold and silver and slippers of the same colours. Cinderella goes to the festival to meet and dance with the Prince. Later, Cinderella marries the Prince and they have a nice life ever after.
Have you read other versions of the Cinderella story? More than one author can tell a story in a different way from their viewpoints(观点). That is why there are many versions of the same story.
1.The first version of the Cinderella story was written by ______.
A. Jacob Grimm B. Charles Perrault
C. Wilhelm Grimm D. Christian Andersen
2.The common part in the two versions of Cinderella mentioned in this passage is that ______.
A. both Cinderella and the Prince enjoy their marriage life
B. birds and mice help Cinderella meet the Prince at the ball
C. Cinderella wears a gold dress and silver shoes at the festival
D. Cinderella plants a small brunch and waters it with her tears
3.According to the passage, there can be many versions of the same story because ______.
A. there’re many authors who create stories
B. there’re many different kinds of old stories
C. there’re different ideas from different authors
D. there’re different stories by more than one author
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Frankenstein is one of the world’s most famous horror stories. It’s about a doctor who creates a new man from the body parts of dead people and brings it to life. But the experiment goes wrong and the monster(怪兽) kills the doctor and many others. The story has been read by millions since it was first published and in the last hundred years it has been made into dozens of movies. Many people are surprised to learn its writer was a 19-year-old woman, called Mary Shelley.
Mary was born into a rich London family in August 1797. She was educated by her parents and when she was 13 decided to become a writer. In 1812, she met the famous writer Percy Shelley and they soon got married. Sadly for Mary, their first child died soon after birth in Italy. In her diary, Mary wrote about a dream: “I dreamt that my little baby came to life again—that it had only been cold and that we rubbed it before the fire and it lived.”
In 1816, Percy Shelley and 19-year-odl May visited the poet Lord Byron at his home in Switzerland. Because of the bad weather they stayed indoors reading horror stories. One night, Byron asked everyone to write their own story. Mary thought of her dream and wrote the story Frankenstein.
Frankenstein was published when Mary was 21, and became a huge success. Many people didn’t think a 19-year-old woman could write so well and believed her husband was the real writer.
Although famous, Shelley’s life was full of sadness. Only one of her four children lived and in 1822 her husband died in a swimming accident. Mary was broken-hearted and decided not to marry again. She devoted herself to her child and continued to write until her death in 1851.
1. What do we know about he story Frankenstein?
A. It was really written by Mary Shelley’s husband.
B. It was been read by millions of people.
C. It was written to remember Shelley’s husband.
D. It is the most famous story in the world.
2.Where was Mary Shelley when she wrote the story Frankenstein?
A. In England. B. In Italy. C. In Switzerland. D. In France.
3. In which order to the following take place?
a. Bad weather made everyone stay indoors reading horror stories.
b. The story Frankenstein was first published.
c. Mary wrote about a dream in her diary.
d. Mary met the famous writer Percy Shelley.
e. Movies based on the story of Frankenstein were made.
A. a, c, b, e, d B. d, c, a, b, e C. c, a, b, d, e D. b, a, d, c, e
4. How old was Mary Shelley when she died?
A. 43 B. 48 C.51 D. 54
5.What can we learn about Mary Shelley from this passage?
A. She experienced a lot of sadness in her life.
B. She wasn’t considered a good writer during her life.
C. She was educated at her local school.
D. She became very rich because of the story Frankenstein.
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Apple’s logo is one of the most familiar icons(图标) around the world. But what’s the story about the Apple logo? The image of the apple is obvious, because that’s the name of the company. What about the bite? The famous story is that the logo shows respect and honour for Alan Turing. He was the father of computer science. He researched artificial intelligence(人工智能) and unlocked German wartime codes(密码). However，after the war, he was put into prison，because of his beliefs. He could not stand the looking down and chose to bite a poisoned apple to end his life in the prison.
However, Rob Janoff, who designed the famous Apple logo, said, “It’s not the truth, but only a legend(传说, 传奇). The real reason why I designed it with a bite is very simple. I wanted people to get that it was an apple not a cherry (樱桃). When I go to markets to buy apples, I always mistake apples for cherries. It really has nothing to do with the scientist.”
Are you kidding? An apple is much bigger than a cherry. It’s very easy to tell. But if you use an apple to design a logo, some people may mistake it for a cherry.
1.Both the apple and the cherry are almost the same actually in ________.
A．shape B．size C．colour D．weight
2.According to the passage, Alan Turing________.
A．died in the prison B．used an apple to design a logo
C．was put into prison during the war D．was the father of a computer company
3.What’s the purpose of writing the passage about the apple logo?
A．To introduce its designer. B．To tell us a legend about it.
C．To try to find the truth of it. D．To explain its market research.
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