Do you have a lucky number? What is it? Many ...

Do you have a lucky number? What is it? Many people have a special number that they hope will bring them good luck.

In Chinese culture, some numbers are believed to be lucky or unlucky based on the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to.

For example, the word for the number 8 sounds similar to the word for “making a fortune”. So, people consider it a very lucky number. Some people will even spend a lot of money to have 8s in their phone number or on their vehicle license plate（车牌照）number. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics began at 8:08 pm on Aug 8, 2008.

The number 9 is also a lucky number because of its connection to the emperors of China. There were nine dragons on emperors’ robes （龙袍）and Chinese myth held that the dragon had nine children. The number 9 also stands for “long lasting”. That’s why a man always proposes（求婚）to a woman with 99 or 999 roses.

So what’s an unlucky number in China? One example is 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as an unlucky number because it sounds similar to the character for “death”.

Because of this, many buildings skip（跳过）the fourth floor, and simply call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even skip all floors numbered with 4, such as 4, 14, 24, 34 and all 40-49 floors. Some buildings also skip the 13th floor, as this is considered an unlucky number in the West. As a result, a building whose highest floor is 50 may have only 35 physical floors.

1.What makes Chinese people believe a number is lucky or unlucky?

A.The shape of the number. B.The sound of the number.

C.The history of the number. D.The spelling of the number.

2.Why will people spend a lot of money to have 8s in phone numbers or on vehicle license plate numbers?

A.Because they believe 8 will make them live forever. B.Because they believe 8 will bring good luck.

C.Because 8 is easy to remember. D.Because 8 stands for fashion.

3.According to the passage, how do you like the number 9 in Chinese culture?

A.terrible B.crazy C.positive D.worried

4.A building whose highest floor is 60 in Hong Kong might only have________ physical floors if it skips all the unlucky numbers.

A.35 B.44 C.50 D.60

5.What is the story mainly about?

A.Lucky and unlucky numbers in Western culture. B.Meanings of different lucky numbers.

C.Meanings of different unlucky numbers. D.Lucky and unlucky numbers in Chinese culture.

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Do you have a lucky number? What is it? Many people have a special number that they hope will bring them good luck.

In Chinese culture, some numbers are believed to be lucky or unlucky based on the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to.

For example, the word for the number 8 sounds similar to the word for “making a fortune(发财)”. So, people consider it a very lucky number. Some people will even spend a lot of money to have 8s in their phone numbers or vehicle license plate (车牌照) numbers. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics began at 8:08 p.m. on August 8, 2008.

The number 9 is also a lucky number because of its connection to the emperors of China. There were nine dragons on emperors’ robes (龙袍) and Chinese myth held that the dragon has nine children. The number 9 also stands for “long lasting”. That’s why a man always proposes to（向---求婚）a woman with 99 or 999 roses.

So what’s a “bad luck” number in China? It might be 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as a “bad luck” number because it sounds similar to the character for “death”.

Because of this, many buildings skip(跨过) the fourth floor, and simply call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even skip all floors numbered with 4, such as, 4, 14, 24, 34 and all 40-49 floors. Some buildings also skip the 13th floor, as this is considered an unlucky number in many Christian countries. As a result, a building whose highest floor is 50 may have only 35 physical floors.

1.What makes Chinese people believe a number is lucky or unlucky?

A. the shape of the number

B. the sound of the number in Chinese

C. the history of the numbers

D. the sound of the number in English

2.Chinese people regard the number 9 as______?

A. becoming beautiful　　　　　　　　 B. living a long life

C. making a fortune　　　　　　　　　 D. living a happy life

3.From the passage, we know that_______.

A. Many Chinese people don’t like the number 4.

B. all people have the same lucky number

C. the number 9 is lucky because it means “wealth”

D. the number 8 is a lucky number for foreigners

4.What does this passage mainly talk about?

A. Meanings of different unlucky numbers.

B. Meaning of different lucky numbers.

C. Lucky or unlucky numbers in Western culture.

D. Lucky or unlucky numbers in Chinese culture.

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What does it take to graduate (毕业) from a university? Many may say all you have to do is to take classes and pass the exams. Well, it is not enough if you're a student at Tsinghua University.　　　　

Starting this September, students at the university will have to take swimming courses, If they fail a swimming test at the beginning of their university course, they won't receive their degree (学位) until they can pass the test successfully. But students with certain physical or mental (心理的) illness are not included. Why does the university connect swimming ability with degrees? Liu Bo, head of the Division of Sports Science and Physical Education, explained, "As a necessary living skill, swimming is helpful in improving students' endurance (耐力). And students don't get hurt easily when doing the water sport." Considering the ability to swim as a must for students is not something new to this university-it was also necessary in the early 20th century. It was later dropped because of a rising number of students. Another reason is that there were not enough swimming pools. Besides Tsinghua University, Peking University and Xiamen University, have also listed swimming as a compulsory course for students.

However, the rule made by Tsinghua University has caused a heated discussion. Some welcomed the new rule, saying it's a necessary skill that can save lives in unexpected and dangerous situations as well as a way to stay healthy. However, some said it has nothing to do with getting a degree. It's not reasonable to ask people to be able to swim for them to graduate, especially for a lot of people who grew up in inland (内陆) cities, learning how to swim as an adult will be difficult. In fact, Chinese universities are not the only education organizations that encourage their students to swim. A few colleges in the. United States-including Cornell University, Columbia University and MIT-provide swimming classes for students, too. They believe that anything that stops people from dying needlessly is a valuable skill.

1.Besides Tsinghua University, another _______ universities encourage their students to swim.

A.2 B.3 C.5

2.From this passage, we can learn that at Tsinghua University, _______.

A.students are expected to learn some living skills

B.all the students have to take a swimming course

C.students can graduate as long as they get good grades

3.The underlined word "compulsory" means _______ in Chinese.

A.选修的 B.无关的 C.必修的

4.As for the discussion in paragraph 3, which statement is NOT mentioned?

A.It's helpful and healthy to learn to swim.

B.Swimming will get in the way of students' study.

C.Learning to swim should not be a must for getting a degree.

5.What can we infer from the passage?

A.All universities believe' that swimming is the most important skill.

B.Students at Tsinghua University had to take swimming courses in the 1910s.

C.It is much, easier for an adult who grew up in Chengdu to learn to swim.

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In Chinese culture, people believe some numbers are lucky or unlucky. This is to see what Chinese character the number sounds like. For example, the Chinese word for the number 8 sounds like the word for “making a fortune”. So, people think it is a very lucky number. Some people spend a lot of money to have 8s in their phone numbers. The opening time of the Beijing Olympics began at 8:08 p.m. on August 8, 2008.

The number 9 is also a lucky number. It is something to do with the emperors of China. There were nine dragons on emperors’ robes(龙袍). Today, 9 often stands for “long lasting”. That’s why close friends always use 99 or 999 to describe their friendship.

So what’s a “bad luck” number in China? It might be 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as a “bad luck” number. Because it sounds like the Chinese character for “death”.

Because of this, many buildings don’t have the fourth floor, and just call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even don’t have all floors numbered with 4, such as, 4、14、24、34 and all 40-49 floors. Some buildings also don’t have the 13th floor as 13 is an unlucky number in the West. Now a question for you: How many floors are actually there if a building’s highest floor is numbered 50?

1.What makes Chinese people believe a number is lucky or unlucky?

A. The shape of the number　　 B. The sound of the number in Chinese

C. The history of the number　　 D. The sound of the number in English

2.Chinese people like the number 8, because it means “____”.

A. living a long life　　 B. becoming beautiful

C. making lots of money　　 D. living a happy life

3.What does this story mainly talk about?

A. Lucky or unlucky numbers in Western culture

B. Meanings of different lucky numbers

C. Meanings of different unlucky numbers

D. Lucky or unlucky numbers in Chinese culture

4.In Hong Kong, how many floors are there if a building’s highest floor is numbered 50?

A. 36　　 B. 32　　 C. 30　　 D. 34

九年级英语阅读理解极难题查看答案及解析

It’s possible to do many simple tricks with numbers. Here is one trick, if you follow the instructions, you will find it’s really interesting.

First, write down your house number. For example, if your address is 73 Jin Shang Road, you would write down 73. After you write down your house address number, you double it. Then add 5 to this doubled number. For example, if your address is 73 and you double it, you will get 146. Then you add 5, you will get 151.

And then, multiply this number by 50. In our example here, you’ll get 7550. The next step is to add your age to this total. For example, if you’re 16 years old, you should add 16 to this total. In our example here, the result will be 7566.

After that, you have to add the number of days in a year, which is 365. In our example here, 365 added to 7566 is 7931.

The final step is this: Subtract 615 from the number that you have. Take away 615 from the total. In our example, 7931 minus 615 is 7316.

The result here—7316—is the trick. The first part of the number is the address and the last part of the number is the age of the person. That is, 73 is the address that we started with, and 16 is the age that we used.

Isn’t it interesting? Do you want to have a try now?

1.How many steps are there in the trick?

A. Four                        B. Seven                     C. Nine

2.The third step is ______.

A. ＋5                         B. ×50                        C. －615

3.Tom is 38, he lives in 89 Jin Shang Road. If he plays this trick, he will get ______ in the end.

A. 3889                        B. 9150                        C. 8938

4.When you play this trick, ______ is Not the number you have to use every time.

A. 50                         B.73                        C. 365

5.The best title of this passage is “______”.

A. A trick with numbers            B. An interesting problem         C. How to work out a trick

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

WHAT would you do if you were invisible(隐形的)?To many people, this is a fun question.

Do you think this can be true? With recent talks of making invisibility a reality, this fun question could actually become a real problem for people and their governments to consider.

It has recently been reported that researchers in the United States and England are confident that they understand, in theory(理论), how to create an invisibility cloak(斗篷), similar to the one that Harry Potter received from his father. They have already begun to work on it, and are asking for help in developing the material that would be used to create this invisibility cloak.

“Is it science fiction? Well, it’s a theory and that already is not science fiction,” said Professor Sir John Pendry. “It’s possible in theory to do all these Harry Potter things, but we should face the challenge, that is our engineering ability.

“Now, no invisibility cloak has been made yet, but the first testing of invisibility technology could be soon,” said Pendry. “We will have a cloak after not too long.”

Though the idea sounds great, it could be a bad thing if it is used in wars.

1.What is the biggest problem if we make invisibility a reality?

A. Engineering ability.　 B. Money.

C. Material.　　　　　　　 D. Water.

2.Which of the following words shares the closest meaning with “fiction” in the 4th paragraph?

A. 发明　　　　　　　　 B. 理论　　 C. 小说　　　　　　　　　 D. 机器

3.What is the author’s attitude toward invisibility’s becoming a reality?

A. Agree.　　　　　　　　 B. Disagree.

C. A little worried.　　　　 D. We don’t know.

4.How is the passage organized?

A. Topic---Supporting examples

B. Opinion---Discussion---Description

C. Main idea--- Comparison (比较)

D. Introduction---examples---Conclusion（结论）

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Other people think it is terrible.

One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr. Coates worked in an office in Brighton, England. On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got in the elevator to go home, it stopped between floors. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped(困住了)!He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday!

There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait and sleep for most of the time.

Early on Tuesday morning, the vice president of the company came to work and found the elevator was not working. When the elevator was opened, Mr. Coates came out, cold, weak and tired. He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours!

Now Mr. Coates says, “I only use elevators if they have telephones in them.”

根据短文内容，判断下列各句正（T）、误（F）。

1.Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator because he was weak.

2.He stayed in the elevator from Tuesday to Saturday.

3.He ate and drank in the elevator most of the time.

4.Mr. Coates came out early on Tuesday morning.

5.He says that he will only use elevators with telephones in them.

九年级英语任务型阅读中等难度题查看答案及解析

Do you know what you’d like to be when you grow up? It takes most people many years to find this out. For the young artist Alexandra Nechita, it never really seemed to be a question. From the day she began drawing at the age of two, she was an artist.

Alexandra Nechita was born in Romania in 1985 and moved to California when she was still a baby. As a little child, she loved colouring in her colouring books. Her parents hoped she could spend more time playing with other children, so they took away her colouring books. Alexandra began drawing her own pictures and colouring them in.

By the time Alcxandra was seven ycars old, she had begun painting with oil paints. When

Alexandra took a local art class, her teacher was amazed at the young artist’s unusual style of painting. Alexandra’s work was similar in some ways to the paintings by famous artists like Picasso. These artists did not use a realistic style of painting. They allowed their imaginations to play an

important part in their work. The interesting thing was that little Alexandra had never seen the work of these artists. People called her “Little Picasso”. This was a great honour, but Alexandra’s style of

painting was all her own.

Alexandra’s first public show was held at a Los Angeles public library when she was

only eight years old. People were amazed at how young Alexandra was, but mostly they loved her imaginative artwork. It did not take long for Alexandra and her work to become famous. She appeared on television programs and in newspapers and magazines all over the world. The sale of a single piece can earn the young artist thousands of dollars. But that is not why Alexandra creates artwork. She just cannot imagine doing anything else that would bring her such joy and satisfaction.

Today, Alexandra is a full-time artist. She also works to help support the arts in schools. Alexandra is a strong believer in the power of art as a tool of communication and a bridge to building peace throughout the world.

1.When did Alexandra begin drawing pictures?

A. At the age of eight.　　 B. At the age of seven.

C. At the age of two.　　 D. In the year of 1985.

2.Alexandra was called “Little Picasso” because　　　　 .

A. shc learned to paint from Picasso　　 B. her style of painting was like Picasso’s

C. she was one of Picasso’s big fans　　 D. her style of painting was unusual

3.What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4?

A. Only painting can make her so happy and satisfied.

B. Only money can make her so happy and satisfied.

C. Anything can make her feel happy and satisfied.

D. Nothing can make her feel happy and satisfied.

4.According to the passage, which word can best describe Alexandra?

A. Polite.　　 B. Generous.　　 C. Patient.　　 D. Creative.

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Do you know what you'd like to be when you grow up? It takes most people many years to find out. For the young artist Alexandra Nechita, it never really seemed to be a _______. From the day she began drawing at the age of two, she was an artist.

Alexandra Nechita was born in Romania in 1985 and _______ to California when she was still a baby. As a little child, she loved coloring in her coloring books. Her parents _______ she could spend more time playing with other children, so they took away her coloring books. Alexandra began drawing her own pictures and coloring them in.

By the time Alexandra was seven years old, she had begun painting with oil paints. When Alexandra took a local art class, her teacher was amazed (惊奇的) at the young artist's _______ style of painting. Alexandra's work was similar in some ways to the paintings by famous artists like Picasso. These artists did not use a realistic (现实主义的) style of painting. They allowed their imaginations to play an important _______ in their work. The interesting thing was that little Alexandra had never seen the work of these artists. People called her "Little Picasso". This was a great honor (荣誉), but Alexandra's style of painting was all her own.

Alexandra's first public show was held at a Los Angeles public library when she was only eight years old. People were amazed at how young Alexandra was, but _______they loved her imaginative artwork. It didn't take long for Alexandra and her work to become famous. She appeared on television programs and in newspapers and magazines all over the world. The sale of a single piece can earn the young artist thousands of dollars. But that is not why Alexandra _______artwork. She just cannot imagine doing anything else that would bring her such joy and satisfaction.

Today, Alexandra is a full-time artist. She also works to help support the arts in schools. Alexandra is a strong believer in the power of art as a _______of communication and a bridge to build peace throughout the world.

1.A.matter B.trouble C.exercise D.question

2.A.walked B.ran C.moved D.returned

3.A.hoped B.asked C.refused D.wondered

4.A.ancient B.strange C.unusual D.difficult

5.A.job B.part C.idea D.business

6.A.finally B.totally C.naturally D.mostly

7.A.creates B.invents C.produces D.imagines

8.A.work B.tool C.rule D.skill

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What would you do if you found a snake in your house? Many people might be afraid or try to kill it. However, if you live in North Carolina in the USA, one thing you can do is to call the Snake Catchers.

The Snake Catchers are four men who love snakes, even poisonous ones. Their newspaper advertisement says, “Snake Catchers： free snake removal(除去）一Please do not kill them — Call us. ”

The Snake Catchers, who started their service in 1998, don’t charge anything for helping people. “We do this as a hobby,” explained Fred Johnson, one of the Snake Catchers.

Because of their love of snakes, the Snake Catchers try to keep them alive. “One man asked us to kill a python(蟒蛇), so he could make a pair of boots from the skin. We refused, because we like snakes, and we don’t want to see them killed, ” said Fred.

Some of the snakes that they catch are kept as pets; some are given to the North Carolina State University. Most, including the poisonous snakes, are set free in the wild, usually in a national park.

Fred suggests that people should treat snakes with care. “Actually snakes are very shy and gentle creatures. They only attack if they are frightened. However, you have to know how to treat a snake properly!”

According to one happy family, the Snake Catchers are good. One day, the Greenwood family found a snake skin in the kitchen. They looked very carefully and saw a snake sleeping behind a cupboard. They thought about what to do. Then Steve Greenwood remembered the advertisement for the Snake Catchers. He called them.

“The Snake Catchers arrived within an hour and they finished the job quickly too,” said Steve Greenwood. “One of them went into the kitchen, found the snake and took it out alive. The Snake Catchers did a very good job.”

Last year, the Snake Catchers removed more than seventy snakes from houses in North Carolina.

1.The Snake Catchers catch snakes because ______.

2.When a man asked them to kill a python, the Snake Catchers ______.

3.The Snake Catchers set most of the snakes free ______.

4.According to Fred,  ______.

九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析