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The Day People Started Talking

My journey home from school is nothing special. I usually find a seat and start reading or texting my friends, making sure, like everyone else, not to look at other people. Then, twenty minutes later, I get off.

But last Tuesday was different. I was happily looking out of the window when the train suddenly stopped. This wasn’t usual. Then after about five minutes, I noticed people were starting to get a bit upset. Fifteen minutes later, people started getting more and more upset. Then the announcement (广播) came: “We are sorry to announce that this train is delayed. A train has broken down in front of us.”

There was a loud groan (叹息) throughout the carriage but soon something unexpected happened: all the complete strangers started talking to each other. At first, everyone just complained about the trains, but then people started talking about real things. I started chatting to a couple of young tourists sitting opposite me. Next, I really surprised myself by talking to a businesswoman. Business people are a lot cooler than I thought. Then I decided to get up and go for a walk down the train. I met a woman who had been a student at my school seven years before.

People offered each other food and drink. A young woman took her guitar and soon we were singing along. While we were singing, we heard there was a sick boy in another part of the train who needed help, and the woman from my school jumped into action. It turned out she was a nurse, and when she came back she was welcomed as a hero.

Then, after two and a half hours, we started moving again. Everyone cheered and some people, complete strangers three hours before, even hugged.

I took the train again on Wednesday but none of my new “friends” were there. Although people were polite, they weren’t nearly as friendly as the people the day before had been. I’ll never forget the day the train stopped and people started talking.

1.What happened after the announcement? （　　 ）

A.People got upset and started texting their friends.

B.The children started playing with their phones.

C.The workers started offering food and drink.

D.People started talking to each other.

2.The woman from the writer’s school jumped into action to ______. （　　 ）

A.play the guitar and sing

B.help a sick boy on the train

C.go for a walk down the train

D.get off and take another train

3.The writer will never forget last Tuesday because ______. （　　 ）

A.strangers on the train were friendly to each other

B.a nurse saved a boy’s life on the train just in time

C.he learned something new about business people

D.it was a good opportunity to make new friends

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

任务型阅读

根据短文后所给的任务，完成1-5题。

On her way home from school the other day, Yang Xi found people looking at her with strange expressions. The 15-year-old Shandong girl felt embarrassed, but she knew they were looking at her school uniform.

There were some pictures and words on the back, such as "Dear Yang Xi, I will miss you A graduation." Her friends did it after class. And Yang wrote something on her friends’ uniforms too after class.

Like Yang, many students now use the school uniform as if it were a piece of white paper and draw on it. They draw pictures of their favorite singers, athletes and cartoon characters and so on. "①I think wearing a school uniform with graffiti（涂鸦）is a kind of campus （校园）fashion," said Yang.

As a B of fact, most schools have strict rules that require students not to draw on uniforms. Otherwise, they will be punished（惩罚）．② They may be telling to clean their uniforms or more seriously, to buy a new one.

However, it seems that some students are not afraid of the rules and punishment. "I think there are at least 100 students with painted uniforms in my school. They walk around the campus‘ proudly’．③will they care if punished I wonder whether at be they all.” said Li Fei, 13 of Fujian. Although she　 doesn’t think her school uniform looks good, Li would never draw on it. "It’s a strict school rule there, after all. I have to follow the rules."

任务一：请在文中A、B两处的横线上填人适当的单词。（每空一词）

1.A. _________ B. _________

任务二：请将文中①处句子译成汉语。

2.

任务三：请将文中②处划线句中的一个单词的错误用法找出，并改正在横线上。

3.

任务四：请将文中③处的单词连成句子。

4.

任务五：

5.The passage is mainly talking about　　　　　 .

A. how to draw on school uniforms.

B. students' agreement about drawing on school .uniforms

C. whether to use school uniforms as a piece of white paper

D. stop drawing on others' school uniforms

九年级英语任务型阅读中等难度题查看答案及解析

Colin’s home is far from school and he ________ to school by bus every day.

A.goes B.has gone C.is going D.will go

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

---You come to school early every day. __________ is it from your home to school?

---It’s only about one kilometer.

A. How long　　　　　　　 B. How much

C. How many　　　　　　　　　　 D. How far

九年级英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

---You come to school early every day. __________ is it from your home to school?

---It’s only about one kilometer.

A. How long　　 B. How much

C. How many　　 D. How far

九年级英语单选题简单题查看答案及解析

Oct.16 is World Food Day. The UN started the day in 1979. It’s used to remind people not to waste food and fight hunger.

A big number of people in the world still don’t have enough food to eat. Food shortage（匮乏）is a big problem worldwide. Right now, there are more than 1,000 million hungry people in the world according to the UN. Many children go to sleep hungry, and 15 million of them die of hunger each year.

There are several reasons why there are food shortages. First, there have been more droughts（干旱）and floods recently. Also, a growing population makes feeding everyone more difficult.

Another big reason is food waste. Most people don’t realize how much food they throw away every day. Sometimes we cook too much, or we don’t use it before it goes bad. The average（平均的）person throws away 50 kg of food every year. According to the UN, more than one third of all food produced worldwide goes to waste each year.

That is over1, 300, 000 million kilograms of food being wasted. The amount of food wasted in Europe can feed 200 million people, and the food wasted in Latin America can feed 300 million a year.

So think twice next time you want to throw away food. By cutting down on food waste, we could help put food on the empty plates of some hungry children. Only order as much food as you can eat in a restaurant. If you can’t eat all you order, take the rest home. Don’t be too picky about food so that you don’t leave any on your plate. Some food may not taste great, but your body needs it. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much. Don’t cook too much.

When you throw away food, you are not just wasting the food itself. Resources（资源）are also wasted while growing, transporting and cooking the food. These things all take energy, time and water.

Title: 1. on World Food Day

九年级英语填空困难题查看答案及解析

The Double Ninth Festival is a special day for older people in China. It started long ago. The festival is on lunar September 9th. Activities are held to show love and respect to old people.

Respecting(尊敬) older people is a tradition in China. That’s because the Chinese know that older people have knowledge and experience that young people can learn. There are many ways in which Chinese people express their respect. When an older person enters a room, everyone stands up. People are introduced from the oldest to the youngest. When we present a book to an older person, both hands are used. Young people always offer their seats to older people on a crowded(拥挤的) subway or bus.

In Western countries, however, older people seldom think they are old. They are called “seniors” instead of “old people”. They’d rather do everything themselves. Even after retirement(退休)they take up hobbies, part-time jobs and new activities to keep their bodies working well. But of course among westerners older people are respected, too. Usually, seniors don’t have to buy tickets for trains and buses. They are given discount(打折) in stores and restaurants.

But western seniors don’t often live with their children alone. For holidays, the families usually meet at their grandparents’ home, and a great smile and a warm hug for their parents are enough for grown children to show their respect.

1.When is the Double Ninth Festival?

______________________________________________

2.What can the young learn from older people?

______________________________________________

3.How many ways in which Chinese people express their respect are mentioned?

______________________________________________

4.Can seniors in western countries take the train for free?

______________________________________________

5.How do western grown children show their respect?

______________________________________________

九年级英语回答问题中等难度题查看答案及解析

— My home is 2 km away from my school. ________ is your home from the school?

—　 Get closer. The distance is ________ as long as yours.

A.How far; twice B.How long; two thirds

C.How long; twice D.How far; two thirds

九年级英语单选题简单题查看答案及解析

One day, Tim goes home from school and says to Mother Cat, “Please take your children to the park near here. You can play there. But don’t forget there are five cats in the park.”Mother Cat is very glad. She takes her four children to the park soon. Now they are playing happily. Mother Cat is counting the number of the cats, “one, two, three, four …” Mother Cat is worried (着急). “There are five cats here. But now there are only four cats. What can I do?” Mother Cat is crying (哭). She is looking for the fifth cat. “Where is it?” Oh dear! Where is the fifth cat?

1.Mother Cat has ____________ children.

A. 2　　 B. 3　　 C. 4　　 D. 5

2.Tim ________________.

A. goes to the park with the cats　　 B. lives near the park

C. has four cats　　 D. a doctor

3.Mother Cat is crying because (因为) ________________.

A. she can’t find the fifth cat.　　 B. she can’t find home.

C. Her children are not in the park.　　 D. she forgets the time to go home

4.The fifth cat is _______________.

A. in the river　　 B. at home　　 C. Tim　　 D. Mother Cat

5.Which is WRONG?

A. The cats are playing happily in the park.

B. Mother Cat can count the numbers.

C. The cats go to the park when Tim is at school.

D. Mother Cat is looking for the fifth cat.

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

Every day the old man takes these children home _____ school.

九年级英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析