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Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
When Mary was in hospital with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, expected to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry(产业). “We knew it had to be a specialty(专业) store because we couldn’t afford enough money,” says Mary. One idea came to her: She’d read somewhere that about 20 percent of books sold were mysteries, and many buyers spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To pay the $100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from friends and from an bank.
The store only broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract(吸引) buyers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and provided dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited some writers to discuss their stories.
Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales workers, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income(收入)” says Richard. “This has always been about a pleasant life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”
1.When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ____.
A. they had to put their plan into practice
B. health was more important than money
C. heart trouble was a serious illness
D. they both needed to stop working
2.After Mary got well from her illness they began _____.
A. to study how to open a bookstore
B. to buy and read more mystery books
C. to do market research on book business
D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore
3.How did their bookstore do in the first year?
A. They had to borrow money to keep it going.
B. They made just enough to pay all the costs.
C. They succeeded in making a lot of money.
D. They failed though they worked hard.
4.According to Richard, the main purpose of opening the bookstore is _____.
A. to pay for their children’s education
B. to get to know more writers
C. to set up more bookstores
D. to do what they like to do
九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
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Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
When Mary was in hospital with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, expected to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry(产业). “We knew it had to be a specialty(专业) store because we couldn’t afford enough money,” says Mary. One idea came to her: She’d read somewhere that about 20 percent of books sold were mysteries, and many buyers spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To pay the $100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from friends and from an bank.
The store only broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract(吸引) buyers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and provided dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited some writers to discuss their stories.
Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales workers, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income(收入)” says Richard. “This has always been about a pleasant life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”
1.When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ____.
A. they had to put their plan into practice
B. health was more important than money
C. heart trouble was a serious illness
D. they both needed to stop working
2. After Mary got well from her illness they began _____.
A. to study how to open a bookstore
B. to buy and read more mystery books
C. to do market research on book business
D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore
3. How did their bookstore do in the first year?
A. They had to borrow money to keep it going.
B. They made just enough to pay all the costs.
C. They succeeded in making a lot of money.
D. They failed though they worked hard.
4. According to Richard, the main purpose of opening the bookstore is _____.
A. to pay for their children’s education
B. to get to know more writers
C. to set up more bookstores
D. to do what they like to do
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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Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
When Mary was in hospital with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, expected to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry(产业). “We knew it had to be a specialty(专业) store because we couldn’t afford enough money,” says Mary. One idea came to her: She’d read somewhere that about 20 percent of books sold were mysteries, and many buyers spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To pay the $100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from friends and from an bank.
The store only broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract(吸引) buyers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and provided dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited some writers to discuss their stories.
Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales workers, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income(收入)” says Richard. “This has always been about a pleasant life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”
1.When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ____.
A. they had to put their plan into practice
B. health was more important than money
C. heart trouble was a serious illness
D. they both needed to stop working
2.After Mary got well from her illness they began _____.
A. to study how to open a bookstore
B. to buy and read more mystery books
C. to do market research on book business
D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore
3.How did their bookstore do in the first year?
A. They had to borrow money to keep it going.
B. They made just enough to pay all the costs.
C. They succeeded in making a lot of money.
D. They failed though they worked hard.
4.According to Richard, the main purpose of opening the bookstore is _____.
A. to pay for their children’s education
B. to get to know more writers
C. to set up more bookstores
D. to do what they like to do
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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Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
When Mary was in hospital with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, expected to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry(产业). “We knew it had to be a specialty(专业) store because we couldn’t afford enough money,” says Mary. One idea came to her: She’d read somewhere that about 20 percent of books sold were mysteries, and many buyers spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To pay the $100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from friends and from a bank.
The store only broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract(吸引) buyers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and provided dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited some writers to discuss their stories.
Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales workers, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income(收入)” says Richard. “This has always been about a pleasant life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”
1.When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ____.
A. they had to put their plan into practice
B. health was more important than money
C. heart trouble was a serious illness
D. they both needed to stop working
2.After Mary got well from her illness they began _____.
A. to study how to open a bookstore
B. to buy and read more mystery books
C. to do market research on book business
D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore
3.How did their bookstore do in the first year?
A. They had to borrow money to keep it going.
B. They made just enough to pay all the costs.
C. They succeeded in making a lot of money.
D. They failed though they worked hard.
4.According to Richard, the main purpose of opening the bookstore is _____.
A. to pay for their children’s education
B. to get to know more writers
C. to set up more bookstores
D. to do what they like to do
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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Betty is a real book lover and often brings home many books to read ______ the school library.
A. in B. through C. from D. for
九年级英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
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Sandy is a real book lover and she often brings home many books to read the library．
A．in B．for C．by D．from
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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Because I'm a writer and book lover, others would naturally think that I started to like literature (文学) from an early age. Actually, I once saw reading as a frightening thing that would always be difficult. Then I discovered books that caught my imagination-stories like The Little House Series and A Little Princess. Can you imagine how a reluctant (不情愿的) reader became a book lover and later an author?
This row of books that changed my life now decorates my desk. These stories are so dear that they feel like part of me.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett—I began to think that if I looked carefully enough, I would find a secret garden in my backyard and bring it back to life.
A Friend in the Storm by Cheryl Ricker—This book of poetry got me through some of life's most difficult times.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl—This is the book that made me want to be a writer someday.
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo—Inspired (鼓舞) by it, I wrote a three- part blog post for books, started giving it to kids as gifts, and still listed it as one of my favorite stories.
Every book in the row inspired, comforted, or challenged me. I know today that, while many are well-known titles and a few were written by not-so-famous authors, they all remind me that we can never know what we will do with our talents. What can we do? Just follow our hearts.
1.Which book helped the author get through hard times?
A.The Secret Garden B.A Friend in the Storm
C.Les Miserables D.Anna Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
2.The book Anna Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl made the author want to be a ______ in the future.
A.writer B.teacher C.farmer D.doctor
3.What's the author's suggestion for us?
A.Showing our talents earlier. B.Following our hearts.
C.Reading books with famous titles. D.Never caring what others think of us.
九年级英语阅读单选简单题查看答案及解析
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Mary called and asked her husband ________ home at once, because she locked her daughter in the home.
A. to leave B. leave C. go D. to go
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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1. Zhang Shaohan has a sweet , and many of us like listening to her songs. (嗓音)
2.What difficulty will you have the machine? (控制)
3. Why not hold a party for your mother’s birthday. (四十)
4.Ice turns into water when the temperature is 0℃. (超过)
5.Danny Bowman is crazy about taking photos of . (他自己)
6.It’s possible that robot teachers will be popular in schools some day. (true)
7. How you are! You’ve knocked the cup off the table again! (care)
8.Some students laugh at the girl because of her (ugly)
9.If you add some lemonade and sugar, the dish will be much . (taste)
10.Today most students can go to high school for further in our country. (educate)
九年级英语单词拼写中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Her songs ________ sweet and many of us like listening to them.
A. sound B. feel C. taste D. look
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