I used to live in Kobe in Japan. On my way home on the bus every evening I used to look for an old man who often played his saxophone (萨克斯管) near the river. I couldn’t hear his music because the windows were closed on the bus but I imagined it to be loud and clear. I wanted to be like that man.
One night I went to Himeji, a city not far from Kobe. As I walked with my family along the river I saw a statue. It was a young man who looked just like me. He was wearing a cap and smiling. Around his neck was a leather strap (皮带) and in his hands was a saxophone. He was lifting the saxophone to his lips and he was just about to play. I stayed there for a long time by the statue dreaming of playing a saxophone on TV.
Two weeks later it was my birthday. Imagine my joy when I opened my present from my parents and found that it was a saxophone! I put it to my lips to play, but it wouldn’t make a sound. Then Dad told me to read the instruction book to find out what to do. After about 15 minutes the saxophone was ready to play. I raised it slowly to my lips as my family watched. But still there was no sound. I blew and blew but I couldn’t get the saxophone to play. I was almost crying when suddenly the saxophone made the most beautiful sound—loud and clear like I imagined the music of the man by the river in Kobe. I blew again, I moved my fingers on the saxophone and I made more sounds. I was happy because I was playing very interesting sounds. But I wasn’t playing music yet.
Then came the lessons. Night after night, week after week my teacher made me practice. Slowly I started to improve and at last there came the magic day when I started to play music. Now I’m in the TV studio with my saxophone strapped to my neck and my cap on my head. I’m always thinking of the man by the river in Kobe and the statue smiling at me in Himeiji. I’m a happy man.
1.On the bus, the writer couldn’t ________.
A．find an old man with a saxophone B．see a river
C．hear the old man’s music D．imagine the sound
2.The statue along the river made the writer think of ________.
A．having a saxophone
B．the old man near the river
C．having a cap and a saxophone as the boy
D．playing the saxophone on TV
3.The writer could get the saxophone to play ________.
A．as soon as he got it
B．after he read the instruction
C．after he tried many times
D．after his father taught him
4.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．The magic day. B．My birthday present.
C．The old man and the statue. D．My dream of playing saxophone.
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题
I used to live in Kobe in Japan. On my way home on the bus every evening I used to look for an old man who often played his saxophone (萨克斯管) near the river. I couldn’t hear his music because the windows were closed on the bus but I imagined it to be loud and clear. I wanted to be like that man.
One night I went to Himeji, a city not far from Kobe. As I walked with my family along the river I saw a statue. It was a young man who looked just like me. He was wearing a cap and smiling. Around his neck was a leather strap (皮带) and in his hands was a saxophone. He was lifting the saxophone to his lips and he was just about to play. I stayed there for a long time by the statue dreaming of playing a saxophone on TV.
Two weeks later it was my birthday. Imagine my joy when I opened my present from my parents and found that it was a saxophone! I put it to my lips to play, but it wouldn’t make a sound. Then Dad told me to read the instruction book to find out what to do. After about 15 minutes the saxophone was ready to play. I raised it slowly to my lips as my family watched. But still there was no sound. I blew and blew but I couldn’t get the saxophone to play. I was almost crying when suddenly the saxophone made the most beautiful sound—loud and clear like I imagined the music of the man by the river in Kobe. I blew again, I moved my fingers on the saxophone and I made more sounds. I was happy because I was playing very interesting sounds. But I wasn’t playing music yet.
Then came the lessons. Night after night, week after week my teacher made me practice. Slowly I started to improve and at last there came the magic day when I started to play music. Now I’m in the TV studio with my saxophone strapped to my neck and my cap on my head. I’m always thinking of the man by the river in Kobe and the statue smiling at me in Himeiji. I’m a happy man.
1.On the bus, the writer couldn’t ________.
A．find an old man with a saxophone B．see a river
C．hear the old man’s music D．imagine the sound
2.The statue along the river made the writer think of ________.
A．having a saxophone
B．the old man near the river
C．having a cap and a saxophone as the boy
D．playing the saxophone on TV
3.The writer could get the saxophone to play ________.
A．as soon as he got it
B．after he read the instruction
C．after he tried many times
D．after his father taught him
4.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．The magic day. B．My birthday present.
C．The old man and the statue. D．My dream of playing saxophone.
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I am used to walking home after school. One day, on my way home, I saw Xu Dong standing on the other side of the road. He was carrying a lot of books. I thought he must be a real nerd. As I went on walking, suddenly I saw several children running into Xu Dong. They were knocking his books out of his arms. They were pushing him so that he fell to the ground. I ran over to help him at once. As I was picking up his books, I saw tears in his eyes. I had to comfort him when I helped him stand up, I said, “The children are very naughty.” There was a smile on his face. And then he looked at me and said, “Thank you very much.”
From then on, we always went to school on foot and went home together. We cared about and helped each other. We talked together quite freely. Soon he turned out to be a pretty cool child. We became best friends.
In the next two years, Xu Dong became more popular so that all the classmates loved him. At the time of graduation examination, Xu Dong got the best grades in our school. He gave a speech for graduation.
As Xu Dong started his speech, he looked at me and said, “Graduation is a time to thank the persons who helped me, such as my teachers and classmates, but mostly my friends. Being a good friend is my best wish. I’m going to tell you a story...” I just looked at Xu Dong when he told the story of the first day we met. Because of his poor family, he wanted to drop out of school and carried all of his books home that day. He looked at me and gave me a little smile. He said with tears in his eyes, “Thankfully, my friend helped me in my most difficult time. I would never forget him.”
1.What does the underlined word “nerd” mean in the first paragraph?
A.书呆子 B.书商 C.搬运工 D.讨厌的人
2.The writer helped Xu Dong at first because .
A.they lived in the same village B.they were good friends
C.he felt Xu Dong was poor D.they lived near
3.Xu Dong carried all his books home because he wanted to .
A.study for a test B.drop out of school
C.sell them out D.gave them to his sister
4.In his speech, Xu Dong thanked the writer for .
A.picking up his books B.helping him get the best grades
C.getting to know him D.being his friend
5.The best title of the story should be .
A.Xu Dong and I B.How to Make Friends
C.Thanksgiving D.A Speech
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Yesterday I met Millie ___________.
A. on my way home
B. in my way home
C. on my way to home
D. in my- way to home
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My son lives a little far from his office, so he always goes to work bus.
A. on B. by C. with D. in
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I live far from my school， so I always go to school ________ bus.
A. by B. on C. in D. at
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I saw lots of people ____ for buses at the bus stop on my way to school.
A. waits B. waiting C. to wait D. waited
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He must be _________ home now.
| A．on his way to | B．on his way | C．in his ways to the | D．in his way |
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Last Friday after I got my pay, I went shopping on my way home. In the crowded supermarket, I lost my purse and my money was gone with it. I felt very angry and sad. We were not rich and the money was important for us. How could I tell my wife about it?
I felt really sorry for losing the money. When I got home, I cleaned the house and prepared a nice meal. I hoped what I did could comfort(安慰) my wife. When she came back, she was surprised to see the clean house and the nice meal. Then I began to tell my story when we were at table, but my wife didn't respond (反映) as if she had not heard my words. Maybe she was trying hard to hide her anger, I thought.
“I've lost my pay." I said to her again.
“I see.” She didn't seem to be angry with me. For a moment, she said nothing but enjoyed the meal with me.
“I've lost my money," I could not help asking, “why don't you blame (责备) me?"
“Oh, my dear," she raised her eyes, looked at me and said, "I'm thinking about how to comfort you. It's the thief who is to be blamed!"
根据短文内容，判断句子正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”
1.I got my pay last Monday.
2. In the supermarket I lost my purse and money.
3. I cleaned the house because I liked doing it.
4.My wife was surprised to see what I did.
5. When my wife heard my story, she became very angry.
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My parents______ live on the farm,but now they ______ living in the Nongda new community.
A. is used to;used to B. are used to ;used to C. used to ;are used to
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I saw a man ________ on the ground on my way ________ home.
A. lie；to B. lies；/ C. lying；to D. lying；/
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