阅读理解(2014贵阳)Paul Nicklen waited patiently on ...

阅读理解(2014贵阳)

Paul Nicklen waited patiently on a sheet of ice in the Arctic．He was there to take pictures for National Geographic．Finally，he saw something big and white．It was a polar bear，swimming towards him in the icy water．

Paul lay down on the ice to get a better photo，but the polar bear jumped out of the water and tried to attack him！Luckily for Paul，the ice cracked，or broke．and the bear fell back into the water．The polar bear wasn’t so lucky．It couldn’t get a meal and had to swim farther away to find food．

To understand the polar bear’s problem，you need to know two things about the Arctic．First，the Arctic is mostly ocean．Second，ice covers a lot of the Arctic Ocean．In winter，the ice forms a thick，white sheet，but in summer，the ice becomes thinner and breaks into pieces．Sea ice is the key to survival(幸存)for Arctic animals．However，because of global warming，Arctic temperatures are rising and polar ice is melting．

Polar bears need ice to hunt seals，their favorite meal．They stand on the ice and wait for the seals to come up for air．As Arctic ice melts，polar bears have to swim farther to find ice floes，or large pieces of floating ice．Sometimes，bears have to swim more than 200 km to find an ice floe．Some bears cannot swim that far and，sadly，they drown．

On his last trip，Paul Nicklen saw three dead bodies of polar bears．Before global warming threatened Arctic ice，a dead bear was a rare sight．Paul is sad to see the dead bodies．Wildlife experts think global warming will have a terrible effect on polar bears．In the future，polar ice will continue to shrink and endanger the bears．some scientists believe 65 percent of the world’s polar bears will disappear by 2050．In other words，polar bears are in great danger．

1.The main idea of the passage is that________．

A．polar bears are amazing swimmers

B．Arctic temperatures are rising

C．global warming is endangering polar bears

2.The polar bear that tried to attack Paul was unlucky because________．

A．Paul swam away

B．it was on an ice floe

C．it couldn’t eat Paul

3.According to the passage，polar bears hunt seals by________．

A．waiting on the ice

B．waiting in the water

C．drowning the seals

4.From the passage，Paul Nicklen is maybe a________．

A．scientist

B．photographer

C．psychologist

5.We can infer that polar bears________．

A．won’t have any food in 2050

B．will all die before 2050

C．cannot find food easily

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Paul Nicklen waited patiently on a sheet of ice in the Arctic.　 He was there to take pictures for National Geographic. Finally, he saw something big and white. It was a polar bear, swimming towards him in the icy water.

Paul lay down-on the ice to get a better photo, but the polar bear jumped out of the water and tried to attack him! Luckily for Paul, the ice cracked or broke and the bear fell back into the water The polar bear wasn’t so lucky. It couldn’t get a meal and had to swim farther away to find food.

To understand the polar bear’s problem, you need to know two things about the Arctic. First, the Arctic is mostly ocean. Second , ice cover a lot of the Arctic Ocean. In winter, the ice form a thick, white sheet, but in summer, the ice becomes thinner and break into pieces. Sea ice is the key to survival for Arctic animals. However, because of global warming, Arctic temperatures are rising and polar ice is melting.

Polar bears need ice to hunt seals, their favourite meal. They stand on the ice wait for the seal to come up for air. As Arctic ice melts, polar bears have to swim farther to find ice floes, or large pieces of floating ice. Sometimes, bears have to swim more than 200 km to find an ice floe. Some bears cannot swim that far and sadly they drown.

On his last trip, Paul Nicklen saw three dead bodies of polar bears. Before global warming threatened Arctic ice, a dead bear was a rare sight, Paul is sad to see the dead bodies, wildlife experts thinks global warming will have a terrible effect on polar bears. In the future, polar ice will continue to shrink and endanger the bear. Some scientists believe 65 percent of the world’s polar bears will disappear by 2050. in other word, polar bears are in great danger.

1. The main idea of the passage is that_________.

A. polar bears are amazing swimmers　　　　　　　

B. Arctic temperatures are rising

C. global warming is endangering polar bears

2.The polar bear that tried to attack Paul was unlucky because

A. Paul swam away　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

B. it was on an ice floe

C. it couldn't eat Paul

3.According to the passage, polar bears hunt seals by______ .

A. waiting on the ice　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

B. waiting in the water

C. drowning the seals

4. From the passage, Paul Nicklen is maybe a_________.

A. scientist　　　　　　　　　　　　

B. photographer　　

C. Psychologist

5.　 We can infer that polar bears____________.

A. won't have any food in 2050　　　　　　

B. will all die before 2050

C. cannot find food easily

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

选词填空（每题1分，共10分）

true;　　　　 in one's fifties;　　　　 patient;　　 out of control;　　　　 wolf

destroy;　　　 catch;　　　　　　　　 consider;　　　　 wait;　　　　　　　 ride;

1.Millie is a(n) ______________ girl. She can get angry easily.

2.____________________ belong to the dog family, living and hunting together.

3.---- How many people were badly hurt in the accident?

---- Three, including two teenage boys and a woman ______________________.

4.I am ________________ sorry to hear that several hundred people died in last month’s South Korean ferry disaster

5.----What happened just now?

----The truck went ________________and hit a tree by the road.

6.I hope that you __________________ the effect it will have on your family before you decide to leave your job.

7.— Why didn’t you turn up at yesterday’s meeting?

— Because I___________________ for my uncle at the airport, and the plane was two hours late.

8.They are mending the door, and they are wondering who ____________________ it?

9.Mrs Merrick always ____________________ to work in the past, but now she drives a car.

10.Through this story, our teacher wanted to tell us a lesson — The early bird ____________ the worm.

九年级英语选词填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

任务型阅读(每格限填一词)。

On a Saturday afternoon, when you are enjoying ice cream in front of the TV or playing on the computer, what are kids at your age doing on the other side of the planet? Are they at school? What do they do for fun every day? Find out here:

1. Education

School is expensive for many African kids. Lots of families can’t afford school uniforms or exercise books even if they don’t have to pay for school.

For those are lucky enough to go to school, they have a lot to learn. Some take two language classes: English or French and their native language. There is also Math, Science, History, Social Studies, and Geography. Plenty of housework takes up much of kids’ time after school. They have to get water and firewood for the family every day. Then, there’s cleaning, washing and helping Mum with the meal.

2. Daily fun

It’s not all work and no play. Sports are very popular. Sport is great because kids do not need money to play.

Kids can make goals with twigs (嫩枝) and their own footballs with plastic and bits of strings (绳子). They play in the desert dust and the streets of old towns.

There’re many football teams for teenagers in Africa. The first kids’ football teams were set up in Kenya (肯尼亚) in 1987.

3. Internet

Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in the continent. All of the capital cities in Africa can get on the Internet.

But fewer than one out of every 250 people in Africa can get on the Internet. It’s really expensive. To surf the net for 20 hours costs over 600 yuan. This is more than the average monthly pay per person.

Some schools offer computer lessons but few students can enjoy computer fun at home. South Africa Lesley Harrison, 12, wishes he had the Internet at home. “I could show my family lots of stuff. No one where I live even knows what the Internet is.”

Life about African kids

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从所给的选项中选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.

Sitting on the side of the highway and waiting to catch speeding(超速的) drivers, a police officer saw a car driving very slowly.

He thought to himself, "This driver is just as _______as a speeder!” So he turned on his lights quickly and pulled the driver over (靠边停车).

Getting closer to the car, he noticed that there ___________five old ladies, two in the front seat and three in the back, wide eyed and pale faced.

The driver _______knew nothing about what happened said to him, “Officer, I don't understand. I was doing exactly the speed limit! _______seems to be the problem?" "Ma'am," the officer replied, "you weren’t speeding, but you _______know that driving slower than the speed limit is not good, because it can also be a danger to ___________drivers. The same as a speeder.”

“No, sir. I was doing the speed limit-exactly twenty-two kilometers _______hour!” The old woman said in a proud voice. The officer, almost unable _______his chuckle (窃笑), explained to her that ''22" was the highway number, not the speed limit. A bit embarrassed, the woman smiled widely and thanked the officer for pointing out her misunderstanding.

"But _________I let you go, ma'am, I have to ask. Is everyone in this car OK? These women seem to be shaking badly and they haven’t made a single sound this whole time," the officer asked. "Oh, they'll be all right in a minute. We just __________ off Route 119.

1.A.danger B.dangerous C.more dangerous D.the most dangerous

2.A.is B.are C.was D.were

3.A.who B.whom C.which D./

4.A.Where B.Which C.How D.What

5.A.can B.will C.might D.have to

6.A.another B.others C.the other D.other

7.A.a B.an C.the D./

8.A.control B.controlling C.to control D.to controlling

9.A.before B.after C.although D.if

10.A.get B.are getting C.will get D.got

九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

As a doctor , you should be patient _______all the patients.

A. in　　　　　　　　 B. with　　　　　　　　 C. on　　　　　　　　 D. of

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Paul’s mother is a nurse. She works 　　　 a hospital.

A. with　　 B. on　　 C. of　　 D. in

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

F.Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24,1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St.Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton. University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.

His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary:“ My own happiness in the past often got such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”

This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was the novel The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quickly brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.

However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda had an effect on his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reord his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first break down and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to(沉迷于) alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.

1.How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage ?

A. 5　　 B. 6　　 C. 7　　 D. 8

2.Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life

according to the passage?

a. He became addicted to drinking.

b. He studied at St.Paul Academy.

c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.

d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.

e. He failed to reorder his life.

f. He joined the army and met Zelda.

A. f-c-e-a-b-d　　 B. b-e-a-f-c-d　　 C. f-d-e-c-b-a　　 D. b-f-c-d-e-a

3.We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald _______..

A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama.

B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army

C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down

D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital

4.The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about_____.

A. Zelda’s personal life

B. Zelda’s illness and treatment

C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham

D. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Paul stopped in front of the small cottage (小屋) in the countryside. He knocked on the wooden door but no one___________. He thought, “Why? She should be inside.” Paul looked around. The place was too quiet. “Where is the mysterious witch (女巫)? I want to ask her to help me with my_________.” He kicked a small rock on the ground. Then he kicked another one. “What did those rocks do to you?” A_____________ suddenly broke the quiet.

“Nothing. I was … Wait! Who are you?” Paul stared at the pretty girl.

“I’m Gemma. I often come here to_____________ this area’s plants. Who are you?” she asked. “I’m Paul. I’m_____________ … for …”

“A witch?” Gemma laughed. “I’m sorry to disappoint (使……失望) you, Paul, but I am just the so-called witch. The first time I came here three years ago, two old ladies saw me in the evening and for some_______________ they got scared. From then on, everyone at this village said that I was a witch. Well, they know about me now and they’re not_______________ any more. But they want to attract more tourists, so ...”

“So you’re not a witch? _______________ a girl who studies plants?” “Yes, can you tell me why you were coming for the witch?” “Well, it’s nothing big. It’s just … stupid.”

“Hey, if something makes you feel upset, then it needs to be_______________,” said Gemma. “I’m sure we can find a way together.”

Paul took a deep breath and said, “I always have nightmares (噩梦), so I’m too afraid to fall asleep.” Can the “witch” help him? Maybe. Two heads are __________________better than one.

1.A.answered B.explained C.admitted

2.A.friendship B.family C.problem

3.A.cry B.voice C.word

4.A.study B.grow C.protect

5.A.asking for B.looking for C.preparing for

6.A.excuse B.reason C.message

7.A.afraid B.angry C.surprised

8.A.Also B.Even C.Just

9.A.solved B.avoided C.explored

10.A.correctly B.nearly C.surely

九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin（顽童） was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.

Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing ? Boy, I wish…”He hesitated.(犹豫)

　Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.

　“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”

　“Oh yes, I’d love that.”

　After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”

　Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbours that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.

　He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled （残疾）brother. He sat him down on the step and

pointed to the car.

　“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent（美分）. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it …then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”

　Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.

根据短文内容，选择正确案。（10分）

1.The street urchin was very surprised when ________.

A. Paul received an expensive car　　　

B. Paul told him about the car

C. he saw the shining car

2. From the story we can see the urchin ______.

A. wished to give his brother a car

B. wanted Paul’s brother to give him a car

C. wished he could have a brother like Paul’s

3.The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ____________

A. to show his neighbours the big car

B. to show he had a rich friend

C. to tell his brother about his wish

4.We can infer（推断） from the story that______.

A. Paul couldn’t understand the urchin

B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother

C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother

5.The best name of the story is ________

A. A Christmas Present　　　

B. A Street Urchin

C. A Brother Like That

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析