It was once thought that only time could mend...

It was once thought that only time could mend a broken heart, but now scientists think taking a couple of aspirin might be the best way to get over a break-up.

Previous studies have shown that people experience feelings of romantic rejection (失恋) in the same way that they experience physical pain. And Psychology Professor Water Michel, of Columbia University, also believes that the psychological pain of ending a relationship is similar to physical pain, and should be treated like any other injury. “When we speak about rejection experiences in terms of physical pain, it is not just a metaphor – the broken heart and emotional pain really do hurt in a physical way," he said. “When you look at a picture of the one who broke your heart, you experience a pain in a similar area of the brain which is activated when you burn your arm. ”

Research shows that people who are given a simple painkiller, like aspirin, are able to handle feelings of rejection better than those given a placebo (安慰剂) .

‘Take two aspirins and call me next morning’ would be a cold-hearted response to a friend’s late-night report of fresh heartbreak, but it has a solid basis in the research.

1.The aspirin is a kind of _________.

A. wine　　　 B. fruit　　 C. dessert　　　　　　 D. medicine

2.According to the passage, maybe taking aspirins can ______.

A. mend a broken heart　　　　　 B. burn your arm

C. make people feel pain　　　　 D. help people get over a break-up.

3.The underlined word “those” in Paragraph 3 means ______.

A. pains　　 B. hearts　　 C. people　　　　　　 D. areas

4.The best summary for the passage would be “Broken-hearted? _______________ !”.

A. Just take an aspirin or two

B. Just call me at any time

C. Just wait for a long time

D. Just eat as much as you can

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time, a boy was walking through a wood and he thought he could hear a sad cry. Following the sound he came to a big, round, mysterious, grey fountain. The sad sound seemed to be coming from the fountain pool. The boy swept aside the pool’s dirty surface water and saw a group of grey fish swimming in a slow circle through the pond.

Amused by this, the boy tried to catch one of these incredible talking fish. But when he stuck his arm into the water it turned grey right up to the elbow. As this happened, a huge sadness entered into him, and he suddenly understood how sad the fish were feeling.

He quickly pulled his arm out of the water, and ran from that place. But the arm stayed grey, and the boy continued feeling sad. He tried so many times to cheer himself up, but nothing worked. That was, until he realized that if he were to make the Earth happy then that happiness would be, in turn, transmitted back to him, through the earth on his arm. X|k | B|　 1　 .　 c|O　 |m

From then on, he set about looking after countryside. He cared for the plants, and he did what he could to keep the water from being polluted. He encouraged others to do the same. He was so successful that his arm started to recover its normal color. When the grey had disappeared completely, he started feeling happy again, and he decided to go and visit the fountain. When he was still some way from the fountain he could hear the fish singing happily.

1. What happened to the boy when he stuck his arm into the water?

A. He caught some fish.　　　　　　　     B. His arm was bitten by the fish.

C. He felt great sadness.　　　　　　　 D. Nothing special happened.

2.The underlined word recover means “　　　　 ” in Chinese.

A. 转变　　　　　　 B. 进化　　　　　　 C. 变异　　     D. 恢复

3. Which of the following didn’t happen after the boy left the fountain?

A. He started to look after the countryside.

B. He stopped the water from being polluted.

C. He encouraged people to protect the earth.

D. His arm kept grey and he never felt happy.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A. We should protect the earth.　　     B. We shouldn’t catch fish.

C. Even the fountain may cry.　　　     D. We should visit the fountain.

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A. The Beautiful Countryside.　　 B. The Talking Fish.

C. The Sad Cry.　　　　　　　　　　     D. The Grey Fountain.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time, a boy was walking through a wood and he thought he could hear a sad cry. Following the sound he came to a big, round, mysterious, grey fountain. The sad sound seemed to be coming from the fountain pool. The boy swept aside the pool’s dirty surface water and saw a group of grey fish swimming in a slow circle through the pond.

Amused by this, the boy tried to catch one of these incredible talking fish. But when he stuck his arm into the water it turned grey right up to the elbow. As this happened, a huge sadness entered into him, and he suddenly understood how sad the fish were feeling.

He quickly pulled his arm out of the water, and ran from that place. But the arm stayed grey, and the boy continued feeling sad. He tried so many times to cheer himself up, but nothing worked. That was, until he realized that if he were to make the Earth happy then that happiness would be, in turn, transmitted back to him, through the earth on his arm. X|k | B|　 1　 .　 c|O　 |m

From then on, he set about looking after countryside. He cared for the plants, and he did what he could to keep the water from being polluted. He encouraged others to do the same. He was so successful that his arm started torecoverits normal color. When the grey had disappeared completely, he started feeling happy again, and he decided to go and visit the fountain. When he was still some way from the fountain he could hear the fish singing happily.

1.What happened to the boy when he stuck his arm into the water?

A. He caught some fish.　　 B. His arm was bitten by the fish.

C. He felt great sadness.　　 D. Nothing special happened.

2.The underlined word recover means “　　　　 ”in Chinese.

A. 转变　　 B. 进化　　 C. 变异　　 D. 恢复

3.Which of the following didn’t happen after the boy left the fountain?

A. He started to look after the countryside.

B. He stopped the water from being polluted.

C. He encouraged people to protect the earth.

D. His arm kept grey and he never felt happy.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A. We should protect the earth.　　 B. We shouldn’t catch fish.

C. Even the fountain may cry.　　 D. We should visit the fountain.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A. The Beautiful Countryside.　　 B. The Talking Fish.

C. The Sad Cry.　　 D. The Grey Fountain.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

I had never really liked reading and thought it was a waste of time. But once my teacher told our class to go to the library and find our favorite books. I love basketball, so I picked out a basketball book. It was called “Hoops” by Water Dean Myers. It is a good novel, and suitable for basketball lovers.

This story is about a high school ball player named Lonnie. Lonnie lives in a poor family in Harlem, New York. He is a good basketball player and dreams of playing basketball in college, and of course in the NBA. When Cal, his new coach, walks into his life, he just wants to keep away from him. But at last they become friends and face many challenges together.

I am now reading more of Walter Dean Myers’ books. A lot of his books are about growing up in Harlem, just like he did. However, I like “Hoops” best. From Lonnie, you will learn that the people around you really affect who you are, and how much it helps to have the support of family and friends in your life.

This book also makes me think about how hard it would be to grow up in a rough(艰难的) neighborhood. I have realized that we must believe in ourselves when life gets hard. I have learned a lot from this book, and I think anyone will learn much after reading it.

It is a good story, and I really suggest that everyone read it. I hope you will enjoy this book as much as I do.

1.The writer picked out a ______ in the library.

A. history book　　　 B. fashion magazine

C. newspaper　　 　　 D. novel

2.According to the story, Lonnie ______.

A. has a very rich family

B. hates to play in the NBA

C. may get some help from his family

D. likes his coach from the beginning

3.“Hoops” is a book about ______.

A. the NBA　　　　 B. college life

C. growing up　　 D. having a hobby

4.According to the passage, what do we know about Walter Dean Myers?

A. “Hoops” is his most popular book.

B. He was once a basketball coach.

C. He believes in himself.

D. He grew up in Harlem.

5.The writer wrote the passage to _______.

A. show his interest in reading

B. teach readers how to play basketball

C. suggest readers read the book “Hoops”

D. tell something about Walter Dean Myers

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The family thought it was more　　 to eat in the kitchen and they could save more time to do other things

A. convenient　　 B. private　　 C. active　　 D. meaningful

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Once there was a little orphan (孤儿) who always wished that he could fly like a bird. It was very difficult for him to understand why he could not fly.

There was another little boy who was crippled. One day the orphan came to a park, where he saw the little crippled boy playing in the sand alone.

He ran over to the little crippled boy and asked him if he had ever wanted to fly like a bird.

“No,” he said. “But I’ve been thinking about what it would be like to walk and run like others.”

“That is very sad,” said the little orphan. “Do you think we could be friends?”

“Sure,” said the little crippled boy.

The two little boys played for hours. Neither of them felt as lonely as they had been before. Then the little crippled boy’s father came with a wheelchair to pick up his son. The little orphan ran over to him and said something into his ear.

“That would be OK,” said the man.

The little orphan ran back to his friend and said, “You are my only friend and I wish I could do something to make you walk and run like others. Unluckily, I can’t. But there is something that I can do for you.”

The little orphan boy turned around and told his friend to slide onto his back. Then he began to run across the grass. He ran faster and faster, carrying the little crippled boy on his back.

The father began to cry with tears as his son shouted at the top of his voice, “I’m FLYING! Daddy, I’m FLYING!”

【小题 1】The underlined word “crippled” in the second paragraph means ______.

A. having no arms               B. not being able to walk

C. not being able to fly            D. not being able to see

【小题 2】 What did the little orphan most probably say to the crippled boy’s father?

A. May I carry him on my back for a run?

B. Could you be my daddy, too?

C. Would you join us in our game?

D. Could I be friends with your son?

【小题 3】Why did the little crippled boy’s father cry?

A. Because the orphan boy became his son’s only friend.

B. Because his son was able to fly.

C. Because he was happy to see his son’s excitement.

D. Because the orphan boy was riding on his son’s back.

九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

I can still remember my first day at school. I was only 6 years old at that time. It was a very big room. I sat at the desk near the window, but I couldn’t see anything because the windows were too high. There was a big map of the world on the wall. But I don’t think I was worried or unhappy at that time. There was another little boy next to me. He sat there and kept quiet at first. Then he began to cry, because he didn’t want to stay there.

More and more students came in , but the boy didn’t stop crying “ Mom, I want to go home. ” He cried again and again. Later , the teacher came in . She went to the little boy, and said something to him. I couldn’t hear what she said. Soon the boy stopped crying and began to smile.

To this day, I still don’t know what the teacher said to the little boy.

1.What did the writer do in the passage ?

A. A write　　　　 B. A reporter　　　

C. A pupil　　　 D. A student

2. What is the big room ?

A. It’s a hall.　　 　　　 B. It’s the classroom.　　

C. It’s a bedroom.　　　　 D. It’s a school.

3. Why he couldn’t see anything ?

A. Because he was short.　　　　　　

B. Because the window was too high.

C. Because he was short seeing.　　　

D. Because he was blind.

4.What did the little boy do at first ?

A. He was quiet.　　　 　　 B. He was happy.　　

C. He was crying.　　　　 D. He was shy.

5.Who made the little boy stop crying ?

A. The students　　　 B. The mother　　　　

C. The writer　　　　 D. The teacher

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

It was raining hard and there was only one________ in the shop at that time.

A. passenger　　　　　　 B. audience　　　　　 C. customer

九年级英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

It was raining hard and there was only one________ in the shop at that time.

A. passenger　　　 　　　　　　　　 B. audience　　　 　　　　　　　　 C. customer

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

It was raining hard and there was only one________ in the shop at that time.

A．passenger

B．audience

C．customer

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