I remember…
Mary Chan asked her grandfather what he could remember about his secondary school. This is part of what he told her...
I’ll never forget Mr. Tan. We called him Tiger Tan. He was our math teacher when I was in Sec 1. He was a wiry(筋骨强壮的),muscular man and he was very strict. I never saw him smile while I was at school.
Mr. Tan was an excellent math teacher. He explained everything slowly and clearly on the blackboard. When he looked at the class, you had to be looking at his hawk-like eyes. He stared at us like a tiger facing a group of rabbits. If you weren't looking directly at him, he summoned(命令)you to the front of the class. Then he took "Joey" from his cupboard. "Joey" was a length of garden hose about half a metre long. After few painful wallops(猛)from "Joey" you paid attention all the time!
Sometimes Mr. Tan felt that the class was getting sleepy. Then he suddenly said, "Outside everybody! Round the school! RUN!" He stood at the door of the classroom, waiting for us to return. He had a slipper(拖鞋)and hit the last one or two pupils. I was usually the first back.
We were all scared of Tiger Tan. We didn't like him but we respected(敬重)him. He was a good teacher and was always fair.
We had a very different math teacher in Sec 3. He was Mr. Hu. He was cheerful and friendly. When he entered the room, somebody would ask him how a camera worked. Then he spent the rest of the lesson explaining how something worked. He drew diagrams on the board and sometimes one of us asked another question to keep him talking. Most of the class sat and day-dreamed about food or sport. We weren't really interested in cameras. We just wanted to avoid doing any work.
We liked Mr. Hu but we didn't respect him. We knew that we didn't learn much in his lessons.
1.In Mr. Tan's class, ________.
A.his students had to pay attention all the time
B.he drew diagrams and explained everything fast
C.he taught his students how to run around the school
2.The underlined word "Joey" probably refers to ________.
A.a boy who wasn't' looking directly at Mr. Tan
B.something Mr. Tan used to punish his students
C.a rabbit that was facing a tiger
3.Mr. Tan asked his students to run outside to make them ________.
A.strong and healthy B.refilled with energy C.scared of him
4.In Mr. Hu's class, his students asked him about cameras because ________.
A.they wanted to avoid doing any work
B.they were really interested in cameras
C.Mr. Hu was good at explaining how cameras worked
5.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.The grandfather was often hit by Mr. Tan with a slipper.
B.Mr. Hu always explained everything slowly and clearly.
C.The grandfather didn't' learn much in Mr. Hu's class.
九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题
I remember…
Mary Chan asked her grandfather what he could remember about his secondary school. This is part of what he told her...
I’ll never forget Mr. Tan. We called him Tiger Tan. He was our math teacher when I was in Sec 1. He was a wiry(筋骨强壮的),muscular man and he was very strict. I never saw him smile while I was at school.
Mr. Tan was an excellent math teacher. He explained everything slowly and clearly on the blackboard. When he looked at the class, you had to be looking at his hawk-like eyes. He stared at us like a tiger facing a group of rabbits. If you weren't looking directly at him, he summoned(命令)you to the front of the class. Then he took "Joey" from his cupboard. "Joey" was a length of garden hose about half a metre long. After few painful wallops(猛)from "Joey" you paid attention all the time!
Sometimes Mr. Tan felt that the class was getting sleepy. Then he suddenly said, "Outside everybody! Round the school! RUN!" He stood at the door of the classroom, waiting for us to return. He had a slipper(拖鞋)and hit the last one or two pupils. I was usually the first back.
We were all scared of Tiger Tan. We didn't like him but we respected(敬重)him. He was a good teacher and was always fair.
We had a very different math teacher in Sec 3. He was Mr. Hu. He was cheerful and friendly. When he entered the room, somebody would ask him how a camera worked. Then he spent the rest of the lesson explaining how something worked. He drew diagrams on the board and sometimes one of us asked another question to keep him talking. Most of the class sat and day-dreamed about food or sport. We weren't really interested in cameras. We just wanted to avoid doing any work.
We liked Mr. Hu but we didn't respect him. We knew that we didn't learn much in his lessons.
1.In Mr. Tan's class, ________.
A.his students had to pay attention all the time
B.he drew diagrams and explained everything fast
C.he taught his students how to run around the school
2.The underlined word "Joey" probably refers to ________.
A.a boy who wasn't' looking directly at Mr. Tan
B.something Mr. Tan used to punish his students
C.a rabbit that was facing a tiger
3.Mr. Tan asked his students to run outside to make them ________.
A.strong and healthy B.refilled with energy C.scared of him
4.In Mr. Hu's class, his students asked him about cameras because ________.
A.they wanted to avoid doing any work
B.they were really interested in cameras
C.Mr. Hu was good at explaining how cameras worked
5.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.The grandfather was often hit by Mr. Tan with a slipper.
B.Mr. Hu always explained everything slowly and clearly.
C.The grandfather didn't' learn much in Mr. Hu's class.
九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析
Mary asked her mother _____.
A. if it was a fish in the river
B. where could he watch this match
C. that she should buy a new dress
D. if they will have meat for lunch
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The doctor did _________ he could _________ Mary with her leg.
A. what; to help B. that; help
C. which; to help D. what; help
九年级英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
The boy asked Gina________ so that he could write letters to her later.
A. when she was born B. what her address was C. how she studied
九年级英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
Mark Twain’s First Money
Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he ever earned.
He thought a long time and then said , “Yes, it was at school. I can remember everything about it. School boys in those days did not take good care of their chairs and desks. There was a rule in our school that if anyone damaged his desk or chair, he would have to pay five dollars or the teacher would beat him in front of the whole school.”
“One day I damaged my desk in some way, I had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school. My father said it would be too bad to have our family disgraced in front of the whole school. He agreed to give me five dollars to hand over the teacher. But before he gave me the money, he took me upstairs and gave me a beating.”
“But as I had one beating and I decided I would take another beating at school and keep the five dollars. So that’s what I did. That was the first money I ever earned.”
1.Mark Twain earned his first money _________.
A. when he was a pupil
B. when he became a writer
C. when he taught at a school
D. when he was beaten by his father
2.The school made the rule so that they could_____.
A. teach the students well
B. give the students a beating
C. keep the desks and chairs well
D. ask the students for more money
3.Mark Twain’s father______.
A. was happy to give him the money
B. got angry when he knew what Mark Twain had done at school
C. said sorry to the teacher when he heard the news
D. agreed to beat Mark Twain and then give him the money
4.Mark Twain’s father thought if he gave Mark Twain the money______.
A. he would not be beaten in front of the whole school
B. he would go to the school again
C. he would never do that again
D. he would earn the money
5.Mark Twain was beaten_______.
A. at home B. only by his father
C. at school D. both at school and at home
九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
Mark Twain’s First Money
Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he ever earned.
He thought a long time and then said , “Yes, it was at school.I can remember everything about it .School boys in those days did not take good care of their chairs and desks.There was a rule in our school that if anyone damaged his desk or chair, he would have to pay five dollars or the teacher would beat him in front of the whole school.”
“One day I damaged my desk in some way, I had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school.My father said it would be too bad to have our family disgraced in front of the whole school.He agreed to give me five dollars to hand over the teacher.But before he gave me the money, he took me upstairs and gave me a beating.”
“But as I had one beating and I decided I would take another beating at school and keep the five dollars.So that’s what I did.That was the first money I ever earned.”
1.Mark Twain earned his first money _________.
A.when he was a pupil B.when he became a writer
C.when he taught at a school D.when he was beaten by his father
2.The school made the rule so that they could_____.
A.teach the students well B.give the students a beating
C.keep the desks and chairs well D.ask the students for more money
3.Mark Twain’s father______.
A.was happy to give him the money
B.got angry when he knew what Mark Twain had done at school
C.said sorry to the teacher when he heard the news
D.agreed to beat Mark Twain and then give him the money
4.Mark Twain was beaten_______.
A.at home B.only by his father C.at school D.both at school and at home
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Do you remember the name of your kindergarten(幼儿园) teacher? I do. Her name was Mrs White.
I don’t remember much about we learned in her class, but my mother once told me that we write a lot. And I would bring back what I wrote and she could see there were so many mistakes. no red corrections. And always a star. Sometimes even a Good! It worried my mother, so one day she went to Mrs White and asked her why she corrected my mistakes.
And my mother says Mrs White said “The children are just to get excited about using words, about forming sentences. I don’t want to lose the interests with red ink(墨水). and grammar can wait. The wonder of won’t... ”.Maybe she didn’t say it exactly like that at that moment. And what my mother gave me was the main idea of what she could remember.
I now and think Mrs White must have been a rather teacher. She encouraged joy, wonder and excitement — even if our expression of it was . Because she believed a bud(花蕾)once nipped(掐断) never opens.
I used to misspell “beautiful” a lot. Never could quite remember that the e went the a. It annoyed my teacher in high school very much. If I was going to use the word so often, she considered the I could do was spell it right. Finally the e’s and a’s were in their right places. Am glad I didn’t wait on them though. Pretty is to spell but it doesn’t hold as much as you mean sometimes.
And Mrs White I had no worries about writing what I meant. Because Life isn’t Pretty. It’s Baeutiful.
1.A. where B. what C. why D. when
2.A. liked to B. supposed to C. used to D. happened to
3.A. But B. So C. And D. Because
4.A. chat B. criticize C. show D. meet
5.A. often B. always C. never D. sometimes
6.A. beginning B. staring C. thinking D. opening
7.A. Speaking B. Reading C. Listening D. Spelling
8.A. exams B. words C. exercises D. homework
9.A. look forward B. look after C. look for D. look back
10.A. excellent B. strict C. hardworking D. careless
11.A. right B. wrong C. good D. bad
12.A. behind B. after C. before D. below
13.A. best B. worst C. most D. least
14.A. easy B. easier C. funny D. funnier
15.A. think of B. come up with C. thanks to D. remind of
九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Zak’s grandfather, Stan, was very famous. Why? Because he had a very, very, very long white beard.
One day, Zak asked his grandfather, “When you sleep, do you put your beard over or under the quilt (被子)?” “I’m not sure. I never care about that, ” said his grandfather. “I’ll look tonight.”
Stan got into bed that night and pulled up the quilt. Then he remembered his grandson’s question. Aha! His beard was under the quilt. But wait. Did that feel right?
He lifted his beard from under the quilt and put it above it. This also didn’t feel right. So he put the beard under the quilt again. But he soon felt it would be better if it were out. The beard went in and out—first under the quilt, then over it, under, over, all night long.
Stan spent a sleepless night.In the morning, he was so tired and unhappy that he cut his long beard right off!
Stan’s wife was so happy. She advised Stan to cut that beard off many times, but he never did it. Now a simple question made him do that.
1.Why was Stan very famous?
A.Because he had a big family. B.Because he was very old.
C.Because his grandson was very clever. D.Because he had a very, very, very long white beard.
2.Did Stan have a good sleep that night?
A.Yes. B.No. C.Maybe. D.Sure.
3.What did Stan do with his beard at last?
A.He put his beard over the quilt. B.He put his beard under the quilt.
C.He cut his beard off. D.He cared about his beard after that.
4.How did Stan’s wife feel when she noticed her husband’s short beard?
A.She was very happy. B.She was worried.
C.She was angry with him. D.She didn’t care about it.
5.From the passage, which of the following sentences is true?
A.Stan’s wife asked him a question one day.
B.Stan never cared about Zak, his grandson.
C.Stan was sleepless that night because of his beard.
D.Stan listened to his wife’s words to cut his beard off.
九年级英语阅读单选简单题查看答案及解析
Clara Daly was sitting on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles when she heard a worried voice over the loudspeaker: “Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?”
Clara, 15 at the time, pressed the call button. An air hostess came by and explained the situation. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s blind and deaf,” she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he was traveling alone and the air hostesses couldn’t understand what he needed.
Clara had been studying ASL for the past year to help blind and deaf people and she knew she’d be able to finger spell into the man’s palm (手掌). So she rose from her seat, walked toward the front of the plane, and knelt (跪下) by the seat of Tim Cook, then 64. Gently taking his hand, she signed, “How are you? Are you OK?” Cook asked for some water.
When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third visit, she stopped and stayed for a while.
“He didn’t need anything. He was lonely and wanted to talk,” Clara said.
So for the next hour, she talked about her family and her plans for the future. Cook told Clara how he had become blind over time and shared stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he couldn’t see her, she “looked attentively at his face with such kindness,” a passenger reported.
“Clara was amazing,” an air hostess told Alaska Airlines in an interview. “You could tell Cook was very excited to have someone he could speak to, and she was such an angel.”
Cook’s reply: “Best trip I’ve ever had.”
1.What was the air hostesses’ problem in Paragraph 1?
A.They had a very difficult passenger.
B.They couldn’t understand American Sign Language.
C.They didn’t know the passenger’s name.
D.They didn’t have what the passenger wanted.
2.Why did Clara Daly believe she could help?
A.Because she happened to learn some ASL.
B.Because she had helped people like Cook.
C.Because she thought she might know Cook.
D.Because her grandfather had the same problem.
3.Into which did Clara Daly finger spell with Tim Cook?
A. B. C. D.
4.Why did Tim Cook keep asking for service?
A.Because he was hungry and thirsty.
B.Because he was interested in Clara’s story.
C.Because he was afraid of taking planes.
D.Because he needed someone to talk to.
5.Which of the following words best describe Clara Daly?
A.Brave and clever.
B.Beautiful and lovely.
C.Patient and caring.
D.Outgoing and friendly.
九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. She could not afford a present, so she sat down and cried.
Jim and Della had two possessions(财产) which they were both proud of. One was Jim’s gold watch that was from his father and his grandfather. The other was Della’s beautiful hair. It fell about her, and reached below her knee.
Della put on her old brown jacket and her old brown hat. Then she went out of the door and down the stairs to the street.
She stopped at a store. The sign in front of the store read “Hair Goods”. “Will you buy my hair?” asked Della. “Twenty dollars.” the woman said.
Then Della searched through the stores looking for a present for Jim.
She found it at last. It was a watch chain. The bill was twenty-one dollars. At seven o’clock, the coffee was made and dinner was ready. Jim was never late. Della heard his steps on the stairs.
The door opened and Jim walked in. He stopped inside the door. His eyes were fixed on Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read.
“Jim,” she cried, “don’t look at me that way. I sold my hair to buy you a Christmas present.”Jim drew a box from his pocket and put it on the table.
Della opened it. There lay the set of combs(梳子) that she had always wanted. Now they were hers, but her hair was gone.
She smiled and held out Jim’s present. “I hunted all over town to find it. Give me your watch. I want to see how it looks on it.”
Instead of obeying(服从), Jim sat down, put his hands behind his head and smiled. “Della,” he said, “I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs.”
1.Della counted her money three times because .
A.she was not good at counting money B.she had nothing to do but count money
C.she got different numbers each time she counted it D.she wished she could have more money
2.How could Jim feel when he fixed eyes on Della?
A.Shocked. B.Excited. C.Embarassed. D.Angry.
3.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 10 refer to?
A.The box. B.The watch.
C.The watch chain. D.The set of combs.
4.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?
A.They lived a rich life. B.They loved each other deeply.
C.Della didn’t like her hair. D.They might have a fight at last.
5.What’s the best title for the passage?
A.Beautiful Hair B.Christmas Gifts
C.Disappointing Christmas D.Ancient Possessions
九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析