The local people of La Gomera can carry on co...

The local people of La Gomera can carry on conversations by whistling(吹口哨) from far away. For face-to-face conversations, they speak Spanish. But when they need to speak over a distance(距离), they whistle.

La Gomera is a small island. This island is almost shaped like a circle. It is very mountainous. Walking from one place to another may be a slow and difficult job. That is why whistling is so useful to the local people. A message can easily be whistled over a couple of miles, while to travel that same distance on foot might take an hour.

A good whistler can be heard and understood five miles away. His whistling can be farther away when it is windless. It is said that the record is about nine miles. Anyone who has heard a top whistler will agree that this record is quite possible.

A whistle travels farther than a shout, and is easier to understand. When a person shouts, he cannot pronounce his words well. But if a whistle is heard, it will be heard clearly.

Whistling is popular at La Gomera, and many methods of whistling are used …

1.How do people of La Gomera speak over a distance?

A.By shouting. B.By whistling. C.By travelling. D.By recording.

2.What can we know about La Gomera from Paragraph 2?

A.It is very mountainous. B.It lies between two circles.

C.It is easy to travel there. D.It is hard to find a job there.

3.What helps a whistle travel farther?

A.A windless day. B.A long distance.

C.A useful message. D.A clear pronunciation.

4.What will the writer talk about in the last paragraph?

A.Disadvantages of whistling. B.Stories of a top whistler.

C.Different methods of whistling. D.Examples of good whistlers.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Earlier this month, the city of Shenzhen announced that it will ban (禁止) the sale and consumption (食用) of dog and cat meat, according to The paper. There have been some hints (提示) that this ban could be put into place across the country.

On April 8, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农村农业部) introduced a draft document (文件草案) .It says dogs will no longer be treated as livestock (家畜) .Public opinions on the draft will be collected until May 8.

"Dogs have been 'specialized' to become companion (伴侣) animals, and internationally are not considered to be livestock, "the notice said. In fact, the consumption of dogs, cats and other pets is widely banned in western countries.

This change has been cheered by animal rights groups around the world. Although there is a widespread stereotype (刻板印象) of Chinese people enjoying dog meat, most Chinese do not eat it and say they never would, the BBC reported.

However, some business owners in China are against the draft. Many of them are from the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region (自治区) , where thousands of people make a living from Selling dog meat.

One business owner told the Global Times that the draft should consider local living conditions. Once the dog meat industry is banned, many people will lose their jobs.

1.What does the phrase "put into place" mean in Paragraph I?

A.禁止 B.传播 C.放置 D.落实

2.The draft banned the consumption of dogs based on the belief that ________.

A.Westerners don't eat dogs B.dogs are companion animals

C.dogs are special livestock D.dogs carry as many viruses as bats

3.According to the BBC, ________.

A.pets are not regarded as livestock

B.eating dog meat is not good for us

C.most Chinese people enjoy dog and cat meat

D.people wrongly think that many Chinese people eat dog meat

4.The last two paragraphs are mainly about

A.people who are against the draft B.how the draft will be carried out

C.local living conditions in poor areas D.why we shouldn't eat dogs and cats

5.We can read this passage in a ________.

A.magazine B.newspaper C.book D.dictionary

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Over the last 90 years, the Olympic flame(火焰) has been carried by thousands of people, mostly on foot. On April 21, at the Temple of Hera in southern Greece, the Olympic flame was lit again. This marked the official countdown(倒计时) to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in August.

This year for the Rio Olympics, there will be about 12,000 torchbearers(火炬手). The special thing is, for the first time in history, Syrian refugee(难民) Ibrahim AI-Hussein was a torchbearer while passing the torch in Greece. It wanted to show a message: sports can make the world better. There were also some Chinese faces that you may know, for example, Chinese actor Yang Yang, who passed the Olympic flame in Greece.

And after a week in Greece, the flame went to the International Olympic Committee Headquarters in Switzerland, and it later travelled to Brazil by plane on May 3. There, the flame will begin a tour, visiting 329 cities and towns of the world’s fifth largest country.

Answer the following questions with No More Than Eight Words.

1.When was the Reo Olympic flame lit? __________________________________

2.How many torchbearers pass the torch for the Rio Olympics?_____________________

3.Why was Ibrahim AI-Hussein chosen to pass the torch? __________________________

4.How did the flame travel from Switzerland to Brazil? ___________________________

5.Where does the actor Yang Yang come from? ________________________________

九年级英语任务型阅读中等难度题查看答案及解析

Want to make a difference in your community? Becoming a zero waste volunteer is the way to go!

Join a community garden

So many people don't know where their food comes from. Growing food by yourselves teaches you the true value of food. What's more, there is no need to pack the food you grow in the garden. Offer your time to help support a garden in your neighborhood. You'll get to meet all kinds of people there, and possibly begin a conversation about zero waste lifestyle.

Lead or join a neighborhood clean-up

Usually, litter left unattended (无人看管的) will pollute our water systems. Even worse, any litter (in the ocean or on the ground) can be eaten by animals. This causes them to die of hunger slowly and painfully. Getting a group together to pick up trash (垃圾) around the neighborhood is a great way to combat this problem.

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Going to a town hall meeting is a great idea. Because you can see and hear the problems in your community. Besides, you may even be able to speak at a town hall meeting as a guest speaker telling other people about zero waste lifestyle.

Organize a zero waste meeting

It's so important to have a support group filled with people who also love zero waste lifestyle. Although online community is great, it cannot compare to real life support groups. If you want to gather people in your neighborhood to talk all things about zero waste, consider organizing a meeting. Just choose a place to meet (a local cafe works well), choose a date and time, and put up a notice on the Internet. You'll get surprises!

1.If a person joins a community garden, he or she can_____________.

①teach himself or herself the true value of food by growing food

②stop animals from eating litter

③talk about zero waste lifestyle with others

④give a speech about zero waste lifestyle

A.①② B.②③ C.①③ D.③④

2.The underline word "combat" in the passage probably means "_____________".

A.fight against B.get used to C.look through D.come up with

3.Which can be put in _____________.

A.Bring your own problem B.Host a zero waste workshop

C.Become a guest speaker D.Go to a town hall meeting

4.From the last paragraph, we can know that_____________.

A.a local cafe is too noisy for us to organize a meeting

B.a real life support group is better than an online community

C.a support group needs members who disagree with each other

D.organizing a meeting can educate the people in our community

5.The passage is mainly about_____________.

A.the importance of zero waste B.the ways to protect the environment

C.the power of people joining together D.the ways to be a zero waste volunteer

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

(2018海南改编)Look at the trees on both sides of the streets. They________ by the local people.

A.planted B.were planted

C.were planting D.will be planted

九年级英语单选题困难题查看答案及解析

Once there were many thousands of Gourma Desert (沙漠) elephants in Mali, a country in West Africa. Now, there are fewer than four hundred.

Why did the number of the elephants drop so quickly? On the one hand, the elephants’ main lake, their only water source (来源), dried up. On the other hand, the land which the elephants lived on was overused by humans.

To protect the elephants’ living environment, the Mali Elephant Project (MEP) was started in 2007. MEP met with local people and helped them make rules of using land and water. As a result, the situation became better and there was more food, forest and grassland.

However, from 2012 to 2016, poaching (偷猎) and illegal trade in the elephants increased rapidly. Eighty-three elephants were lost in 2015 alone, and another fifty-one elephant were killed in 2016. “If this situation goes on, all the Gourma elephants will be killed by 2020,” said a member of MEP.

Luckily, the voice of MEP was heard. More organizations (组织) have joined together to educate the local people that trading elephants is against the law. Elephant poaching has dropped to a very low level. The local people have learned to live peacefully with the elephants, one of the wildlife treasures in the world.

1.MEP was started to ________.

A.raise more elephants in Mali B.stop the main lake from drying up

C.discover water source for elephants D.protect the elephants’ living environment

2.What does the word “illegal” in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese?

A.公平的 B.亏损的 C.非法的 D.合理的

3.Eighty-three elephants were lost ________.

A.in 2012 B.in 2015 C.in 2016 D.in 2020

4.We can learn from the last paragraph that ________.

A.the number of organizations has dropped B.there is much less elephant poaching now

C.the local people keep the elephants at home D.the whole world live peacefully with elephants

5.This passage is mainly about ________.

A.the rules of using land and water B.the education of the local people

C.the work of Mali Elephant Project D.the situation of Gourma Desert elephants

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Jiqing Street in Wuhan is a good place to try local food and experience the everyday life of local people. Since Wuhan was unlocked on April 8, there have been many people lining up at snack shops there.

In the evening, hundreds of street-side stalls(摊位) come out on the street and provide popular snacks and local food at low prices. Travelers can enjoy hot dry noodles, tasty chicken soup and Chinese dumplings... Don't miss Jiujiu duck necks. Chi Li, a popular writer, tells a love story of a beautiful lady who sells duck necks in this street in her novel Life Show. Thousands of people come to search for the scenes (场景) in the novel.

Local people like to order several best-known dishes and some bottles of beer and spend their evening time with friends there. For travelers, another exciting thing is the folk music performed by folk musicians at your table. You can enjoy delicious food when listening to music.

With the street becoming busy, the city began to breathe again.

1.Jiqing Street is a good place to________.

A.study English B.try local food

C.tell love stories D.go skating

2.According to the passage, Chi Li mentions________ in her novel Life Show.

A.Chinese dumplings B.hot dry noodles

C.chicken soup D.duck necks

3.How do you understand the underlined part "the city began to breathe again" in the last paragraph?

A.The air becomes fresh again. B.The water gets clearer.

C.The city becomes lively again. D.The food gets nicer.

4.The material is probably from________.

A.a travel website B.a history book

C.a science magazine D.a dictionary

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Paying for bus rides with plastic usually makes people think of plastic bus cards. But one Indonesian city has decided to accept plastic recyclable waste in place of money for city buses.

Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city. located on the eastern end of the country’s main island Java, made: this decision in April 2018. Now, locals can pay for their bus rides by putting plastic cups or bottles directly on the bus. A two-hour bus ride costs 10 plastic cups or 5 bottles.

Indonesia is the second largest ocean plastic polluter, producing up to 2.4 million tons of plastic waste into the oceans every year according to a report. Only in Surabaya nearly 400 tons of plastic waste is produced every day. The head of Surabaya’s transportation department (交通部门) said, “With this decision, we hope to raise public awareness about environment, especially people’s awareness about plastic waste.”

Each city bus can collect up to 550 pounds of plastic bottles and cups every day The collected bottles are sold to recycling companies and the money earned from it goes toward running the bus companies and providing money for green spaces in the city. This is certainly turning rubbish into a national treasure.

The decision is part of the city s purpose to become plastic waste-free by 2020. In order to encourage local people to take buses, the city also added the new Suroboyo buses. The new buses are air-conditioned, comfortable and easy for elderly and disabled passengers to get on and off.

The program is well received. People in Surabaya said, “We can reduce waste so it doesn’t pile up at home because we can just bring it in and make good use of it. It is a win-win situation.”

This type of program can be a model for other cities worldwide and encourage citizens to recycle their plastic waste.

回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过六个词。

1.Instead of money, what can locals in Surabaya pay for bus rides now?

____________________________________________________________________________________

2.How much plastic waste does a two-hour bus ride cost?

___________________________________________________________________________________

3.How much plastic waste is produced in Surabaya every day?

____________________________________________________________________________________

4.What is the purpose of the new program?

___________________________________________________________________________________

5.What do local people think of the new program?

__________________________________________________________________________________

九年级英语回答问题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their motherland and over the world every day, either by watching TV or by reading newspapers.

Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers since the 18th century. From then on, newspapers have been an important part of everyday life. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print (印刷)? Why do they print some stories but not others?

Firstly, it is important to report news stories. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same stories. They may also look for stories in another way, or they may print completely different stories to those on TV.

Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. People don’t want to read stories about everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kinds of danger and seem to be “bad” news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely, instead, they print stories about plane accidents.

Another factor(因素) is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news from foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events in their own countries. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.

根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。

1.Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by newspapers and TV.

2.Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since the 19th century.

3.TV stations can report news faster than newspapers.

4.It’s possible for the newspapers to print completely different stories to those on TV.

5.Most people want to read storied about everyday life.

九年级英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news of their country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.

Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news to print？ Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?

Firstly, it’s important to report news. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories from those on TV.

Secondly, a new story has to be interesting and unusual. People don’t want to read stories of everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be “bad” news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely, instead they print stories about plane accidents.

Another factor(因素) is also very important. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.

1.According to the passage, how do people learn about news in the world now?

A．They carry news stories and tell others from place to place on foot or by horse.

B．They tell each other what they have seen with their eyes.

C．They watch TV or read newspapers.

D．They listen to the radio every day.

2.Newspapers have been an important part of the daily life since ______.

A．19th century       B．18th century       C．16th century       D．17th century

3.The difference between newspaper stories and TV news reports is that ____.

A．people can learn more about the same news from a newspaper

B．people can read the news story more quickly in a newspaper

C．people can read news stories in other countries

D．people can read news stories about their own country

4.To make a good newspaper story, how many factors does the passage talk about?

A．Two.             B．Three.            C．Five.             D．Six.

5.Which is NOT TRUE in the passage?

A．Newspapers may print different stories from those on TV.

B．People like to read interesting and unusual news like plane accidents.

C．Many Chinese people have no interest in news in their own countries.

D．Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life for more than three hundred years.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析