Everyone faces challenges in their life, but ...

Everyone faces challenges in their life, but some are more difficult than others. Daniel Kish had serious problems with his eyes when he was born. And doctors took away both of his eyes before he was fourteen months old.

Soon later, however, he started to do an amazing thing. He started to make clicking （咔哒）sounds with his tongue （舌头） to help him move around. Much like a bat （蝙蝠）, he now moves about using sonar （声呐）. 1. He and his group, World Access for the Blind, teach others how to use sonar. In this interview with National Geographic, Kish explains how sonar works.

How does sonar work?

“When I make a clicking sound, it makes sound waves. These waves reflect （反射） off surfaces all around and return to my ears. My brain then processes the sounds into images （图像）.2.”

When you click, what do you see in your mind?

"Each click is like a camera flash. I make a 3D image of the things around me for hundreds of feet in every direction.

What is it like riding a bike using sonar?

“3. I click up to two times per second, much more than I usually do."

Is it dangerous to move around the world in this way?

“Much of the world lives in fear of things that we mostly imagine. I have a habit of climbing everything, but I never broke a bone（骨头）as a kid."

How challenging is it to teach people to use sonar?

“Many students are surprised how quickly results come. 4. It’s in the mind."

A.It’s exciting and enjoyable but requires a lot of focus.

B.He is so good at it that he can ride a bicycle in traffic.

C.Seeing isn’t in the eyes.

D.It’s like having a conversation with the environment.

九年级英语补全短文4选4中等难度题查看答案及解析

A “Gap Year” is a period of time that students take a break before going to university. The students often spend this time traveling or working. 1. Gap years are popular with European and Australian students, but remain less popular in America. However, in recent years, more and more American students are preparing for college by taking a gap year. The advantages of taking a gap year are as follows:

Learn about the World and Yourself

Although you don’t have to go abroad to experience gap years, most gap year students catch the chance to travel abroad. You are able to work out who you are and what you are for. 2.

You can learn more about the world and get to know yourself better.

Face Challenges and Have Fun

A gap year is not only a time to take a vacation, but also a time to face challenges. Gap year students usually work, volunteer or take service projects. You have to learn how to get along in the real world. This process isn’t always easy, but it is an important part of growing up. 3.

Save Money and Improve Your College Admission(准入) Chances

There’s a common thought that gap years are only for rich students, but it’s not true. Actually, taking a gap year can save your money. Gap year students often take a part-time job. Besides, at the end of a gap year, students are much more likely to know what to study in college. 4.

Imagine an office trying to admit (录取) only one between two students. Both of them are excellent and have high grades. However, one student has much practical experience or has volunteered in his vacation. Who do you think the officer will choose?

根据短文内容， 选四个句子填入空缺处，使内容完整正确，有一项多余。

A.Only in this way can enjoy life and have fun.

B.It can give young people useful learning experiences and new skills.

C.It’s important for the students to open their eyes to the world.

D.Clear learning goals can keep the students working hard instead of wasting time and money playing.

E.The experiences of different cultures offer you interesting lessons.

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Everyone wants to succeed in their life. It isn’t really so hard. Here are some steps that help you have a successful teenage life.

Do well in school. No matter how boring it is now, education will help you later. Try your best at school, listen to the teachers, finish your homework, and get good grades. Doing so will help you get into a better college or university, which will help you get a great job in the future.

Do good in your free time. Volunteering can enrich your experience; it can also make you happier. Find volunteer opportunities that interest you. For example, if you love animals, volunteer at an animal shelter. If you like helping people, volunteer at a soup kitchen （施粥所）. If you want to do something good to the environment, plant trees or pick up litter. When you help others, it will make you feel better about yourself. Having lots of volunteer hours will make your resume（履历） look good!

Find out your goals in life and work towards them. Start thinking about jobs you would like to get, and make a good choice according to your interests. Challenge yourself and you’ll be surprised at what you can do after you finish a hard job.

Get active! Join a sports team at school or out of school. Just exercise! Studies show that people who get active in their teens will be more active when they’re adults, so start getting active now.

1.The writer thinks it is _______ for teenagers to have a successful life.

A.easy B.hard C.impossible D.difficult

2.What will help you get a great job in the future?

A.Doing good in your free time. B.Starting to think about your jobs.

C.Getting a good education. D.Joining a sports team.

3.The underlined word “opportunities” in the passage means “_______”.

A.experiences B.chances C.stories D.dreams

4.According to the passage, volunteering can help teenagers to be _______.

A.healthier B.more important C.happier D.more knowledgeable.

5.The passage mainly tells us some ways to _______.

A.look for a good job B.become active in teenage years

C.make a good choice D.have a good teenage life

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Parents always want the best for their kids. But everyone has their own way of parenting(养育). Here are some popular parenting styles. Which one do you like best?

1.Tiger parents treat their kids in a ________ way.

A.good B.kind C.strict D.right

2.Dolphin parents usually want their children to get ________.

A.best grades B.little sleep C.enough love D.enough exercise

3.If you have helicopter parents, you may ________.

A.get less freedom B.face more difficulties

C.worry about your parents D."fly" over your parents like helicopters

4.As lawnmower parents, they will ________.

A.cut grass before their kids

B.get rid of all difficulties for their kids

C.make sure their kids are happy and healthy

D.ask their kids to work out problems on their own

5.What's the best title for the passage?

A.Kids and parents B.How parents get on with kids

C.Everyone has their own parents D.Different ways of parenting

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The life has been full of challenges and difficulties. Life is not about the smartest person or the strongest person, or even the richest person. However, Life is about having the mind in your heart "Never Give Up", even when you feel that giving up is the only choice. The world is waiting on your gifts.

1.

You are important to this world and believe it or not, someone is waiting for you to enrich their lives. You are too important to the world to just give up.

2.

You may feel that life is challenging you from time to time and you can't take it anymore. You may want to give up right now. But here is a thought, what will happen if you overcome the difficulties?

3.

When an Olympic runner is in a race, he or she is focusing on one thing—the finishing line. You have to focus on the big picture—not just where you are right now. Focus in where you want to be. Make an agreement with your mind and your mouth.

4.

One of my favorite poems is called "Crystal Stair" written by Langston Hughes. In that poem, a mother tells her son that life is tough, you will meet rocks and hard places, but the end is victory to those who stand their ground and ride the course.

5.

Whatever you are facing, you can make it through. There is a rainbow on the other side of your situation. Stay strong, stay focused and never give up.

A.What if you win.

B.Life won't be the same without you.

C.Life isn't no crystal stair.

D.There is a rainbow after every storm.

E.Focus on the future.

F.To give up is to live a meaningless life.

九年级英语补全短文6选5中等难度题查看答案及解析

As school kids, we have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize. 1. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.

Once you have found a dream, what do you do with it? Have you ever tried to achieve your dream? Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that realizing our dreams is life's biggest challenge.

You may think you're not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. 2. In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.

3. Keep telling yourself what you want, and you will realize your dream faster. Do this step by step. A dream cannot be realized in one day. A big dream is, in fact, many small dreams.

You must also never give up on your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to realizing it. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. 4. Studying instead of watching TV will lead to better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.

5. But it is OK as long as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.

A.Or they can be small.

B.Don't let it leave your heart.

C.These kinds of thoughts stop you from getting your dream, the book says.

D.You need to decide what is most important.

E.As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little.

F.Then it may help them to be confident to face challenges.

九年级英语补全短文6选5中等难度题查看答案及解析

Not all teenagers do well at school but why is that? There are plenty of theories—poverty, IQ., family background. 1.

A recent study in the U．S. found that over half of all high school students do not study hard. 2. A report from the U．K. shows that nearly a third of students do not complete their education because they don’t think their schooling is collected to the kind of work they will do in the future.

How can teenage students study harder? 3. His research suggested that a new model of schooling was needed—a model that connects what students are learning to their own plans for their future.

4. About 80 percent of the courses in the Studio School are done not through sitting in classrooms but through real­life.

Studio schools are smaller than traditional schools. Each student has a “personal coach” who helps him or her make a plan to achieve their learning goals. By having more practical goals, students become more determined to do well at school.

Mulgan says Studio Schools are based on a simple idea. 5. This simple idea is spreading. From just one school in 2010, Studio Schools had grown to more than 40 by 2014.

A.Mulgan helped create the Studio School.

B.Researchers also discovered some other reasons.

C.Researchers think some students are not active in schools.

D.They put teamwork and practical projects at the heart of learning.

E.Geoff Mulgan believes the solution lies in making learning more practical.

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“Ding... ding...,” the bell rang. The English teacher came into the classroom with test papers in his hand. All the students shouted. The teacher _______ with a smile on his face, “I know there are too many tests for you these days, but the test today is very _______ .” After hearing the teacher’s words, all the students sat up straight and _______ for the test to begin. The teacher started to _______ the test papers to each student. _______ he finished handing out the test papers, he asked them to begin.

There was not a question but only a small black “X” in the middle of the paper. The students were very_________to see that. The teacher _______ the students’ surprise. Then he said, “I would like you to _______ about what you see there. You must finish it all by _______ .”

All the students thought about it hard and then wrote down their answers quietly. At the end of the class, the teacher collected their papers and read the answers. ________ of them described the black “X”. The next day, the teacher said, “Everybody only paid attention to the black ‘X’, but ________ wrote about the white paper.” The whole class listened ________ , because they worried that they might fail the exam.

Then the teacher said, “Don’t worry about the ________ of this test. I just want you to think about your life.” Everyone smiles. The teacher added, “The white paper is like our whole life and the black ‘X’ in the middle of the paper is just ________ problems in our daily life. Do you have some more thoughts?”

Then the students discussed and expressed ________ opinions actively. Finally they understood the teacher and this special test.

Our life is a ________ given to us by God, with love and care. ________ , we just care about the problems like illness and hunger, and never see that these problems are much ________ than everything else we have in our life.

We should try to take our eye off problems and ________ each moment life gives us. Only then can we start a nice　 ________　 and find true happiness in our lives.

1.A.asked B.complained C.explained D.guessed

2.A.difficult B.hard C.easy D.special

3.A.waited B.looked C.searched D.cared

4.A.sell out B.bring out C.give out D.put out

5.A.Before B.After C.While D.Until

6.A.happy B.sad C.surprised D.relaxed

7.A.hated B.forgot C.remembered D.noticed

8.A.hear B.worry C.write D.learn

9.A.yourselves B.ourselves C.myself D.themselves

10.A.None B.All C.Neither D.Both

11.A.somebody B.nobody C.everybody D.anybody

12.A.quickly B.hardly C.angrily D.carefully

13.A.results B.suggestions C.presents D.jobs

14.A.like B.in C.at D.with

15.A.her B.his C.their D.your

16.A.problem B.challenge C.gift D.window

17.A.Except B.However C.Also D.Besides

18.A.more important B.bigger C.smaller D.more serious

19.A.enjoy B.waste C.invite D.throw

20.A.door B.spirit C.skill D.journey

九年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

Bike-sharing is new for short journeys in cities. It is a good choice for the big cities to develop healthily.

A report found that shared bikes started the nation's love for bikes again. The love is not only among young people born in the 1980s and 2000s, but also among people over sixty. Now they are choosing bikes instead of cars to make short journeys in cities. If you have a smart phone, the nearest bike equipped with GPS will be easily found through a certain app on your phone. It can also be unlocked through the app and left anywhere in public for the next user. The cost of riding depends on the time that you spend. Normally, every hour you ride, you just need to pay one yuan.

It is said that bike-sharing will help improve the cities' environment. It not only helps solve the traffic problems, but also will help to make more use of space in cities. Take Beijing as an example. If more people choose shared bikes, an area of five Bird's Nest Stadiums(体育场)will be saved.

At the same time, there are some problems with shared bikes that people need to solve properly. For example, some people park the bikes in their home; some break up the bikes on purpose; and others even throw them into the river. Facing all these problems, everyone should raise their own awareness of protecting the bikes. We should not only enjoy them, but also value them and put them to good use.

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Dolphins are my favorite animals. They live on fish, shrimps (虾) and so on. They are mammals (哺乳动物). Their babies are born in the water. They can grow up to three meters and a half as their parents. Dolphins live in groups and speak to each other in their own language. But they are quite different from almost all land animals. Their brain is as big as humans’, so they are very clever. People often train them so that they can give dolphin shows which can bring people lots of happiness and joy.　 Dolphins can live a long life—at least 20 or 30 years.　　 Like some other animals, dolphins use sounds to help them find their way around. They also use these sounds to talk to each other and to help them find food. So sound is like their eyes and mouths. They do not use their ears to receive sounds, but use the jaws (下颚)- the lower part of the mouth.

Dolphins are friendly and peaceful. They never hurt people. Instead, they have saved many people in danger. For thousands of years, there are many stories about dolphins and humans. In the 19th century, in a dangerous part of the sea near New Zealand, there was a dolphin. The seamen liked him very much and gave him a very good name, Jack. From 1871 to 1903, Jack met every boat in the area and showed it the way. In1903, a passenger on a boat with the name of “The Penguin” shot and hurt Jack. Luckily, the dolphin didn’t die, and after a long time, he was well again. He guides the boats through the area for nine more years, but he refused to help the boat “The Penguin”.

Unluckily, the number of the dolphins is getting smaller and smaller today. Some people still kill dolphins for money. If we don’t protect them, maybe we will lose our good friends one day. As a student, I hope more and more people should take action to protect dolphins.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B” 表示。

1.Dolphins are not only fish but also mammals.

2.Dolphins use their jaws to receive sounds.

3.Jack is a name of a seaman.

4.At last, Jack didn’t help the ship “The Penguin” any more.

九年级英语阅读判断中等难度题查看答案及解析