You may have heard of people who are allergic...

You may have heard of people who are allergic（过敏）to seafood, smoke or pets. But did you know that some people were allergic to Wi-Fi signals(信号)?

Rose White, a 44-year-old woman from Britain, first found herself being allergic to Wi-Fi signals in 2015.She

had a cough, heart trouble and great pains in her head when she stayed at the places covered with Wi-Fi signals.

Rose has tried many ways to keep away from Wi-Fi signals. In the past six months, she either slept in her car or in tent which she had put up in the woodland and in the fields. She even tried sleeping in a shed(棚子). Being completely tired, Rose had no choice but to quit her job and moved 370 kilometers away from her home to avoid Wi-Fi signals, but failed. Because of the hard life, she got a stomach problem.

She is now living in a small house in the rural(乡下的) area in England. There are far fewer Wi-Fi signals. However, the house, which belongs to her friend, will be sold to others, so she has to move again soon.

Rose is planning to move to a more rural area. She is also planning to buy a camper van(野营车) so that she can drive away from Wi-Fi signals whenever she is feeling uncomfortable. As she can not work to make money, she has to raise money online. She is hoping to raise 15,000 pounds. So far, she has raised over 1,600 pounds. She still has a long way to go.

1.Which is not Rose’s allergic symptom(症状)?

A. Cough　　 B. Heart trouble　　 C. Headache　　 D. Stomachache.

2.What did Rose do to keep away from Wi-Fi signals?

A. She slept in tent in the woodland.

B. She bought a small house in the countryside.

C. She moved to a more rural area.

D. She bought a camper van.

3.What does the underlined word “quit” in paragraph 3 mean?

A. leave　　 B. begin　　 C. change　　 D. continue

4.Why does she have to move again soon?

A. Because the place she lives in is near the Wi-Fi signals.

B. Because her friend decided to sell the house.

C. Because she wants to move to a new place.

D. Because she tries to find a job in the more rural area.

5.What does the sentence “She still has a long way to go.” in the last paragraph refer to(指的是)?

A. She will live long.

B. It’s not easy for her to raise enough money.

C. There will be a lot of difficulties for her to deal with.

D. It’s difficult for her to find a place without Wi-Fi signals.

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

You may have heard of snipers (狙击手), or seen snipers in movies and computer games. They are people who can shoot and kill from a long distance. But do you know that we have real snipers in our police?

Early this month, a man kidnapped a little girl with a knife in Beijing. Police came to talk to him, but he didn’t let the girl go and was hurting the girl. A sniper shot him dead.

In Beijing, there are over 300 police snipers. They work 24 hours a day, seven days a week to protect the capital.

How do snipers get trained? What are their lives like? An expert(专家)with the Beijing sniper team shares some of the team’s secrets with us.

Q: How do you choose snipers?

A: We choose snipers from the Beijing police. There are no strict rules about the height and weight of our snipers, but they must have very good eyesight. The weapon(武器) they use is around 3.5 kg. Sometimes snipers need to hold it for hours. So, snipers need to have a strong body. They also need to pass written psychology (心理) tests.

Q: What is the most important quality of a sniper?

A: A good state of mind. Snipers need to be calm all the time. Sometimes, they may get ready for shooting for a whole day. They cannot talk, eat or drink during that time.

Q: What kind of training do snipers usually get?

A: The practice they often get is 100 meters distance shooting. They practice shooting in all kinds of weather, including windy and snowy days.

Q: Is it possible that a sniper may miss his target (目标)?

A: That is not possible. The only standard for being a sniper is to take a life with one bullet (子弹).

However, snipers are not killers. They only pull the trigger (扣动扳机) when they have to.

1.Which of the following is NOT true about the snipers?

A. They are professional(职业的) killers.　　 B. They can shoot very far.

C. They protect our country.　　 D. They are in our police force.

2.A good sniper should have the following except _____.

A. a strong body　　 B. good eyesight　　 C. a certain height　　 D. a good state of mind

3.The underlined word “quality” means _____.

A. 质量　　 B. 品质　　 C. 性格　　 D. 性质

4.The most practice the snipers get is _____.

A. holding the gun for a whole day　　 B. doing push-ups and sit-ups

C. 100m distance shooting　　 D. jumping over high walls

5.The snipers’ work is ____.

A. hard and important　　 B. interesting and exciting

C. boring but comfortable　　 D. funny but unimportant

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

You may not have heard the words “freshman fifteen” before, but they are important for students who are entering university. A freshman is a first year college student. “Fifteen” means fifteen pounds—the fifteen pounds added to a student's weight in his or her first year. There are a number of reasons why first year university students gain(增加) weight; but it's encouraging to know that freshman don't have to add these harmful fifteen pounds.

Mistakes in choosing food

University kitchens serve many kinds of food. Some students choose unhealthy food, because now their parents are not nearby(在身边) to help them choose. Some students visit the kitchen many times while studying. Late at night, some students get harmful fast food such as hamburgers. Students also have less time for walking, running, and doing sports because of their schoolwork.

Eating right

If you're careful, you don't have to add fifteen pounds. Here are some ideas.

Think more about what you eat.

Eat plenty of vegetables and healthy meat.

Don't eat desserts(甜点) full of sugar; have fruit after dinner.

Try not to eat so much junk food while you study.

It's all right to have a little fast food sometimes—but not often.

Write down the food you eat.

Walk, run, do sports—move and you will feel better!

Remember that the “freshman fifteen” can happen to anyone. Talk to your friends about it. Together, try to eat healthy food and not eat junk food. Walking, running, and playing sports is always more fun with friends. Help each other and you can have a healthy and happy freshman year.

1.The main idea of this passage is to ________．

A.get students ready to gain fifteen pounds

B.sell healthy food to new students

C.help new university students not to gain fifteen pounds

D.show the mistakes students make in choosing food

2.The “freshman fifteen” is ________．

A.weight that high school students can gain at school

B.fifteen pounds of food that first year students eat

C.weight that first year university students can gain

D.fifteen students who eat junk food at university

3.Which of these ideas about eating right is NOT talked about in the passage?

A.Eating vegetables. B.Mixing vegetables and fruits.

C.Having a little fast food. D.Writing down the food.

4.Students eat unhealthy food because ________．

A.their parents aren't nearby to help

B.they want to save more money

C.they don't want to eat while they study

D.they don't like to eat desserts

5.The writer of the passage would probably agree that ________．

A.think little about what you eat

B.students can eat whatever they like

C.gaining fifteen pounds can help you study better

D.friends can help you to eat right and live happily

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

You may not have heard the words “freshman fifteen” before, but they are important for students who are entering university. A freshman is a first year college student. “Fifteen” means fifteen pounds—the fifteen pounds added to a student's weight in his or her first year. There are a number of reasons why first year university students gain(增加) weight; but it's encouraging to know that freshman don't have to add these harmful fifteen pounds.

Mistakes in choosing food

University kitchens serve many kinds of food. Some students choose unhealthy food, because now their parents are not nearby(在身边) to help them choose. Some students visit the kitchen many times while studying. Late at night, some students get harmful fast food such as hamburgers. Students also have less time for walking, running, and doing sports because of their schoolwork.

Eating right

If you're careful, you don't have to add fifteen pounds. Here are some ideas.

Think more about what you eat.

Eat plenty of vegetables and healthy meat.

Don't eat desserts(甜点) full of sugar; have fruit after dinner.

Try not to eat so much junk food while you study.

It's all right to have a little fast food sometimes—but not often.

Write down the food you eat.

Walk, run, do sports—move and you will feel better!

Remember that the “freshman fifteen” can happen to anyone. Talk to your friends about it. Together, try to eat healthy food and not eat junk food. Walking, running, and playing sports is always more fun with friends. Help each other and you can have a healthy and happy freshman year.

1.The main idea of this passage is to ________．

A. get students ready to gain fifteen pounds

B. sell healthy food to new students

C. help new university students not to gain fifteen pounds

D. show the mistakes students make in choosing food

2.The “freshman fifteen” is ________．

A. weight that high school students can gain at school

B. fifteen pounds of food that first year students eat

C. weight that first year university students can gain

D. fifteen students who eat junk food at university

3.Which of these ideas about eating right is NOT talked about in the passage?

A. Eating vegetables.　　 B. Mixing vegetables and fruits.

C. Having a little fast food.　　 D. Writing down the food.

4.Students eat unhealthy food because ________．

A. their parents aren't nearby to help

B. they want to save more money

C. they don't want to eat while they study

D. they don't like to eat desserts

5.The writer of the passage would probably agree that ________．

A. think little about what you eat

B. students can eat whatever they like

C. gaining fifteen pounds can help you study better

D. friends can help you to eat right and live happily

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Have you________ Einstein who is the one of the greatest people in the world?

A.heard B.heard from C.heard of D.listened to

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Have you ever heard of the expression “birdbrain”? People use it to talk about someone who is stupid, but crows(乌鸦) show that this is unfair. Now it has been discovered that crows may understand analogies (类推法).

It was once thought that only humans could understand analogies, which help us to solve problems creatively.

To test this ability in animals, scientists do RMTS tests. If a pair was AA, for example, picking BB to match it would be correct. If the pair was CD, however, then EF would be correct.

Monkeys have learned RMTS, but scientists wanted to know if crows could do it, too. An international team led by Edward Wasserman from the US first trained two crows to match things by color, shape and number in what is called IMTS, then moved onto RMTS.

For the IMTS test, the birds were put in a cage with a plate that had three cards and two cups in it. The card in the middle was the sample (样本), while the other wasn’t. The cup with the card that matched the sample card had some food to eat.

In the second part of the experiment, the birds were tested with RMTS tests. A card with two same-sized circles, for example, meant they should pick the test card with two same-sized squares and not two different-sized circles (圆). The birds did well in the more difficult test and picked the correct card more than three quarters of the time, Science News reports.

Wasserman was surprised that crows were able to solve the problem without any training in RMTS. “What the crows have done is surprising,” he said.

So perhaps it’s time to stop saying “birdbrain” for good.

1.In the opening paragraph, the writer used “birdbrain” to 　　 .

A. teach people how to use this expression

B. introduce a famous scientist Edward Wasserman

C. introduce recent findings about crows’ intelligence (智力)

D. get readers interested in the background of the expression

2.The underlined phrase “this ability” in the 3rd paragraph refers to 　　 .

A. the ability to play cards

B. the ability to find food to eat

C. the ability to understand analogies

D. the ability to pick the test card

3.In the RMTS test, if the birds were given the sample like this, which card should they　 pick?

A. 　　　　 B. 　　 C. 　　　 D.

4.Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A. Monkeys understand analogies.　

B. Crows show how clever they are.

C. Crows did well in RMTS.

D. Monkeys are cleverer than crows.

九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Many of you have heard a Cinderella (灰姑娘) story, but you may not know that there are over a hundred different ways to tell the Cinderella story. When writers tell the same story in a different way, it is called their “version” of the story. The story of Cinderella has many different versions. Let’s read two of them and find out how they are different.

The version that most people know is the oldest one written in 1697 by Charles Perrault from France. This is the version where the birds help make Cinderellas’s dress and the mice turn into carriage men (马车夫) and help Cinderella go to the dance in a pumpkin (南瓜) carriage. In this version, many of the animals are Cinderella’s friends. They help her meet the Prince. Cinderella marries the Prince and they live happily together ever after.

In another version of this story written in the 1850s by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from Germany, the birds help Cinderella in the whole story. Cinderella’s father gives her a little tree when he comes back from a party. She plants the little tree and her tears water it until it grows into a tall tree.

The birds now live in the tree and they give Cinderella a dress of gold and shoes of gold. Cinderella goes to the party to meet and dance with the Prince. Later, he finds Cinderella at home doing work for her stepmother (继母). Cinderella marries the Prince and they live happily ever after.

Now you can understand what the word “version” means and how more than one writer can tell a story in a different way. That is why there are many versions of the same story.

1.In the story written in 1697, ________ helped make Cinderella’s dress.

A. her father　　 B. her stepmother

C. the birds　　 D. the mice

2.In Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s story, Cinderella’s father ________.

A. gives her some birds

B. gives her a little tree

C. makes a gold dress for her

D. makes gold shoes for her

3.The Chinese meaning of the word “version” in this passage is probably “________”.

A. 人物　　 B. 语气　　 C. 方法　　 D. 版本

4.If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is the best?

(①=" Para." (自然段) 1 ②=" Para." 2 ③=" Para." 3 ④=" Para." 4 ⑤=" Para." 5)

A. ①; ②③④; ⑤　　 B. ①②; ③; ④⑤　　 C. ①②; ③④; ⑤　　 D. ①; ②; ③④⑤

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many of you have heard a Cinderella (灰姑娘) story, but you may not know that there are over a hundred different ways to tell the Cinderella story. When writers tell the same story in a different way, it is called their “version” of the story. The story of Cinderella has many different versions. Let’s read two of them and find out how they are different.

The version that most people know is the oldest one written in 1697 by Charles Perrault from France. This is the version where the birds help make Cinderellas’s dress and the mice turn into carriage men (马车夫) and help Cinderella go to the dance in a pumpkin (南瓜) carriage. In this version, many of the animals are Cinderella’s friends. They help her meet the Prince. Cinderella marries the Prince and they live happily together ever after.

In another version of this story written in the 1850s by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from Germany, the birds help Cinderella in the whole story. Cinderella’s father gives her a little tree when he comes back from a party. She plants the little tree and her tears water it until it grows into a tall tree.

The birds now live in the tree and they give Cinderella a dress of gold and shoes of gold. Cinderella goes to the party to meet and dance with the Prince. Later, he finds Cinderella at home doing work for her stepmother (继母). Cinderella marries the Prince and they live happily ever after.

Now you can understand what the word “version” means and how more than one writer can tell a story in a different way. That is why there are many versions of the same story.

1.In the story written in 1697, ________ helped make Cinderella’s dress.

A. her father 　　　　　 　 B. her stepmother

C. the birds　　 　　　　　　 D. the mice

2.In Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s story, Cinderella’s father ________.

A. gives her some birds

B. gives her a little tree

C. makes a gold dress for her

D. makes gold shoes for her

3.The Chinese meaning of the word “version” in this passage is probably “________”.

A. 人物　　 B. 语气　　 C. 方法　　 D. 版本

4.If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is the best?

(①= Para. (自然段) 1 ②= Para. 2 ③= Para. 3 ④= Para. 4 ⑤= Para. 5)

A. ①; ②③④; ⑤　 B. ①②; ③; ④⑤ C. ①②; ③④; ⑤ D. ①; ②; ③④⑤

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many of you have heard a Cinderella story, but what you may not know is that there are over a hundred different ways to tell the Cinderella story. Each of these stories is written by a different author. The story of Cinderella has many different versions.

The version that most people know is the oldest one written in 1697 by Charles Perrault from France. This is the version where the birds help make Cinderella’s dress and the mice turn into carriage men and help Cinderella go to the ball in the pumpkin that turns into a carriage. In this version, many of the animals are Cinderella’s friends. They help her meet the Prince, who Cinderella marries, and together they live happily ever after.

In another version of this story, written in the 1850s by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from Germany, there are birds that help Cinderella throughout the story. Cinderella’s mother is not living at the beginning of the story. She visits her mother’s grave three times a day to say a prayer for her.

Cinderella’s father has given her a brunch when he goes to the festival. She plants the brunch and her tears water the brunch until it grows into a tall tree.

The birds now live in the tree and they give Cinderella a dress of gold and silver and slippers of the same colours. Cinderella goes to the festival to meet and dance with the Prince. Later, Cinderella marries the Prince and they have a nice life ever after.

Have you read other versions of the Cinderella story? More than one author can tell a story in a different way from their viewpoints(观点). That is why there are many versions of the same story.

1.The first version of the Cinderella story was written by ______.

A. Jacob Grimm　　　 　　　 B. Charles Perrault

C. Wilhelm Grimm　　　 　　 D. Christian Andersen

2.The common part in the two versions of Cinderella mentioned in this passage is that ______.

A. both Cinderella and the Prince enjoy their marriage life

B. birds and mice help Cinderella meet the Prince at the ball

C. Cinderella wears a gold dress and silver shoes at the festival

D. Cinderella plants a small brunch and waters it with her tears

3.According to the passage, there can be many versions of the same story because ______.

A. there’re many authors who create stories

B. there’re many different kinds of old stories

C. there’re different ideas from different authors

D. there’re different stories by more than one author

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

There are not many people around who say they like rats(老鼠). When you see one of them, you may want to run in the opposite direction.

There is one man though who has always enjoyed staying with rats, even when he was a young boy. His name is Bart Weetjens and he comes from Belgium in Europe. As he grew up, he learned everything about rats. He knew that they have a very strong sense of smell. He realized that it might be possible to train rats to help solve a problem that troubled some Southeast Asian countries.

Clearing away unexploded bombs and landmines(未爆炸的炸弹和地雷) is a difficult job. Bart began to train rats to look for explosives. Because a rat’s sense of smell is so strong, they are able to smell a thing known as TNT that is used in bombs. And because rats are not heavy, if they place their weight on an unexploded bomb, they will not cause it to explode(爆炸).

Bart chose African Giant Pouched Rats for the job. They are well known for being calm and smart. Training begins when they are about six weeks old, and it lasts for nine months. Once trained, one rat can search up to 200m in 20 minutes. The same area would take a human up to four days. Trained rats are known as Mine Detection Rats, or MDRs, and they have worked successfully in Cambodia since 2015.

1.When Bart Weetjens was a young boy, he enjoyed ____________.

2.As Bart Weetjens grew up, he learned that rats have a very ____________.

3.Rats will not cause an unexploded bomb to explode because they are ____________.

4.It takes ____________ to train African Giant Pouched Rats.

5.MDRs have ____________ since 2015.

九年级英语信息归纳中等难度题查看答案及解析