____ an Englishman, Jim was looking forward _...

____ an Englishman, Jim was looking forward ______ the 2012 Olympic Games.

A. Of, in　　 B. With, for　　 C. For, at　　 D. As, to

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

One afternoon I went to an art museum. I was looking forward to a quiet look at the great works there.

A young couple ahead of me chatted nonstop between _____ . I noticed that______was doing all the talking. I admired the man~s patience.

I met them several times as I moved through the rooms. ______ I heard her constant

flow of words, I moved away ____

I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop _______　 the couple went to the exit. "He's a brave man," the clerk at the counter said. "Most of us would ________ if we were blinded at such a young age. During his treatment, he made a ________　 his life wouldn't change. ________　 , as before, he and his wife come in whenever there's a new ______　 show."

"But what does he get out of the art?" I asked. "He can't see."

"Can't see! You're _______ . He sees a lot, more than you or I do," the clerk said.

"His wife ________ each painting so he can see it in his head."

I learned something _______　 patience, courage and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person who cannot _______　 and the courage of a husband who would not________ blindness to change his life. And I saw the love ______ by two people as I watched this couple walk away holding each other's hands

1.A. himself　　 B. herself　　 C. yourselves　　 D. themselves

2.A. the guide　　 B. he husband　　 C. the wife　　 D. the worker

3.A. The first time　　 B. By the time　　 C. Last time　　 D. Each time

4.A. gradually　　 B. quickly　　 C. slowly　　 D. excitedly

5.A. since　　 B. as　　 C. while　　 D. when

6.A. turn up　　 B. give up　　 C. make up　　 D. break up

7.A. complaint　　 B. promise　　 C. discovery　　 D. difference

8.A. Therefore　　 B. However　　 C. Instead　　 D. Meanwhile

9.A. fashion　　 B. music　　 C. talent　　 D. art

10.A. wrong　　 B. right　　 C. clever　　 D. poli{e

11.A. reads　　 B. describes　　 C. analyzes　　 D. expresse

12.A. about　　 B. with　　 C. for　　 D. without

13.A. hear　　 B. walk　　 C. see　　 D. speak

14.A. encourage　　 B. let　　 C. allow　　 D. offer

15.A. regained　　 B. found　　 C. shared　　 D. Won

九年级英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

An old friend from the US whom I was looking forward to staying with , telephoned from the airport to tell me that he had arrived . I was still at the　　　 at that time , but I had got everything ready for his arrival . After letting him know where my house was，I told him that I had left the　　　  under the door--mat（门垫）.　　　 I was likely to be home rather late , I told him to go into the　　　  and help himself to food and drink .

Two hours later my friend　　　 me from the house . At the moment , he said , he was listening to some of my records after having just had a truly wonderful　　　 . He had found a cooker and　　　  two eggs and had helped himself to some cold chicken from the ice box . Now , he said , he was drinking a glass of orange juice and he hoped I would　　　 him . When I asked him if he had reached the house without difficulty , he answered , “I was not able to find the key ,　　　 luckily the living-room windows just by the apple tree were left open and you know what I could do .”

I listened to all this in　　　 .In front of my living-room there was no apple tree at all .

1.A. 1iving—room   　　 B. office              　　　 C. airport     　　 D. house

2.A. address           　　　　  B. telephone number   C. key          　　 D. traveling plan

3.A. As                            B. When                     C. If             　　 D. Though

4.A. store                  　　 B. restaurant                C. fridge      　　 D. kitchen

5.A. invited                      B. asked      　　　　    C. answered        D. telephoned

6.A. meal                        B .rest                        　 C. time         　　 D. picnic

7.A. got                           B. broke                  　　 C. fried        　　 D. bought

8.A. visit                          B. join              　　　　 C. thank              D. remember

9.A. but                           B. so                      　　    C. or            　　 D. and

10.A. interest                  B. anger          　　　　　 C. surprise    　 D. Excitement

九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and really looked forward to his holiday. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw "an advertisement in a newspaper. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding. Walking. Fishing. Cheap and interesting."

"This sounds a good idea," he thought. "I'll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They'll make a change from sitting by the seaside."

He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first day of July, he left for West Hill Farm. But four days later, he returned home.

"What's wrong with West Hill Farm?" his best friend, Ed, asked him. "Didn't you enjoy?"

"Country life was very good." Henry said. "But there was another problem."

"Oh, what?"

"Well," he said, "the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner."

"What's wrong with that?" Ed asked. "Fresh meat is the best."

"I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner."

"Lucky you!"

"You don't understand." Henry said. "On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner."

"A different roast every day," Ed said loudly, "and you are complaining!"

"Let me finish." Henry said." On the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn't dare stay for dinner!"

1.How did Henry find out about the farm?

A.He saw it in a newspaper advertisement.

B.His best friend told him.

C.He wrote to the farmer.

2.Henry came back home several days later because ________.

A.he didn't like the country life at all

B.the farmer wasn't friendly to him

C.he thought he might have to eat the farmer

3.The underlined word "complaining" means ________.

A.抱怨 B.夸奖 C.训斥

4.Which of the following is true?

A.Henry thought he could enjoy a change.

B.Ed could eat a different kind of meat every day.

C.Henry couldn't think of anything else to do, so he went to the farm.

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

A.What a beautiful farm!

B.A short holiday.

C.Henry and the farmer.

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

One afternoon, in Paris, I took a trip to an art museum .I was looking forward to a quiet view(观赏) of some great paintings of excellent artists.

A young couple looking at the paintings in front of me were talking non-stop. I watched them a moment and found the woman was doing all the talking. In fact, I was surprised at the man for putting up with her long speech. Bored by their noise, I moved on. Each time I heard her voice, I moved away at once.

I was standing at the museum gift shop when the couple walked to the exit(出口).

“He’s a brave man ,” said the shop assistant. “Most of us would give up if we became blind at such a young age. But he and his wife come in whenever there’s a new art show.”

It explained the non-stop talk! A sudden sense of shame (愧疚感) came to my heart for what I was thinking just now. “But shat does he get out of the art?” I asked. The shop assistant answered, “His wife describes each painting so that he can see it in his head. ”

At that moment I realized what patience and love really mean. And I felt their love as I watched them walking away holding each other’s hands.

1.We can learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 that the writer 　　　 .

A.was a person with few words　　　　　　

B. was waiting for some artists

C. was looking for some great paintings　　

D. wanted to enjoy great paintings quietly

2.How did the writer feel when hearing the woman’s talking at first?

A. Calm.　　　　　 B. Bored.　　　　 C. Excited.　　　　 D. Happy.

3.The woman kept talking because 　　　 .

A. she preferred talking to listening

B. she was too excited to keep silent

C. she had to describe each painting to her husband

D. she liked to show how clever she was in front of others

4.What did the writer think of the woman at last?

A. She was noisy but brave.　　　　　　 B. She was patient and loving.

C. She was lonely and patient.　　　　 D. She was brave but lonely.

5.The passage mainly tells us　　　 .

A. what patience and love mean　　　 B. how we should treat a blind person

C. what a good art show is like　　　　 D. how art changes our lives

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

任务型阅读：根据短文内容，完成下列表格。

Sandwich was an Englishman.He lived in the 18th century.Sandwich was rich, but he liked to play cards for money.He often played for 24 hours, and didn’t even stop to have his meals.He ordered his servants(仆人) to bring him some meat and bread.He put the meat between two pieces of bread and held the food in his left hand while he played cards with his right hand.People liked Sandwich’s idea, and from then on they ate bread and meat as Sandwich did.From the name of the man, Sandwich, we have the word of the food sandwich today.

九年级英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析

An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. "What's this strange building?" asked the visitor. "This is the Tower of London." "I see. How long did it take you to build it?" "About 500 years." "In my country we can set it up in five months," said the visitor. Soon they came to St. Pail's Cathedral. "Very wonderful!" said the visitor. "How long did it take you to build it?" "Almost 40 years," said the Englishman. "In my country we can finish it in 40 days at most," said the visitor. This continued all day. They visited most famous buildings in the city. Every time they saw a new one, the visitor asked the same questions. Then he said that they could do the same thing much more quickly in his country. At last, the Englishman became angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it. A few days later, they came to the House of Parliament and the visitor asked his usual question, "What's it?"

The Englishman answered, "I have no idea. It wasn't there last night."

1.The visitor wasn't interested in the buildings in London, was he?

____________________________________________________________________________________________

2.Did they visit all the famous buildings in the city?

____________________________________________________________________________________________

3.How long did it take to set up the Tower of London?

____________________________________________________________________________________________

4.Why did the visitor always say it took less time to build the same building in his country?

Because he wanted to show that __________________________________________________________________

5.Did the Englishman become angry?

____________________________________________________________________________________________

6.Why did the Englishman said, "It wasn't there last night"?

____________________________________________________________________________________________

九年级英语回答问题中等难度题查看答案及解析

One day, I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” I was puzzled, and I thought, “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?”

“Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!” “Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it.” As I went on telling him more about it, he stopped me again, “You don’t say!”

I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?”

The foreigner said, “I don’t say that. Why do you think so?”

“Didn’t you say ‘you don’t say!’?” I asked again.

Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, “’You don’t say!’ means ‘Really?’ Perhaps you know little about English idioms.”

Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.

1. The writer began to talk about the Great Wall because ______.

A. the Englishman told him to do so　　　　

B. he tried to find a new and right topic

C. he couldn’t talk about his study any more

2.When the writer asked, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?”,

the Englishman felt ______.

A. angry                        B. interested                     C. surprised

3.Here “You don’t say!” means ______.

A. “Stop talking!”

B. “really?”

C. “Look out.”

4.The story may happen in ______.

A. China                        B. England                    C. Australia

5.This is a story about ______.

A. nice trips

B. good manners

C. English idioms

九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

One day, I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying “You don’t say!”

I was confused, and I thought, “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” Then I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever visited it?”

“Certainly! Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful! ” “Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it.” As I went on telling him more about it, he stopped me again, “You don’t say!”

I couldn’t help asking, “Why couldn’t I talk about it?”

“Well, I didn’t stop you talking about it,” he answered, greatly surprised.

“Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say!’?” I asked again.

Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, “’You don’t say!’ means ‘Really’. Perhaps you know little about English idioms(习惯用语).”

Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.

1.What made the foreigner laugh loudly?

2.Where does the story most probably happen?

3.The English idiom “You don’t say!” means _______.

4.What does the writer learn from his own experience? He should _______.

5.The story tells us _______ between languages in different countries.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

One day I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I  was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying “You don’t say!” I was puzzled, and I thought , “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?”

“Certainly! Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!” “Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it.” As I went on telling him more about it, he stopped me again, “You don’t say!”

I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it? ”

“Well, I didn’t ask you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised.

“Did you say ‘You don’t say!’?” I asked again.

Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, “‘You don’t say!’ means ‘Really’. Perhaps you know little about English idioms(惯用语).”

Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.

1.The writer was puzzled because ________ .

A. the foreigner has some difficulty in understanding him.

B. the writer himself didn’t understand the meaning of “You don’t say!”

C. the foreigner was not polite.

D. the writer was very clever

2.What made the foreigner laugh?

A. The English idioms                   B. The writer’s talking about the Great Wall

C. The writer’s explanation             D. The writer’s question

3.The story probably happened in ________ .

A. China            B. America          C. England          D. Canada

4.The writer was puzzled ________ in the passage.

A. once         B. twice                C. three times          D. four times

5.The English idiom “You don’t say!” means “________”

A. Thank you        B.OK                C. Really               D.  Sorry

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析