Lucy held her head up like a queen________ Bi...

Lucy held her head up like a queen________ Bill was telling his tale.

A.after B.before C.while D.until

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

A well-known speaker started his speech by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200 people, he asked, “Who would like this $ 20 bill?”

Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you. But first let me do this.” He crumpled the bill. He then asked, “Who still wants it?” Still, the hands of stayed in the air.

“Well,” he replied, “What if I do this?” He dropped it on the ground and started to grind(碾压) it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. “Who still wants it?” The hands did not move.

“My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I do to the money, you will still want it because it is still worth $20.”

“Sometimes we feel like we are worthless because we did something wrong or the situation is not good. But no matter what has happened, you will never lose your value and you are still priceless to those who love you. They care about you because you are special to them.”

“The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by who we are.”

1.How did the speaker start his speech?

A.By hiding a $20 bill. B.By passing a $20 bill.

C.By borrowing a $20 bill. D.By holding up a $20 bill.

2.What does the underlined word crumpled probably mean in the passage?

A.揉搓 B.涂画 C.撕碎 D.剪开

3.The speaker put the bill high up in the air because he wanted to _________.

A.change the value of the bill B.get more listeners to look at the bill

C.make the listeners feel sorry for the bill D.show the listeners that the bill was worthless

4.It’s clear that _________.

A.no one wanted the bill B.the speech was not interesting

C.the speaker didn’t like money D.the speaker was good at making a speech

5.What did the speaker want to tell people with his speech?

A.Keep cool when there is a problem.

B.It doesn’t matter if you lose your value.

C.The value of our lives lies in who we are.

D.Money is not the most important thing in life.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

One day, our teacher said that he had an exercise for us to try. We were to stand,facing away from our classmates, and fall backward, relying on(依赖)another student to catch us. Most of us were uncomfortable with this. We couldn't fall back for more than a few inches before stopping ourselves.

Finally Judy stood up. She is a thin, quiet, dark-haired girl who always wears big,white fisherman sweaters. Judy crossed her arms over her chest, closed her eyes, leaned back, and did not flinch(退缩). She looked like one of those Lipton tea commercials(广告) where the model jumps into the pool.

For a moment, I was sure she was going to thump(重重砸)on the floor. At the last moment, her partner caught her head and shoulders and pulled her up immediately.

“Wow!”several students yelled. Some clapped their hands. Our teacher finally smiled. “You see,”he said to the girl, “you closed your eyes. That was the difference.Sometimes you cannot believe what you see. You have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them too-even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling.”

1.One day the teacher said that he had__________for the students to try.

A.a story B.an exercise C.A book

2.Who would catch the students if they fell backward?

A.Teachers. B.Parents C.Classmates

3.What can be inferred from the story about Judy?

A.She is a good jumper.

B.She was afraid of leaning back at first.

C.She trusts others and is trustful.

4.Who does the model do in the Lipton tea commercials?

A.She drinks tea. B.She jumps into a pool C.She falls backward on the floor.

5.What does the story mainly tell us about?

A.Falling backward B.Great Judy. C.Trust.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

While the start of a new school year is always exciting, this year was even more so for some students at White Cloud Primary School. They became the world's first kids to be taught by an electronic teacher. This electronic teacher is not a human­like robot walking around the classroom. Instead, he is a computer­created head that appears, when needed, on students' computer or phone screens. His name is Bill.

Created by technology company Smart Machines, Bill is able to show human­like behavior. He is designed to teach a special program about environmental­friendly power created by the sun and wind. This program, started in 2005, used to be taught by human teachers.

Just like human teachers, Bill is able to immediately respond to the students' questions and opinions about the topic. Thanks to computer cameras, he is also able to see and react to students' physical actions. For example, if a student smiles at Bill, he responds by smiling back. This two­way exchange helps get the students' attention. More importantly, it allows the program developers to improve Bill's behavior and knowledge base when needed.

The program has been a great success, according to Smart Machines spokesman Robert Frost. Frost says, “What is interesting to me is the children's reaction to Bill. He really attracts their attention.” Frost thinks kids don't find the experience of being taught by smart machines as strange as older people because they have grown up in a time of computers and smart phones.

It is doubtful, however, that human educators will lose their jobs to Bill any time soon. For one, this talking head's knowledge base is not large. More importantly, even the smartest computer programs can't guess and react to all the unexpected situations that educators face daily. Bill's future might be as a “personal tutor”， providing kids with one­on­one help for different subjects and topics.

1.What is Bill?

A.A human­like robot.

B.A kind of computer game.

C.A computer recording tool.

D.A computer­created talking head.

2.How does the two­way exchange help the program developers?

A.It lets them correct students' mistakes.

B.It allows Bill to respond more quickly.

C.It helps them know how to improve Bill.

D.It helps them study students' body language.

3.What does the word “they” refer to (指的是)?

A.Kids. B.Older people.

C.Smart machines. D.Program developers.

4.What is Bill NOT good at doing?

A.Attracting students' attention.

B.Understanding students' body language.

C.Responding to students' questions.

D.Dealing with unexpected situations.

5.How might Bill be used in the future according to the last paragraph?

A.To work as human classroom teachers.

B.To encourage students' interest in computers.

C.To give students personal help with different subjects.

D.To watch over the behavior of the students in the classroom.

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

When I was in the 1. (five) grade, I was picked to be the princess ( 公主) in the school play.

For weeks my mother helped me practice my sentences. But once during a performance, every word disappeared from my head. So my teacher asked me to change the roles and be the narrator(解说). 2.I didn’t tell my mother what had happened that day, she felt my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.

It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions （蒲公英）coming out 3.(穿过）the grass, just like a painter had touched our woods and fields with bits of gold. I watched my mother carelessly bend down by some flowers. “I think I am going to dig up all the wild grass,” she said. “But I like dandelions, all flowers are beautiful—even dandelions!”

I said. My mother look at me 4.(serious) . “Yes, every flower shines in 5. (it) own way. And that is true for people, too,” she said. She had guessed my pain I started to cry and told her the6.(true). “You will be a beautiful narrator,” she said, reminding me of how 7.I loved to read stories aloud to her. I felt much 8.(good) than before.

Over the next few weeks, I learned to take9. in the role. The big day finally came. A few minutes10. the play, my teacher came over to me. “Your mother asked me to give this to you.,” she said, handing me a dandelion, After the play, I took the flower home, laughing that I was perhaps the only person who would keep such wild grass.

九年级英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Gina was surprised to find that it was not raining in London. She stepped down from the train that had brought her from Dover to Victoria Station and put her heavy suitcase on the platform(站台). People were hurrying everywhere: through the entrances and exits, up and down the steps, along the other platforms and over to the ticket counters(柜台) where there were already queues forming. The porters(行李员) seemed to be busy helping other passengers. In Milan everyone told her that it was always raining in England. Today, however, they were wrong. It was warm and dusty just like at home. She could even hear someone speaking her native language somewhere near the station bookstore. She walked slowly towards the gate at the end of the platform where a railway official was collecting the tickets. She handed him her tickets and walked through. She looked up the station clock. Its hands were pointing to 3:15 p.m.

A young woman was sitting on a bench reading an English magazine. She looked friendly so Gina went up to her.

“Excuse me.” she said. The young woman glanced(瞥一眼) up with a smile. “Can you tell me the way to circus?”

“The circus?” The young woman looked puzzled. “What circus do you mean?”

Gina shook her head. “I’m sorry. I have just arrived from Italy to attend a school for foreign students in London. It is near the circus. “

“Do you have a letter with the school’s address on it?”

“Oh, yes. Now I remember.” Gina opened her handbag and found a postcard with a British stamp on it. “Ah,” said the young woman. “It’s Oxford Circus that you want. It’s the name of an area in the middle of London. You must go down these steps and take the Tube(地铁). Follow the colors. That’s the easiest way. ” She showed Gina on the colored map of the underground railway the route from Victoria to Oxford Circus. “Good luck,” she said. “And by the way, I come from Italy, too.”

1.From the passage we know Gina was 　　　　　　　 .

A.expecting a friend to meet her

B.attending to school matters

C.going to study English

D.late for her studies

2.“There were already queues forming,” implies(表明)　　　　　　　 .

A.there were too many people waiting

B.people were beginning to wait in line

C.people were already to form queues

D.people were told to form up in lines

3.Oxford Circus is 　　　　　　　 .

A.a famous circus

B.a place in London

C.a railway station to Oxford

D.another name for the middle of London

4.The young woman was puzzled because she 　　　　　　　 .

A.had never been to a circus

B.didn’t know the word “circus”

C.didn’t know what circus Gina was referring to (提及)

D.didn’t know where Oxford Circus was

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Lucy ______ her friends the whole morning，but they didn't show up．

A.expects B.will expect

C.is expecting D.was expecting

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many years ago, my dad was facing a serious heart condition.1.

My dad wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he decided to volunteer at the local children hospital. My dad loved kids.2.He would talk to them and play with them and do arts and crafts with them.

3.The disease made her unable to let the neck down. It was very sad for a girl around eight or nine years old. She couldn't do anything, and she was unhappy. My dad decided to try to help her. He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper.

He stood the paper up against a backing, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint.4.He would visit her whenever he could and paint for her. All the while he would tell her, “See, you can do anything you set your mind to.”

At the end of the day, she began to paint using her mouth.5.Soon after, the little girl was sent home because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her.

A. It was the perfect job for him.

B. She and my dad became friends.

C. He suddenly fell ill and had to be in hospital.

D. Karen, a little girl, had been admitted with a rare disease.

E. He didn't use his hands at all and only his head would move.

九年级英语补全短文5选5中等难度题查看答案及解析

Elsie Eiler is the head of Monowi, a tiny town in northern Nebraska, U.S.A., and that isn’t her only job. She is also the town secretary, the town treasurer, the librarian, and she works in the café. Why has she got a lot of different jobs? Because there’s nobody else to do them. Monowi has got a population of one　 — Elsie.

Monowi is an unusual sight. There are about twelve old wooden houses there. They are all empty and are surrounded by a few trees, several old cars and lots of rubbish. The town is silent. An old yellow school bus, with no wheels or seats, stands next to the small school. The school closed 40 years ago. Opposite Elsie’s café is an old building, filled with rubbish. It was a shop but it closed in the 1950s.

The busiest time for Monowi was in the 1930s. Then, the population was 150, and was made up of mostly farmers and their families. There was a railway too. However, the farmers couldn’t compete（竞争）with the large industrialized（工业化的）farms, and left the town to look for other work. In 1971, the railway closed and the town began to die. Three years ago, the last people that lived there, except Elsie’s family, moved away. Then, Elsie’s husband died, and then her son and daughter left to find work in bigger towns, leaving Elsie the only person in the town.

____________Her food is good, her beer is cold, and farmers and truck drivers travel a long way to eat at her café. “One day Monowi will just be memories, and it will probably turn to dust,” she says. “But I like it, and as long as I can take care of myself, I will stay here.”

1.What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us about Elsie Eiler?

A.She is the only person living in Monowi. B.She has a good time living in Monowi.

C.She can do different kinds of jobs. D.She will leave Monowi soon.

2.Mostly 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 and their families lived in Monowi in the 1930s.

A.railway workers B.shopkeepers

C.truck drivers D.farmers

3.The article tells us about Monowi EXCEPT 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 .

A.what it looks like B.whether there is train there

C.when people first lived there D.why people started to leave it

4.Which of the following can be filled in the blank in the last paragraph?

A.Elsie believes Monowi will have a bright future.

B.Now Elsie wishes her kids to return to Monowi.

C.Elsie will leave Monowi in a couple of years.

D.Now Elsie lives alone but she isn’t lonely.

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

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