It’s one of the greatest sitcoms(情景喜剧) ever m...

It’s one of the greatest sitcoms(情景喜剧) ever made, loved by millions of fans all over the world.

In fact, ever since Friends ended its 10-year run in 2004, the world has been dying for a reunion. But now, it may be the time. The Hollywood Reporter reported that the six cast members and the show’s creators were now in talks to reunite on HBO Max last month.

The news generated excitement. “It’s been nearly 25 years ... but the fascination (魅力) and universal appeal (吸引力) of the hit TV series lives on with fans of all ages,” Peter van Roden, a US Emmy-award winning producer, told Entertainment Weekly.

But why has a show with 10 years of episodes become one of the most re-watched TV programs ever?

Writing at CS Monitor, critic Cathaleen Chen said Friends was special for its “lighthearted pleasantries (轻松愉快)”.

In the show, the six characters spend most of their free time in the now iconic (标志性的) Central Perk coffee shop. Instead of zany (搞笑的) storylines, the characters often make us laugh through their natural conversation. With six different personalities, it’s natural that there will be fights and arguments, but they usually reunite and help each other.

Indeed, many viewers love the show for its relaxing nature. “Friends was nothing more than a very funny, anxiety-free sitcom,” Salon’s Willa Paskin wrote on the 20th anniversary of the show in 2014. “The pure pleasure-giving sitcom has never been a rare thing.”

It’s about more than just pleasure, though. Friends also reflected (反映) the realities faced by young people entering adulthood.

Watching the show feels like reading the story of a young person’s life, said British lecturer Brett Mills.

“It’s about people working out how they are going to live their lives – what kind of relationships they are going to have, what kind of job, and the difficulties of settling down,” Mills told the Daily Mail.  “You’ve asked all those questions about escaping from your family, becoming an adult and working out what you want to be.”

1.What do we know about Friends after reading the first two paragraphs?

A.Its six main actors will have a reunion.

B.Its creators wanted it to play again on TV.

C.It will be made into a Hollywood film.

D.It has more fans than ever before.

2.What makes Friends popular with viewers, according to Chen?

A.Its amusing storylines.

B.The personalities of the characters.

C.Its funny and relaxing atmosphere.

D.The fights and arguments between the characters.

3.What can viewers learn from Friends, according to Mills?

A.How to find simple pleasures in everyday life.

B.How young people choose to live their lives.

C.What kind of job is the most suitable for them.

D.How to avoid difficulties the characters have experienced.

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A.A ‘Friends’ reunion B.The best sitcoms

C.Viewers love “Friends” D.“Friends” reflects reality

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

In one way, it is the “greatest” drone ever. In another, though, it is the opposite of what a drone should be. Drone should be very lazy. They don’t have to work. Only their sister should be busy pollinating (传授花粉) and producing honey. However, for this drone, pollination is the very reason fur its existence (存在).

The drone, in fact is an invention of Ejiro Miyako. Miyako is a scientist from Japan. Many people, including Miyako have been worried about the future of food industry. Pollinating insects, especially bees, are falling in number. As a result, some plants can’t get pollinated and there will be fewer plants for us to eat. Scientists have been working hard to increase the number of bees. Unfortunately, they have had little success. Perhaps, Miyako thinks, it is time to build some robot bees instead.

Miyako’s bee, in fact, does not look much like a bee. It is based on a quad-copter. Miyako has put some brush hair on it. The hair is covered in special glue. They are able to pick up and hold grains of pollen(花粉) until they brush up against something else.

At the moment, Miyako’s robot bee still needs help from human operators. That’s because it can’t see where its target (目标) are. In the next step, Miyako will install visual recognition (视觉识别) software on his bee. After that, the robot bee will be able to see by itself.

1.In the first paragraph, the underlined “drone” refers to a kind of ________.

A. flower B. bee C. honey D. software

2.Ejiro Miyako is worried that ________ in the future.

A. we may be short of food

B. natural bees may not produce honey

C. his robot bee can’t see

D. natural drones can’t pollinate plants

3.Ejiro Miyako’s invention is used to ________.

A. produce honey B. watch natural bees work

C. pollinate plants D. increase the number of natural bees

4.Which of the following is a must for Ejiro Miyako’s invention?

A. Pollen. B. Drones and their sisters.

C. Brush hair. D. Visual recognition software.

5.According to the article, what will Ejiro Miyako do in the next step?

A. Produce more robot bees.

B. Fill his garden with robot bees.

C. Allow robots to pick up pollen.

D. Make his robot bees work independently.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Have you ever been to the Great Wall? It’s one of the seven greatest wonders in the world. It’s an amazing place 1.(具有) a long history. Last 2.(星期六)，our class went there for a school trip. Nobody in our class was.3.(缺席的). We wore comfortable clothes , shoes and took a 4.(公共汽车) to the foot of the wall. Before 5.(出发) off，Mr. Jackson told something about the 6.(规则)and suggestions.Tony 7.(带领) the way and we made a great 8.(力气，努力) to walk towards the top. It’s was said,“You are not a great man if you can’t succeed in reaching the top of the Great Wall.” It was not easy for us in such hot9. (天气) ,but nothing could stop us from going on. We walked a few steps and had a short rest. We got closer and closer to goal. Although everyone was tired, we were all 10.(骄傲的) of ourselves.

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Mozart is one of the greatest composers who ever lived. He was born in 1756. When Mozart was three years old. He learned to play 1. harpsichord, which is a kind of piano. Mozart began to compose his own music at the age of five, and his father took him all over Europe to perform for kings and queens when he was still a child.

Mozart could write down a piece of music 2. if he had only heard it once. One day he went to hear a group of people singing in a big church in Rome. The song was very special. It was 3. only once a year and only in the church. No one else was allowed to have the music. Mozart listened to the song. Although it was very difficult and long, Mozart went back home and wrote down the 4. piece from memory. The head of the church heard about this, 5. of being angry with Mozart, he gave him a prize.

When Mozart grew up, people were not as interested in him 6. before. He worked as a 7. and a pianist, he taught people how to play the harpsichord, but he did not make much money. In 1791, he died at the age of thirty-five. He was so poor that there was not enough money for him to have a proper grave. No one knows 8. he is buried.

九年级英语单词填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The Great Wall is one of 　　　　　　　　　　 man-made wonders in the world.

A. great B. greater C. greatest D. the greatest

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Thomas Edison ______ made 1,093 inventions in his life, was one of the greatest inventors.

A. what                        B. who                    C. which

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

1.A Trip to the Moon, The Great Train Robbery and The Birth of a Nation were ________.

A.silent films B.science fiction films

C.made in the same year D.made by a French director

2.What did Auguste Lumire believe?

A.Horror films would become popular.

B.Film-makers would be rich in the future.

C.People would eat popcorn when seeing films.

D.Not many people would be interested in films.

3.What percentage of the money by a film comes from ticket sales?

A.About a quarter. B.About one-third.

C.About a half. D.About three-fourths.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed. Paper provided an important way to communicate with knowledge.

Paper was first made in China about 2,000 years ago. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. Paper was not made in Southern Europe until about the year 1100. After that, the forestry countries of Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States became the most important in paper-making. Today Finland makes the best paper in the world. And it has the biggest paper industry in the world.

When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelops, and writing paper. So paper plays an important role in our lives.

Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Houses are often insulated（隔热）with paper. You perhaps have seen homeless men sleep on a large number of newspapers. They are insulating themselves from the cold. In Finland, in winter it is sometimes 40 degrees below zero. The farmers wear paper boots in the snow. Nothing could be warmer.

1.What did the invention of paper mean?

A. It meant more people could be educated.

B. It meant more books could be printed.

C. It meant paper is one of the most important products.

D. It meant paper was invented by man.

2.When was paper made in Southern Europe?

A. Before 1100　　 B. After 1400　　 C. After 1100　　 D. Before 1400

3.Which country makes the best paper?

A. Norway　　 B. Canada　　 C. The United States　　 D. Finland

4.What’s the meaning of the sentence “Nothing could be warmer.”?

A. Books are warmer.　　 B. Newspapers are warmer.

C. Paper is the warmest.　　 D. Houses are the warmest.

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. The invention of paper　　 B. The best paper

C. The paper making　　 D. The uses of paper

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed. Paper provided an important way to communicate with knowledge.

Paper was first made in China about 2,000 years ago. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. After that, the foresty countries of Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States because the most important in paper-making. Today Finland makes the best paper in the world. And it has the biggest paper industry in the world.

When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes, and writing paper. So paper plays an important role in our lives.

Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Houses are often insulated(隔热)with paper. You perhaps seen homeless men sleep on a large number of newspapers. They are insulating themselves from the cold. In Finland, in winter it is sometimes 40 degrees below zero. The farmers wear paper boots in the snow. Nothing could be warmer.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

1. What did the invention of paper mean? It meant _________.

2.When was paper made in southern Europe?

3.Which country makes the best paper?

4. What’s the meaning of the sentence “Nothing could be warmer.”?

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

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Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed. Paper provided an important way to communicate with knowledge.

Paper was first made in China about 2,000 years ago. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. After that, the forest countries of Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States became the most important in paper-making. Today Finland makes the best paper in the world.

When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes, and writing paper. So paper plays an important role in our lives.

Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Houses are often insulated with paper. You have perhaps seen homeless men sleep on a large number of newspapers. They are insulating themselves from the cold. In Finland, in winter it is sometimes 40 degrees below zero. The farmers wear paper boots in the snow. Nothing could be warmer.

1.What did the invention of paper mean? It meant ___________.

A．more people could be educated

B．more books could be printed

C．paper is one of the most important products

D．paper was invented by man

2.When was paper made in southern Europe?

A．Before 1100       B．After 1400         C．After 1100        D．Before 1400

3.Which country makes the best paper?

A．Norway           B．Canada           C．The United States   D．Finland

4.The underlined word “insulate” in the passage means ________ in Chinese.

A．远离             B．隔离             C．用……制成        D．包围

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析