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Resting her phone on a stand and making the light more suitable, 49-year-old Lyu Min started her livestreaming session — her daily job during the COVID-19 outbreak. Dressed in a qipao, a traditional Chinese dress, Lyu started the livestreaming session from her workshop at 10 in the morning, sharing the art of making Chinese knots with many handicraft(手工艺) lovers. Lyu, an inheritor(继承人) of the art of making Chinese knots, which is listed as an intangible(非物质) cultural heritage, became a livestreaming host.

“Though the sales of Chinese knots have dropped a lot, I’m still confident that I can get out of the trouble brought by the outbreak. I can make full use of this period to improve my skills and develop this traditional handicraft online,” she said. Lyu is quite new to the world of livestreaming, having bought all the necessary equipment(设备) after following her friends advice. She practises livestreaming every day and records a large number of educational videos. As face-to-face interaction is still impractical for many, even as the outbreak has been largely brought under control in China, she thinks livestreaming classes can meet more Chinese knot lovers’ needs to learn the handicraft.

She has integrated the anti-epidemic spirit into her works, expressing the determination(决心) and confidence of the Chinese people to win against the COVID-19. “I love Wuhan, where I showed my works in 2019. Chinese knots are popular among many local people, and I made lots of friends there,” Lyu said. She designed a special Chinese knot to express her thanks to the medics who were sent to support Wuhan several months ago.

She has more than 200 followers right now. There are more and more Chinese knot lovers on her online platform. She is using a length of colored string and determination to keep this traditional art of Chinese knots alive online and help more people understand the culture.

1.The underlined word “livestreaming” in Paragraph 1 is close to “_______”.

A.sending out while happening B.equipment for recording videos

C.sending out after recording D.equipment for making handicrafts

2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.Lyu Min advised her friends to livestream traditional handicraft online.

B.Lyu Min’s friends provided the necessary equipment for her to livestream.

C.Chinese knots sell very well in Lyu Min’s workshop through the Internet.

D.More Chinese knot lovers want to learn the handicraft because of Lyu Min.

3.What does Lyu Min think of the future of Chinese knots?

A.Unexpected. B.Hopeful. C.Difficult. D.Doubtful.

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A.Having online classes during the outbreak

B.Introducing an intangible cultural heritage

C.Livestreaming the art of making Chinese knots

D.Expressing thanks to the doctors and nurses

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

You might have noticed that sometimes, when you're playing mobile games or making a video call, the picture suddenly freezes (卡顿) because the network speed is too slow. When you try to download a movie on your phone, it seems to take forever.

These annoying things will soon become things of the past, as China just issued commercial licenses (发放商业牌照) for 5G networks on June 6. This means that China's telecommunications (电信) companies will be able to offer 5G network speeds for mobile phone users.

The "G" stands for generation (代). 1G let us talk to each other, 2G let us send messages, 3G gave us mobile data and Internet, and 4G made all of these things faster. So what will 5G bring?

First of all, 5G is so fast that it will allow us to download an entire HD movie in a second. The delay (延时) between sending and receiving data will be shortened. Now, 4G takes about 100 to 200 milliseconds (毫秒), while humans have a reaction time of about 200 to 300 milliseconds. But 5G will get the delay down to 1 millisecond or less, which is almost real-time.

Because of this increase in speed, it will possible to create and use new kinds of technology. Robots will be used to do operations because doctors will be able to control them from somewhere else without any delay. Self-driving cars will be able to drive more safely because they can smoothly communicate with other cars, traffic lights and road sensors (传感器). 5G also makes the Internet of Things (IOT, 物联网) possible.

All in all, 5G will shape every type of technology that it touches. And you won't have to wait too long for that to happen.

1.From the first paragraph that ________.

A.people can't download a movie at all on the phone

B.making a video call is impossible for phone users

C.sometimes the network speed is too slow to use

D.mobile games can't be downloaded on the phone

2.What happened on June 6 according to the passage?

A.China just gave commercial licenses officially for 5G networks.

B.Every mobile phone user could improve the network speed.

C.Most mobile phone users didn't use 4G anymore.

D.All the mobile phones are much cheaper than before.

3.The underlined word "them" refers to "___________".

A.operations B.robots C.5G phones D.speeds

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.5G will make people's life much easier and more convenient.

B.Self-driving cars will become safer because of the use of 5G.

C.Using 5G to download something doesn't take any time at all.

D.5G can make people download an entire HD movie in a second.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

A yearbook is a tradition of high school life in the United States. The book contains (包含) the name, photo, and signature (签名) of each student in your final year, so that you can remember who you went to school with. A 15-year-old girl Catherine Cook and her brother David wanted more than this. They thought, "Why not have a yearbook online? You could learn about people's　　　　　　　　 music tastes, the movies they like, and so on."

Catherine thought of the name—myYearbook.com, and the logo (图标). To advertise the site. Catherine and David wore T-shirts with the site logo to school and soon hundreds of their schoolmates became users of the site. She spent many evenings talking on the phone to programmers in India, and collecting ideas from her schoolmates. Then her older brother Geoff came up with the money to start up the website.

My Yearbook users can join in the fun by sending messages and "collecting" friends. They can watch the same videos from films and TV programs, and share music, photos, homework and study guides. Some teens feel they can't make friends more easily online. Chatting online helps some shy people not to feel left out.

Users can also make "Lunch Money" by doing activities on the site. They can then spend their Lunch Money on gifts, or donate (捐赠) it to charities. They have saved 0.3 km2of rainforest, cleaned up million kg of CO2, sent 22,000 books to Africa, and bought 20,000 kg of rice for people without enough food.

Running the website did not stop Catherine and David from finishing their schoolwork successfully, and going on to university where they still spent 50 hours a week on the site.

1.Who got the idea of setting up myYearbook.com?

A.Geoff.  B.Catherine and David.  C.A US high school.  D.Indian programmers.

2.How did Catherine and David get their schoolmates to know the site?

A.They advertised the site through videos. B.They offered chances to make money.

C.They made a phone call to every student. D.They wore T-shirts with the site logo to school.

3.MyYearbook.com is set up to help users ________.

A.remember the school B.run a site C.learn more about each other D.make money

4.Which of the following is NOT true about "Lunch Money"?

A.It can be donated to charities. B.It can be used to help people.

C.It can be made by doing activities at school. D.It can be used to protect the environment.

5.What is the text mainly about?

A.The Cooks. B.A yearbook online. C.Lunch Money. D.US high school life.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

In March, 2020, a1. of the students couldn't go to school as usual. They had to stay at home to have lessons on the Internet. Liu Ming is an English teacher. He changed the way of teaching English. He taught English online. In order to make his lessons more creative, he asked his students to hand i2. their homework through a OR code (二维码). Mr Liu said, "When students finish doing their homework, they keep it on WeChat. Then each student makes his/her o3. QR code and gives it to me. So I check their homework anywhere by　 4. (use) my mobile phone."

Mr. Liu can receive the homework by email, QQ and WeChat. When Mr Liu scans (扫描) his students' QR codes, their homework a5. on his phone. He finds that their homework becomes more colourful, with many pictures, music and even videos.

Liu Ming's students like the new way and think it is interesting. We are living in the information age. Many students like to work with 6. (computer). The homework on the paper is not easy to keep, but the code is easy to keep and share. Mr Liu said, "It's worth 7. (try) to use new technology in education. Education itself is a kind of creation. I don't want my students to fall behind the times."

However, some parents are 8. (worry). They are afraid that their children will spend too much time playing games and less time studying. But in fact, most of the students still pay more a9. to their lessons. For students, it doesn't take them too much time. For teachers, it allows them 10. (check) the students' work at any time. And it's also an easy way to share homework with other students.

九年级英语单词填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Texting while driving is against the law in 47 states. But what about texting while walking? A 2018 study reported that more than 2, 500 people in the US ended up in hospitals resulting from using a mobile device(设备) while walking.

Hawaii passed a law making it illegal to text or look down at a mobile device while crossing the street. It is the first state with a law like this. Do people think more places should accept such a law? The LA Times did a survey. Here are some replies they received.

1.According to the passage, in ____________, it is against the law if people text while crossing the street.

A.Alaska B.California C.Hawaii D.New York

2.The LA Times did the survey most probably to____________.

A.win the hearts of more readers

B.encourage more states to pass the law

C.ask readers if they agree with texting while driving

D.learn about people’s opinions on texting while walking

3.In Rena’s reply, she showed the danger of texting while walking by____________.

A.using numbers B.giving examples

C.asking questions D.telling stories

4.What does the underlined word "illegal" mean in Chinese?

A.违法的 B.合法的 C.普通的  D. 吓人的

5.Which of the following is Andrew Black’s opinion?

A.Texting is more important than safety.

B.The law would help to keep Americans safe.

C.It’s easy to please everyone when passing a law.

D.Whether to text or not while walking is people’s own choice.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Selah Schneiter stood on the top of El Capitan. Her blue helmet （头盔）sat on top of her head and a thick green rope was tied around her body .The ten-year-old girl smiled from ear to ear as tears(眼泪) ran down her face.

"Selah, are those your first happy tears?" Mike, her father, asked.”

She nodded. "I just can't believe I did it!" Selah said.

The girl had just made rock climbing history. She became the youngest person ever to have climbed El Capitan. The mountain is 915 meters tall -higher than the tallest building on Earth. And Selah carried 9 kilograms of gear, food and water with her.

Selah was joined by her father, an experienced climber. The climb took them five days. At first, Selah's father thought the mountain was too big for his daughter. The little girl, however, was serious bout the climb. Every day, they would get a little closer to the top. "One move at a time. I will achieve success in the end!" the girl said.

Selah wanted to use this achievement to encourage other children never to give up too easily. In our daily lives, there may be many tall "mountains," too. Keep trying, and you can overcome (克服 )any difficulty!

1.How did Selah feel when she stood on the top of El Capitan?

A.Excited. B.Sad. C.Lucky. D.Fearful

2.What does the underlined word "gear" in the fourth paragraph mean?

A.纱布 B.器械 C.音箱 D.颜料

3.Which of the following words best describes Selah?

A.Warm-hearted  B.Well-educated  C.Easy-going D.Strong-minded

4.Why did Selah want to stand on the top of EI Capitan?

A.To visit more mountains. B.To make herself more famous.

C.to encourage other children D.To stay together with her father.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

This 12-year-old Girl Built a Robot to Find Plastics in the Ocean

Anna Du was walking along the beach when she noticed plastics there. She reached down to pick them up, and quickly realized there were many more tiny pieces than she could deal with. It seemed impossible to clean them all up.

Du, 12 years old at the time, tried to solve the problem like any good scientist—first, by doing a little research. That’s how she learned that 8 million tons of plastics end up in the oceans every year.

Then she got to work building something that could help solve the problem; a remote-operated vehicle(遥控潜水器), or ROV. Her ROV can move through water and find plastics on the ocean floor.

The actually cool part of Du’s ROV is the detection(探测) system. She uses a camera along with three different kinds of light to find the plastics. She also uses visible(可见的) light to find unnatural colors that might make the plastics stand out.

“She has a very good engineering sense to break down a problem like this and then go after it,” says engineer Casey Machado. “It sounds simple, but it’s a level of thinking that’s really amazing. ”

Du started attending public events and workshops at a university when she was five years old, and so she picked up the engineering skills necessary to build her ROV. She says actually getting her ROV to move through water well was not easy. She failed many times, but she never gave up trying and testing.

When asked about future plans, she mentions wanting to address the effects of climate(气候) change. “I think there are a lot of problems that could be solved with new inventions,” says Du.

Du thanks her parents, who for years have taken her to student outreach activities, for supporting her interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). She says she has been able to meet students and scientists there.

“I know I want to be an engineer because I like building things to help solve world problems,” says Du. “But I’m not sure what kind of engineer I want to be yet.”

1.What did Anna Du notice while walking along the beach?

2.How old was Du when she did a little research to solve the problem?

3.What can Du’s ROV do?

4.Why does Du want to be an engineer in the future?

5.What made Du succeed in building her ROV?

九年级英语回答问题困难题查看答案及解析

Planting “trees” on your screen

Do you want to help China become a more beautiful country? Now, you can do this on your mobile phone.

Ant Financial(蚂蚁金服) is an Internet financial service company. In August 2016, it started an interesting project “Ant Forest”. According to Ant Financial, “Ant Forest” can help people improve the environment.

But how does the project actually work? And what effects(效果) has it had? In “Ant Forest”, people start by planting a virtual(虚拟的) tree. The project then gives people “green energy” if they do low-carbon activities. The activities include walking, buying tickets online, taking public transportation and so on. With “green energy”, the virtual tree will slowly grow up. When there is enough “green energy”, Ant Financial will plant a real tree.

The Ant Financial company has been working with lots of green charities(慈善机构). Together, they help farmers in desert places in China plant trees.

“Ant Forest” has been very popular. More than 250 million people have planted virtual trees on their phones. And Ant Financial has planted more than ten million real trees.

Bai Xue is a member of Ant Financial. She says the company believes everyone wants to improve the environment, She and her workmates are happy that they can help people realize their wishes. According to Bai, Ant Financial will do more in the future so that we can make China a greener country together.

1.Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Ant Financial has helped all farmers in China to plant trees.

B.If you buy tickets online, you can get “green energy” from the project.

C.Because of the project, charities become more and more popular.

D.More than ten million people have planted real trees.

2.What is the correct order according to the passage?

a. Ant Financial plants a real tree.　　 b. You receive “green energy”.

c. The virtual tree grows up.　　 d. You do low-carbon activities.

e. You plant a virtual tree.

A.d-c-b-a-e B.c-b-c-d-a C.d-a-b-c-e D.e-d-b-c-a

3.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.Ant Financial believes that all the people can realize their wishes.

B.The company will become greener.

C.Ant Financial will do more in the future to make our country greener.

D.Bai Xue and her workmates want to plant trees.

4.We can learn from the passage that _________.

A.Ant Financial can help people realize their wishes of improving the environment

B.Ant Financial is a charity

C.Farmers in desert places in China often plant trees

D.The members of Ant Financial like walking, buying tickets online and taking public transportation

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

One day, I was reading my favorite magazine. My little girl 1. playing around me, which made my reading impossible. To get some peace, I tried a trick 2. keep her busy for a little while. I took a page out from my magazine with a printed map on it. I cut the map into pieces and handed them over to her, asking her to put those pieces together and make 3. complete map again.

But within several minutes, she was standing4. front of me with a perfect map in her little hands. Surprised, I asked her how she did it so quickly and easily.

She smiled and said." Oh, Dad,5. is a man's face on the other side of the map. I just tried to make his face completely."

Then she turned and ran outside to play, leaving me eyes wide and mouth open.

Word Bank

trick　　　　　　　　 把戏

九年级英语单词填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

I do volunteer work every Friday. A week ago, I had the pleasure of helping one sick lady.

She is in her eighties and is very _______ and I always bring her lunch on Fridays. She looked worried when she opened the door that day. She told me her phone was broken and that she couldn’t receive the _______ from her doctor. She went to her neighbors, but they were not at home. She thought maybe the mailman could _______ her, but he didn’t come. She was disappointed.

Having heard her story, I decided to do something for her. I tried to satisfy the needs of the old _______ who only needed a helping hand. I called the phone company（公司）and made sure they knew that getting this phone fixed was _______. I took down her phone number and her name just to make sure I could call her _______ to make sure that the phone had been fixed.

I called the phone company twice that day. They told me they had checked the phone and got the phone fixed. I called the old woman. She was so _______ that she was in tears. To make sure she was _______, I called her every day after that.

Just being able to help her in her time of difficulty filled my heart with such _________and happiness. It is not so ________ to help someone like a neighbor. Sometimes, all that is needed is just a smile, a hug or a phone call.

1.A.weak B.rich C.kind

2.A.medicine B.call C.letter

3.A.see B.know C.help

4.A.woman B.doctor C.mailman

5.A.possible B.difficult C.important

6.A.easier B.later C.quicker

7.A.thankful B.worried C.surprised

8.A.alone B.busy C.fine

9.A.love B.thought C.task

10.A.good B.hard C.useful

九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析