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When the world was very young, people lived in hot places. They 1. live in cold places because they could not keep warm there.

At first men didn't know 2. to make a fire. Sometimes trees were hit by lightning. Then a fire was started. A fire was very important for three reasons. It kept them warm. Wild animals were frightened when they saw it. And when food 3. cooked on the fire, it tasted much better.

But men didn't know how to make a fire. When they had a fire, they didn't let it stop burning. If it went 4., they had to wait for lightning to start another fire. Sometimes they had to wait for years.

Later, they learned how to make a fire. But it was not easy 5. make something burn.

Now we have matches. We can carry them in our pockets and make a fire whenever we want it.

九年级英语单词填空困难题查看答案及解析

When your great-grandparents (曾祖父母) were young, the world was very different. People did not have the kind of technology (技术) that we have to communicate with each other today. Things such as mobile phones and computers were not yet invented (被发明). It took longer for people to get news about each other. Today’s technology makes it easier and faster to stay close to people.

Long ago, people wrote letters to keep in touch. From 1860 to 1861, letters were carried by horses. The horse riders were paid to carry letters across the country. Then trains began to carry letters from city to city. By the early 1902, planes were a faster way to carry letters across the country and around the world.

As time goes by, new inventions have made it easy to contact (联系) friends and family in seconds!

People began to use telephones in the late 1800s. Modern phones can carry many things. Mobile phones can be carried with us wherever we travel. Some phones can even let you take pictures. These images can be sent to other mobile phones.

Computers have made some of the biggest changes in communication. The Internet sends e-mail messages around the world in seconds!

Although new technology helps us stay in touch with each other, many people still enjoy sending and receiving letters. With so many ways to communicate, it’s easy to find your favorite way to stay in touch.

1.When you great-grandparents were young, ________________.

A. the world was the same　　 B. people didn’t communicate

C. it was slower to communicate　　 D. mobile phones were invented

2.From the passage, we know that _________ carried letters the fastest.

A. horses　　 B. buses　　 C. trains　　 D. planes

3.When did people begin to use telephones?

A. In the early 1900s.　　 B. In the 18th century.

C. In the 21st century.　　 D. in the late 1800s.

4.What does the underlines word “images” mean?

A. Pictures.　　 B. Messages.　　 C. Telephones.　　 D. Letters.

5.Which is the best title of the passage?

A. The best way to communicate.　　 B. How we keep in touch.

C. Please communicate.　　 D. No letters any more.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Forests are the lungs of the earth. Without them, it cannot breathe. It needs its forests to remove carbon dioxide from the air and to make oxygen. In many countries, such as New Zealand, Canada, and Brazil, forests were cut down to1. (提供)wood to build houses. Cutting down trees is h2. to human beings,animals and plants. Many young volunteers around the world are working in their holidays to plant new trees to replace them.

These young men and women f3. many difficulties when they plant new trees. The weather may be very hot and dry or may be very cold and wet. Tree 4.(种植者) are changing the world. They plant different types of trees so that birds and animals can live in the forests. They b5.that in 50 years their little trees will become beautiful forests.

九年级英语单词填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Zhong Nanshan is a doctor in Guangdong, who saved many people's lives in 2003. SARS broke 1.in Guangdong that year. Later, it spread 2./əˈkrɒs/ China and other parts of the world.3.(hundred) of patients even died from the disease.

Many doctors and nurses got SARS when they treated patients. So everyone was 4.of it. But Zhong was brave enough to fight the disease. Zhong spent days and nights to find the5./ kɔːz/of the　 disease. And with his way of treating, many patients6.(begin) to get better. Zhong finally won people's trust.

In early 2020, a disease called Novel Corona Virus Disease(COVID-19)hit Wuhan. It spread 7.(quick)around and tens of thousands of Chinese people fell ill. Zhong led his team to Wuhan to fight the 8.(ill). Zhong's team took many measures to cure the patients with COVID-19. He advised people to wear masks, wash hands often, stay at home and not to go to crowded places.

Zhong likes sports and could still play basketball when he was 67.Now, at the 9.of 84, he still treats patients in the hospital and teaches young doctors.

We think Zhong is a 10./ˈhɪərəʊ/and a fighter, but he says, "I am just a doctor."

九年级英语单词填空简单题查看答案及解析

Herman planted the hot peppers (胡椒) in his five-hectare field in his town. The 36-year-old man put up a sign reading “Africa Hema Village” in Chinese, English and his native language. His first harvest will start this

month. Herman studied in China from 2011 to 2018, receiving his master’s degree and a doctorate in environmental science. He returned to Rwanda in 2018 with his wife, Yang Hong, who is from China, and started his own business. Hema Xiansheng CEO Hou Yi visited Rwanda to find quality products to bring to the Chinese market. Hot peppers were one of his discoveries. The couple helped Hou’s team, from research to field trips, testing production processes (加工) and so on. They also helped Hema Xiansheng’s purchasing (采购) manager, Chen Huifang, when she led a team of eight to visit Rwanda to research the possibilities of making hot pepper products that suit Chinese preferences.

“We wore rubber gloves when we touched them. Our fingers still felt hot the next day,” Chen said. Their research and development team spent four days studying and cooking the peppers. Transporting fresh hot peppers to China proved difficult, so the fresh peppers can’t be imported (进口) into China. Then Chen’s team decided to perform basic processing in Rwanda before shipping. Processing requires a careful balance. Too much salt will make the peppers less delicious. Too little, and the peppers may go bad. Because plastics mustn’t be used in Rwanda, they had to find proper ways to carry the pepper sauce. The material they first used couldn’t stand the long flights. Now Chen is happy to see that the pepper sauce has sold well in Hema’s offline and online stores.

Herman pointed out that few local farmers grow hot peppers because the market is small. A small amount is sold to Europe. And local need is limited due to its spiciness. So, about half the harvest is wasted every year. A young man in Rwanda will only make 10 yuan ($1.4) a day by working in the cities, but if they grow hot peppers due to Hema’s orders, they can make 50 to 60 yuan a day. Herman expressed his willingness to introduce more people to make more money by farming, rather than working for lower incomes, when e-commerce (电子商务) can bring greater needs and sales.

“It’s a chance for Rwandan people to join the new field and change their lives,” Herman said, “Through building more Hema Villages, Rwanda has the chance to become a country of digital agriculture.”

1.“Africa Hema Village” in Paragraph 1 is a place _______.

A.called Hema in Africa B.where Herman’s wife was born

C.providing hot peppers for Hema D.for Africans to buy hot peppers

2.Why should the peppers be processed before shipping to China? Because _______.

A.a balance is needed when the processing is done

B.fresh hot peppers mustn’t be imported into China

C.in Rwanda, people are not allowed to use plastics

D.during shipping, fresh hot peppers are easy to go bad

3.If a young man in Rwanda grows hot peppers for Hema, he may get about ______.

A.10 dollars a week B.1,600 yuan a month

C.500 dollars a year D.16,000 yuan half a year

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Many types of products have been offered in Africa Hema Village.

B.Hot peppers from Africa have a large market all around the world.

C.Hema Xiansheng paid for Herman’s seven-year education in China.

D.Herman hopes to do something to improve people’s lives in Rwanda.

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

Have you ever visited the Forbidden City? This year is its 600th birthday. It is the world's largest palace and has over 17 million visitors every year. But if we traveled back to the past, we probably wouldn't be allowed inside.

In the past, all buildings in Beijing were low except the Forbidden City. From outside, ordinary（普通的）people could only imagine what it looked like inside.

The Forbidden City takes up 720, 000 square meters in the heart of Beijing. It was built from 1406 to 1420 by the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Yongle Emperor. Afer that, it was the living and working place of 14 emperors of the Ming Dynasty and 10 emperors of the Qing Dynasty.

During those times, the Forbidden City was where the country's supreme power（最高权力）could be found. Emperors were born, lived, fought and died there. It saw the highs and lows of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it plays a very important part in Chinese history.

The cultural relics（遗物）and documents（文件）in the palace show how the royal families lived. They are still used today for historical research, as well as inspiration for literature（文学）and entertainment（娱乐）.

In 1987, the Forbidden City was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. For world leaders who visit China, it has become a must-see. In 2017, when US President Donald Trump paid a state visit to China President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan welcomed Trump and his wife there.

1.The Forbidden City was built _________.

A.in1406 B.in 1420 C.from 1406 to 1420

2.Why does the Forbidden City play an important role in Chinese history?

A.Because it saw the highs and lows of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

B.Because it was the place where the emperors were born and grew up.

C.Because it is the place people want to visit most.

3.__________can show how the royal families lived in the Forbidden City.

A.The pictures of the Forbidden City

B.The cultural relics and the documents in the palace

C.The buildings in Beijing

4.What does the underlined word“must-see”mean in Chinese?

A.一定看见 B.一定明白 C.必看之地

5.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.The Forbidden City.

B.The emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

C.The life of royal families.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Thousands of years ago, Shennong, who had an ox (公牛) head and a human body, lived in south China. Seeing that local people were suffering from disease, he built ladders and houses on a high mountain to store hundreds of medicinal plants. 1.This legend (传说) has made Shennongjia in Hubei an inviting place for tourists.

You can see natural scenery from all four seasons at different altitudes. “When the bottom of the mountain is summer, the top is spring and while the foothill is autumn, the top is covered with ice,” local people say of the special climate (气候) of Shennongjia.

Shennongjia is also home to 5,000 species of animals and plants. 2. For example, the golden monkey, the clouded leopard (云豹) and the Asian black bear live in this area.

One interesting and mysterious thing about Shennongjia is its “Bigfoot” legends. Some people have claimed that they have seen huge footprints or large man-like beasts. 3. Some say they are just bears.

4. On July 17, 2016, the Shennongjia Forestry District was added to the United Nations World Heritage list as a natural site. It was China’s 50th world heritage sites   (遗址).

A.But scientists haven’t proven that they exist.

B.To remember him, people named the place Shennongjia.

C.This beautiful place recently earned a new title.

D.Many rare animals live there.

E.Traveling there is a special experience.

九年级英语补全短文5选4中等难度题查看答案及解析

Erin, an American woman, was born in Kansas. In 1990, when she was thirty years old, she was in a car accident. A law company helped her after the accident, and later she started to work for them.

Her job was to organize papers. One day Erin realized that there were lots of papers about some very sick people in a place called Hinkley. She started to look for more information about the town.

Erin worked very hard for five years. She visited lots of sick people in Hinkley and listened to their stories. All the people lived near a big factory and she discovered that there was a chemical called chromium in the local water. It was from the factory. Erin believed that the people were sick because of the chromium in their drinking water. She planned to help them.

Erin started law case(官司) against the factory. The factory didn’t agree that the people were ill because of the water, but in 1996 the judge(法官) ordered the factory to pay the people in Hinkley $500,000 each (there were about 600 sick people, so that was $333 million in total).

In 2000, there was a film about Erin, and it was very successful. Now Erin is famous — she has her own company and she gives talks all over the world.

1.What was Erin’s job in the law company?

_____________________________________

2.How long did it take her to look for the information about Hinkley?

_____________________________________

3.What did she find in the local water?

_____________________________________

4.What conclusion did she come to from her research?

_____________________________________

5.What did she do to help the sick people?

_____________________________________

九年级英语回答问题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Now, in the 21st century, there are lots of great inventions. 1. However, when we enjoy that, we should never forget those who devoted themselves to making people's life better in the 20th century.

2. Like many other famous inventors, they failed many times. However, they never gave up—even though almost no one was interested in what they were doing. For many times, they risked their lives to test their airplane.　 Finally, after lots of calculations and improvements, they succeeded.　

3. The invention led to a quantum leap in human history. From then on, better and safer airplanes have been invented and long flights have become increasingly convenient and comfortable. Round the world trips have become a reality. Without the Wright brothers, we might still have to spend days, weeks or even months travelling to distant places today.

The Wright brothers have also inspired generations of people to make great achievements in their own chosen fields. China, for example, had to depend on the West for its large passenger aircraft. Of course, our country didn't want to continue that way forever. With the same adventurous spirit as that of the Wright brothers, Chinese people kept trying and made great progress. Today, China has its own large passenger aircraft. 4.　

Thanks to the Wright brothers, humans realized the dream of flying. Till today, their experience still has a great influence on young people. 5. I think they are among the greatest people of the 20th century.

Word Bank

calculation 计算 leap 飞跃

inspire 鼓舞 quantum 量子

A.That's an important step forward.

B.The result of their work shocked the world.

C.In 1903, the Wright brothers invented the airplane.

D.They inspired young people to realize their own dreams.

E.We enjoy a lot of convenience, thanks to the latest technology.

九年级英语补全短文5选5困难题查看答案及解析

People are always looking for lost cities. But perhaps some of the places people look for never existed. A few famous mythical(神秘的) cities are often heard for years.

EI Dorado

EI Dorado is a legend(传说) that began in 1537, when Spanish explorers found the Muisca people in the mountains. They heard the story of a chief who covered himself with gold and dived into a lake of mountain water. Soon people started to think of EI Dorado as a place, too—a city of gold and amazing riches.

The Spanish sent many people to look for EI Dorado, but they never found it. Nowadays, the name “EI Dorado” is still used to mean “a place where you can get rich quickly”.

Atlantis

There was once an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The people of the island were very rich because of the natural resources on their island. For hundreds of years, they lived simple lives. But slowly they began to change. They started to become greedy(贪婪的) and to want power. Suddenly, the island and its people were swallowed(吞没) by the sea and were never seen again.

Shambhala

In Tibetan tradition, Shambhala is a kingdom that is hidden somewhere behind the snowy peaks of the Himalayas. Shambhala is a word from an old language that means “place of peace” or “place of happiness”.

It__is__said__that__there__is__no__war__in__Shambhala. It is also said that, in the future, when the world is full of greed and wars, a huge army will come out of Shambhala.

1.完成句子EI Dorado is a legend that began in 1537, when Spanish explorers found ________________ in the mountains.

2.完成句子The people of Atlantis were very rich because of

________________ on their island.

3.简略回答问题What does the word “Shambhala” mean in an old language?

________________________________________________________________________

4.找出并写下全文的主题句。________________________________________________________________________

5.将文中画线句子译成汉语。________________________________________________________________________

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