Kelly is an African elephant. Now she is 19 years old. She lives in the zoo. Kelly has produced more than 100 paintings since last year. She has made over $ 3,500 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Kelly first showed the art ability about 5 years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk(象鼻). She rubbed out(抹去) the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo workers gave her brushes and paints. Soon Kelly was painting pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote about Kelly, and then people went to buy her pictures. And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by painting.
This is how Kelly does the painting. A zoo worker holds different color paints and Kelly touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her the chosen colors to the brushes in her trunk and Kelly begins to paint.
1.We most probably read this story in________.
A. a magazine B. a newspaper C. a history textbook
2.Kelly first learned to draw pictures________.
A. in the sand with her trunk B. to make money
C. when she was 5 years old
3.People asked for Kelly's pictures because________.
A. they just wanted to have fun
B. the zoo leaders asked them to do so
C. the zoo workers asked them to do so
4.Kelly rubbed out the marks she had made in order to________.
A. make other ones B. clean her trunk C. ask for more brushes and paints
5.From the story we can know that________.
A. Kelly can draw nice pictures all by herself
B. Kelly doesn't like to draw pictures at all
C. Kelly can draw pictures with the help of the zoo workers
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Kelly is an African elephant. Now she is 19 years old. She lives in the zoo. Kelly has produced more than 100 paintings since last year. She has made over $ 3,500 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Kelly first showed the art ability about 5 years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk(象鼻). She rubbed out(抹去) the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo workers gave her brushes and paints. Soon Kelly was painting pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote about Kelly, and then people went to buy her pictures. And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by painting.
This is how Kelly does the painting. A zoo worker holds different color paints and Kelly touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her the chosen colors to the brushes in her trunk and Kelly begins to paint.
1.We most probably read this story in________.
A. a magazine B. a newspaper C. a history textbook
2.Kelly first learned to draw pictures________.
A. in the sand with her trunk B. to make money
C. when she was 5 years old
3.People asked for Kelly's pictures because________.
A. they just wanted to have fun
B. the zoo leaders asked them to do so
C. the zoo workers asked them to do so
4.Kelly rubbed out the marks she had made in order to________.
A. make other ones B. clean her trunk C. ask for more brushes and paints
5.From the story we can know that________.
A. Kelly can draw nice pictures all by herself
B. Kelly doesn't like to draw pictures at all
C. Kelly can draw pictures with the help of the zoo workers
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Lisa is an English girl.She is _______.She is twenty-two years old now.She is_______ actor.She is very nice._______ hair is long and blond.She blue and big eyes.Her like her very much.Lisa looks Huang Yongmei, a good actor.The actor_______ Hong Kong.Lisa’s favorite is red.She is often(经常) .Lisa likes apples, oranges and bananas. is her good friend? Oh, she is Sally.
1.A.old B.young C.long D.different
2.A.a B./ C.the D.an
3.A.Hers B.She C.Her D.His
4.A.has B.is C.have D.are
5.A.mom B.friends C.dad D.students
6.A.at B./ C.like D.the same
7.A.come from B.from C.is from D.in
8.A.clothes B.teacher C.girl D.color
9.A.in a red B.in red C.at a red D.at red
10.A.Who B.Whose C.Where D.How
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Laura Fagan is a British girl. She is 29 years old now. She has a special job. Her job is an offical cake-taster. She began to work two years ago. She loves her job very much. She needs to try as many as 20 desserts a day. She needs to travel to different cities to taste different desserts.
Although the job seems to be great, it is hard. Usually , Laura begins tasting desserts as early as 8 a.m., and is still tasting new desserts at 6 p.m. before she goes back home. Fortunately, the job hasn’t made her too fat. She only worries about her teeth.
“ Of course I was afraid of becoming fat when I started the job, so I try to do exercise as often as possible. The main thing is my teeth. I don't think my dentist would be happy if I told him what I do, so I try to brush my teeth as often as possible.” “When I tell people what I do, they say ‘ that’s the best job in the world’, and then they ask me what my favorite dessert is.”
Laura loves her job although it is hard. “ I can learn about new trends(趋势) in food. It is a hard job but someone has to do it.” she said.
1.To be a cake-taste is to _________________.
A. sell different cakes B. make different cakes
C. taste different cakes D. buy different cakes
2. The underlined word “ Fortunately” means “ ________________”
A. quickly B. luckily
C. lovely D. terribly
3.Which of the following is TRUE ?
A. Laura is very heavy because of her job.
B. Laura doesn’t love her job because it is hard.
C. Laura often works for a long time every day.
D. People all think Laura’s job is very tired.
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Laura Fagan is a British girl. She is 29 years old now. She has a special job. Her job is an offical cake-taster. She began to work two years ago. She loves her job very much. She needs to try as many as 20 desserts a day. She needs to travel to different cities to taste different desserts.
Although the job seems to be great, it is hard. Usually , Laura begins tasting desserts as early as 8 a.m., and is still tasting new desserts at 6 p.m. before she goes back home. Fortunately, the job hasn’t made her too fat. She only worries about her teeth.
“ Of course I was afraid of becoming fat when I started the job, so I try to do exercise as often as possible. The main thing is my teeth. I don't think my dentist would be happy if I told him what I do, so I try to brush my teeth as often as possible.” “When I tell people what I do, they say ‘ that’s the best job in the world’, and then they ask me what my favorite dessert is.”
Laura loves her job although it is hard. “ I can learn about new trends(趋势) in food. It is a hard job but someone has to do it.” she said.
1.To be a cake-taste is to _________________.
A. sell different cakes B. make different cakes
C. taste different cakes D. buy different cakes
2.The underlined word “ Fortunately” means “ ________________”
A. quickly B. luckily
C. lovely D. terribly
3. Which of the following is TRUE ?
A. Laura is very heavy because of her job.
B. Laura doesn’t love her job because it is hard.
C. Laura often works for a long time every day.
D. People all think Laura’s job is very tired.
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Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant, She is17 y1. old. She l2. in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings s3. last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby f4. showed the talent (才能) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand w5. her trunk. She rubbed (擦掉) out the marks, then made the new o6.. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby painted pictures.
Newspaper reporters wrote Ruby, then people asked about b7. her pictures. And in this way, she made a lot of money for the zoo. This is h8. Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she w9.. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colors in her trunk and Ruby b10. painting.
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Her daughter began to play _____ piano when she was four years old. Now she's very good at it.
A. an B. a C. / D. the
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Alice is my penfriend. She is a 16-year-old girl from the UK, but now she lives in China. She is a middle school student in Nanjing. She likes going to school, but there are some things she doesn’t like, such as PE. She enjoys playing sports. She thinks sports are interesting and exciting. But she doesn’t like doing physical exercise in PE classes. She feels that they are boring! Her favourite subject is Science. It seems that the amazing and useful Science attracts her. She thinks she is on the way to be a scientist. She wishes to invent things to make the world more and more beautiful.
In her free time, she often goes to the beach. She loves just sitting around and talking to friends there. She’s getting better at understanding boys, but she hates listening to hours of talk about football. “It’s not interesting at all!” she once said to me.
That is my penfriend Alice.
Information about Alice
Basic information | Name: Alice Age: sixteen 1. old Birthplace: in the UK Living now: in China | |
What | Why /For what | |
Likes | Playing sports. | Interesting and 2. |
Going to the 3.. | Sitting around and 4. to friends. | |
Favourite subject: Science. | 5. and useful | |
Dislikes | Having 6. classes. | Physical exercise is 7.. |
8. talks about football. | Not interesting at all. | |
Wishes | To be a scientist. | Be 9. by Science. |
To invent things | Make the world 10. beautiful. |
九年级英语填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Huang Qingyun spent her life telling stories to children. Now though she is 97 years old she has no plans to stop.
I did this for children, from the first day I started to write stories. I am old now, but I still want to go on telling stories to children, Huang said.
Born in Guangzhou in 1920, Huang spent her childhood in Hong Kong and her favorite hobby was making up stories for her elder sister.
In 1935, Huang went to university and studied Chinese. During this period, she was greatly influenced by well-known Chinese educator Tao Xingzhi and decided to become a primary school teacher. However, instead of being a teacher, Huang found another way to educate children. During World War II, Huang often told stories to homeless children at the Little Children Society, a charity(慈善机构)set up by a professor from the University of Hong Kong.
Huang also started a column(专栏)called “Sister Yun’s Mail Box” in Xin Er Tong, a children’s magazine set up in Hong Kong in 1941. From then, Huang officially started writing and created a large number of stories for children. Huang spent about 30 years at the magazine working as chief editor(主编)in Guangzhou.
Huang retired(退休)in1987. She moved to Hong Kong and went on creating stories for children, including! Love Hong Kong, Children from Hong Kong and Shoes Brothers.
“What I wrote were all for children, and for me, writing fairy tales is my favorite,” Huang said.
1.When Huang Qingyun was a child, she liked ____________.
A.writing fairy tales B.reading story books
C.making fun of her elder sister D.making up stories for her elder sister
2.At first, Huang Qingyun decided to become a school teacher because of ________.
A.her parents B.a great educator
C.her elder sister D.her Chinese teacher
3.The Little Children Society is the name of a __________.
A.book B.film C.magazine D.organization
4.We can learn from the passage that Xin Er Tong __________.
A.was set up in Hong Kong B.often helped homeless children
C.was set up by Huang Qingyun D.had many good columns
九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析
Daphne Selfe is 87 years old now.She is one of the world’s oldest m1.She began to be a model m2.than 60 years.
Miss Selfe says she likes walking on the catwalk and she always e3.it.But many of today’s young models don’t smile on the stage.They always pretend(假装)to be c4..”I don’t think you should always smile,but you should look pleasant.It is a pity(遗憾)that we can’t find the pleasure on their f5..”she says.
Miss Selfe believes that one should eat properly,t6.exercise,think good thoughts,be positive(乐观),t7.he/she can be healthy and good-looking.She n8.eats junk food or goes shopping at the market.She d9.lots of water every day.She always takes her make-up off(卸妆)before g10.to bed.
Miss Selfe says,”I’ll go on modelling.I love it.It’s fun and keeps me young.
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Anne Zhang is a 21-year-old girl from Hangzhou, China. Now she studies in Britain. One day, when she was taking a train from London to Oxford, she heard loud noises on the train.
Before, the train had been very quiet. Some people were resting while others were reading books or listening to music. Suddenly, a group of Chinese people laughed loudly as they played a game of cards.
“ I would usually be very happy to meet people from my own country. But at that moment, I wanted the ground to open up and swallow ( 吞没 ) me.” Zhang said.
As it becomes easier for Chinese people to get visas( 签证) to foreign countries, more and more of them are traveling abroad. However, their bad manners have given them a bad reputation (名声).
A recent U.S. survey of 5,600 people five countries showed that Chinese people are the second worst tourists. The worst are American tourists.
Chinese always talk loudly in places like cafes and museums. They also spit (吐痰 ) and litter whenever they want and jump queues. Some Chinese tourists also like to write or draw pictures on famous buildings. In Singapore, Chinese tourists are fined( 罚款) because they were smoking in Non-smoking areas.
Some people may say that they can do everything that they want because they spend money in the country. In fact, this is not true. Besides enjoying ourselves, we should respect local customs and take care of the environment.
Information Card
The country which Anne Zhang studies | 1. | ___________________________. |
The game that the Chinese people played on the train | 2. | ____________________________ |
The thing that gives Chinese tourists bad reputation | 3. | ____________________________ |
The worst tourist in those five countries | 4. | ____________________________ |
The reason why Chinese tourists were fined in Singapore | 5. | ___________________________. |
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