—She is quite different now. —Yeah. Her life ...

—She is quite different now.

　　　 —Yeah. Her life was changed by a chance_____ with her former art master a few years ago.

A. act　　 B. meet　　 C. meeting　　 D. memory

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Life in the 2050s will be different from it is now, because many changes will take place. What will the changes be?

The population is growing fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer.

Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer study will be one of the most important subjects at school.

People will work fewer hours, and have more free time for sports, TV and travelling. Travelling will be much cheaper and easier. And many people will go to other countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our food, too. Because more and more people know the importance of healthy diet, maybe no one will eat meat. Instead they will eat more vegetables and fruit. So people will be healthier.

Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people won't have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

1.In the 2050s, there will be 　　　　 .

A. more trees　　 B. more people　　 C. fewer countries　　 D. more work to do

2.In the future, people will not have to 　　　　 .

A. travel　　 B. work hard　　 C. work long hours　　 D. eat meat

3.Every family will have at least one 　　　　 in the 2050s according to the passage.

A. computer　　 B. house　　 C. TV　　 D. robot

4.Travelling will be 　　　　 in the 2050s.

A. less interesting　　 B. more difficult

C. more expensive　　 D. much cheaper and easier

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

—Lucy is often heard ________ in her room.

—Yeah, she was born with musical talent.

A. sing　　 B. sings　　 C. sang　　 D. to sing

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Maria __shy, but now she is quite out-going. She has made lots of friends.

A. was used to be　 　 B. is used to be

C. was used to being　 D. used to be

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Life 　　　　　　 the 1900s was very different from what it is now.

A. in　　 B. on　　 C. from　　 D. by

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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

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—Lisa has changed so much! She _______ be shy and quiet.

—Yeah. But now she _______ speaking in front of the whole class.

A.used to; is used to B.is used to; used to

C.used to; used to D.is used to; is used to

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—Grandma, was life much more difficult in your age?

—Yeah. Quite true. We even couldn’t ________a bike those days.

A.recycle B.cost C.afford

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She has lost all ______ of direction in her life. She is now so puzzled(困惑的).

A. idea　　 B. feeling　　 C. experience　　 D. sense

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—The twins are quite different. Sam is wild while Tom is quiet.

—Yeah, Sam is ___________ than Tom.

A. less outgoing     B. more outgoing　     C. much taller     D. more serious

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