________ of the workers around the country lost their jobs in ________.
A. Five-eighths; the 1990s B. Five-eighths; the 1990
C. Five-eighth; 1990s D. Five-eighth; 1990
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________ of the workers around the country lost their jobs in ________.
A. Five-eighths; the 1990s B. Five-eighths; the 1990
C. Five-eighth; 1990s D. Five-eighth; 1990
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Thomas Edison lost the first job. For the next five years he went around the country from job to job. At last Edison went to New York. He had little money. He could not buy enough food to eat. He had no place to sleep.
For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could fix the old machines. He also made new ones. The head man liked Edison’s new machines. He was going to give Edison $40， 000 for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted.
Thomas Edison was then 23， He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him. But he worked more than 40 new things at one time.
In 1876 Alexander. Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a little way. Edison wanted to make a better telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way.
（一）根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1. What did Thomas Edison do after he lost his first job?
______________________________________________________.
2.Where did Edison begin to have good luck after he found work?
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（二） 将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
3. ___________________________________________________________
4.___________________________________________________________
（三）请给短文拟一个适当的标题。
5. _________________________________________________________
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Thomas Edison lost his first job. For the next five years he went around the country from job to job. At last Edison went to New York. He had little money. He could not buy enough food to eat. He had no place to sleep.
For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could repair the old machines. He could also make new ones. The head man liked Edison’s new machines. He was going to give Edison $40,000 for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted.
Thomas Edison was then 23. He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him. But he worked harder than any of them. He rested very little. Soon he was making more than 40 new things at one time.
In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a short way. Edison wanted to make a better telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1.After he lost his first job, Edison ________.
A. found no jobs in the next five years
B. worked in New York for the next five years
C. had a bad time in the next five years
D. had enough food to eat
2.The head man was interested in ________.
A. Thomas Edison B. the old machines
C. the new machines D. Edison’s telephone
3.Edison made a telephone. It ________.
A. was the first one in the world B. carried more voices
C. carried voices more clearly D. carried voices much farther
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Millions of Americans have lost their jobs because of the present recession (经济衰退). A new study shows that losing your job can bring some health problems. It is bad for your heart, your blood pressure and so on.
Earlier studies have shown that health has something to do with job loss. But it was not sure whether job loss made health poor, or poor health led to job loss. The new study tried to discover the answer to this.
Kate Strully worked on the study while she was at the Harvard School of Public Health. Ms Strully is now a scientist at the State University of New York. She had some information about the income (收入) of some people.
She asked people all over the country some questions about their health and work. Ms Strully checked the information about more than eight thousand people. She collected the information, and then looked at their health some time later. She found out that 80% of people didn't have health problems before they lost their jobs. But now they have a new health problem after losing their jobs.
1.According to the passage, a new study shows that ________.
A. poor health leads to job loss
B. job loss can bring some health problems
C. job loss has nothing to do with one's health
D. job loss can make people healthier than before
2.What kind of questions did Kate Strully ask?
A. Questions about people's health and work.
B. Questions about people's health and family.
C. Questions about people's work and pressure.
D. Questions about people's health and pressure.
3.If Kate Strully did the study among 10, 000 people, she would find out that ________ people didn't have health problems before they lost their jobs.
A. 2, 000 B. 8, 000 C. 4, 000 D. 6, 000
4.What does the underlined word “led to” mean in Chinese?
A. 指挥 B. 通向 C. 带领 D. 导致
5.What's the best title for the passage?
A. An Important Study
B. American Recession
C. Health Problems Among Americans
D. Health and Job Loss
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About ten years ago, both of my parents lost their jobs. Life was_______for me then. I _______at the gift shop in my university's museum in my spare time. One day _______ working in the shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.As ! looked closer at this girl, I found that she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and body. She was wearing a pretty white dress and a little red_________. When they came closer to
me, I_______her a wink(眨眼). And the girl gave me the most beautiful _______that I had ever seen.All of a sudden, her handicap(残疾) was gone and all that I saw was a ._______girl. I was
deeply moved by her smile, and I___________what life was all about. She brought me, a poor and unhappy college student, into her world full of smiles, _________and warmth.I'm a successful business person now. Whenever I am in low spirits and in__________I always think of that little girl and the lesson about life that she taught me.
1.A. bard B. easy C. safe D. real
2.A. studied B. worked C. shopped D. exercised
3.A. while B. before C. since D. if
4.A. shoe B. hat C. glove D. sock
5.A. found B. took C. gave D. lent
6.A. dress B. smile C. flower D. present
7.A. perfect B. strange C. humorous D. serious
8.A. doubted B. understood C. regretted D. remember
9.A. duty B. impatience C. love D. anger
10.A. change B. business C. trouble D. Surprise
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Do you think driverless technology will make many workers lose ________ jobs?
A. them B. their C. theirs
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1.More and ___people like to travel around the country with their families. (many)
2.The mother stopped her son from______games on the mobile phone. (play)
3.Could you please tell us about the four______of China? (invent)
4.The difficulties will become weaker as long as you face them______enough. (brave)
5.—May I borrow your pen? ______is left at home. (I)
—Sure. Here you are.
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When this story happened，they were working around a very large house．Their job was to do the cleaning．It was not a difficult job，but sometimes it was a little dangerous，because they had to walk below where workmen were working．Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground．One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette behind one of his ears．Suddenly somebody on the top shouted，"Look out!"But Joe did not"look out"．He looked up．And as he did so，a long knife missed Joe's head，but it cut off one of his ears．At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out，"I've lost an ear．Help!Help!"Jeff ran up to help his friend．"Look for my ear，"Joe told him．"It must be on the ground somewhere．"Jeff looked everywhere for the missing ear．At last he found an ear on the ground．He picked it up and carried it to Joe．"Here you are，"he said，"I've found it．"Joe looked at it．"No，that's not my ear．"he said，"Mine had a cigarette behind it．"
1.What were Joe and Jeff？
A. Soldiers． B. Drivers． C. Farmers． D. Cleaners．
2.How did Joe lose his ear？
A. He cut it off by himself．
B. Jeff cut it off with a knife．
C. A falling knife cut it off．
D. A cigarette burned it up．
3.At the end of the story Jeff found ．
A. someone else's ear
B. Joe's ear
C. a long knife
D. a cigarette
4.From the passage，we know Joe was not ．
A. strong B. kind C. foolish D. clever
5.Which is the most possible title for this passage？
A. A Lost Ear B. A Busy Cleaner
C. A Falling Knife D. A forgetful Man
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When this story happened, they were working around a very large house. Their job was to do the cleaning. It was not a difficult job, but sometimes it was a little dangerous, because they had to walk below where workmen were working. Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground.
One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette behind one of his ears. Suddenly somebody on the top shouted, "Look out!" But Joe did not "look out". He looked up. And as he did so, a long knife missed Joe's head, but it cut off one of his ears. At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out, "I've lost an ear. Help! Help!"
Jeff ran up to help his friend. "Look for my ear," Joe told him. "It must be on the ground somewhere." Jeff looked everywhere for the missing ear. At last he found an ear on the ground. He picked it up and carried it to Joe. "Here you are," he said, "I've found it." Joe looked at it. "No, that's not my ear." he said, "Mine had a cigarette behind it."
1.What were Joe and Jeff?
A. Soldiers. B. Drivers. C. Farmers. D. Cleaners.
2.How did Joe lose his ear?
A. He cut it off by himself. B. Jeff cut it off with a knife.
C. A falling knife cut it off. D. A cigarette burned it up.
3. From the passage, we know Joe was not _______.
A. strong B. kind C. foolish D. clever
4.Which is the most possible title for this passage?
A. A Lost Ear B. A Busy Cleaner
C. A Falling Knife D. A forgetful Man
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When this story happened，they were working around a very large house．Their job was to do the cleaning．It was not a difficult job，but sometimes it was a little dangerous，because they had to walk below where workmen were working．Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground．One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette behind one of his ears．Suddenly somebody on the top shouted，"Look out!"But Joe did not"look out"．He looked up．And as he did so，a long knife missed Joe's head，but it cut off one of his ears．At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out，"I've lost an ear．Help!Help!"Jeff ran up to help his friend．"Look for my ear，"Joe told him．"It must be on the ground somewhere．"Jeff looked everywhere for the missing ear．At last he found an ear on the ground．He picked it up and carried it to Joe．"Here you are，"he said，"I've found it．"Joe looked at it．"No，that's not my ear．"he said，"Mine had a cigarette behind it．"
1.What were Joe and Jeff？
A. Soldiers． B. Drivers． C. Farmers． D. Cleaners．
2.How did Joe lose his ear？
A. He cut it off by himself．
B. Jeff cut it off with a knife．
C. A falling knife cut it off．
D. A cigarette burned it up．
3.At the end of the story Jeff found ．
A. someone else's ear
B. Joe's ear
C. a long knife
D. a cigarette
4.From the passage，we know Joe was not ．
A. strong B. kind C. foolish D. clever
5.Which is the most possible title for this passage？
A. A Lost Ear B. A Busy Cleaner
C. A Falling Knife D. A forgetful Man
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