My 13-year-old daughter Lisa remembers birthdays, makes people cards when they are sick, and sends encouraging notes written in colored pens in her neat, artistic hand.
One day I got a call from her principal, “I called to tell you that in 20 years of teaching I have seen nothing like what Lisa did today”, he said
I held my breath again as I thought, my Lisa? My sweet daughter? She must be the wrong kid. What could she have done?
My silence made him go on. “I’ve never seen a student do anything so nice for anyone who needed it more.”
“What did she do?” I asked. He explained to me about the cupcakes (杯形蛋糕).
When Lisa came home from school that afternoon, I told her the principal from her school had phoned me.
“Yeah”, she answered, “I got called out of math class to go to his office. Everyone thought I was in trouble, but he just wanted to know what was going on at lunch.”
Lisa and Ashley had sat with Jordan, a boy who is in special classes. They talked about birthdays, and Lisa asked Jordan when his birthday was. He told her it was coming up but that he lives in a group home and they don’t celebrate birthdays there.
“I remembered his birthday was today, so I made the cupcakes yesterday,” Lisa explained. “Ashley bought a two-liter bottle of soda and some birthday cups, plates, and napkins (餐巾纸) left over from her little brother’s party, and we got some other kids together at lunch today to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Jordan.”
“The principal wanted to know why they were having a birthday party for Jordan at school. When they told him, he just shook his head, took off his glasses, and rubbed his eyes,” Lisa told me. “Finally, he said he was going to tell my parents that I wasn’t in trouble, he was proud of what I did, and I could go back to math class.”
How different my daughter was from me. Better, in fact! I wouldn’t have ever known how to help out disadvantaged kids like that. But my wise daughter knew how-- all it took was cupcakes and adventurous (富有冒险精神的), independent (独立的), kind spirit.
1.What kind of person is Lisa according to the article?
A. She loves making friends with boys.
B. She is fun-loving and humorous.
C. She is warm-hearted and caring.
D. She often asks for trouble.
2.What can we know from the school principal’s phone call?
A. Birthday parties are usually not allowed at the school.
B. The principal was angry with Lisa and her friends.
C. Jordan was in the same class as Lisa.
D. The students thought Lisa was a lot of trouble.
3. How did Lisa and Ashley celebrate Jordan’s birthday?
A. They bought him a beautiful birthday cake.
B. They brought him food and drinks from home.
C. They invited Jordan’s parents to the birthday lunch.
D. They had the principal sing “Happy Birthday” to Jordan.
4. The writer wrote this article to ______________.
A. call upon schools to care more about disadvantaged kids
B. encourage kids to help others in whatever way they can
C. show how proud she felt of her daughter’s kindness.
D. show that helping others is rewarding in itself.
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题
My 13-year-old daughter Lisa remembers birthdays, makes people cards when they are sick, and sends encouraging notes written in colored pens in her neat, artistic hand.
One day I got a call from her principal, “I called to tell you that in 20 years of teaching I have seen nothing like what Lisa did today”, he said
I held my breath again as I thought, my Lisa? My sweet daughter? She must be the wrong kid. What could she have done?
My silence made him go on. “I’ve never seen a student do anything so nice for anyone who needed it more.”
“What did she do?” I asked. He explained to me about the cupcakes (杯形蛋糕).
When Lisa came home from school that afternoon, I told her the principal from her school had phoned me.
“Yeah”, she answered, “I got called out of math class to go to his office. Everyone thought I was in trouble, but he just wanted to know what was going on at lunch.”
Lisa and Ashley had sat with Jordan, a boy who is in special classes. They talked about birthdays, and Lisa asked Jordan when his birthday was. He told her it was coming up but that he lives in a group home and they don’t celebrate birthdays there.
“I remembered his birthday was today, so I made the cupcakes yesterday,” Lisa explained. “Ashley bought a two-liter bottle of soda and some birthday cups, plates, and napkins (餐巾纸) left over from her little brother’s party, and we got some other kids together at lunch today to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Jordan.”
“The principal wanted to know why they were having a birthday party for Jordan at school. When they told him, he just shook his head, took off his glasses, and rubbed his eyes,” Lisa told me. “Finally, he said he was going to tell my parents that I wasn’t in trouble, he was proud of what I did, and I could go back to math class.”
How different my daughter was from me. Better, in fact! I wouldn’t have ever known how to help out disadvantaged kids like that. But my wise daughter knew how-- all it took was cupcakes and adventurous (富有冒险精神的), independent (独立的), kind spirit.
1.What kind of person is Lisa according to the article?
A. She loves making friends with boys.
B. She is fun-loving and humorous.
C. She is warm-hearted and caring.
D. She often asks for trouble.
2.What can we know from the school principal’s phone call?
A. Birthday parties are usually not allowed at the school.
B. The principal was angry with Lisa and her friends.
C. Jordan was in the same class as Lisa.
D. The students thought Lisa was a lot of trouble.
3. How did Lisa and Ashley celebrate Jordan’s birthday?
A. They bought him a beautiful birthday cake.
B. They brought him food and drinks from home.
C. They invited Jordan’s parents to the birthday lunch.
D. They had the principal sing “Happy Birthday” to Jordan.
4. The writer wrote this article to ______________.
A. call upon schools to care more about disadvantaged kids
B. encourage kids to help others in whatever way they can
C. show how proud she felt of her daughter’s kindness.
D. show that helping others is rewarding in itself.
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I took my 9-year-old daughter, Susan and 5-year-old son, Robbie to the shopping center. As we got there, we saw a big sign that said, "Petting Zoo". The kids jumped up and asked, "Daddy, can we go?"
Both my wife and I were out of work. However；I said, "Sure", giving them a quarter each. They went away, leaving only fifty cents left in my pocket.
A petting zoo is made up of hundreds of little baby animals of all kinds. Kids pay their money and stay in the enclosure（围场）pleased with the little animals while their parents shop.
A few minutes later, I saw Susan walking along behind me. I was surprised and asked what was wrong.
She said sadly, "Well, Daddy, a ticket for Petting Zoo costs fifty cents. So I gave Robbie my quarter." Then she said the most beautiful thing I ever heard. She repeated the family motto（座右铭）, which is "Love is Action!"
I knew clearly no one loves little animals more than Susan. She had watched both my wife and me do and say "Love is Action!" for years, and now she had put it into her lifestyle. It had become art of her, because she knew the whole family motto. It's not only "Love is Action", it's "Love is SACRIFICIAL（牺牲的）Action!" Love always pays a price.
I was moved. We went back to the Petting Zoo. Susan stood with her hands and chin（下巴）resting on the fence and just watched Robbie go crazy petting and feeding the animals. I had fifty cents burning a hole in my pocket. I put my hand into my pocket and took out the money. Sure, I must do that!
1.What is the best title for this passage?
A.A Petting Zoo
B.Love is Sacrificial Action
C.Try Your Best to Help Others
2.From the passage we can learn that________.
A.the family lived a hard life
B.Susan, didn't like playing with pets
C.the author was strict with the children
3.The underlined part "the most beautiful thing" in Paragraph 5 refers to（指）________.
A.their lifestyle B.the family motto C.the Petting Zoo
4.Which of the following best describes Susan?
A.Kind. B.Brave. C.Honest.
5.What might happen next according to the story?
A.The author would get angry with Robbie.
B.The author would buy Susan some candies.
C.Susan would play happily with the little animals.
九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析
We went into a secondhand shop to get out of the rain.
I took my 6-year-old daughter’s hand and we started to walk around. Suddenly she reached out her hand to touch a pair of shiny black shoes.
“Buy for me?” she asked.
“Oh, sweetie, they are tap dancing (踢踏舞) shoes,_____________ you aren’t taking tap dance.” “Buy for me?” she_____________.
“Well, let’s try them ____________.”
She sat on the floor and took off her bright pink rain boots ( 靴子). When she stood up we heard “click, click, click”. She took____________step, “click, click, click.”
The sun_______________and we went on our way. Our next stop was the grocery store (杂货店). “Click, click, click” people turned to look as we got in. People would never allow their daughters to wear tap dancing shoes to the grocery store.
“Excuse me, dear.________________would you allow your daughter to wear tap dancing shoes here? They make such a loud noise.”
“Isn’t it wonderful?”
“Wonderful? My dear, this is not the place_____________ those shoes.”
“You don’t understand. When she was a baby, doctors told us that she would never walk or talk. It has taken _______ hard work and patience. Now she asks for the shoes and the ‘click, click, click’ says that she can walk. You can’t imagine how_____________I am.” I said.
My daughter is 18 now and will graduate from Grade 12 in June. It has not always been easy, but it has all been worth the trouble. She has taught me that it doesn’t matter what others think.
They don’t walk in your ___________.
1.A.if B.though C.because D.but
2.A.said B.replied C.repeated D.thought
3.A.on B.in C.above ` D.out
4.A.other B.others C.another D.the other
5.A.came back B.came out C.came up D.came true
6.A.Why B.How C.When D.Who
7.A.wears B.wearing C.wore D.to wear
8.A.a lot B.a lot of C.a little D.a few
9.A.sad B.worried C.excited D.relaxed
10.A.shoes B.ways C.opinions D.words
九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I have to watch my 3-year-old daughter, so that my wife could go shopping with a friend. I was working in my study, my daughter _______to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I figured. But then it got a little too quiet and I shouted, “What are you doing?”
No _______. I repeated my question and heard her say, “O h … nothing. ” Nothing?I got up from my desk and ran out into the living room, where I saw her running across the hall. I followed and watched her as her little behind made a quick _______ into the bathroom. I told her to turn around. She _______ I shouted again in a loud _______.”Young lady, I said turn around!”
Slowly , she turned toward me. In her hand was my wife’s new lipstick （口红）. And every square inch of her face was _______ with bright red! It looked messy and_______As the little girl looked up at me with _______eyes, I heard every voice shouted in my head:“How could you … you should know … How many times have you been told…The lipstick _______your mom…” I just thought about which old words I should ________ to use … But just before I shouted again. I noticed some words in her sweater. In big letters it said, “I’M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL!”
Soon the words became a (n)________to me ! I looked back up into her tearful eyes again. Instead of seeing a bad self-willed girl, I saw a little angel who was shining with light that I had nearly ________. “ Sweetheart, let’s take a Picture so Mommy can see how ________ you look” I felt lucky that I didn’t speak out the ________words. I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t miss the ________ to prove what a perfect angel he had given me.
1.A. happened B. preferred C. used D. appeared
2.A. reflection B. wish. C. answer D. action
3.A. promise B. turn C. decision D. difference
4.A. refused. B. agreed C. accepted. D. received
5.A. sound. B. noise. C. voice D. shout
6.A. left. B. fell C. covered D. behaved
7.A. pale B. fantastic C. ugly D. wild
8.A. excited B. scared C. interested D. tiny
9.A. paid B. cost C. spent D. took
10.A. pick up. B. bring out C. pick out D. bring up
11.A. secret B. inspiration C. discovery D. encouragement
12.A. warned. B. fooled C. hurt. D. littered
13.A. humorous B. general C. awful D. special
14.A. cruel B. funny C. polite D. private
15.A. course B. chance. C. influence D. direction
九年级英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
---Remember ____to my daughter’s dance show next Friday．
----Of course I will．I’ll never forget ____ her dance for the first time last year．
A． to come ;to see B． coming; to see
C． to come; seeing D． coming; seeing
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Next Friday is my daughter’s birthday. So I will buy her a cake with candles.
A. five; fifth B. twelfth; twelve C. nineth; nine
九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析
补全短文.
My little 10-year-old daughter Sarah taught me a lesson about life. She was born with something1. with her left foot, so she has to wear a brace(支架) all the time. One day, when she came back home, she told me that she had finished the "field day". On the "field day" children usually have lots of races and 2. competitive events (比赛项目). I thought Sarah must have had many 3. during the races because of her left foot. I didn't want this to get her 4. , so I hoped to give her a 5. words of encouragement. But before I could say something, she said, "Dad, I 6. two of the races!" I couldn't 7. it! Then Sarah said, "I had an 8. ." I knew it. I thought she must have been given a head start. It meant that she must have been 9. to run first. But again, 10. I could say something, she said, "Dad, I didn't get a head "start. My advantage was that I had to try harder!"
九年级英语单词拼写中等难度题查看答案及解析
My 11-year-old daughter has been offered an academic scholarship (奖学金) to a private school. It's only a small discount (折扣), but the scholarship means she is accepted by the school which my husband and I need to pay $ 20,000 a year for. Should we pay the private school cost, or choose free education instead?
It was really a hard decision for us to make. For me, I always wanted my children to go to a private school, like I did. Not because my family is rich, but because I believe that the best education is private. It took years for me to make peace with the fact that my two children attended our local public primary school. “They'll go to a private high school.” I told myself.
But the fact is that my eldest is now in her last year of primary school, and my husband and I will find our way to afford the private school. If so, I could increase my work hours. My law degree was supposed to be my ticket to a good job and a good pay, but that was just our wishes, not the fact.
During many sleepless nights, I felt troubled by the decision. Although I want the best for my daughter, I have my own dreams too. I can't give up everything for my baby girl. I explain that I want to be a positive (积极的) role model for my daughter, and an unhappy parent is a terrible strain on a family. I point out that even the best private school won’t protect my children from disappointment or hard work. And finally, it's decided.
Because I understand it's my family that shaped me instead of my great private school education. I can no longer remember the maths problems and what Shakespeare said which I once knew so perfectly. The lessons from my family, however, have turned out to be impossible to forget.
1.The scholarship her daughter has won means that ________.
A.she is good at sports B.the family is full of love
C.she is accepted by that private school D.they don’t have to pay for the school
2.The underlined word strain in Paragraph 3 means ________.
A.愤怒 B.安慰 C.负担 D.解脱
3.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A.The writer had a good job with a good pay.
B.It took a long time for her to make the final decision.
C.Her two children attended their local private primary school.
D.The scholarship her daughter won could cover all of her school cost.
4.We can infer from the passage that ________.
A.the daughter will go to a public high school
B.private schools provide better education than public schools
C.the writer wanted her daughter to receive the best education
D.her daughter’s talent was wasted at the public primary school
九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析
My 9-year-old daughter and I were flying from our home in Charlotte, North Carolina, to spend a week with my husband Mike in Miami, Florida. ___had been working in Florida for five months. Kallie ___her dad terribly.
The plane was full. I had ___a group of Boy Scouts(童子军) at the gate and said to my daughter that ___anything happened, we would be OK with all those scouts on our ___!
Because we did not get our boarding passes until we ___the gate, Kallie and I could not get seats together. That wasn’t such a big deal, except that Kallie had counted on me reading to her the whole way.
When the ___in my row boarded the plane, I asked if they would change places with Kallie or me. They____, saying they wanted to stay in their own seats.
At the same time, a mother and her two children several rows ahead of us also met the same____. The mother could hold her baby, but her 6-year-old son had to sit with strangers. ___nobody offered to help her.
Suddenly, the scout leader stood up and said: “Ma’am, I think we can help you.” He then ___five minutes rearranging his group so there was space available for the family. And then the mother was much more ___.
Amazingly, the man sitting next to the scout leader, turned to me and asked: “Would you and your daughter like our ___?” We changed seats and continued on our trip, very happy to be together.
Would that man have ___us his seat if the scouts hadn’t done so for the mom and her children? I don’t know. But I do know that ___is good, and good deeds cause more good deeds! Being kind is important and can be an example for everyone around you. One act of kindness can in turn cause many more kind acts.
1.A. She B. He C. We D. They
2.A. liked B. hated C. missed D. forgot
3.A. discovered B. thought C. admitted D. noticed
4.A. if B. when C. before D. after
5.A. ship B. flight C. train D. bus
6.A. left for B. left C. arrived at D. arrived in
7.A. passengers B. travellers C. hostess D. scouts
8.A. promised B. accepted C. refused D. agreed
9.A. time B. problem C. question D. performance
10.A. Therefore B. Because C. And D. However
11.A. took B. cost C. spent D. made
12.A. tired B. relaxed C. surprised D. friendly
13.A. presents B. books C. stories D. seats
14.A. offered B. gave C. showed D. provided
15.A. politeness B. kindness C. happiness D. carefulness
九年级英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
—Remember ________ to my daughter’s dance show next Friday.
—Of course I will. I’ll never forgot ________ her dance for the first time last year.
A. to come; to see B. coming; to see C. to come; seeing D. coming; seeing
九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析