Sad ending unites two familiesThe story of Ro...

Sad ending unites two families

The story of Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona in Italy. Two families, the Montagues and the Capulets, hate each other so much that they fight on the street whenever they meet.

One of these families, the Capulets, holds a big party. They introduce their daughter Juliet to a rich nobleman (贵族), Count (伯爵) Paris, who has asked to marry her. Juliet is nearly 14, and her parents are keen for her to marry soon.

That night, at the party, Romeo, the son of the Montague family, meets Juliet and they fall in love at first sight. However, Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, knows Romeo is from the Montague family and wants to kill him. Romeo hides in the garden and talks to Juliet when she appears on her balcony. The next day they go to a priest (神父) called Friar Lawrence, who marries them in secret.

Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, gets angry very easily. He starts a fight with Romeo’s best friend. When Romeo steps in to break up the fight between the two men, his best friend is accidentally killed. Romeo runs after Tybalt in anger and kills him. Romeo is sent away from Verona.But Friar Lawrence, the priest who organized the secret wedding between Romeo and Juliet, arranges for them to spend one night together as husband and wife.　

Meanwhile, the Capulets decide that Juliet must marry Count Paris at once. When Juliet says that she doesn’t want to, her parents are very angry with her. Of course, they do not know that she has already secretly married Romeo. Juliet asks Friar Lawrence to help her to see Romeo again. Friar Lawrence has an idea － he gives Juliet a drug which will make everyone think that she is dead. But in fact she’s only in a long, deep sleep. While Juliet is sleeping, Friar Lawrence sends a message to Romeo to tell him to come to her tomb (坟墓) and take her away.

When the guests arrive for Juliet’s wedding the next day, they find Juliet’s lifeless body. Believing she is dead, her family put her in their tomb. Sadly, Romeo never gets Friar Lawrence’s message that Juliet has taken a drug and is really alive. He only hears that she is dead. Romeo returns to Verona, and goes to Juliet’s tomb. There, inside the tomb, he meets Count Paris, who has also come to say goodbye to Juliet. The two fight and Romeo kills him. Romeo still believes that Juliet is dead, so he drinks poison (毒药) and dies. But soon after this, Juliet’s drug stops working and she wakes up. She sees that Romeo is dead, takes his knife, and kills herself, too.

1.Where did the story take place?

A. In England.　　 B. In Italy.　　 C. In France.　　 D. In America

2.Which of the following is TRUE about the two families?

A. Juliet comes from the Capulet family.

B. The Montagues and the Capulets are friends.

C. The Montague family organizes the big party.

D. Romeo and Juliet have been friends since they were little.

3.What can you learn from Paragraph 4?

A. Romeo’s best friend kills Juliet’s cousin Tybalt.

B. Romeo accidentally kills his best friend in a fight.

C. The priest hopes Romeo and Juliet can be husband and wife.

D. Friar Lawrence is a nobleman who wants to marry Juliet.

4.Which is the right order of events of the last two paragraphs?

a. Romeo took the poison and died.

b. Romeo went to Juliet’s tomb.

c. Juliet drank the drug and fell asleep.

d. Juliet woke up and killed herself with the knife.

e. Romeo killed Count Paris.

A. c-b-e-a-d　　 B. b-d-a-e-c　　 C. c-e-a-b-d　　 D. e-b-a-c-d

5.What is the ending of the story ?

A. Two families held a wedding party for the couple.

B. Two families promised to have another marriage.

C. Two families complained each other and fought often.

D. Two families made peace and built a monument(纪念碑) for the two.

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

Shakespeare wrote many plays. One of his　　　 plays is Romeo and Juliet.

A.great B.greater C.greatest D.the greatest

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

You must have read or heard of the sad love story between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. But can you imagine the two singing opera in English instead of speaking poetic Chinese?

Jia and Lin are two characters from the classic Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions《红楼梦》），written by Cao Xueqin （1715-1763）. Now the book has been made into an English-language opera. The opera was first performed last September in San Francisco, US. This month it comes to Beijing, Changsha and Wuhan.

Many of the opera’s creators have backgrounds （背景）in both Chinese and American cultures, including the director and playwrights. Their understanding of both cultures helped them to change a Chinese classic into a foreign-language opera.

The book, which covers the rise and fall of the Jia family, has 120 chapters and hundreds of characters. But opera writer David Henry Hwang cut down the number of characters to just seven. Huang, a Chinese-American, focused on the love story between Jia and Lin and tried to write a heartbroken tragedy （悲剧）that everyone would understand.

The art director Timmy Yip, from Hong Kong, tried to help foreign people understand the characters using costumes （服装）and stage settings （布景）.He compared Lin to water and gave her a light green costume. When Lin shows up on stage, there is usually water around her on the stage.

The creators consider it to be a meaningful job to introduce a Chinese classic to Western audiences. Hwang told China Daily he was happy to “have made a contribution to the land where my parents were born.

1.Who wrote the opera for the Chinese classic novel A Dream of Red Mansions?

A.Lin Daiyu. B.Cao Xueqin. C.Jia Baoyu. D.David Henry Hwang.

2.The opera was ________

A.sung in poetic Chinese B.performed in many languages

C.performed in China after one year D.first performed Beijing

3.Which of the following is NOT a difference between the book and the opera?

A.The sad love story. B.The whole family’s story.

C.The language used, D.The number of characters.

4.The “land” in the last paragraph refers to?

A.America B.San Francisco

C.China D.the place where David was born

5.Why did the creators make the book into an English-language opera?

A.Because they thought the book was not good enough.

B.Because they hope to help others learn English.

C.Because they wanted Westerners to know about the Chinese novel.

D.Because they have backgrounds in Western culture.

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

You must have read or heard of the sad love story between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. But can you imagine the two singing opera in English instead of speaking poetic Chinese?

Jia and Lin are two characters from the classic Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions（《红楼梦》）, written by Cao Xueqin（1715—1763）. Now the book has been made into an English—language opera. The opera was first performed last September in San Francisco, US. This month it comes to Beijing, Changsha and Wuhan.

Many of the opera’s creators have backgrounds（背景）in both Chinese and American cultures, including the director and playwrights. Their understanding of both cultures helped them to change a Chinese classic into a foreign—language opera.

The book, which covers the rise and fall of the Jia family, has 120 chapters and hundreds of characters. But opera writer David Henry Hwang cut down the number of characters to just seven. Hwang, a Chinese—American, focused on the love story between Jia and Lin and tried to write a heartbroken tragedy（悲剧） that everyone would understand.

The art director Timmy Yip, from Hong Kong, tried to help foreign people understand the characters using costumes（服装） and stage settings（布景）. He compared Lin to water and gave her a light green costume. When Lin shows up on stage, there is usually water around her on the stage.

The creators consider it to be a meaningful job to introduce a Chinese classic to Western audiences. Hwang told China Daily he was happy to “have made a contribution to the land where my parents were born.”

1.Who wrote the opera for the Chinese classic novel A Dreum of Red Mansions?

A.Lin Daiyu. B.Cao Xueqin.

C.Jia Baoyu. D.David Henry Hwang.

2.The opera was________

A.sung in poetic Chinese B.first performed in Beijing

C.performed in China after one year D.performed in many languages

3.Which of the following is NOT a difference between the book and the opera?

A.The language used. B.The sad love story.

C.The number of characters. D.The whole family’s story.

4.Why did the creators make the book into an English—language opera?

A.Because they have backgrounds in Western culture.

B.Because they thought the book was not good enough.

C.Because they hope to help others learn English.

D.Because they wanted Westerners to know about the Chinese novel.

5.The best title of the passage is________.

A.Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu Sing Foreign Opera

B.A Dream of Red Mansions

C.The Sad Love Story between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu

D.David Henry Hwang’s Opera

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Books for Children

1.If you want to make a Christmas plan together with your children, which book do you prefer？

A. Star of Wonder.

B. The Not-So-Wise Man.

C. First Festival: Christmas.

D. My Very First Christmas Book.

2.Which number would you dial (拨号) if you want to order a book for your 2-year-old child?

A. 07459 40560.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. 07459 38922.

C. 07459 45783.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. 07459 44116.

3.If your child wants to read stories of animals, whose book will be your choice?

A. Pat Alexander.　　 B. Beth Webb.

C. Lois Rock.　　　　　 D. Elizabeth Goudge.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Books for Children

1. If you want to make a Christmas plan together with your children, which book do you prefer？

A. Star of Wonder.

B. The Not-So-Wise Man.

C. First Festival: Christmas.

D. My Very First Christmas Book.

2.Which number would you dial (拨号) if you want to order a book for your 2-year-old child?

A. 07459 40560.　　　　 B. 07459 38922.

C. 07459 45783.　　　　 D. 07459 44116.

3. If your child wants to read stories of animals, whose book will be your choice?

A. Pat Alexander.　　 B. Beth Webb.

C. Lois Rock.　　　　　 D. Elizabeth Goudge.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

A warm story has been taking place on one end of Islington Road.

Glenda and Raphael Savitz met with each other in 2011 in Boston. They fell in love and got married in the fall of 2013. In the summer of 2016, the couple moved to Auburndale, Florida. Three months later, their daughter Samantha was born..

However, within a week, the doctor told them that their newborn baby was deaf. It was a hard blow to the couple.　 What should they do? They had no choice but to help her learn sign language. "We are going to learn it, too. It is important for her growth and development," the mother said.

But they didn't expect it when their neighbors all started to learn sign language. " We were excited that this new baby was coming," said Jill McNeil, one of the neighbors. "But it's frustrating （令人沮丧的）not to be able to say, " Oh, Samantha, I love your pretty pink pants. " To communicate with the cute girl, they had to know her language.　 So these neighbors hired a tutor without letting Glenda and Raphael know.

Go. Like. Want. Eat. Play. Have. Make. These adult-students started with simple words. They then learnt to ask questions in sign language, such as " Who do you live with?" and " Where does your family live?"

Now the American Sign Language has become a second tongue in the neighborhood. These kind neighbors practice it with the girl almost every day.

Growing up in such a warm neighborhood, Samantha is now a happy and energetic（充满活力的）girl. She greets her neighbors every time she sees them. It's an amazing situation, since deaf children can be shy.

Samantha is a lucky girl. She has found real family among all those people next door.

1.Which of the following words CANNOT describe the couple's feeling when they knew that their daughter was deaf?

A.Sad. B.Hopeless. C.Worried. D.Happy.

2.Which of the following is a sign language?

A.A B.B C.C D.D

3.What does the underlined word "hired" mean in the passage?

A.派遣 B.聘用 C.命令 D.指导

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.The story took place in Boston.

B.None of Samantha's neighbors like her.

C.Samantha's neighbors learnt sign language secretly.

D.A teacher advised Samantha to learn sign language with her neighbors.

5.The writer wants to tell us ______________________.

A.Samantha was very unlucky because she was born deaf

B.Samantha's parents expected people around her to learn deaf language

C.Samantha was a lucky girl because her neighbors tried to help her

D.Samantha was unhappy because she couldn't talk with her neighbors

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

The ending of the story was so surprising and completely went ________ my imagination.

A. acrossB. overC. through D. beyond

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare (兔子) and the tortoise (乌龟). At the end I said.“Son, remember: Slow and steady (稳固的) wins the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”

Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m participating（参加） in the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy and Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”

I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep on the way!”

“He must have wished that,” Sonny said. “Otherwise how could he be so stupid as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”

“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted, “He won the race by perseverance（坚持）, by pushing on steadily.”

Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”

I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.

1.The writer disagreed with his son because _______.

A. They disagreed about whether the tortoise was stupid

B. He liked tortoises while his son liked hares

C. He liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t

D. He tried to teach his son the moral(道德的) lesson of the story but the son rejected(拒绝) it

2.Sonny believed that the tortoise _______.

A. was not given a fair chance in the race

B. in fact couldn’t win the race

C. took a risk by agreeing to race

D. won the race by his own effort

3.The writer thought that his generation (代) _______.

A. had different ideas about life from Sonny’s generation

B. were more clever than Sonny’s generation

C. had the same ideas about life as Sonny’s generation

D. were more hopeful than Sonny’s generation

4.When the writer says“I gave up” at the end, he means _______.

A. he gave up Sonny as a hopeless child

B. he gave up arguing with Sonny

C. he gave up trying to keep up with the new generation

D. he gave up his belief in the moral ideal of the hare and tortoise story

5.According to the passage, who do you think learnt a lesson?

A. Sonny B. The tortoise

C. The hare D. Sonny’s father

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. At the end I said, “Son, remember: Be slow and steady, and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”

Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”

I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”

“He must wish that already,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”

“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by pushing on steadily.”

Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare didn’t happen to fall asleep, the tortoise would never win the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never win the race. That’s for sure.”

I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.

1.The writer argued with his son because ______________.

A.he liked tortoises while his son liked hares

B.they disagreed about whether the tortoise was foolish

C.he tried to teach his son a lesson but the son had totally different opinion

D.he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t.

2.Sonny believed that the tortoise ______________.

A.won the race by his own hard working

B.took a risk by agreeing to run a race

C.was not given a fair chance in the race

D.in fact did win the race luckily

3.Billy, Tony and Sandy must be_______________.

A.boys who were unknown to Sonny’s father

B.boys who Sonny has run races with before

C.boys who Sonny has never raced with before

D.boys who Sonny did not hope to race with again

4.According to the passage, who do you think learnt a lesson? ______________.

A.The tortoise B.Sonny

C.The hare D.Sonny’s father

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析