Today, not all people over 70 think they are old. People stay younger for longer. Here are three women who are over 70 and are still strong. What do they do, and how long have they done it?
79-year-old Omara from Cuba(古巴) is one of the most popular jazz singers in the world. She has been singing and dancing in clubs for 60 years. Her latest CD, Gracias, came out in 2009 and is enjoyed by people of different ages. |
Dodo was born on September 1, 1919. She has been an outstanding American tennis player for more than 70 years, from a young girl into her 90s. Now she plays in the matches for people over 75 and has won over 320 medals. |
American lady Carmen, who was born in 1931, has been a model since she was 13. Her job started when a photographer saw her on a bus and asked to take her photo. Today she still shows up on world-class fashion shows, shining brightly together with young girls who are in their 20s. |
1.Omara, Dodo and Carmen are all_________.
A. from America B. young and famous
C. old but still working D. working with young girls
2.Omara has been singing and dancing in clubs for_________ years.
A. 60 B. 70 C. 75 D. 90
3.Dodo has won over 320 medals in_________.
A. singing contests B. photo contests
C. dancing contests D. tennis matches
4.Carmen became a_________ at the age of 13.
A. singer B. model C. tennis player D. photographer
5.What does the reading above tell us?
A. These days young people are not as hard-working as the old.
B. Women in Western countries are not supposed to retire early.
C. Many people stay younger for longer because they keep on working.
D. The three ladies are still working because they want to make more money.
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题
Today, not all people over 70 think they are old. People stay younger for longer. Here are three women who are over 70 and are still strong. What do they do, and how long have they done it?
79-year-old Omara from Cuba(古巴) is one of the most popular jazz singers in the world. She has been singing and dancing in clubs for 60 years. Her latest CD, Gracias, came out in 2009 and is enjoyed by people of different ages. |
Dodo was born on September 1, 1919. She has been an outstanding American tennis player for more than 70 years, from a young girl into her 90s. Now she plays in the matches for people over 75 and has won over 320 medals. |
American lady Carmen, who was born in 1931, has been a model since she was 13. Her job started when a photographer saw her on a bus and asked to take her photo. Today she still shows up on world-class fashion shows, shining brightly together with young girls who are in their 20s. |
1.Omara, Dodo and Carmen are all_________.
A. from America B. young and famous
C. old but still working D. working with young girls
2.Omara has been singing and dancing in clubs for_________ years.
A. 60 B. 70 C. 75 D. 90
3.Dodo has won over 320 medals in_________.
A. singing contests B. photo contests
C. dancing contests D. tennis matches
4.Carmen became a_________ at the age of 13.
A. singer B. model C. tennis player D. photographer
5.What does the reading above tell us?
A. These days young people are not as hard-working as the old.
B. Women in Western countries are not supposed to retire early.
C. Many people stay younger for longer because they keep on working.
D. The three ladies are still working because they want to make more money.
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
—Young people like Jeans.
— jeans were invented over l00 years ago, they are still in style today.
A.Because B.If C.Since D.Although
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
根据短文内容和所给中文提示,在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。
Today,1.(千)of people are taking Yoga(瑜伽)classes all over the world. Yoga,as a traditional exercise from India,has become more than a sports activity and has changed into a lifestyle. People love the exercise and 2.(也)enjoy the culture of it. Yoga classes are no longer 3.(拥挤的)with women. According to a survey,now more and more fashionable young men love it,too. Mike,an American,is one of the 4.(会员)of a Yoga club in Beijing. He is 5.(在……之中)the few men students in his class. Mike says exercising Yoga has helped him and made him much 6.(健康) than before. At the same time,more young Chinese men are joining in the activity. Xiao Gang,who was first7.(要求)to take Yoga classes by his girl friend,hoped that he could be thinner by doing Yoga. Now he has become a real Yoga fan 8.(他自己).He has9.(失去)2.5 kg successfully in a threemonth exercise and become thinner. He says Yoga has changed his lifestyle. He feels more 10.(自信的)and energetic(精力充沛的)in his work,too.
九年级英语短文填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
People all over the world write to Big Ben. They even send birthday presents. Big Ben is not a person. It’s a clock. Big Ben is the great clock hanging up in a tower of the parliament building. The people of London like to see Big Ben’s four friendly faces. They like to hear the bell striking (敲)on the hour. Bong! Bong! Bong!
Big Ben’s story started in 1834. In that year the old parliament building was burned down. Its clock tower fell to the ground. There had to be a new building and a new clock. Plans were made. They called for a “King of Clock, the biggest and the best in the world”. So the clock had to be big. And it had to keep very good time. In two years the big clock was made. Five more years went by before the clock tower was last finished. Then the four bells for the chimes (鸣响) were brought into the tower. And at last the big hour bell was put in place. It rang out for the first time on July 11, 1859. This great bell had to have a name. A meeting of parliament was called to pick one. “This clock is the king of clocks,” one man said. “Let’s call the bell the Queen of Bells.” “Then why not Victoria?” said another (Victoria was the British queen (英国女王) at that time). The talk about names went on and on. Then Benjamin Hall got up to speak. He was a big man. By this time they were all tired. Someone shouted, “Why not call it Big Ben and be done with it?” Everybody laughed, and the meeting was over. But it was called Big Ben from then on. Not just the bell but the whole clock.
1.In 1834, what happened to the clock tower?
A. People finished the clock tower.
B. People sold the clock tower.
C. People polluted the clock tower.
D. The clock tower broke down.
2. Big Ben is the name of a _______.
A. building B. clock
C. beautiful girl D. city
3. In which year might Victoria be the British queen?
A. 1583 B. 1768 C. 1620 D. 1863
4.Which is the best title (标题)for this passage?
A. Why Big Ben Is So Big
B. British Parliament Building
C. How Big Ben Got Its Name
D. British Queen Victoria
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Not all people can afford to buy expensive books. There are Sending libraries where people, old and young, can borrow books if they are members. The largest library in Singapore is the National Library at Stamford Road. More than thousands of books can be found. Most of them are English books although there are also some Chinese and Malay readers.
You can borrow books from the library if you are a member. To be a member you have to pay a certain fee. After you have paid the fee, you are given a card and you can use this card to borrow books for three weeks at a time.
Students do not need to pay membership fee. All they need is a letter from their school principals and they can become members of the library. For those who live far away there are extension (扩大) libraries at Toa Payoh, Queenstown and other places which also have books for readers to borrow.
Reading is a good habit as it can increase our knowledge and improve our language.
1.Many people borrow books from the library because ________.
A. books are more and more expensive
B. they are members of libraries
C. there are all kinds of books in the library
D. libraries are everywhere
2.From the passage we can guess that ________.
A. all the books in National Library are English books
B. there are no other books besides English ones
C. there are many Chinese living or working in Singapore
D. Malay people’s language is English
3.________ can borrow books from the library.
A. All the people living in Singapore B. Only the members of the library
C. Only the people who speak English D. The Chinese and Malay people
4.If a student wants to be a member of the library, what he needs is ________.
A. to pay a certain fee B. to have a library card
C. to know how to use the library card D. a letter from the school principals
5.Reading ________.
A. can help you to know more B. can improve your language
C. is a good habit D. all of the above
九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析
In the world today, all of the people need recreation(消遣). We can not work all the time if we are going to keep healthy and enjoy life.
Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular form is to take part in sports. There are team sports, such as basketball and football. There are also individual(个人的) sports, such as swimming and running. Skating and mountain climbing are the most popular recreation for people who like to be outdoor(室外的).
Not everyone who enjoys sports likes to take part in them. Many people like watching them on TV or listening to them on the radio. So many people like some forms of indoor recreation, such as watching TV, singing and dancing.
It doesn’t matter whether we like indoor recreation or take part in outdoor sports. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time, and enjoy some forms of recreation.
1. Which is the most popular form of recreation?
A. Sports B. Watching TV C. Sleeping D. Singing and dancing
2.People want to take part in sports in order to .
A. keep healthy and enjoy life B. make friends
C. find a good job D. make more money
3. Outdoor sports include(包括)________.
A. watching TV B. singing and dancing
C. listening to the radio D. skating and mountain climbing
4.Why do many people like watching sports on TV or listening to them on the radio?
A. Because they like sports, but they don’t like to take part in them.
B. Because they don’t enjoy sports.
C. Because they don’t enjoy life.
D. Because they don’t need recreation.
5. The passage tells us that________.
A. basketball is a kind of team sports
B. everyone who enjoys sports should take part in them
C. different people have different ways of relaxing
D. indoor recreation is not as important as outdoor sports
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
—Why are there so many people learning English all over the world?
—They speak English as second language.
A. a B. an C. the
九年级英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析
People all over the world are now taking action to fight against the novel coronavirus. But how they behave may depend on their own culture and traditions. Let's take a look.
When everyone in China is wearing masks to stop the novel coronavirus, many people in Western countries don't seem to want to do the same. For example, an Italian lawmaker was criticized (批评)by his coworkers when he went to work with a mask. They said he was "causing panic"(恐慌). But why do the East and West have different ideas about wearing masks? Let's take a look.
Western ideas about masks
In the West, people should wear masks only when they get sick—chronic allergies(慢性过敏) or infectious(传染的)diseases. People see masks as a tool to protect sick people and stop disease from spreading, so healthy people don't need to wear them. Therefore, during the novel coronavirus outbreak, people would be "treated as a virus spreader" if they go out with a mask. Some European and American people say wearing a mask outdoors makes them feel "worried", "shy", and "afraid of being looked at differently."
But as the number of COVID-19 cases is growing around the world, people in the West are changing their ideas. In the US, for example, many healthy people are starting to wear masks now to protect themselves.
Mask culture in the East
In Asian countries like China and Japan, wearing masks is common. In 1910, Chinese doctor Wu Liande invented the modern medical mask during the pneumonic plague(肺鼠疫). Since then, masks have been a symbol of China's position as a modern, scientific nation,according to Scottish medical anthropologist(人类学家)Christos Lynteris. During the 2003 SARS epidemic(传染病), people in China and East Asia also used masks to protect themselves.
In Japan, wearing masks shows your politeness when you get a cold or flu. Some Japanese also turn masks into fashion. They have different colors and patterns to choose to match their clothes. Some young women wear masks when they don't have their makeup on. Many pop stars in Asia also use masks to protect their privacy(隐私). This cultural and historical background has made it easier for people in the East to wear masks when epidemics break out.
1.What did the coworkers think of the Italian lawmaker?
A.He was too worried to work. B.He made other people nervous.
C.He was unwilling to go to work. D.He was just trying to protect himself.
2.From the story, what might people use masks to do in Japan?
a. Show politeness. b. Protect privacy. c. Look fashionable. d. Protect their makeup.
A.abc B.bcd C.acd D.abd
3.From the story, we know that________.
A.healthy people in the West will never wear masks
B.wearing masks is the only way to protect ourselves
C.masks can be used in many different ways
D.masks are not useful during a serious epidemic
九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析
Humans are social animals. They live in groups all over the world. As these groups of people live apart from other groups, over the years and centuries they develop their own habits and ideas, which form different cultures. One important particular side of every culture is how its people deal with time.
Time is not very important in non industrial societies. The Nuer people of East Africa, for example, do not even have a word TIME that is in agreement with the abstract thing we call time. The daily lives of the people of such non industrial societies are likely to be patterned around their physical needs and natural events rather than around a time schedule (时间表) based on the clock. They cook and eat when they are hungry and sleep when the sun goes down. They plant crops during the growing seasons and harvest them when the crops are ripe. They measure time not by a clock or calendar(日历), but by saying that an event takes place before or after some other event. Frequently such a society measures day in terms of “sleeps” or longer periods in terms of “moons”. Some cultures, such as the Eakinos of Greenland measure seasons according to the migration of certain animals.
Some cultures which do not have a written language or keep written records have developed interesting ways of “telling time”. For example, when several Australian aborigines want to plan an event for a future time, one of them places a stone on a cliff or in a tree. Each day the angle of the sun changes slightly. In a few days, the rays of the sun strike the stone in a certain way. When this happens, the people see that the agreed - upon time has arrived and the event can take place.
In contrast (成对比), exactly correct measurement of time is very important in modern, in detribalized societies. This is because industrialized societies require the helpful efforts of many people in order to work. For a factory to work efficiently (well, quickly and without waste), for example , all of the workers must work at the same time, Therefore, they must know what time to start work in the morning and what time they may go home in the afternoon. Passengers must know the exact time that an airplane will arrive or depart. Students and teachers need to know when a class starts and ends. Stores must open on time in order to serve their customers. Complicated (复杂的) societies need clocks and calendars. Thus, we can see that if each person worked according to his or her own schedule, a complicated society could hardly work at all.
1.By saying “Humans are social animals”, the author means ________.
A.they live all over the world.
B.they are different from other animals
C.they live in one area as a whole
D.they are divided into many groups
2.Time is not very important in non industrial societies. This is because people in those societies ________.
A.don’t have the word TIME in their languages
B.don’t get used to using clocks and other timepieces
C.don’t measure time in their daily lives
D.don’t need to plan their daily lives around an exact time schedule
3.The Australian aborigines’ way of “telling time” is based on ________.
A.the change of the sun rays
B.the movement of the earth in relation to the sun
C.the position of the stone
D.the position of the tree or the cliff
4.Which of the following night be the best title for this passage?
A.Time and Culture
B.The Measurement of Time
C.Time schedule and Daily Life
D.Clock, Calendar and Society
九年级英语阅读单选简单题查看答案及解析
People all over the world are now taking action to fight against COVID-19. But what they do may depend on their own culture and traditions.
On Feb 26, when an Italian lawmaker (议员) went into the country’s Lower Chamber with a mask to prevent the novel coronavirus, he was criticized (批评) by his workmates for “causing panic (恐慌)”. Articles from Western media carry headlines such as “No, you do not need face masks to prevent coronavirus.” You might be surprised, as in China and other Asian countries, people have willingly put masks on during the outbreak.
Western thoughts about masks
In the West, people are taught to wear masks only when they get sick. Masks are seen as a tool to protect sick people and prevent the disease from spreading, so healthy people don’t need to wear them. Therefore, during the novel coronavirus outbreak, overseas Chinese students said that they would be “stared at like a virus spreader” if they go out with a mask. According to a survey done by Global Times among some European and American people, wearing a mask in public can make them feel “worried”, “shy”, and “afraid of being looked at differently”.
But as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to grow around the world, many people in the West are changing their attitudes (态度). In the US, for example, the need for masks is very high now. The US surgeon general (卫生局局长) has been asking people to avoid hoarding (囤积) masks, as they are more needed in hospitals than by the general public.
Mask culture in the East
In Asian countries like China and Japan, there has been a long tradition of mask-wearing. In China, for example, when doctor Wu Liande invented the modern medical mask during the pneumonic plague (肺鼠疫) in 1910, the mask became a symbol of China’s position as a modern, scientific nation. The 2003 SARS epidemic again led to the wide use of masks as a form of anti-viral (抗病毒的) protection in China and elsewhere in East Asia.
In Japan, wearing masks has long been seen as a manner to reassure (使安心) others when one catches a cold or flu. Some Japanese also turn masks into fashion accessories (配饰), with different colors and styles to match their clothes. Wearing masks is also a way to “hide” for young women when they don’t have their makeup (化妆) on.
In more collectivist (集体主义的) cultures in Asia, wearing masks might also be a symbol of solidarity (团结) during the outbreak, according to Christos Lynteris. “Mask culture in Asia creates a sense of a fate (命运) shared, common obligation (责任) and civic (公民的) duty.” People wear masks “to show that they want to stick together” in the face of danger, Lynteris wrote.
1.Why don’t healthy people in the West wear masks?
A.They don’t think masks can prevent disease. B.They think masks are for sick people to wear.
C.Only medical workers need to wear masks. D.Wearing a mask looks funny.
2.Masks have been widely used in China since ________.
A.the invention of the modern medical mask B.the pneumonic plague in 1910
C.Christos Lynteris wore one publicly D.the outbreak of SARS in 2003
3.What isn’t the reason for Japanese wearing masks?
A.They wear masks to reassure others when catching a cold or flu.
B.Some Japanese wear masks as fashion accessories.
C.Some young women wear masks when they don’t make up.
D.They wear masks to make others feel worried.
4.What does Lynteris mean in the last paragraph?
A.People have no sense of duty if they don’t wear masks.
B.Mask culture creates a sense of collective obligation.
C.Asian people are more united in the face of danger.
D.We are a community with a shared future for mankind.
5.The purpose of the story is to ________.
A.explain why Westerners don’t wear masks
B.prove the importance of wearing masks during an epidemic(流行病)
C.show how opinions about masks differ between different countries
D.explain the history of masks
九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析