Patricia was born in Michigan and grew up in ...

Patricia was born in Michigan and grew up in California. When she was a little girl, she often stayed with her grandparents who lived in Union City, Michigan. One summer day, a meteorite (流星) 1. (fall) from the sky, right into her grandparents’ backyard! Before that, her grandparents had lived a 2. ['kwaət] life on their farm. Now things were 3. from before. They had so much to do. People came to see the meteorite. The professors from the 4. [juːnɪ'vɜːsɪtɪ] came to study it and analyze (分析) it. Her grandparents had never talked to so many people in　 5. (they) lives! Everything changed.

As you can guess, no one in the town had ever 6. (see) a meteorite before! They were confused (困惑) and didn’t know 7. to do. Some people thought it would bring them good 8. (lucky) if they touched it.

Patricia loves to tell the story about her meteorite and even today, she carries a piece of the meteorite with her　 9. [weər'evə] she goes. When I met her, she let all of us touch it and make a 10.. What might you wish for if you could meet Patricia and see her meteorite?

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Patricia was born in Michigan and grew up in California. When she was a little girl, she often stayed with her grandparents who lived in Union City, Michigan. One summer day, a meteorite (流星) 1. (fall) from the sky, right into her grandparents’ backyard! Before that, her grandparents had lived a 2. ['kwaət] life on their farm. Now things were 3. from before. They had so much to do. People came to see the meteorite. The professors from the 4. [jun'vəst] came to study it and analyze (分析) it. Her grandparents had never talked to so many people in 5. (they) lives! Everything changed.

As you can guess, no one in the town had ever 6. (see) a meteorite before! They were confused (困惑) and didn’t know 7. to do. Some people thought it would bring them good 8. (lucky) if they touched it.

Patricia loves to tell the story about her meteorite and even today, she carries a piece of the meteorite with her 9. [weər'evə] she goes. When I met her, she let all of us touch it and make a 10.. What might you wish for if you could meet Patricia and see her meteorite?

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Alicia Keys was born in 1981 and grew up in New York. She had music and dance classes when she was a child and she first appeared on TV in the Cosby Show at the age of four. She started piano lessons when she was seven and learned classical music before she began to write her own songs at the age of 14.

Alicia signed a contract with J Records in 1999. She recorded several songs for films before her first album, Songs in Minor, came out in 2001. This was a fantastic success. It entered the charts at number one, sold 236,000 copies in its first week, and went on to sell over 12 million copies worldwide. Alicia won five big awards, including

Song of the Year for Fallin’, the album’s top single, which was a number one hit for six weeks.

Since then, Alicia has sold over 30 million albums. She has also become an actress and a record producer with her own studio. She plays the piano as well as singing on all her albums and she has written some great songs for other artists. She has performed in TV programmes and she made her first film, Smokin’ Aces, in 2007. Her other

films include The Nanny Diaries (2007) and The Secret Life of Bees (2008),’

1. Which of the following statements is NOT true when Alicia Keys was a child?

A. She lived in New York.

B. She took classical music lessons.

C. She learned dancing and singing.

D. She often appeared on television.

2.When did Alicia start writing songs?

A. In 1995

B. In 1999

C. At the Cosby Show

D. At the age of seven

3.The underlined words Song of the Year for Fallin’ in the second paragraph refers to?

A. A number one album in 2001.

B. The top sale album copies in a week.

C. The name of a hero in Songs in A Minor.

D. The song which was at the top of the charts for weeks.

4.What has Alicia done since 2001?

A. She has opened her own studio.

B. She has started playing the piano.

C. She has recorded all her songs herself.

D. She made her first film The Nanny Diaries.

5.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to Alicia?

①Made the film Smokin’ Aces

②Signed a contract with J Records

③Appeared on TV in The Cosby Show

④Songs in A Minor sold 236,000 copies ⑤Become an actress and a record producer

A. ③④②⑤① 　　　　　　 B.　 ③①④②⑤

C.　 ③⑤④②①　　　　　 D. ③②④⑤①

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Li Shizhen was born in 1518. When he grew up, he liked his father’s job and he was interested in medicine. He read many books about medicine and found something wrong in them. So he decided to write a new one. He tried his best to study medicine. He set out many times on long trips to collect herbs(采集草药)and talked with old farmers. In this way, he learned a lot from the working people.

After many years of hard work and study, Li Shizhen at last finished his great work, the Ben Cao Gang Mu in 1578. The book was one of the most important books in the medical science of the world.

1.Li Shizhen’s father was a ________ perhaps.

2.He decided to write a new medical book because there were ________ .

3.He often traveled long way for ________.

4.“his great work” means his ________Ben Cao Gang Mu.

5.He finished his work when he was________years old.

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Yang Hui was born in Longyan, Fujian. She grew up in a small village. She lost all her fingers and feet when she was three. She was badly burnt by accident when she went out with her grandparents. She couldn’t walk and she seldom went out.

The young girl had to learn to do everything. At first she wasn’t able to use chopsticks. Her parents had to teach her for a long time. Thanks to her strong will（意志）to do everything by herself, she overcame those difficult times. Now she can look after herself. She also loves studying and she has finished the junior high school courses.

About five years ago, Yang Hui saw someone make cross-stitch（十字绣）and she decided to learn to make it herself. As you can imagine, it’s very difficult to make it without fingers. Yang Hui failed so many times. But she never gave up. And through many hours of practice, now she can use her arms to make good cross-stitch works and she is faster than other people. “One had to put great efforts into what she was doing.” Yang Hui said.

Now she is 21 years old and she is in hospital in Fujian. She continues making a 1.83-meter-long cross-stitch work with arms. She has no enough money for her operations（手术）. Many kind-hearted people come to visit her and call on people to raise money for her.

As for her future, Yang Hui said, “I hope to stand up and walk one day after operations. I want to make more money by selling cross-stitch works.”

If you want to know more about Yang Hui and help her, please call 13004982348.

(From Fuzhou News)

1.Why did Yang Hui lose her fingers and feet? Because ______.

A. she was burnt by accident

B. she dropped into river

C. she was hit by a stone

D. she was hurt by a traffic accident

2.What can Yang Hui do?

A. She can walk.

B. She can go to college.

C. She can make cross-stitch with arms.

D. She can make cross-stitch with feet.

3.When Yang Hui is in hospital, ________.

A. she calls on people to raise money for her

B. many kind-hearted people visit her

C. she has enough money for her operations

D. she uses her fingers to make cross-stitch

4.Which is the best title of this article?

A. A Quiet Girl

B. A Kind-hearted Girl

C. A Girl with Good Manners

D. A girl with Strong Will

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I am Steve. I was born and grew up in South Wales. My favorite place to play was out on the hills where my imagination had plenty of space to expand (拓展).

My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen. I went to a new school. One of my subjects was French. Because I had never learned any French, my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything I was interested in. That’s the time I started writing, just for myself, and I’ve been writing ever since.

I have always loved BIG IDEAS, and so I enjoy writing fantastic stories. And I also write horror (恐怖) I think they are like the old fairytales (童话故事) ，and can teach you important things.

I am in my forties on the outside, twelve on the inside. I like rock music, Indian and Chinese food, and I enjoy drinking. I live in a small village with my wife Mary, ducks, cats, goats, hens and lots of rabbits. If you’d like to find out more about me and hope to buy any books, go to www. showkett. freeserve. co. uk

1.When he was 13, the writer ________.

A．wrote lots of poems                     B．moved out of Wales

C．sold many story books                    D．became a famous singer

2.He liked playing out on the hills because he could ________.

A．expand his imagination                   B．learn French

C．listen to stories                         D．buy some books

3.Maybe the writer is ________ years old now.

A．12               B．22               C．32               D．42

4.According to the passage, the write keeps _______

A．cats, hens and pigs                      B．ducks, goats and rabbits

C．hens, rabbits and dogs                    D．rabbits, pigs and cats

5.From the passage, we can learn that the writer ________.

A．lives in a big city with his son               B．likes eating Japanese and Indian food

C．lives in the countryside with his wife         D．introduces a nice book to us

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

CoCo Lee was born in Hong Kong but　 　　　　 in America.

A. picked up　　　　 B. gave up 　　　　　　 C. grew up　　　　　　 D. dressed up

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My cousin was born in China, but ____in Australia.

A.picked up　　　　　　 B.gave up　　　　　　

C.grew up　　　　　　 D.took up

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Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and math. When he was 13, he started to play with computers. At that time, computers were large machines. Once he was very interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17.

In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University(哈佛大学). In his third school year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft. Bill began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing(发展) the software for personalcomputers. They improved(改进) the software to make it easier for people to use computers.

1.Bill Gates grew up in _______.

2.What subjects did Bill like best at school?

3.Bill’s company worked hard at _______.

4.Bill started to play with computers ______.

5.The word “personal” means _______.

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Maria Gomez was born in Peru.She grew up in a small village.She __________ when she was six years old.She went to elementary school，but she __________ to high school.Her family was very __________，so she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old.She __________in a shoe factory.

When Maria was seventeen years old，her family __________to the United States.First they lived in Los Angeles，and then they moved to San Francisco.When Maria __________ in the United States，she was not happy.

She missed her friends in Peru，and she didn't __________ a word of English.She began to study English at night，__________ worked in a factory during the day.

Maria studied very hard，and now she speaks English well.She's still __________ at night，but now she is studying typing.Maria still misses her friends in Peru.She wants __________in Peru.But she is very happy now，and she hopes she will have a good future in the new country.

1.A.went to school B.dropped out of school C.goes to school D.begins school

2.A.went B.didn't go C.began D.wasn't

3.A.rich B.poor C.happy D.glad

4.A.works B.is working C.was going to work D.worked

5.A.moved B.left C.stayed D.lived

6.A.reached B.arrived C.got D.moved

7.A.tell B.talk C.know D.teach

8.A.because B.so C.or D.and

9.A.studying B.studied C.study D.studies

10.A.to do B.do C.to be D.be

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