In the 1950s, a female swimming athlete set a...

In the 1950s, a female swimming athlete set a goal for herself. She decided to swim across the English Channel before she retired. If she could make it, she would be the first person in the world who did it.

On that day, she jumped into the sea without any hesitation and swam towards the opposite bank.

In the journey, she faced heavy fog, heavy rain and heavy waves. Though she was very tired, she carried on swimming.

But in the end, she gave up. And what she didn't know at the moment she gave up was that the opposite bank was only I mile away.

Later people asked her about the reason. And she said:"The reason why I gave up is that I could not see the destination which I was so close to."

Too many success stories have been lecturing us about courage and persistence(坚持). But they never told us where to find courage and persistence.

You can have courage only when you know where your goal is. You can manage to persist only when you know where your goal is, and prepare yourself well mentally(心理上).

Courage and persistence never fall from the sky. They come from weighing between input and output.

A life without goals is like a ship without a compass. It goes nowhere. There is no courage or persistence in a life without goals.

1.In paragraph 1, the underlined word "it" refers to _______.

A. being retired

B. swimming across the English Channel

C. swimming towards the bank

D. setting a goal

2.________ is not mentioned in the passage.

A. Fog

B. Waves

C. Rain

D. Wind

3.The underlined word "weighing" in paragraph 8 probably mean _______.

A. 权衡

B. 有……重

C. 称重量

D. 有分量

4.Why did the athlete give up? Because ________.

A. the bank was one mile away

B. she was too tired

C. she didn’t have courage at first

D. she thought her destination was far away

5.What can be inferred (推论) from the last sentence of the passage?

A. If you have courage and persistence, you have goals.

B. Even if you have no goals, you have courage to persist.

C. There is no courage or persistence unless you know your goals.

D. Between input and output, you must find courage and persistence.

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

The following are some important reasons why you need to set goals for yourself.

1. Having a goal written down with a set date for accomplishment(完成)gives you something to plan and work for.

2. Most of us have big dreams that seem impossible to accomplish. It's easy to feel disappointed when you're staring at a difficult task. Proper goal setting can help break larger aspirations(愿望)into smaller and more achievable stepping stones.

3. Sometimes, looking back on a goal you set for yourself six months, or one year ago, you realize that you were supposed to accomplish a lot more than you actually did. It's a sign that whatever you're doing isn't working. So you need to make real changes if you want to get where you want to be.

4. There are times when we set goals that don't really show what we want. Sometimes we think we need more money, when we really need a change of environment. By asking ourselves what we really want and continually reconsidering our goals, we can find out what we really want in life.

5. Imagine you're on vacation. Wouldn't you want to find out exactly what you want to see with the limited(有限的)time? In many ways, life is like a vacation. We're given a limited amount of time to pursue the experiences we want and then before you know it, it's time to go. Without a clear sense of what you want to do you'll never be able to live life to the fullest.

A. Goals move you forward.

B. Goals help you live life to the fullest.

C. Goals help you make more money.

D. Goals hold you accountable (对……负责) for failure.

E. Goals tell you what you truly want.

F. Goals help to turn difficult tasks into easy ones.

九年级英语补全短文6选5中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many people believe that they will be happy when they arrive at the certain goal(目标) they set for themselves. However, when you arrive “there”, you will not feel ______, and move your “there” vision to another point in the future.

By always running after another “there”, you are never really ______ the value what you already have right “here”. It is important for human beings to keep ______ about the strong natural need to look beyond the place where you now stand. On one hand, your life is ______ by your dreams. On the other hand, the power can ______ you farther and farther from your enjoyment of your life right now. By learning to be_______, you can bring yourself closer to achieve the challenge of living in the present.

To be thankful means that you thank for what you have and where you are on your path right now. As you focus on(集中于) the present moment, you can ______ the full wonder of “here”. Taking some advice will help.

First, imagine what your life would be like if you lose all that you had. This will most surely remind you of ______ you do enjoy it.

Second, make a list each day of all that you are thankful for. Do this especially when you are feeling as though you have nothing to feel thankful for. Or ______ a few minutes before you go to sleep showing thanks to all that you have.

Third, spend time offering help to those who are less ______ than you, so that you may get new ideas.

1.A. satisfied B. interested C. excited D. amazed

2.A. reaching B. receiving C. understanding D. supporting

3.A. fit B. calm C. clean D. safe

4.A. controlled B. improved C. explored D. proved

5.A. force B. take C. pull D. promise

6.A. powerful B. useful C. careful D. thankful

7.A. notice B. see C. achieve D. experience

8.A. how much B. how well C. how often D. how soon

9.A. control B. wait C. spend D. spare

10.A. lucky B. lively C. lovely D. friendly

九年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

Adam Braun set up the organization(组织) Pencils of Promise in2008. Its goal is to make sure all children have a chance for education. Six years later , the non-profit organization is building a new school somewhere every 90 hours.It has helped more than 22.000 children in Africa,Asia and Latin America.

It all started when Adam Braun was a college student. He was visiting India when a boy stopped him and asked for money on the street, Mr. Braun asked the boy what he would want, if he could have anying in the world.

“I thought the answer was going to be ‘a house’ or ‘a car’ or ‘a boat’. His answer was ‘a pencil’ So I gave him my pencil and he was just happy and excited . I　 realized he never had been to school before ,and that was the reality(现实) for 57 million children around the world. ” Braun said.

Adam Braun started working in finance(金融) after he graduated from college, But he never forgot the boy and the problem he realized.

“We live in a world in which every child can have a chance to get a good education ,because we have everything necessary already. We are able to educate every child .　 So I promised to help create that world .” Braun said.

Mr Braun raised money for his project. He paid for building the first Pencils of Promise school, in Laos, five years ago. Since then ,his organization has helped pay for more than 200 schools in the countryside of Laos, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Ghana.

根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1.When did Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of Promise?

______________________________________________________

2.How often is the organization building a new school somewhere six years later?

_______________________________________________________

3.What would the boy in India want if he could have anything in the world?

_______________________________________________________

4.What did the boy’s answer make Adam realize?

_______________________________________________________

5.Why did Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of　 Promise？

_________________________________________________________

九年级英语回答问题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Adam Braun set up the organization(组织) Pencils of Promise in2008. Its goal is to make sure all children have a chance for education. Six years later , the non-profit organization is building a new school somewhere every 90 hours.It has helped more than 22.000 children in Africa,Asia and Latin America.

It all started when Adam Braun was a college student. He was visiting India when a boy stopped him and asked for money on the street, Mr. Braun asked the boy what he would want, if he could have anying in the world.

“I thought the answer was going to be ‘a house’ or ‘a car’ or ‘a boat’. His answer was ‘a pencil’ So I gave him my pencil and he was just happy and excited . I　 realized he never had been to school before ,and that was the reality(现实) for 57 million children around the world. ” Braun said.

Adam Braun started working in finance(金融) after he graduated from college, But he never forgot the boy and the problem he realized.

“We live in a world in which every child can have a chance to get a good education ,because we have everything necessary already.We are able to educate every child .　 So I promised to help create that world .” Braun said.

Mr Braun raised money for his project. He paid for building the first Pencils of Promise school,in Laos, five years ago. Since then ,his organization has helped pay for more than 200 schools in the countryside of Laos,Nicaragua,Guatemala and Ghana.

阅读表达。阅读第I卷第三大题D篇短文，根据短文内容回答下列问题。（共5小题，计10分）

1.When did Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of Promise?

____________________________________________________________

2.How often is the organization building a new school somewhere six years later?

____________________________________________________________

3.What would the boy in India want if he could have anything in the world?

____________________________________________________________

4.What did the boy’s answer make Adam realize?

____________________________________________________________

5.Why did Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of　 Promise？

____________________________________________________________

九年级英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Adam Braun set up the organization(组织) Pencils of Promise in2008. Its goal is to make sure all children have a chance for education. Six years later , the non-profit organization is building a new school somewhere every 90 hours.It has helped more than 22.000 children in Africa,Asia and Latin America.

It all started when Adam Braun was a college student. He was visiting India when a boy stopped him and asked for money on the street, Mr. Braun asked the boy what he would want, if he could have anying in the world.

“I thought the answer was going to be ‘a house’ or ‘a car’ or ‘a boat’. His answer was ‘a pencil’ So I gave him my pencil and he was just happy and excited . I　 realized he never had been to school before ,and that was the reality(现实) for 57 million children around the world. ” Braun said.

Adam Braun started working in finance(金融) after he graduated from college, But he never forgot the boy and the problem he realized.

“We live in a world in which every child can have a chance to get a good education ,because we have everything necessary already. We are able to educate every child .　 So I promised to help create that world .” Braun said.

Mr Braun raised money for his project. He paid for building the first Pencils of Promise school, in Laos, five years ago. Since then ,his organization has helped pay for more than 200 schools in the countryside of Laos, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Ghana.

根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1.When did Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of Promise? ____________________________________________________________

2.How often is the organization building a new school somewhere six years later?

____________________________________________________________

3.What would the boy in India want if he could have anything in the world?

____________________________________________________________

4.What did the boy’s answer make Adam realize?

____________________________________________________________

5.Why did Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of　 Promise？

____________________________________________________________

九年级英语回答问题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Why is setting goals important? Because goals can help you do and experience everything you want in life. Instead of just letting life happen to you, goals allow you to make your life happen.

1. It’s like having a map to show you where you want to go. Think of it in this way. There are two drivers.One has a place to go to in mind clearly which can be found on a map. He can drive straight there surely without wasting any time. The other driver has no goal,　 or a map.

2. But he drives aimlessly(无目的地）around, never getting to anywhere, just using up oil. Which driver do you want to be?

3. They decide what they want in life and then get that by setting goals and making plans. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set, and they aren’t difficult to reach. 4. You are the one who must decide what to achieve and in what direction to aim your life.

Research tells us that when we write a goal down, we are more likely to achieve it. 5.

They are difficult to forget. Also when you write your goals in your own way, you are able to make yourself realize the situations that will bring you nearer to your goals.

A.You’d better set a goal once a time.

B. Written goals can be reviewed more easily.

C. He starts off at the same time from the same place.

D. It’s up to you to find out what your goals really are.

E. By setting goals you are taking control of your life.

F. Winners in life set goals and follow through on them.

九年级英语补全短文6选5困难题查看答案及解析

Arnold Pointer, a professional fisherman from the south of Australia, set free (释放) a big female white shark that was 1 in his large fishing nets. He thought she would have more and more babies. But now the fisherman is facing a(n) 2 problem. The white shark is so 3 to him that for nearly 2 years she hasn’t left him 4. She even follows him everywhere. 5 this, Arnold Pointer can’t do fishing — all the fishes are scared at her, and he doesn’t know 6 to do anymore.

It is hard to drive away such an almost 17-feet-long shark for Arnold Pointer. We all know the white sharks are protected 7 the wildlife conservation. At the same time, some special feeling has been 8 between Arnold and “Cindy”, the name the fisherman has given the white shark.

Arnold says, “Every time I stop the boat, she always comes to me, turns on her back and lets me pet (抚摸) her body and neck. She sings, turns her eyes, and moves her fins (鳍) up and down, hits the water 9.”

Cindy is 10 an interesting animal that Arnold has to try to go fishing in different places. Doesn’t Cindy know what her action means? Maybe she really doesn’t understand.

1.                A．built           B．caught          C．killed D．invented

2.                A．strange         B．exciting         C．happy    D．serious

3.                A．thankful        B．useful          C．careful   D．wonderful

4.                A．alive           B．aloud          C．alone D．asleep

5.                A．For instance     B．Instead of       C．Such as   D．Because of

6.                A．how           B．when          C．what D．why

7.                A．up            B．on             C．by   D．down

8.                A．established      B．achieved        C．expected D．increased

9.                A．sadly           B．normally        C．luckily    D．happily

10.               A．so             B．such           C．too   D．much

九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

A young man went to see a wise man, saying that after graduation, he set goals for himself, but years later he still achieved nothing. The wise man was reading in the small house by the river, when the young man found him. With a smile, the wise man heard the young man 's words, and said to him, "Come to help me boil a pot of water first!" The young man saw a big pitcher 水罐) standing in the corner, next to a small fire stove(炉子),but he found no firewood in the stove, so he went out for it.

He came back with some dead wood, filled up the pot with water and put on the stove. He put some firewood in the stove and burned up, but because the pot was too large, when the wood burned out, the water did not boil. Then he ran off to get firewood.　 When he went back, the water had nearly turned cold.　 This time he became smart, so he was not eager (急切的)to light the fire, but went out to look for some firewood again. Because the firewood was well prepared, the water boiled pretty soon.

The wise man suddenly asked him, "If there is not enough firewood, how should you boil the water?"　 The young man thought for a moment and shook his head. The wise man said, "If so, pour out some water of the pot!" The young man nodded thoughtfully. The wise man continued, "You had so many things you want at first and set too many goals, just as the large pot was filled with too much water but you didn't have enough firewood, so you couldn't boil water, and if you wanted to make the water boil ,you’d better empty some of the water. The young man saw his light suddenly. When he went hack he removed many listed goals from his plan, leaving only a few recent ones, while with the snare time he studied all kinds of hobbies. A few years later, his goals came true.

1.The young went to see the wise man because he_______

A.graduated B.set goals C.achieved nothing D.heard about him

2.The wise man asked the young man to________

A.find firewood B.boil water C.light the fire stove D.fill the pot

3.The water didn't boil because________

A.the young man was not wise B.there was not enough firewood

C.it turned cold soon D.the stove didn't work well

4.The wise man advised the young man to boil the water by_______

A.going to find more firewood B.asking for another person's help

C.filling the pot with more water D.emptying some of the water

5.What did the young man finally realize?

A.He should take up some hobbies. B.He shouldn't set many goals.

C.The wise man was a good teacher. D.No one can succeed easily.

九年级英语阅读单选简单题查看答案及解析

用括号中所给动词的正确形式填空，使短文完整。

Have you planned your own future? It's important to set a goal for yourself.

Luisa is a blind girl. The SAT is the test American students take 1. (enter) college.

Each year only a few students2. (get) a high mark. One of them was Luisa. People were sorry because she is blind. To take this test, someone 3. (read) the test questions to her, and she gave the answers. She even worked out the difficult Maths questions in her head. Luisa　　 4. (be) an editor of her school newspaper for many years. She wants to go to a top university next year. Now she5. (work) hard to become a lawyer.

九年级英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析