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From January1, 2009 Hong Kong banned(禁止）smoking in most public places. The places include restaurant, workplaces, schools or karaoke bars. And from July1, 2009, it banned some other public places 1.　　 nightclubs, bars or bathhouses. Even smoking in some outdoor places is against the law. For example, beaches, sports ground, museums and most areas of public parks. Hong Kong hopes the ban can prevent people from smoking passively. What’s passive smoking? When people smoke in a restaurant or on a bus, others 　　 2.　　 breathe the smoke too. They don’t want to smoke but they 　　 3.　　 . It does harm to people’s health. And it’ll be better if more people in Hong Kong give up smoking 4.　　 the ban.

If someone breaks the ban, he will have to pay up to HK$5, 000. Now more and more citizen begin to 　　 5.　　 . Today’s Hong Kong is becoming more and more attractive.

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From January1, 2009 Hong Kong banned(禁止）smoking in most public places. The places include restaurant, workplaces, schools or karaoke bars. And from July1, 2009, it banned some other public places ________1.________ nightclubs, bars or bathhouses. Even smoking in some outdoor places is against the law. For example, beaches, sports ground, museums and most areas of public parks. Hong Kong hopes the ban can prevent people from smoking passively. What’s passive smoking? When people smoke in a restaurant or on a bus, others ________2.________ breathe the smoke too. They don’t want to smoke but they ________3.________. It does harm to people’s health. And it’ll be better if more people in Hong Kong give up smoking ________4.________ the ban.

If someone breaks the ban, he will have to pay up to HK$5, 000. Now more and more citizen begin to ________5.________. Today’s Hong Kong is becoming more and more attractive.

九年级英语选词填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

There is little rain in desert. Because deserts are so dry, they have no “quilt” to help stop the soil from going away. As a result, they may get very hot during the day with the sun shining, but don’t hold the heat overnight. Many deserts can quickly get cold once the sun goes down. Some deserts can reach temperatures of over 100 degrees F during the day and then drop below freezing (32 degrees F) during the night.

The largest hot and dry desert in the world is the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa. The Sahara is a sandy desert with great sand hills. It covers over 3 million square miles of Africa. Other large deserts include the Arabian Desert in the Middle East, the Gobi Desert in Northern China and Mongolia, and Kalahari Desert in Africa.

Animals that live in the desert are also used to needing little water. Many get all the water they need from the food they eat. Other animals keep water that they can use later. The camel stores up fat in its hump while other animals keep something they need in their tails.

Only certain types of plants can live in the terrible environment of the desert. You won’t see a lot of tall trees in the desert. Most plants have a way to keep water in their leaves, or trunks so they can live a long time without water.

Now deserts cover around 20% of the world’s land, but they are growing. This is called desertification and is caused by different reasons including human activities. The Sahara Desert is growing larger and larger each year. What should we do with it ?

1.How is the weather during the night in the desert?

A. Hot.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Cold.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. Cool.

2.Where does the camel store up fat?

A. In its hump.　　　　　　 B. In its stomach.　　　　　　 C. In its tail

3.Why won't we see a lot of tall trees in the desert?

A. Because of few people there.

B. Because of the sun shining.

C. Because of the terrible environment

4.How much of the land do deserts cover in the world?

A. One fifth.　　　　 B. Less than 10%.　　　　 C. Two fifths

5.Is the Sahara Desert growing or not?

A. Nobody knows it.

B. It's growing.

C. It's not growing.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Are you having a problem going to sleep? Have you tried many ways such as drinking a glass of warm milk or listening to some soft music or counting sheep but it still does not work? Cooling down your brain may be a great way to help you get good sleep.

A new study has found that you might fall asleep quicker if you try cooling down your brain. Daniel and Eric from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School led the study. They examined twelve people who had insomnia. The other twelve had no problems in sleeping. Each of them wore a cap on their heads at bed time.

The caps had tubes (管) inside filled with water. The researchers moved the water through the tubes and then changed the temperature of the water. People had trouble sleeping (called “patients” in the following parts of the passage) often had more chemical reactions (化学反应) in their brains. The researchers thought lowering the temperature of the head might help.

On the first two nights of testing, the patients wore no water caps. During the next two nights, the caps were worn, but the water was not cooled. Then the researchers cooled the water a little for another two nights. On the final two nights of the study, the temperature of the water was made much cooler.

The situation of the insomnia did not become better until the temperature was about 14ºC. Most of the patients fell asleep faster and slept better when the coolest water was moving around their heads.

This is the only beginning of the head temperature study. But they believe they have discovered something important that needs more research.

1.A new study to help people fall asleep quicker is _________.

A. counting sheep　　 B. listening to soft music

C. cooling down your brain　　 D. drinking a glass of warm milk

2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “insomnia”?

A. 抑郁症.　　 B. 失眠症.　　 C. 自闭症.　　 D. 头痛.

3.According to the passage, the test lasts for _________ nights.

A. 12　　 B. 10　　 C. 8　　 D. 6

4.Insomnia patients became better when _________.

A. the water was cooled about 14ºC　　 B. The caps were filled with water

C. the water was not cooled　　 D. the water caps were worn on their heads

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Homeless people face a lot of challenges, such as not having enough to eat and no job opportunities. Some of the most basic challenges, however, are not having clean water and toiletries (卫生用品) — a big problem for homeless teens. That encouraged a young researcher to invent a multi-purpose product to help these teens.

"I was born into a life of volunteering," said 13-year-old Leia Gluckman. And that’s true. Her mom is a president of an organization providing help for homeless teens. Leia and her brother have volunteered there for years. When she was a young girl, Leia helped serve food where teens were eating. Now she’s a teenager herself, and she’s managing the toiletry and clothing work there.

From her work at the center, Leia noticed that teens asked for some toiletries more than others. What they needed most often were toothpaste, body powder (粉) and shampoo (洗发水). Leia wondered whether she could create a product to serve all three purposes.

It would need to take away dirt and oil from skin and hair. It would need to clean teeth. Also, it would need to kill bacteria (病菌) without being harmful to people. She wanted her ingredients (产品成分) to be natural, to be able to break down easily and to taste and smell pleasant. Moreover, this product had to be low-cost and have a long shelf life.

Leia started by going to stores and looking at the ingredient lists for toiletries. Then she tried eight different ways. She tested each way to see how well it worked.

Not all of them worked well. But she finally decided on three. Each includes salt and baking powder. Salt helps clean teeth and skin; baking powder helps take in bad smells. She also has some other recipes which include some special materials that give her products different tastes and smells, which would let teens choose a product based on personal preferences.

It wasn’t easy, but Leia came up with some model products. She presented them at the finals of Broadcom MASTERS science competition.

Leia wants to develop her products further. "Could it possibly be used to drive away mosquitoes (蚊子)?" she wonders.

"Science offers a way to go about solving problems and helping people," says Leia. And she thinks her products could benefit a great number of people, not just the homeless. Anyone in an area with little or no chance to get clean water could find her products useful, maybe refugees (难民) and soldiers who are sent to places without running water.

1.What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A. Leia has lived a life of volunteering for years.

B. Leia and her brother helped their mom for years.

C. Leia was born in a great family of volunteering.

D. Leia’s mom set up an organization for homeless teens.

2.Leia’s products meet homeless people’s needs mostly because ___________.

A. they are cheap and natural

B. they can offer personal choices

C. they are used to drive away mosquitoes

D. they can serve three purposes with little water

3.According to the passage, we know that ___________.

A. Leia invented the product in order to win the MASTERS competition

B. Leia’s invention came from her will to create and to help others

C. The family influence played a decisive role in Leia’s invention

D. Leia believed that science could help solve problems easily

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Homeless people face a lot of challenges, such as not having enough to eat and no job opportunities. Some of the most basic challenges, however, are not having clean water and toiletries (卫生用品) — a big problem for homeless teens. That encouraged a young researcher to invent a multi-purpose product to help these teens.

"I was born into a life of volunteering," said 13-year-old Leia Gluckman. And that’s true. Her mom is a president of an organization providing help for homeless teens. Leia and her brother have volunteered there for years. When she was a young girl, Leia helped serve food where teens were eating. Now she’s a teenager herself, and she’s managing the toiletry and clothing work there.

From her work at the center, Leia noticed that teens asked for some toiletries more than others. What they needed most often were toothpaste, body powder (粉) and shampoo (洗发水). Leia wondered whether she could create a product to serve all three purposes.

It would need to take away dirt and oil from skin and hair. It would need to clean teeth. Also, it would need to kill bacteria (病菌) without being harmful to people. She wanted her ingredients (产品成分) to be natural, to be able to break down easily and to taste and smell pleasant. Moreover, this product had to be low-cost and have a long shelf life.

Leia started by going to stores and looking at the ingredient lists for toiletries. Then she tried eight different ways. She tested each way to see how well it worked.

Not all of them worked well. But she finally decided on three. Each includes salt and baking powder. Salt helps clean teeth and skin; baking powder helps take in bad smells. She also has some other recipes which include some special materials that give her products different tastes and smells, which would let teens choose a product based on personal preferences.

It wasn’t easy, but Leia came up with some model products. She presented them at the finals of Broadcom MASTERS science competition.

Leia wants to develop her products further. "Could it possibly be used to drive away mosquitoes (蚊子)?" she wonders.

"Science offers a way to go about solving problems and helping people," says Leia. And she thinks her products could benefit a great number of people, not just the homeless. Anyone in an area with little or no chance to get clean water could find her products useful, maybe refugees (难民) and soldiers who are sent to places without running water.

1.What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A. Leia has lived a life of volunteering for years.

B. Leia and her brother helped their mom for years.

C. Leia was born in a great family of volunteering.

D. Leia’s mom set up an organization for homeless teens.

2.Leia’s products meet homeless people’s needs mostly because ___________.

A. they are cheap and natural

B. they can offer personal choices

C. they are used to drive away mosquitoes

D. they can serve three purposes with little water

3.According to the passage, we know that ___________.

A. Leia invented the product in order to win the MASTERS competition

B. Leia’s invention came from her will to create and to help others

C. The family influence played a decisive role in Leia’s invention

D. Leia believed that science could help solve problems easily

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文内容完整正确。

Recently, the Chinese government has decided to ban (禁止）smoking in all the indoor public places. These places include restaurants, workplaces, schools or karaoke bars. And also smoking is not allowed in some other public places　　 1.　　 bus stops, stadiums and sports ground. China hopes the ban can stop people from smoking passively. What’s passive smoking? When people smoke in a restaurant or on a bus, others don’t want to smoke but they 　 2.　 . It 　　 3.　 people’s health. And it’ll be better if more people in the country quit smoking because of the ban.

If someone breaks the ban, he will be fined 50--500 yuan. Now 4.　 people are beginning to give up smoking. I hope China will become a better place for the visitors from all over the world.

Many people are waiting for the application of the ban, the ban is also 　　 5.　　 to be the most popular one this year.

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The workers are all tired, but ________ of them stopped ________ a rest.

A. no one; to have 　 B. all; having

C. none; to have　　　 D. nobody; having

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阅读短文，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案回答问题或完成句子。

Clothes are traditionally made of natural materials, such as cotton, leather and wool. They are all from plants or animals, but that doesn’t mean they’re friendly to the earth. For example, farmers have to use a lot of chemicals to grow cotton plants.

Scientists are now looking for new ways to make clothing materials. They hope the new materials are both comfortable and good for the earth. Scientists have worked out how to make materials out of corn husks(棉籽), chicken feathers and rice straws.

“They used to be useless things. We always have a problem of how to deal with them,” Yang, a scientist says, “Now, we can turn them into beautiful materials. Chicken feathers are better than other things. They have small air pockets like honeycombs. That means it will be very warm if you use them to make a jacket or sweater, and I think more and more people will like to buy these kinds of clothes.”

1.Clothes are traditionally made of______

A. natural materials.　　 B. chicken feather.　　 C. rice straws.

2.What are the new clothing materials?

A. corn husks and rice straws.　　 B. cotton and wool.　　 C. leather and wool.

3.What does the underlined word “honeycombs” in paragraph 3 mean in Chinese?

A. 鸟巢　　 B. 蜂窝　　 C. 渔网

4.Why are chicken feathers better than other materials?

A. They are from plants.

B. They are traditional clothing materials.

C. They have small air pockets like honeycombs.

5.What’s the best title of this passage?

A. New clothing materials.　　 B. New clothes　　 C. Natural materials.

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— Are we going to have sports meeting this week?

— No. It’s ______till next week because of the bad weather.

A. put away　　　　　 B. put on

C. put up　　　　　 D. put off

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