The first time I saw Carlos I would never have believed he was going to change my life. I had my arms full of books and I was rushing into the classroom when I ran into something solid. It was Carlos.
“My ......, you’re tall,” he said.
Of course, the class began to laugh. Angry, I walked to my seat without a word.
I glanced back to see if Reed Harrington was laughing with the rest. That would be the last straw. To my relied, Reed was studying chemistry and did not seem to be aware of anything else. I didn’t know why I considered Reed my friend. Maybe just because he was a good two inches taller than me. Anyway, every time I blew out my birthday candles and made a wish, it was for a date with Reed Harrington.
“Take that seat,” Mr. McCarthy told the cocky newcomer Carlos, pointing to the only empty one, in the back of the room.
Carlos laughed widely. “But I need a couple of dictionaries.” Again, the class laughed, but now they were laughing with Carlos, not at him. He had been here only 10 minutes and already he had them on his side.
The bell rang for classes. As I stood up to go, I saw Carlos coming toward me. “I’m sorry I embarrassed you,” he said. I looked straight ahead over the top of his black hair. “That’s all right.”
“I ought to know better.” He was still blocking my way. “What’s your name?” “Karen Forbes.” He held out his hand. Unwillingly, I shook hands with him. He looked up at me seriously with his brown eyes. “I am Carlos. I don’t see why you’re so touchy.”
It was the school elections that made me think of Carlos again. Reed Harrington was voted president and Carlos vice-president. “How come?” I kept asking myself, “How come this shrimp who’s only been in town for a little over a month gets to be so popular?”
So on that morning, I stopped Carlos and said, “It doesn’t seem to bother you — being short.” He looked up at me, “Of course I mind being short. But there isn’t anything I can do about it. When I realized I was going to have to spend my life in this undersized skin, I just decided to make the best of it and concentrate on being myself.” “You seem to get along great,” I admitted, “But what about me? Nobody wants to date a girl taller than he is.” “The trouble with you is you’re afraid to be yourself. You’re smart. And you could be pretty. In fact, you might be more than pretty.” I felt myself turning red...
1.Why was the author angry?
A.Because the class made fun of her.
B.Because she had to carry many books.
C.Because Reed Harrington laughed at her.
D.Because Reed Harrington didn’t date her.
2.What can we infer from Paragraph 4?
A.The author cared much about Reed’s attitude.
B.The author hoped Reed was laughing with others.
C.The author thought Reed was the same as the others.
D.The author couldn’t stand Carlos playing tricks on her.
3.What can we know about Carlos?
A.Handsome and proud. B.Humorous and confident.
C.Diligent but shy. D.Honest but sensitive.
4.What does the underlined word “touchy” in Paragraph 8 probably mean?
A.Annoyed. B.Cheerful. C.Curious. D.Moved.
5.According to the passage, which is the most likely ending?
A.Carols and Reed became very good friends.
B.Carols and the author argued with each other.
C.The author changed her attitude towards Carlos.
D.Carlos was elected president of the student committee.
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The first time I saw Carlos I would never have believed he was going to change my life. I had my arms full of books and I was rushing into the classroom when I ran into something solid. It was Carlos.
“My ......, you’re tall,” he said.
Of course, the class began to laugh. Angry, I walked to my seat without a word.
I glanced back to see if Reed Harrington was laughing with the rest. That would be the last straw. To my relied, Reed was studying chemistry and did not seem to be aware of anything else. I didn’t know why I considered Reed my friend. Maybe just because he was a good two inches taller than me. Anyway, every time I blew out my birthday candles and made a wish, it was for a date with Reed Harrington.
“Take that seat,” Mr. McCarthy told the cocky newcomer Carlos, pointing to the only empty one, in the back of the room.
Carlos laughed widely. “But I need a couple of dictionaries.” Again, the class laughed, but now they were laughing with Carlos, not at him. He had been here only 10 minutes and already he had them on his side.
The bell rang for classes. As I stood up to go, I saw Carlos coming toward me. “I’m sorry I embarrassed you,” he said. I looked straight ahead over the top of his black hair. “That’s all right.”
“I ought to know better.” He was still blocking my way. “What’s your name?” “Karen Forbes.” He held out his hand. Unwillingly, I shook hands with him. He looked up at me seriously with his brown eyes. “I am Carlos. I don’t see why you’re so touchy.”
It was the school elections that made me think of Carlos again. Reed Harrington was voted president and Carlos vice-president. “How come?” I kept asking myself, “How come this shrimp who’s only been in town for a little over a month gets to be so popular?”
So on that morning, I stopped Carlos and said, “It doesn’t seem to bother you — being short.” He looked up at me, “Of course I mind being short. But there isn’t anything I can do about it. When I realized I was going to have to spend my life in this undersized skin, I just decided to make the best of it and concentrate on being myself.” “You seem to get along great,” I admitted, “But what about me? Nobody wants to date a girl taller than he is.” “The trouble with you is you’re afraid to be yourself. You’re smart. And you could be pretty. In fact, you might be more than pretty.” I felt myself turning red...
1.Why was the author angry?
A.Because the class made fun of her.
B.Because she had to carry many books.
C.Because Reed Harrington laughed at her.
D.Because Reed Harrington didn’t date her.
2.What can we infer from Paragraph 4?
A.The author cared much about Reed’s attitude.
B.The author hoped Reed was laughing with others.
C.The author thought Reed was the same as the others.
D.The author couldn’t stand Carlos playing tricks on her.
3.What can we know about Carlos?
A.Handsome and proud. B.Humorous and confident.
C.Diligent but shy. D.Honest but sensitive.
4.What does the underlined word “touchy” in Paragraph 8 probably mean?
A.Annoyed. B.Cheerful. C.Curious. D.Moved.
5.According to the passage, which is the most likely ending?
A.Carols and Reed became very good friends.
B.Carols and the author argued with each other.
C.The author changed her attitude towards Carlos.
D.Carlos was elected president of the student committee.
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(题文)She had never been to the Great Wall before. Today she saw it ________ the first time.
A. at B. for C. in D. by
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Frank was a curious boy. The first time he saw an hourglass(沙漏),he wondered what it was.
His mother said,”An hourglass is made in the s 1. of 8. The sand is put in at one end,and runs through a small hole in the m 2. . It takes the sand exactly an hour to run through.”
Frank w3. the little stream of sand. He was i 4. ,because it would not run faster. ‘Let me shake it,mother,” said he,”it is lazy,and will never get through.”
“It will,Son,” said his mother, “The sand moves little by little,but it moves all the time. When you look at the hands of the clock, you think they go very s 5. , but they never stop. While you are at play,the sand is r 6. , grain by grain. The hands of the clock are moving,second by second. At night,the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. The hour hand of the clock has moved a 7. its great face. That is because they keep working every minute. They do not stop to t 8. how much they have to do and how long it will take them to do it.”
Now, Frank’s mother wanted him to learn a little poem,but he said,‘Mother,I can never learn i 9. ,” His mother said,”Study all the time.N 10. stop to ask how long it will take to learn it.”
Frank followed his mother’s advice. He studied line after line,very busily; and in one and a half hours he knew the poem perfectly.
九年级英语单词拼写中等难度题查看答案及解析
The first time I saw Jim Wooten I really understood him. He was a great TV news reporter. When he was reporting in Rwanda, one heartbreaking moment made a deep impression on me. When the camera showed all of the children who were dying, suffered from terrible diseases, Jim ended his piece by saying that when he got home, the first thing he was going to do was to put his arms around his own children. Then I realized that he was different, that he didn’t fall into any of the modern television-news tricks, that he was not giving us any awful, artificial(假的) television-journalist reports out of(出于) pity. Instead, I was watching a real reporter with a gift(天赋) for both words and slight differences.
Then I read his book, We Are All the Same, about his friendship with Xolani Nkosi, a South African boy who became the international spokesman for AIDS(艾滋病). It is about the friendship between Wooten and a black child who was ten years old and already dying of AIDS. It is also a book about a great teacher and his student. But the teacher-the one with real wisdom and understanding about life-is the little boy, not the journalist. And, finally, it’s about a love story of Gail Johnson, Nkosi’s white mother who does her best to save the boy, and their love for each other. When reading the book, I felt touched from time to time.
1.How did Jim Wooten feel when he saw the dying children in Rwanda?
__________________________________________________________________.
2.What would an ordinary journalist do on TV when he saw these dying children?
_________________________________________________________________.
3.How did Jim end his piece when he saw the dying children in Rwanda?
_________________________________________________________________.
4.Who is the teacher in the book, the little boy or the journalist?
_________________________________________________________________.
5.Why did Nkosi’s mother do everything possible to save the boy?
_________________________________________________________________.
6.What’s the writer’s attitude to Jim Wooten? How do you know that?
_________________________________________________________________.
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It’s hard to believe how times have changed since the first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, on 6th April 1896. Over one hundred years ago, there was very little reliance(dependence)on modern technology. There were no landing mats(海绵垫), no stopwatches and no photo finishes. In fact, cameras and stopwatches were not used until the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the USA.
Today technology has completely revolutionized(changed) sports. Take sports equipment(装备)for example. Starting blocks are now equipped with electronic pressure sensors(传感器), which provide exactly correct race time and also help to catch runners who “jump the gun”. As athletes cross the finishing line, special digital cameras can also easily decide the winner. The clays of “dead heats” are gone.
Athletes have also benefited(受益) from technological developments. Body-hug-ging suits, which reduce(减少) wind drag, can help cut up to one-tenth of a second from runners’ race times. Top athletes are even provided with tailor-made sports shoes. These shoes are made to fit the athlete exactly—and there are even air compartments in the shoes that can be filled to meet each runner’s individual needs.
Technology has also changed the way that many sports are performed. Take one example—the pole vault(撑杆跳). The inclusion of a landing mat obviously made a big difference to the vaulting style(方式)as athletes no longer needed to worry about hurting themselves as they fell. Without these worries, athletes could obviously jump higher. These days, polevaulters do not even need to worry about the crossbar as the uprights are now fitted with light-emitting diodes(LEDs) that measure(测量) how high the athlete vaulted. Technology has even been to the advantage of swimmers. New pools have been designed to reduce wave interference and sports scientists have even developed a new style of swimming that increases buoyancy and reduces drag in the water.
The increasing importance of these technological developments has led many sportsmen to suggest that the “Olympic spirit” is being lost in a rush to break records and win medals. Many developing countries say that technology has become too important in sport and that athletes from developing countries that cannot afford such technology are disadvantaged. There are no easy answers but one thing is sure—we cannot turn back time. Technology cannot go backwards.
1.How many pieces of high-tech sports equipment are mentioned in paragraph 2 and 3?
A.One. B.Two.
C.Three. D.Four.
2.The underlined phrase “dead heats” means “________”.
A.sports equipment which was out of date
B.runners who jumped the gun while running
C.diseases which killed runners in hot weather
D.races in which runners finished at the same time
3.What can be inferred from the fourth paragraph?
A.LEDs can measure the speed of swimming.
B.The pole vault was not quite safe in the past.
C.Polevaulters jump higher with landing mats.
D.New pools have changed the style of swimming.
4.The purpose of the writer in writing this article is ________.
A.to suggest we should keep up with the times
B.to show us the future of modern Olympics
C.to prove that the athletes have done better
D.to introduce high-tech sports equipment
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
It’s the first time I visit Mount Tai. I have _____ visited it before.
A. already B. yet C. never
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I loved this picture ________ I saw it.
A. first time B. the first time
C. at the first time D. for the first time
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Ten years later , the lost girl saw her mother ________.
A. at first B. by first C. the first time D. for the first time
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You _________ never believe that Ben, an honest man, didn’t tell the truth.
A. would B. will C. need D. shall
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When the old man saw the great changes in his hometown,Shenyang,he could believe his eyes.
A.directly B.hardly C.nearly
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