A lot of toys have come and gone over the pas...

A lot of toys have come and gone over the past 60 years, but Barbie (芭比娃娃) - short for Barbara - has always had a home on toy store shelves. According to The New York Times, however, “she” is more than just a toy. Barbie is watching the society’s changing attitudes (态度) toward women.

When Barbie was first introduced by Ruth Handler (1916-2002), one of the starters of US toy company Mattel, she had good plans. “Barbie has always shown the fact that a woman has choices,” according to a book, Dream Doll: The Ruth Handler Story.

But the earliest Barbie wasn’t offered too many choices at all. Barbie appeared either in a swimsuit or a housewife’s dress.

A good point is that the following years showed some progress, as Mattel introduced Barbie dolls with different skin colors and clothing for different jobs and hobbies. A new turning point came on International Women’s Day of 2018, when the company started a line of “Inspiring Women”. The dolls came out as famous women from history, including great US pilot Amelia Earhart and UK boxer (拳击手) Nicola Adams, which encouraged all other women.

But even though Mattel seemed to have good purposes, these new dolls weren’t safe from bad words. Unlike the real Nicola Adams, for example, the doll has no muscles (肌肉). Instead, it’s designed with a slim body, just like every other Barbie. According to the reporter Grace Kang, this exactly reflects the world’s present attitude toward women. “We’re allowed to be fit, but we’re not supposed to have too many muscles. We’re allowed to be clever, but smart women are meant to look like models with glasses on. We’re allowed to be creative and artistic, but quickly become ‘crazy’ if we start to look too messy,” she wrote.

No, Barbie isn’t perfect. But she’s slowly changing people’s views. Maybe that’s one thing real women can do.

1.According to Paragraph 1, we know Barbie has always been __________.

A.expensive B.popular C.changeable

2.Which of the following sentences could be added to describe the process in Barbie’s role changing?

A.Barbie took care of babies at borne.

B.Barbie became a great pilot in history.

C.Barbie with dark skin worked as a nurse.

3.The underlined word “Inspiring” means __________ in the passage.

A.鼓舞人心的 B.启发灵感的 C.多愁善感的

4.What might be the world’s present attitude toward women according to Grace Kang?

A.Women are supposed to be fit and strong.

B.Women should be like a crazy artist

C.Women are expected to be perfect.

5.What is the purpose of the writer?

A.To make people change views toward women.

B.To help women to be more creative and artistic.

C.To encourage women to be perfect like Barbie.

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Great changes __ in the city in the past 20 years, and a lot of factories ____.

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Great changes __ in the city in the past 20 years, and a lot of factories ____.

A．have been taken place; have been set up

B．have taken place; have set up

C．have taken place; have been set up

D．were taken place; were set up

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Over the past twenty years. Chinese economy has improved a lot. The world is watching China and many foreigners want to do business with Chinese people. Learning our language helps them a lot. The Confucius Institute provides the place for them to learn Chinese language and culture.

As the world is crazy about China, more and more foreigners are interested in our language and culture. To promote our language and culture, The Confucius Institute Program was set up in South Korea in 2004. now the Confucius Institute is all around the world. It has set more than 1,000 classrooms in 140 countries and areas, with over 2 million students. People all over world want to study Chinese because they believe in a bright future of China. The foreigners practice Chinese so hard. They learn how to pronounce and write, even use chopsticks.

There is a big competition for foreigners. By taking part in the competition, they can show their Chinese. When we watch the show, we will realize they can speak Chinese so well and admire them so much, because it is so hard to learn Chinese . Some foreigners not only speak Chinese well, but also know much about Chinese culture.

The Confucius Institute Program works so well in promoting Chinese language and culture and the achievement is great. Today, the world is learning Chinese.

1.Does learning Chinese help foreigners do business with Chinese people?

_________________________________________________________

2.When was the Confucius Institute Program set up in South Korea?

_________________________________________________________

3.Why do people all over the world want to learn Chinese?

_________________________________________________________

4.How can foreigners show their Chinese?

_________________________________________________________

5.What does the writer think of the Confucius Institute Program?

_________________________________________________________

九年级英语回答问题困难题查看答案及解析

Children’s lives have changed a lot in the past few years. But do they have a happier childhood than we did?

1. I have four brothers and sisters, and my memories are all about being with them. We used to play board games in the living room, spend days in the street with other children, race up and down on our bikes, or explore the nearby woods.2. They only appeared during meals.

These days, at least in the UK, the nature of childhood has changed. Firstly, families are smaller. It is common for both parents to work outside. 3. Another change is that children spend most of their free time at home, inside. Parents worry too much about some possible dangers, so they don’t want their children to play outside by themselves.

Finally, the kinds of toys children have and the ways they play are completely different. 4. The funny thing is that so many ways of playing games are called “ interactive (互动的)”. The fact that you can play electronic games by yourself can increase the feeling of loneliness.

5. I can’t give an answer for sure, but perhaps every generation feels exactly the same.

阅读短文，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。

A. As a result, children spend much of their time alone.

B. I usually look back on my own childhood.

C. Do these changes mean that children today have a less relaxing childhood than I did?

D. My parents seldom appeared in these memories.

E. Computer and video games have taken the place of the interesting activities of my childhood.

A. As a result, children spend much of their time alone.

B. I usually look back on my own childhood.

C. Do these changes mean that children today have a less relaxing childhood than I did?

D. My parents seldom appeared in these memories.

E. Computer and video games have taken the place of the interesting activities of my childhood.

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In the past few years, thousands of films all over the world.

A. have produced B. have been produced

C. are producing D. are being produced

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Have you heard of Chen Binqiang in Zhejiang Province? Over the past six years, he has taken care of his mother who got Alzheimer’s disease.

Chen’s mother, 64-year-old Chen Yueguang, has been ill since 2007. The illness became very serious quickly and she has lost the ability to speak and can not look after herself. None of Chen’s other family members, however, could take care of their sick mother. Chen’s father died in a traffic accident when he was eight, his two sisters married far away and his wife has a 92-year-old grandmother to look after.

Chen taught Chinese in Central School of Lengshui town, which is about 30 kilometers away from his home in Pan’an. So he spent five days at school and only went home on weekends. When he said he would take his mother to work, even his wife was doubtful and worried. She really doesn’t think it is a good idea for him to take care of his mother in school. She worries what if he lost his job because of this.

But Chen has made the decision. Soon he was putting a safety hat onto his mother’s head and helping her sit on his electric bike’s back seat. He thinks that his mother used to take him around and now he should take her.

These days, things got a little easier for him. With the help of Pan’an government, Chen got a new job in Pan’an Middle School in October 2012. The new school is only five minutes’ ride from his home, which means he can take care of his mother more conveniently.

Chen feels happiest when his mother is looking at him. She must have forgotten who he is, and she even can’t call his name. But she surely knows that Chen is kind to her. He feels that is enough.

On February 19^th, 2013, Chen got the prize for Touching China, held by China Central Television to honor those whose performances have moved the people.

1. What does Chen Binqiang do? He is ___________,

A．a farmer          B．a driver           C．a postman         D．a teacher

2.The word “doubtful” in Paragraph 3 means ________.

A．疑惑             B．明白             C．预料             D．支持

3. How did Chen take her mother to his school?

A．In his car.                             B．In a taxi.

C．By electric bike.                        D．On foot.

4. The passage mainly tells us _______.

A．people will live a very hard life if our parents become seriously ill

B．it should be allowed to take care of our mothers at work places

C．a man who shows loving care for his mother and his great spirit

D．Touching China honors people whose performances move us

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The Great Wall is　 famous　 lots of visitors all over the world come to visit it every year.

A.so; that B.such; that

C.enough; that D.very; that

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

A lot of new houses　 _____　 in this large open area in the past five years.

A. are built B. have been built C. were built .... D. will be built

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

--China ________a lot in the past 30 years of reforming and opening policy(改革开放政策).

-- That’s right. Our life is ________honey now.

A. has changed, as sweet as

B. have changed, so sweet as

C. has been changed, as sweetly as

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