Los Angeles---Thousands of people waited in l...

Los Angeles---Thousands of people waited in line on Thursday at Apple Stores, hoping to buy new iPhone.

Cindy Smith, 20, waited in line at Los Angeles Apple Store at 10 pm Wednesday, and wanted to buy her new iPhone before going to work. Stores opened at 7 am. Her old iPhone was broken two months ago, and she waited for the new model. "I can work from it and have fun, she said. Cindy was lucky and she got it, but hundreds of others waited in line on all sides of the shopping mall.

By the end of the day, Apple's latest iPhone was all sold out across the US. "It is working to get more phones. They can't get here soon enough, "said Melissa, Wal-Mart spokeswoman.

Apple spokesman Steve Dowling wouldn't say how quickly stores would get more phones. He said, "We are working hard to get them to everyone as quickly as possible. It will take about a month for stores to get fully stocked. "Apple said it sold 600,000 in early orders.

1.A lot of people waited in line at Los Angeles Apple Stores to buy new iPhone.

2.Cindy Smith wanted to buy new iPhone because she lost her old one.

3.Melissa is the Apple spokeswoman.

4.Steve said they would get more iPhones to people as quickly as they could.

5.It will take about a week for stores to get fully stocked.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

People in Los Angeles are known for their love of cars. The city is very large, and its public transportation is slow. So people drive everywhere. But now, a group of bicyclists are trying to get people out of their cars and on bikes.

Devon Fitzgerald says he has to be careful when he rides his bike in the streets. “A lot of people are in a rush, and it's very difficult to keep careful, for they would rather care for their speed than your safety.” Although riding a bike to work can be dangerous, he prefers it to a car. “It's much simpler than driving a car. For example, I don't have to worry about parking.”

Roger Rosas drives to work. "You always have to make sure you look to the other side because someone would rush across by bike. Or you can easily get into an accident. "

To make bicycling safer, some people who live and work near each other are riding to work together, which they call a "bike train". Nona Varnado helped create the group L. A. Bike Trains. "You're in a big group. If you're afraid of riding alone, you can now ride with experienced riders. " Nona said that people would feel safer by riding together in a group.

1.People in Los Angeles are known for their love of_________.

A. cars　　 B. buses　　 C. subways　　 D. bicycles

2.Devon Fitzgerald finds it _________ to ride his bike in the streets.

A. safe　　 B. dangerous　　 C. boring　　 D. exciting

3.Devon Fitzgerald likes riding a bike better because__________.

A. it's much cheaper　　 B. it is full of fun

C. it's safer everywhere　　 D. it's much easier

4.From the passage we know that_________.

A. riding in a “bike train” can help people feel safer

B. Devon Fitzgerald helped to create L. A. Bike Trains

C. Roger Rosas prefers riding a bike to driving a car

D. people can easily get into an accident when riding together

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Mary was an operator(接话员) 911 in Los Angeles. One Thursday morning, she was surprised to get a call from a little girl. She said, “Mom my ill, Mom my ill,’ again and again, Mary soon found the address of the call. She called the police. In a minute, the policemen and doctors arrived at the house. They broke the door open. They couldn’t believe their eyes. The little child was so young that she could not walk! She was sitting beside her mother and holding her mother’s hand. Tears were running down her face.

The doctors gave the women some medicine and soon she woke up. Later, she told people, “Everyone was surprised that my daughter could call 911. On Monday I tried to teach her how to call 911, but she couldn’t do it. ” Mary was surprised, too. “It’s the first time I have seen a two-year-old child call 911.”

1.What did the girl really want to say?

A. “Mom, I’m ill.”

b. “My mom is ill.”

C. “Mom and I are ill.”

2. How did the policemen feel when they got into the room?

A. Strange.            B. Normal.         C. Surprised.

3.How did the policemen get into the room?'

A. By breaking the door.

b. With the girl’s help.

C. Through the window

4.What does the underlined(下划线的) word “it” mean?

A. 911.            B. Calling 911.         C. Walking.

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. The little girl was so clever that she could call 911 when she was 2.

B. The love for her mother created the miracle(奇迹).

C. The mother knew she had to teach the little girl how to call 911.

九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Mary was an operator(接话员) 911 in Los Angeles. One Thursday morning, she was surprised to get a call from a little girl. She said, “Mom my ill, Mom my ill,’ again and again, Mary soon found the address of the call. She called the police. In a minute, the policemen and doctors arrived at the house. They broke the door open. They couldn’t believe their eyes. The little child was so young that she could not walk! She was sitting beside her mother and holding her mother’s hand. Tears were running down her face.

The doctors gave the women some medicine and soon she woke up. Later, she told people, “Everyone was surprised that my daughter could call 911. On Monday I tried to teach her how to call 911, but she couldn’t do it. ” Mary was surprised, too. “It’s the first time I have seen a two-year-old child call 911.”

1.What did the girl really want to say?

A. “Mom, I’m ill.”

b. “My mom is ill.”

C. “Mom and I are ill.”

2.How did the policemen feel when they got into the room?

A. Strange.            B. Normal.        C. Surprised.

3.How did the policemen get into the room?'

A. By breaking the door.

b. With the girl’s help.

C. Through the window

4.What does the underlined(下划线的) word “it” mean?

A. 911.            B. Calling 911.        C. Walking.

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. The little girl was so clever that she could call 911 when she was 2.

B. The love for her mother created the miracle(奇迹).

C. The mother knew she had to teach the little girl how to call 911.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Mary was an operator (接线员) 911 in Los Angeles. One Thursday morning, she was surprised to get a call from a young child who said, “Mom my ill, Mom my ill, ” again and again. Mary hurried to find the address of the call. She called the police, in a minute, the policemen and doctors arrived at the house. They broke the door open, they couldn’t believe their eyes. The little child was so young that maybe she could not walk！She was sitting beside her mother and holding her mother’s hand. Tears (眼泪) were running down her face. T he doctors gave the woman some medicine and soon she woke up. Late r she told people,  “ Everyone was surprised that my daughter could call 911. One Monday I tried to teach her how to call 911, but she couldn’t do it.” Mary was surprised，too. “It’s the first time I’ve seen a two-year-old child call 911.”

1.What did Mary do every day？

A. She answered the telephone calls.

B. She talked with the policemen and the doctors.

C. She played with the children.

D. She dealt with emergencies（紧急情况）.

2.How did she feel when she answered the little girl’s call？

A. She was worried.                 B. She was sorry．

C. She was surprised.                 D. She was happy.

3.How did the police and the doctors get into the house？

A. They went in through the windows.

B. They broke the door open.

C. They didn’t go in.

D. The women was outside. They didn’t need to go in.

4.How could the little girl learn to call 911？

A. She learnt it by herself.

B. She asked others to call 911.

C. Her mother taught her one Monday.

D. Her mother often taught her.

5.How old was the little girl？

A. Only two.

B. She was nine.

C. She was five.

D. She couldn’t walk, so she must be less one.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Mary was an operator（接线员）911in Los Angeles．One Thursday morning，she was surprised to get a call from a young child who said，“Mom my ill，Mom my ill, ” again and again．Mary hurried to find the address of the call．She called the police，in a minute，the policemen and doctors arrived at the house．They broke the door open，they couldn't believe their eyes．The little child was so young that maybe she could not walk！She was sitting beside her mother and holding her mother’s hand．Tears（眼泪）were running down her face． The doctors gave the woman some medicine and soon she woke up．Later，she told people，“Everyone was surprised that my daughter could call 911．One Monday I tried to teach her how to call 911，but she couldn’t do it．”Mary was surprised，too．“It’s the first time I’ve seen a two-year-old child call 911．”

1.What did Mary do every day？

A.She answered the telephone calls.

B.She talked with the policemen and the doctors.

C.She played with the children．

D.She dealt with emergencies（紧急情况）.

2.How did she feel when she answered the little girl’s call？

A.She was worried.　　　　　　　　　　　 B.She was sorry．

C.She was surprised.　　　　　　　　　　 D.She was happy.

3.How did the police and the doctors get into the house？

A.They went in through the windows.

B.They broke the door open.

C.They didn't go in.

D.The women was outside.They didn't need to go in.

4.How could the little girl learn to call 911？．

A.She learnt it by herself.

B.She called it by chance（偶然地）.

C.Her mother taught her one Monday.

D.Her mother often taught her.

5.How old was the little girl？

A.Only two.

B.She was nine.

C.She was five.

D.She couldn’t walk, so she must be less one.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成文后各问题的答语。

Mary was an operator 911 in Los Angeles . One Thursday morning, she was surprised to get a call from a young child who said, “Mom my ill, Mom my ill”, again and again. Mary hurried to find the address of the call. She called the police, In a minute, the policemen and doctors arrived at the house. They broke the door open, and they couldn’t believe their eyes. The little child was so young that maybe she could not walk. She was sitting beside her mother and holding her mother’s hand. Tears were running down her face.

The doctor gave the woman some medicine and soon she woke up. Later, she told people , “Everyone was surprised that my daughter could call 911 . On Monday morning I tried to teach her how to call 911 but she couldn’t do it. ” Mary was surprised, too.

1. How did Mary feel when she got a call from a young child?

She felt___________________________.

2.Who found the house soon.

The __________and the __________did.

3. How did they enter the child’s house.

By ____________________the __________________.

4. Was the little child able to walk or not.?

The little child was __________________________.

5. How old was the little girl?

She was probably ____________old.

九年级英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析

A number of people　　　　　　 waiting in line to buy tickets and the number of them　　　　　　 about 200.

A. are; is　　 B. is; are　　 C. are; are　　 D. is; is

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Look! There are thousands of people waiting to buy tickets home in the railway station．Each time when Spring Festival comes，buying tickets of train trip would be very hard．And things seem to be getting worse and worse，although we have greatly increased the mileage(总里程) of railway network and speeded up trains．Why? It’s because too many people want to go back home to spend Spring Festival with their family．Many people become angry with the Ministry(部)of Railways．They wonder why it is hopeless for them to get the tickets from the railway station．Instead，they sometimes can only buy them from ticket scalpers at much higher price．

The Ministry of Railways estimated(估计) that about 216 million passengers would travel by train during the 40-day peak period(高峰期) during the 2010 Spring Festival holiday．The number of travelers will be 8％higher than that of 2009．This problem even attracted the President Hu Jintao’s attention．He wrote a note to Liu Zhijun，Minister of the Ministry of Railways，asking him to make sure of a “smooth and safe” transportation．Afterwards，officials from the Ministry of Railways said they would try their best not to let any ticket-buyers spend Spring Festival at the railway station．

1. What does the underlined word “scalper” in the first paragraph mean?

A．代售点            B．售票员           C．票贩               D．赌徒

2. Many people can’t buy the tickets from the railway station，and they sometimes can only buy them from the scalpers________．

A．expensively        B．wrongly           C．dangerously        D．hardly

3.How many people took the train trip during the peak period during the 2009 Spring Festival holiday?

A．About 216 million．                           B．About 172 million．

C．About 200 million．                            D．About 233 million．

4.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．People go home much more easily during the Spring Festival．

B．It is very hard to buy tickets in the railway station during the Spring Festival．

C．President Hu Jintao cares about the railway building problem．

D．The Ministry of Railways felt sorry about the problem．

九年级英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

I’m seventeen. I worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Los Angeles. People came to the counter (柜台) and I put things in their bags for them and carried things to their cars. It was hard work.

While working, I wore a plate with my name on it. I once met someone I knew years ago. I remembered his name and said, “Mr. Castle, how are you?” We talked about this and that. As he left, he said, “It was nice talking to you, Brett.” I felt great, he remembered me. Then I looked down at my name plate. Oh, no. He didn’t remember me at all, he just read the name plate. I wish I had put “Irving” down on my name plate. If he’d have said, “Oh yes, Irving, how could I forget you?” I’d have been ready for him. There’s nothing personal here.

The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders. One of these was: you couldn’t accept tips(小费). Okay, I’m outside and I put the bags in the car. For a lot of people, the natural reaction(反应)is to take a quarter and give it to me. I’d say, “I’m sorry, I can’t.” They’d get angry. When you give someone a tip, you’re sort of being polite. You take a quarter and you put it in their hand and you expect them to say, “Oh, thanks a lot.” When you say, “I’m sorry, I can’t.” they feel a little put down. They say, “No one will know.” And they put it in your pocket. You say, “I really can’t.” It gets to a point where you almost have to hurt a person physically to prevent him from tipping you. It was not in agreement with the store’s belief in being friendly. Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good. I just couldn’t understand the strangeness of some people’s ideas. One lady actually put a tip in my pocket, got in the car, and drove away. I was puzzled and didn’t know what to do. Should I d have had to throw the quarter at her or eaten it or something?

I decided that one year had been enough. Some people needed the job to stay alive and fed. I guess I had the means and could afford to hate it and give it up.

1.. From the second paragraph, we can infer (推断) that ________.

A. the writer didn’t like the impersonal part of his job

B. people can easily start talking with a name plate

C. Mr. Castle mistook Irving for Brett

D. Irving was the writer’s real name

2.. The box boy refused to accept tips because ________.

A. customers only gave small tips to

B. some customers had strange ideas about tipping

C. he didn’t want to fight with the customers

D. the store didn’t allow the box boys to take tips

3.. The underlined phrase “put down” in the third paragraph probably means ________.

A. relaxed　　　　 B. upset　　

C. bored　　　　 　 D. surprised

4.What can be the best title for this text?

A. How I Could Find a Job

B. How I Got along with Customers

C. Why I Gave up My Job

D. Why I couldn’t Take Tips

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