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Known as the Forbidden City(紫禁城)， two new areas in the Palace Museum has been open -- the Broken Rainbow Bridge and the Eighteen Ancient Pagoda Trees -- to the public since Sept 29， 2016. According to the the Palace Museum curator(馆长) Shan Jixiang， 76 percent of the Forbidden City will be open by the end of 2016.
In Chinese， the palace is called zijincheng， which means “the purple forbidden city”. However， purple is not seen a lot in the palace. The palace has mainly been painted in two colors， yellow and red. Red， the color of fire， shows happiness and success， while yellow stands for the earth and the Yellow River， the place where Chinese civilization(文明)came from. In ancient China， only emperor(皇帝) used yellow.
Then where did purple come from? Ancient Chinese astronomers(天文学家) believed that Polaris(北极星)， the purple star， was in the center of heaven(天堂) and the heavenly emperor lived in the Purple Palace. So the palace for the emperor on Earth was called “the purple city”. Entering was not allowed unless the emperor gave permission.
In most people’s eyes， for the first time visitors to Beijing， no trip is complete without a visit to the Palace Museum.
1.If a visitor wants to see “the Broken Rainbow Bridge”， when must he/she go to the Palace Museum?
A. Anytime in the year. B. From Sept 29， 2016.
C. The end of 2016. D. Only on Sept 29， 2016.
2.What does the underlined phrase “ gave permission” mean in the passage?
A. provide instructions B. give orders
C. agree to requirements D. make suggestions
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Purple， like red， is the color of fire which means happiness and success.
B. The palace has mainly been painted in red and yellow and it looks purple.
C. Purple stands for the earth and the Yellow River which represents Chinese civilizations.
D. It believed the purple star was in the center of the heaven and the emperor lived in the Purple Palace.
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The Forbidden City. also known as the Palace Museum, is long associated with images of century-old buildings and relics (文物). Now it is taking a surprising step into fashion. The Forbidden City isn’t so forbidden after all now. What has happened?
——The TV series Masters in the Forbidden City（《我在故宮修文物》） record the mysterious experts who work in the museum. Their job is to repair the relics within it. You may have imagined these workers to be old and boring, while they're actually quite young and interesting. Some are even in their 20s. They lead a peaceful career with great care, although it can sometimes be dull. The TV series are so popular that more and more college students are applying to work at the Palace Museum.
——The Palace Museum Cultural and Creative Store is the museum’s online store. In 2014, it started to offer daily items such as T-shirts and earphones with obvious cultural features. These products soon gained popularity on social media because they allowed people to wear a piece of history. In 2017, the online store launched a new product — a lipstick collection in six colors. The lipstick colors are quite attractive with their Chinese cultural meanings. They also have a high collection value.
——In November 2018, the TV programme New Products Released in the Palace Museum（《上新了故宫》）pushed people's interest on the palace to a new high. This program is helping the Palace Museum shaking off the image of being old-fashioned. Deng Lun and Zhou Yiwei act as the new product developers. They guide people around lots of the unopened areas in the palace to search for the inspiration (灵感). In this way, more fashion designs with a sense of history have come into being.
1.According to Masters in the Forbidden City, experts working in the museum _________.
A. must be careful with their work B. are mostly old but experienced
C. think their job is boring D. enjoy working with college students
2.Which one is WRONG about the products in the online store?
A. They are popular because people would like to wear a piece of history.
B. They add culture to everyday items together.
C. The lipstick collection has 6 attractive colors.
D. They were advertised on social media a lot.
3.What can we learn from the program New Products Released in the Palace Museum?
A. It has made people less interested in the palace.
B. It has been introduced to help attract visitors.
C. The ancient palace has encouraged people to design new cultural products.
D. The program has no use in helping shaking off the palace's old-fashioned image.
4.What's the article mainly about?
A. Interesting programmes about the Palace Museum.
B. Popular products related to ancient Chinese culture.
C. What the Palace Museum does to protect cultural relics.
D. The Palace Museum's efforts to change its image
九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Xiongan New Area __________ being built as a green and smart city，and it plays an important role in China's development.
A.is known for B.is worried about C.is born with
九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Two years ago, my family moved to a new city and I had to study in a new school. As I had few friends there, I felt lonely. Then I met Tony. The first time I saw him, he was standing in the center of a group of students, telling jokes. The children around laughed from time to time. Tony knew about my problem. He asked me to play basketball with his friends and helped me with my studies. We soon became good friends.
About a year ago, however, Tony's father was killed in an accident .As a result, his family had to move to a small house, Tony changed into a different person. He became silent and he even lost his interest in studies.
Several times, I invited him to go out and play basketball with me, but he refused. I wanted to help him, but didn't know what to do.
Then something strange happened in my class. Two classmates lost the money in their schoolbags.
Last Friday, just before the PE lesson, I went back to the classroom to get my running shoes I would use. The door was half open, I went in.
To my astonishment, I saw Tony was searching one of my classmate’s schoolbags. I was shocked.
1.What kind of boy was Tony at the beginning of the story?
A. He was a clever boy. B. He was a poor boy
C. He was a popular boy D. He was a shy boy
2.Why did the writer become friends with Tony?
A. Because Tony helped him do his homework.
B. Because Tony was kind to him.
C. Because Tony liked playing basketball.
D. Because Tony told jokes.
3.What caused the change of Tony?
A. His father’s accident. B. His strange character.
C. The move of his family. D. The lose of his interest in playing with his friends.
4.How did the writer feel when he saw Tony’s change?
A. He felt angry. B. He felt surprised.
C. He felt unhappy. D. He felt worried
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Two years ago, my family moved to a new city and I had to study in a new school. As I had few friends there, I felt lonely. Then I met Tony. The first time I saw him, he was standing in the center of a group of students, telling jokes. The children around laughed from time to time. Tony knew about my problem. He asked me to play basketball with his friends and helped me with my studies. We soon became good friends.
About a year ago, however, Toney’s father was killed in an accident. As a result, his family had to move to a small house, Tony changed into a different person. He became silent and he even lost his interest in studies. Several times, I invited him to go out and play basketball with me, but he refused. I wanted to help him, but didn’t know what to do.
Then something strange happened in my class, two classmates lost the money in their schoolbags.
Last Friday, just before the P.E. lesson, I went back to the classroom to get my running shoes I would use. The door was half open, I went in. To my astonishment, I saw Tony was searching one of my classmates’ schoolbags. I was shocked…
1.What kind of boy was Tony at the beginning of the story?
A. He was a clever boy B. He was a poor boy
C. He was a popular boy D. He was a shy boy
2.Why did the writer become friends with Tony?
A. Because Tony helped him do his homework. B. Because Tony was kind to him
C. Because Tony liked playing basketball D. Because Tony told jokes
3.What caused the change of Tony ?
A. His father’s accident B. His strange character
C. The move his family D. The lose of his interest in playing with his friends
4.How did writer feel when he saw Tony’s change?
A. He felt angry B. He felt surprise C. He felt unhappy D. He felt worried
5.Why was Tony searching one of my classmates’ schoolbags? Because he wanted to ________.
A. look for some food B. put the things in order
C. help clean the schoolbag D. find money and take it away.
九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析
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Two years ago, my family moved to a new city and I had to study in a new school. As I had few friends there, I felt lonely. Then I met Tony. The first time I saw him, he was standing in the centre of a group of students, telling jokes.The children around laughed from time to time.Tony knew about my problem.He asked me to play basketball with his friends and helped me with my studies.We soon became good friends.
About a year ago，however，Tony's father was killed in an accident.As a result，his family had to move into a small house.Tony changed into a different person.He became silent and he even lost his interest in studies.Several times，I invited him to go out and play basketball with me，but he refused.I wanted to help him，but I didn't know what to do.
Then something strange happened in my class. Two classmates lost the money in their schoolbags.
Last Friday，just before the P．E.lesson，I went back to the classroom to get my running shoes I would use.The door was half open，and I went in.To my astonishment，I saw Tony was searching one of my classmates' schoolbags.I was shocked.
1.What kind of boy was Tony at the beginning of the story?
A. He was a clever boy.
B. He was a poor boy.
C. He was a popular boy.
D. He was a shy boy.
2.Why did the writer become friends with Tony?
A. Because Tony helped him do his homework.
B. Because Tony was kind to him.
C. Because Tony liked playing basketball.
D. Because Tony told jokes.
3.What caused the change of Tony?
A. His father's accident.
B. His strange character.
C. His family moved into a small house.
D. The loss of his interest in playing with his friends.
4.How did the writer feel when he saw Tony's change?
A. He felt angry.
B. He felt pleased.
C. He felt happy.
D. He felt worried.
5.The underlined word“astonishment”means ________.
A. sadness B. surprise
C. disappointment D. joy
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A storm swept through two villages in the new areas, destroying (毁灭) fourteen houses. Seven others were so badly damaged（损坏） that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital and a number of other people received small hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I was eating with my wife and children when we heard a loud noise,” he said. “A few minutes later, our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She run outside at once with her children. “There was no time to take anything,” she said. “A few minutes later, the roof came down.” Soldiers came to help the people there and the welfare department (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter.
1.How many houses altogether were damaged in the storm?
A. Fourteen B. Twenty-one
C. Twenty-nine D. Thirty-six
2.Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?
A. He was in bed
B. He was inside the house
C. He was outside the house.
D. He was on the roof
3.Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?
A. Terrible Storm. B. Lucky Woman.
C. Good soldiers. D. Clever people.
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The British are known as people who love to stand in line, but a new research shows that the British are only about average (平均数) at waiting politely in a queue(排、队). The French are the best. It's the Germans who don't have a good habit of standing in line. They can't stand to wait for anything. They begin to shout loudly and noisily if the line doesn't seem to be moving fast enough. Sadly it never moves fast enough for them.
The experts studied 940 people across Europe. They watched secretly as they waited in line to get tickets, to order fast food and to wait for the bus. They found people who are good at forming (排成) queues feel that they move along faster. For example, in Britain, the average waiting at a queue needs about three and a half minutes. In Germany or Sweden people hate waiting in line. In fact, people spend double the time as the British in queues. They get to the front of the queue without thinking about others, so they waste others' time.
The expert who did the research had asked a person to break into a queue to see what people would do. In Britain, people shouted loudly at him, but when he said," I' m terribly sorry. I didn't realize there was a queue. Do go before me. " People smiled and said. "Oh, that's all right, one more won't matter much. "It was also found in France, where 80％ of the people didn't mind standing in line only if they were treated politely. While in Germany everyone was angry and wore an unhappy face. The expert said, "If only they could learn from the British and the French to think of queuing as an exercise in making the best of an unhappy thing, they might find that the queue then moves faster."
1.The research shows that the people in __________ are the most polite in standing in line.
A. Sweden B. Britain C. France D. Germany
2.The Germans spend more time than the British in queues because they __________.
A. always talk a lot with others B. like waiting in line
C. don't follow the rule of queuing D. don't know the rule of queuing
3.According to the research, which of the following is TRUE ?
A. The British didn't care about the queue jumper.
B. The Germans were angry with the queue jumper.
C. The French treated the queue jumper badly.
D. The Swedish enjoyed themselves while queuing.
4.From the last sentence we know the expert wished the Germans could__________.
A. have a good habit of standing in line B. save others' time while queuing
C. move quickly when queuing D. take exercise in queues
5.The result of the research shows that__________.
A. people in Europe hate waiting in line
B. standing in line is a kind of exercise
C. there are always queue jumpers all over the world
D. people who are good at standing in line think they move along faster
九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析
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Here are two amazing shops from the world.
One of the most famous department stores in New York City is Macy’s. There are over 850 Macy’s stores all over the US, but the flagship store is in Herald Square, Manhattan--- just around the corner form the Empire State Building. Interestingly, Rowland Macy, the company founder(创始人), opened his first shops between 1843 and 1855, but they weren’t successful. However, Macy learned from his mistakes, and in 1858 he moved to New York. He opened his first New York store on October 18, 1858 and was immediately successful. Macy’s is especially famous for its Thanksgiving Day Parade, which marks the beginning of the Christmas season.
One of the oldest shops in London is Fortnum & Mason. It was founded by William Fortnum and Hugh Mason in 1707 in central London. Originally, the shop only sold food, but these days, it sells all kinds of other things including clothes, books and games. It has the “Gentleman’s Department” on the top floor, a famous tea shop and several restaurants. The business started out small, but in 1761, William Fortnum’s grandson, Charles, went to work for Queen Charlotte. As a result, the royals(皇家) started shopping there and continues to now. In fact, Queen Elizabeth visited Fortnum’s last year. Fortnum’s is really famous for it’s hampers, which are baskets of food. There are picnic hampers and Christmas hampers that are full of wines and Christmas food. They are extremely popular, but also quite expensive ad can cost up to ￡25,000.
1. How old is the store Macy’s?
A. 60. B. 158. C. 155. D. 160.
2. Why did Rowland Macy make his shops successful?
A. Because he moved to New York.
B. Because he opened a flagship store.
C. Because he began Christmas season.
D. Because he learned from his mistakes.
3. What did Fortnum & Mason use to sell?
A. Food. B. Books.
C. Games. D. Clothes.
4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. Fortnum & Mason used to be a small shop.
B. The hampers from Fortnum & Mason are popular but expensive.
C. Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade means the beginning of Christmas season.
D. William Fortnum worked for Queen Elizabeth.
5. Where is this passage possibly from?
A. A music magazine. B. A clothes ad.
C. A sports poster. D. A fashion guidebook.
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Here are two amazing shops from the world.
One of the most famous department stores in New York City is Macy's.There are over 850 Macy's stores all over the US, but the flagship store is in Herald Square,Manhattan---just around the corner from the Empire State Building. Interestingly, Rowland Macy, the company founder ( 创始人 ), opened his first shops between 1843 and 1855, but they weren't successful. However, Macy learned from his mistakes, and in 1858 he moved to New York. He opened his first New York store on October 18, 1858 and was immediately successful. Macy's is especially famous for its Thanksgiving Day Parade, which marks the beginning of the Christmas season.
One of the oldest shops in London is Fortnum & Mason.
It was founded by William Fortnum and Hugh Mason in
1707 in central London. Originally, the shop only sold food, but these days, it sells all kinds of other things including clothes, books and games. It has the "Gentleman's Department" on the top floor, a famous tea shop and several restaurants. The business started out small, but in 1761, William Fortnum’s grandson, Charles, went to work for Queen Charlotte. As a result, the royals ( 皇家 ) started shopping there and continues to now. In fact, Queen Elizabeth visited Fortnum's last year. Fortnum's is really famous for its hampers, which are baskets of food. There are picnic hampers and Christmas hampers that are full of wines and Christmas food. They are extremely popular, but also expensive and can cost up to £25.000.
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1. How old is the store Macy's which was first opened in New York?
A. 60. B. 158. C. 155. D. 160.
2. What made Rowland Macy's shops successful?
A. He moved to New York.
B. He opened a flagship store.
C. He began Christmas season.
D. He learned from his mistakes.
3.What did Fortnum & Mason use to sell?
A. Food. B. Books.
C. Games. D. Clothes.
4.. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Fortnum & Mason used to be a small shop.
B. The hampers from Fortnum & Mason are popular but expensive.
C. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade means the beginning of Christmas season.
D. William Fortnum worked for Queen Elizabeth.
5.Where is this passage possibly from?
A. A music magazine. B. A clothes ad.
C. A sports poster. D. A fashion guidebook.
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