Have you noticed your life becoming a little ...

Have you noticed your life becoming a little easier? Now, when you go to a certain shopping mall, you can enjoy its free Wi-Fi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city.

The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make our lifeconvenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we can learn from.

In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water meters. They can detect（探测〉water waste and leakage（泄漏）and send data to let the house owner know. The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas. This way, people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.

Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times. The government organized a research team and provided an App（应用程序〉that collects data on almost everything: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the App near a supermarket provides immediate information on special

1.According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?

A. Digital technologies are used in smart cities.

B. An English company first raised the idea of a smart city.

C. A smart city is mainly made up of free Wi-Fi and phones.

D. A smart city is still an idea and hasn’t come into being.

2.The underlined word “convenient” is the closest in meaning to _____.

A. useful　　 B. normal　　 C. suitable　　 D. easy

3.Compared to traditional water meters, smart water meters do better in .

A. cleaning water　　 B. supplying water

C. saving water　　 D. producing water

4.The example of Santander shows the use of smart systems in aspects（方面）EXCEPT _____.

A. business　　 B. health care

C. traffic controlling　　 D. public transportation

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Digital technologies help improve city planning.

B. Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter.

C. Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander.

D. Spain and the US take the leading position in building smart cities.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Have you noticed your life becoming a little easier? Now, when you go to a certain shopping mall, you can enjoy its free Wi-Fi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city.

The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make our lifeconvenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we can learn from.

In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water meters. They can detect（探测〉water waste and leakage（泄漏）and send data to let the house owner know. The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas. This way, people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.

Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times. The government organized a research team and provided an App（应用程序〉that collects data on almost everything: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the App near a supermarket provides immediate information on special

1.According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?

A. Digital technologies are used in smart cities.

B. An English company first raised the idea of a smart city.

C. A smart city is mainly made up of free Wi-Fi and phones.

D. A smart city is still an idea and hasn’t come into being.

2.The underlined word “convenient” is the closest in meaning to _____.

A. useful　　 B. normal　　 C. suitable　　 D. easy

3.Compared to traditional water meters, smart water meters do better in .

A. cleaning water　　 B. supplying water

C. saving water　　 D. producing water

4.The example of Santander shows the use of smart systems in aspects（方面）EXCEPT _____.

A. business　　 B. health care

C. traffic controlling　　 D. public transportation

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Digital technologies help improve city planning.

B. Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter.

C. Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander.

D. Spain and the US take the leading position in building smart cities.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Have you noticed your life becoming a little easier? Now, when you go to a certain shopping mall, you can enjoy its free Wi-Fi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city.

The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make our lifeconvenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we can learn from.

In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water meters. They can detect（探测〉water waste and leakage（泄漏）and send data to let the house owner know. The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas. This way, people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.

Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times. The government organized a research team and provided an App（应用程序〉that collects data on almost everything: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the App near a supermarket provides immediate information on special

1.According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?

A. Digital technologies are used in smart cities.

B. An English company first raised the idea of a smart city.

C. A smart city is mainly made up of free Wi-Fi and phones.

D. A smart city is still an idea and hasn’t come into being.

2.The underlined word “convenient” is the closest in meaning to _____.

A. useful　　 B. normal　　 C. suitable　　 D. easy

3.Compared to traditional water meters, smart water meters do better in .

A. cleaning water　　 B. supplying water

C. saving water　　 D. producing water

4.The example of Santander shows the use of smart systems in aspects（方面）EXCEPT _____.

A. business　　 B. health care

C. traffic controlling　　 D. public transportation

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Digital technologies help improve city planning.

B. Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter.

C. Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander.

D. Spain and the US take the leading position in building smart cities.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Have you noticed your life becoming a little easier? Now, when you go to a certain shopping mall, you can enjoy its free Wi-Fi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city.

The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make our life convenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we can learn from.

In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water meters. They can detect（探测〉water waste and leakage（泄漏）and send data to let the house owner know. The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas. This way, people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.

Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times. The government organized a research team and provided an App（应用程序〉that collects data on almost everything: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the App near a supermarket provides immediate information on special

1.According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?

A. Digital technologies are used in smart cities.

B. An English company first raised the idea of a smart city.

C. A smart city is mainly made up of free Wi-Fi and phones.

D. A smart city is still an idea and hasn’t come into being.

2.The underlined word “convenient” is the closest in meaning to _____.

A. useful 　　 B. normal 　　 C. suitable 　 D. easy

3.Compared to traditional water meters, smart water meters do better in .

A. cleaning water B. supplying water

C. saving water D. producing water

4.The example of Santander shows the use of smart systems in aspects（方面）EXCEPT _____.

A. business 　 B. health care

C. traffic controlling D. public transportation

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Digital technologies help improve city planning.

B. Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter.

C. Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander.

D. Spain and the US take the leading position in building smart cities.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

We have noticed our life becoming a little easier these days. Now, when you go to a certain shopping mall, you can enjoy its free WiFi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city.

The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010.Gernally, a smart city is a city that uses digital(数字的) technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make our life convenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we can learn from.

In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water meters. They can examine water waste and leakage(泄露) and send data to let the house owner know. The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas. This way, people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.

Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone quickly shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times. The government organized a research team and provided an App that collects data on almost everything: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the APP near a supermarket provides immediate information on special offers.

1.A smart city improves city planning, save money and resources and makes our life convenient by ______.

A.using a robot. B.the government. C.using digital technologies. D.working hard

2.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A.An English Company first raised the idea of a smart city.

B.Digital technologies are used in smart cities.

C.A smart city is mainly made up of free WiFi and phones.

D.A smart city is still an idea and hasn’t come into being.

3.Compared to traditional water meters, smart water meters do better in ______.

A.cleaning water. B.supplying water. C.saving water. D.producing water.

4.The example of Santander shows the use of smart system in aspects EXCEPT _____.

A.health care. B.business. C.traffic controlling. D.public transportation.

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A.Digital technologies help improve city planning.

B.Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter.

C.Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander.

D.Spain and the US take the leading position in building smart cities.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

—What do I have to do if I want to become famous?

—You have to be prepared to ______ your normal life. You can never imagine

how difficult the road to success is.

A. take up　　 B. get up　　 C. look up　　 D. give up

九年级英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

If you have ever been swimming in the ocean, you may have noticed that sea water is easier to float in than pool water. Here's why.

You'll need：

Two bowls　　 Food coloring　 Spoon　　 Salt　　　 Two eggs

1: Fill bowls half way with water.

2:Add 10 tablespoons of salt to one bowl, mix until it dissolves (溶解), and then add several drops of color.

3:Carefully, put an egg into each bowl of water and watch what happens.

What happens?

The egg in the plain water sinks. 　　　　　 The egg in the salt water floats.

(If the salt water egg does not float well, mix more salt into the bowl )

The water and salt particles（粒子）in the salt water bowl are closer together it than plain water particles are. They push harder against the egg than the plain water particles do and the egg floats.

1.The purpose of: the experiment is to explain ________________.

A.why the egg floats in the salt water

B.why people float more easily in the sea

C.how we can make the egg float in water

D.how the water and salt particles act together

2.According to the text, if the egg in the salt water doesn’t float, which is the reason?

A.The water is too hot. B.The egg is not fresh.

C.The bowl is too small. D.The salt is not enough.

3.What is this passage probably taken from?

A.A science magazine B.A tour guide. C.A news report. D.A geography book

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Now, are you changing your living habits to have a low carbon life? Here are some strategies (策略) for you.

Strategy One

●Each week, choose one day when you don’t eat meat. Meat takes up lots of energy because it takes a long time to produce. And animals must be fed on farmed plants, which could be used to feed many more people.

Strategy Two

●Only buy the amount of food you need. When you buy food, go local rather than imported (进口的), and get fresh vegetables instead of frozen.

Strategy Three

●Make sure you keep the things such as paper and plastic bottles separate (独立) so that they can be recycled. There are places where you can recycle batteries. Make sure you find them.

Strategy Four

●Take showers rather than baths and reduce your shower time by two minutes. This will save water and give you an extra two minutes in bed.

Strategy Five

●Buses and trains are better than cars, but walking or cycling is better still. It’s also better for your health and cheaper. It can even be quicker than sitting in a car at rush hours in a busy city. For long distances, coaches are better than trains.

Strategy Six

●Try to buy good, long-lasting products even though they may cost a little more. A small screen TV is better than a big screen. Keep your electronic products one year longer than you would usually have.

1.What does the underline phrase “low carbon” in paragraph one mean?

2. According to the passage, which of the following is WRONG?

3. What’s the purpose(目的) of the passage?

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

_______you start eating healthily, your weight control will become much easier.

A.Until B.Although C.Before D.Once

九年级英语单选题困难题查看答案及解析

How has technology made your life easier? When you go to a shopping mall, you can enjoy free Wi-Fi there. (A)When you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all of these things can be seen as the first building blocks of a smart city.

The idea of a smart city was first suggested by tech company IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city is a city that uses digital technology, such as 5G networks and the "internet of things", to improve urban planning, save money and resources (资源), and make our lives more convenient.

Cities like Boston, Amsterdam and Copenhagen are already using smart technology to improve public services. In the US cities of Boston and Baltimore, smart trash bins can sense (感知) how full they are and tell workers when (B)they need to be cleaned. In Amsterdam, traffic is monitored (监测) and adjusted according to real-time data gathered from sensors around the city. There are fewer traffic jams.

Smart cities will allow us to save resources. By using sensors and 5G networks to check the usage of water, gas and electricity, city managers can figure out how to use these resources more efficiently. For example, water and gas pipes (管道) could remind repair workers when there is a leak (泄漏). Air pollution could be more closely monitored, too.

(C)Of course, it will take time to build the smart cities of the future. But since we've already seen successful examples, it won't be long until more cities join in. Tech Republic estimates (估计) that by 2050, about 60 percent of people worldwide will live in smart cities.

1.把文中(A)处划线句子翻译成汉语。

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2.把文中(C)处划线句子翻译成汉语。

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3.写出(B)处划线单词指代的内容。

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4.写出智能城市所用的数字技术的目的。

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5.用句子或短语简要概况本文大意。

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九年级英语多任务混合问题困难题查看答案及解析