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Someone says the world would be no more in 2012, but our scientists' ideas are not the same. And they are sure to see the future: by the year 3000, this world is going to have different kinds of private machines. They will make the work much easier for us. I even can't give any guess how many people will be living to use them. However, Odd Stuff Magazine has got some new inventions for the year 3000. Take a look and have fun.

　　　　 In the future you can save time by having a robot make you exercise while you sleep. The future advancement in the toilet(洗手间) can make people surf at home instead of on the sea. Professional sportsmen can make so much money. And they will hire(雇) people to play for them.

　　　　 The four-legged jeans of the year 3,000 will make sure you have a place to sit everywhere you go. To save on gas, circus(马戏团) performers will take the place of the school bus drivers. And the helicopter(直升飞机) cap can get you around faster and easier than your bike.

1.Which of the following is the writer's idea?

A.The world would come to the end in 2012.

B.New inventions will make the work easier.

C.There will be more people than before.

D.People will have four legs.

2.The underlined word "advancement" is closest in meaning to 　　　　　　　　　　 ________.

A.invention B.trouble C.water D.difference

3.Professional sportsmen will be 　　　　　　　　　　 ________ in the year 3000.

A.busier B.sleepier C.richer D.heavier

4.The jean has four legs and 　　　　　　　　　　 ________.

A.people will also have four legs

B.it can make you exercise while you sleep

C.people can use it as a seat to sit on

D.the shape looks very cool

5.From the above reading, we can learn that 　　　　　　　　　　 ________.

A.a robot can make its owner fall asleep

B.taking a school bus will not be popular with kids

C.people won't surf on the sea any more

D.there will be a small helicopter in every cap

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

If_____litters,our world will be more beautiful.

A.everyone　 B.someone　 C. anyone D. no one

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell. This may sound like someone would say today. But in fact, 　　 　　 unknown person who lived in Rome in AD(公元) 53 wrote it.

We all love inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?

You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ 　　 　　 　 from your friend 　　 　　 on the screen, the 　 　　 　 from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer breaks 　 　　 and you lose all your homework. Now you have to 　　 up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel?

Inventions have speeded up our lives 　　 much that people often feel stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far 　 　　 from noisy cities, who have no telephones, cars, even electricity(电) often 　 　　 to be happy? Perhaps 　　 　　 　 they live simpler lives.

One family in the UK “went back in time” to see 　 　　 life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, 　　 　　 their daughter and grandsons Tom, 10 and Jim, 7, spent 8 weeks in a 1940s house. They had no 　 　　 machine, fridge, computer or mobile phones.

The grandmother, Linda said, “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.” The boys said they fought less. Probably because there was 　 　　 to fight for, such as their computer. And they noticed that their grandmother had changed from 　 　　 fashionable to one who liked cooking things.

1.A. a                    B. an                C. the　　　             D. /

2.A. notice                B. message            C. news                D. information

3.A. comes                B. appears            C. goes                D. leaves

4.A. noise                B. voice                C. sound                D. hearing

5.A. up                    B. into                C. down                D. out

6.A. wake                B. stay                C. give                D. get

7.A. very                　　 B. too                C. so                D. such

8.A. away                B. up                C. down                D. over

9.A. look                　　 B. seem                C. watch                D. find

10.A. because            B. since                C. and                D. or

11.A. whose                B. which                C. what                D. how

12.A. with                B. between            C. together            D. along

13.A. shopping            B. sleeping            C. writing            D. washing

14.A. more                B. less                C. fewer                D. worse

15.A. liking                B. being                C. seeing                D. running

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The world would be a very different place if someone hadn’t invented the lift. There would be few, if any, high-rise buildings because people would refuse to climb many stairs. By the time workers reached their offices on the top floors of a tower building, it would be time to go home – if they were not too tired for the long walk down！

The first lift that we know about was used by the Greek scientist, Archimedes, in about 230 BC. It was a simple place that could be pulled up and down with a rope. A lift like this was used much later in the 12th century by priests who lived on top of a mountain at Metereo in Greece. Because they were afraid of killers, the priests had not built any stairs up the mountain. The only way up was by lift, which priests worked from the top of the mountain.

A few hundred years later, a Frenchman, Villayer, invented a ‘flying chair’ which used a rope and a place. A number of rich people had these ‘flying chairs’ built in their homes, including Queen Anne of England in Windsor Castle and Louis XVI of France at Versailles. Unluckily, Louis’ daughter was badly hurt when using one of the chairs, and Villayer ran away, afraid that he would be punished.

The main problem for lift engineers was that either humans or animals were needed to pull the ropes. This problem was not worked out until the discovery of steam power. But even steam powered lifts were not always safe because they also used ropes which sometimes broke. If the rope broke - which it sometimes did - the lift fell to the ground and people in it were killed or hurt. This problem worked out in 1854 when an American, Elisha Otis, invented something which stopped the lift from falling if the rope broke. At first Otis lifts were used only in factories, then in 1857 he built one in a large New York store. Now lifts use electric power and are completely safe. They also travel very quickly. Some lifts travel faster than 60 kilometers an hour.

1.The writer thinks that lifts are important today because __________.

A. people like playing on them　　　　　　　　

B. they are the best way of using steam power

C. we need them for tall buildings     　　　　

D. workers are lazy

2.The 12th century priests had a simple lift instead of stairs because ___________.

A. they thought the stairs were broken　　　

B. they liked having stairs and a lift

C. the lived at the bottom of a mountain　　

D. they were afraid of killers

3.Villayer thought he would be punished because ____________.

A. poor people could not afford his ‘flying chair

B. someone was hurt in one of his ‘flying chairs’

C. his ‘flying chair’ did not work at all　　　　　　　

D. he ran away with Louis XVI’s daughter

4.Steam power meant that ________　 .

A. they did not need a living thing to pull the ropes

B. Elisha Otis could invent a lift that would not fall

C. the rope always broke

D. they could use lifts in factories

九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

—The transportation in our country is much more ______than it used to be.

—But traveling becomes much easier!

A. convenient　　 B. expensive　　 C. difficult　　　 D. trendy

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

—The transportation in our country is much more ______than it used to be.

—But traveling becomes much easier!

A. convenient　　 B. expensive　　 C. difficult　　　 D. trendy

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Someone says "Time is money. ” But I think time is _________ important than money.

A．the most          B．more much        C．much more        D．much least

九年级英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world, but the number may be over 450 million. The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada.

In the United Kingdom, about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people. As we get older, many of us will become less mobile (可动的) , hard of hearing or have failing eyesight.

Disablement can take many forms and happen at any time of life. Some people are born with disabilities. Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases. The longer time goes on, the worse they become. Some people are disabled in accidents. Many others may have disability in the form of a mental illness. All are affected by people’s attitude(态度) towards them.

　Disabled people face many physical barriers(障碍). Next time you go shopping or to work or visit friends, imagine what would you do if you could not get up steps, or on to buses and trains. What would you do if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic? But there are other barriers: prejudice(偏见)can be even harder to break down and ignorance (无知) represents by far the greatest barrier of all. It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully understand what the disabled go through, so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person(个人) and their ability, not their disability, which counts.

1.The first paragraph points out that ___________.

A. it is possible to get an exact number of the world’s disabled people

B. there are many disabled people in the world

C. the number of disabled people in India is the greatest

D. India has not much more disabled people than Canada

2.The key word in Paragraph 4 is ___________.

A. barriers     B. disabled        C. disability             D. prejudice

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. There are about 10 percent disabled persons in the UK.

B. The whole society should pay more attention to the barriers faced by the disabled people.

C. Even the able-bodied may lose some of their body functions when they get older.

D. There is still prejudice against the disabled which results mainly from ignorance.

4.It can be concluded（推断）from the passage that ___________.

A. we should try our best to prevent disablement

B. we must take a proper attitude towards the disabled

C. the able-bodied people will never fully understand the disabled

D. both physical and mental barriers are hard to break down　

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Circles can be found everywhere in the natural world, but with no exact way to measure(测量) them they are very mysterious and might never be completely understood. When you take the distance around a circle and divide it by the distance across a circle, you will always get Pi. While Pi is about 3.14 when rounded, it is endlessly long. With the help of computers, mathematicians(数学家) have been able to work Pi out to over a trillion decimal places(小数点后万亿位). This makes Pi mysterious, even to the most famous mathematicians.

Pi Day is celebrated on March 14, since the way we write this date, 3/14, looks just like Pi when rounded. In 2009, U. S. Congress voted to formally make March 14 Pi Day. Certain parts of the world—places where March 14 is written as 14/3—will instead celebrate Pi Approximation Day which takes place on July 22nd because of the division(除法) result of 22/7.

Pi has appeared in movies, comics, music, and more. “In modern movies, any time the filmmaker wants to create a sense of mystery, the symbol Pi is used,” says Blatner. People also love working to remember the digits(数位) of Pi and competing against others to see who can remember most. The Guinness World Record for remembering the most digits of Pi is held by Lu Chao of China, who successfully remembered Pi to nearly 67,000 decimal places.

Above all, Pi Day is about having fun with the number, according to Blatner. People will celebrate Pi Day by eating pie and throwing pie, and with fun Pi-related games. Princeton, New Jersey holds a series of Pi-related festivities. Events this year include a surprise birthday party for Albert Einstein whose birthday also falls on March 14, and a “Walk a Pi Event” where participants will walk 3.14 miles together. Just like the number itself, the possibilities for Pi Day are truly endless.

1.What makes Pi mysterious?

A. Ways to divide a circle B. Ways to use it when rounded

C. Being unable to write it as an expression D. Its endless decimal places

2.Why is Pi Day celebrated in some places on July 22nd?

A. Because it is announce formally B. Because it was corrected originally

C. Because the division result is similar to Pi D. Because that day is easier to remember

3.What is the goal of using Pi in films according to Blatner?

A. To move more viewers B. To call for viewers’ attention

C. To make the films more frightening D. To add something mysterious to the film

4.What can we learn from the text?

A. Lu Chao is the first Chinese to recite Pi

B. Many states in the USA celebrate Pi day on July 22nd

C. There are many different events to celebrate Pi Day in the world

D. Scientists will try their best to work out the digits of Pi thoroughly

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

–Look! Someone is cutting a tree on the moon.

–It _______ be true, Granny. Our teacher says there is no air there.

A. can't        B. mustn't       C.may          D. should

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析