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九年级英语阅读理解专项练习
九年级英语阅读理解专项练习
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TheworsttouristintheworldisNicholasScottieofSan-Francisco.OnceheflewfromtheU.S.tohishometowninItalytoseesomeoneathome.Theplanemadeone-hourstoptogetoilatKennedyAirportofNewYork.Ashethoughthehadarrivedhome.Mr.Scottiegotofftheplane.HethoughthewasinRome.Whennobodywastheretomeethim,Mr.Scottiethoughtmaybetheywereheldupbyheavytraffic.Whilelookingfortheiraddress,Mr.Scottiefoundthattheold“Rome”hadchangedalot.Manyoldbuildingswerereplacedbyhighmodernones.HealsofoundthatmanypeoplespokeEnglishinsteadofItalianandthatmanystreetswerewritteninEnglish.Mr.ScottieknewverylittleEnglish,soheaskedapolicemanthewaytothebusstation.HehappenedtomeetapolicemanwhowasalsoborninItalyandansweredhiminthesamelanguage.Aftertwelvehour’stravelingroundonabus,thedriverhandedhimovertoasecondpoliceman.HeaskedthepolicemanwhytheRomepoliceemployedsomanypeopleaspolicemenspeakingEnglishinsteadofItalian.Mr.ScottiedidnotbelievehewasinNewYorkwhenhewastoldso.TogethimonaplanebacktoSanFrancisco,hewassenttotheairportinapolicecarwithsirens（警报）on.“Look,”saidScottietohisinterpreter（翻译）,“IknowI’minItaly.That’showtheydrive.”
（）1.WhenMr.Scottiearrivedattheairport,nobodymethimbecause.
A.hewasinNewYork
B.hewasnotinRome
C.policemancouldhelphim
D.bothAandB
（）2.InwhatdirectiondidtheplaneflywhenMr.ScottiewenttoItalyfromtheU.S.?
A.Totheeast
B.Tothesouth
C.Tothewest
D.Tothenorth
（）3.WhywasMr.ScottiesosurethathewasinRome?
A.BecauseheknewlittleabouttheU.S.
B.BecauseheknewlittleboutItaly.
C.Becausehetraveledalot.
D.Becausehedidn’ttravelmuch
（）4.AtlastMr.Scottie.
A.knowhedidsomethingwrong
B.stillthoughthewasinRome.
C.knewhewaswrong
D.knewhewasathome
（）5.DoyouthinkmanypeopledothesamethingsasMr.Scottiedid?
A.NobodybutMr.Scottiemadethiskindofmistake.
B.Manypeoplemakethiskindofmistake.
C.Fewpeoplemakethiskindofmistake
D.50%ofpeoplewillmakethesamemistake
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“Cool”isawordwithmanymeanings.Itsoldmeaningisusedtoexpressatemperaturethatisalittlebitcold.Astheworldhaschanged,theworldhashadmanydifferentmeanings.“Cool”canbeusedtoexpressfeelingsofinterestinalmostanything.
Whenyouseeafamouscarinthestreet,maybeyouwillsay,“It’scool.”Youmaythink,“He’ssocool,”whenyouseeyourfavouritefootballer.Weallmaximize（扩大）themeaningof“cool”.Youcanuseitinsteadofmanywordssuchas“new”or“surprising”.Here’saninterestingstorywecanusetoshowthewaythewordisused.Ateacheraskedherstudentstowriteaboutthewaterfall（瀑布）theyhadvisited.Ononestudent’spaperwasjusttheonesentence,“It’ssocool.”Maybehethoughtitwasthebestwaytoshowwhathesawandfelt.
Butthestoryalsoshowsascarcity（缺乏）ofwords.Without“cool”,somepeoplehavenowordstoshowthesamemeaning.Soitisquiteimportanttokeepsomecredibility（可信性）.Canyouthinkofmanyotherwordsthatmakeyourlifeascolourfulastheword“cool”?
Ican.AndIthinktheyarealsoverycool.
（）6.Weknowthattheword“cool”hashad.
A.onlyonemeaning
B.nomeanings
C.manydifferentmeanings
D.thesamemeaning
（）7.Inthepassage,theword“express”means“.”
A.see
B.show
C.know
D.feel
（）8.Ifyouaresomething,youmaysay,“It’scool.”
A.interestedin
B.angryabout
C.afraidof
D.unhappywith
（）9.Thewritertakesanexampletoshowheisthewaythewordisused.
A.pleasedwith
B.strangeto
C.worriedabout
D.carefulwith
（）10.Inthepassage,thewritersuggests（暗示）thattheword“cool”.
A.canbeusedinsteadofmanywords
B.usuallymeanssomethinginteresting
C.canmakeyourlifecolourful
D.maynotbeascoolasitseems
TVPROGRAMMES
Channel1
Channel2
18:
00AroundChina
18:
30Children’sprogramme
19:
00News
19:
30Weatherreport
19:
40Aroundtheworld
20:
10TVplay:
Sisters
21:
00Englishfortoday
21:
15Popularmusic
21:
55Talkshow
17:
45Computerstoday
18:
10Foreignarts
18:
30Englishclassroom
19:
00Animalworld
19:
25China’99
20:
20Sports
21:
00TVplay:
GuoLanying
21:
45Englishnews
22:
06OnTVnextweek
（）11.Ifyouwanttowatchafootballgame,thebestprogrammeforyouwouldbe.
A.TVplay
B.Sports
C.Aroundtheworld
D.Talkshow
（）12.Theprogrammeofwillletyouknowmuchaboutwesterncountries.
A.Sisters
B.AroundChina
C.Aroundtheworld
D.OnTVnextweek
（）13.Ifyouwanttoknowsomethingabouttigers,elephantsandmonkeys,thebestprogrammeforyouis.
A.AroundChina
B.Animalworld
C.TVplay
D.Foreignarts
（）14.Englishclassroomisaprogrammethat.
A.letsyouknowsomethingaboutclassrooms
B.tellsyousomethingaboutstudents
C.letsyouknowsomethingaboutschoollife
D.teachesyouEnglish
（）15.TheprogrammeattheendofChannel2meansonTVnextweek.
A.news
B.programmes
C.people
D.Places
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Oursunisastar,andnineworlds（天体）moveroundit.Worldsliketheseareplanets.Butthereareotherstars,othersuns,notonlythousandsofthem,butmillionsofthem.Dodifferentstarshaveplanets?
Wecanseetheplanetsroundourownsun.butwehaven’tbeenanymore.Thestarsaretoofarawayfromus.Starsgiveoutlight,buttheplanetsdon’thaveanylightoftheirown.Sowecan’tseethem.Theyaretoofar,andtoodark.Still,wecantellthatsomestarshaveplanets.Whileabigplanetgoesround,itpullsitsstartooneside.Andsometimeswecanseethis.Thenweknowthatthestarhasaplanet.Forexample,Barnard’sStarisasmallredstar.Anditisthequickeststarintheuniverse.Butsometimesitmovesslower,andthenquickeragain.WehaveknownBernard’sStarformanyyears,andnowwearesureithasaplanet.
（）16.Astarisalargebodyintheuniverse.It.
A.movesroundoursun
B.haslightofitsown
C.canalsobecalledasun
D.bothBandC
（）17.Whichofthefollowingisnottrue?
A.Theearthisoneofthesun’sworld’s
B.Therearemillionsofsunsintheuniverse
C.Theworld’sareverybright
D.somestarshaveplanets
（）18.Wecanseetheplanetsroundoursun.Butwecan’tsee.
A.nineworldsintheuniverse
B.theplanetsroundotherstars
C.thesatellitesroundtheearth
D.otherstars
（）19.Barnard’sStarmovesmorequicklythan.
A.moststars
B.anyotherstar
C.itsplanet
D.theplanetsroundthesun
（）20.HowcanpeopleknowthatthereisaplanetroundBarnard’sStar?
A.Sometimestheyseethattheplanetpullsthestartoonesideandmakesitmoveslower.
B.Theplanetisshining
C.Theplanetisnexttoourearth.
D.Theplanetisaredone.
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Weweregoingtoplayagainstateamfromacountryschool.
Theydidn’tcomeuntilthelastminute.Theylookedworsethanwehadthought.Theywerewearingdirtybluetrousersandlookedlikefarmboys.
Wesatdownforarest.Wefeltthatwedidn’tneedanypracticeagainstateamlikethat.
Thegamebegan.Oneofusgottheballandheshotalongpasstoourforward（前锋）.FromoutofnowhereaboyinanoldT-shirtstoppedtheballandwithbeautifulstyle（姿势）heshotandgottwopoints.Thenanothertwopointsinaminute.Soonthegamewasallover.Wewerebeatenbythecountryteam.
Afterthat,wethoughtalot.Wecertainlylearnedthateventhoughyourteamisverygood,youcan’tlookdownupontheothersandstillneedtodoyoubest.Andthemostimportantlessonwelearnedwas:
Onecan’tjudge（判断）apersonorateamonlybytheirclothes.
（）21.Theteamfromthecountrywereinoldclothessothewriter’steam.
A.lookeddownuponthem
B.couldn’twin
C.didn’tlikethecityboy
D.wereafraidofthem
（）22.Thecountryteamarrivedsolatethat.
A.nobodysawthem
B.thewriter’steamwereangry
C.theyhadnotimetowarmup
D.theylookedworse
（）23.Theteamfromthecountrywonbecause.
A.theywereinoldclothes
B.theydidn’tpracticebeforethegame
C.theypracticedbeforethegame
D.theteamwasbetterthanthewriter’s
（）24.Fromthetext,wecanguessthewriter’steamis.
A.abasketballfromacountryschool
B.afootballteamfromaschoolinthecity
C.abasketballteamfromaschoolinthecity
D.afootballteamfromthecountry
（）25.Thewriter’steamlearnedalotfromthegame.Theygottoknowhowto.
.A.dobetterfromthenon
B.fightagainstthecountryboys
C.playagainstaweakteam
D.judgeamanorateambyclothes
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Longlongagopeoplemadefiresfromlightning（闪电）。
Buttheyhadtokeepthefireburning,fortheycouldn’tstartitagainiftherewasnolightning.Later,theyfoundouthittingtwopieceofstonetogethercouldmakeaspark（火花）.Thesparkcouldfiredryleaves.Inthiswaytheycouldmakethefireagainifitwentout.Thempeoplealsolearnedtomakeafirebyrubbing.Theymadeaholeonabigpieceofwoodandputasmallerstickintothehole.Theyturnedthestickagainandagain.Afterafewminutestheygotafire.
Asyearswentby,peoplelearnedotherwaystomakeafire.Sometimestheyusedtheheatfromsun.theyheldapieceofglassintherightwayandmadeapieceofpaperonfire.
Abouttwocenturiesago,peoplebegantomakematches（火柴）.Matchesbroughtpeopleaquickandeasywaytomakefire.Todaymatchesarestillbeingused,butpeoplehavemorenewwaystomakefires.Oneofthemistouseanelectricfirestarter.Ofcourseanelectricfirestarterismuchmoreexpensivethanaboxofmatches.Butit
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