1、九年级英语阅读竞赛试卷 阐明:1.本试卷满分100分,考试时间为90分钟。每题2分,把答案写在答题卷上,写在试卷上无效。 (A) Please answer the questions about the prices of the two hotels. (注:&=英镑) GATEWAY SHERATON Prices Prices Dates
2、 14 nights 14 nights 1 Oct –31 Dec &495 &546 1 Jan – 31 Mar &464 &515 1 Apr – 30 Apr(closed) / / 1 May – 31 May &518 &573 1 Jun –
3、 30 Sep &609 &695 ( ) 1.The Sheraton Hotel is ____________than the Gateway Hotel A. cheaper B.dearer C. bigger D. cleaner ( ) 2.I want to stay in the Sheraton for two weeks in August. I need about___________.
4、 A. &750 B. &515 C. &690 D. &573 ( ) 3.The two hotels are open for _________months of the year. A. nine B. ten C. eleven D. twelve ( ) 4.It is cheaper to stay in the Gateway in May than it is in __________. A. November
5、 B. March C. October D. July ( ) 5.From October to December it is dearer to stay in the Sheraton than from_____ to _____. A. June; August B. January; March C. May; July D. July; September (B) Films at the Museum Two
6、 European films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See Broken Window at 1:30. The Workers will be at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898. Captain Good Fellow Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Good Fellow will b
7、e ready to teach a11 these things to children at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at 10:00, free. International Picnic Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 p. m. Ta
8、ke me out to the Ballgame It’s October, and Saturday night(7:00~9:00) is your last chance to see the Red Birds this year. Get your tickets at the gate. It might be cold .Don’t forget sweaters and jackets. Do you want to hear “The Zoo” “The Zoo’’, a popular rock group from Australia, will
9、give their first U. S. concert this Saturday night, at 8, at Rose Hall, City College. ( )6. On Saturday morning, you can________. A.go to watch a ballgame B.take chi1dren to play games at the City Theatre C.go to a concert at Rose Hall, City College D.go to the Central Park for
10、 a picnic ( )7. The Red Birds Ballgame_______. A.is in the afternoon ﻩB.is outside C.is at the gate ﻩ D.might be cold ( ) 8.You can eat many different kinds of food from all over the world if you______. A.go to the City Theatre ﻩB.go to the Central Park C.
11、buy ticket at the gate ﻩD.go to see a film ( ) 9. “The Zoo” is ______. A.a U. S. concert ﻩB.a park with many red birds in it C.a music group ﻩD.going to give their last concert ( ) 10. Mr. Turner wants to have a nice Saturday. Which is NOT possible for him
12、 to do? A.Watching a ballgame and having a picnic. B.Having a picnic and seeing a film. C.Listening to a concert and watching a ballgame. D.Seeing a film and listening to a concert. (C) Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is becau
13、se plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and men can’t make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore, animals and men need plants in order to live. This is the reason why we find so many plants around us. If you loo
14、k carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are many kinds of plants. Some plants are large while others are small. Most plants are green. Some plants have many small leaves. Others have only a few. There are many kinds of leaves. Leaves are of different shapes and colors. Leave
15、s are also different in other ways. Some leaves have long thin parts at the end, we call them leaf stalks, some have short leaf stalks, others even have no leaf stalks. The leaf edges are also different. Some leaves have smooth(平滑) edges. Some have a wave-shaped edges. Others have edges like the tee
16、th of a saw(锯子). ( )11. Which of the following shows the right relation(关系) according to the first paragraph? air + water + sunlight food A. plants air + water + sunlight food B. men food air + water + sunligh
17、t animals C. air + water + sunlight food ﻩ ﻩﻩﻩ ﻩ living things D. ( ) 12. Plants are important because __________. A. we need to eat plants every day B. men can’t live without plants C. we can see s
18、o many plants around us D. animals eat plants as their only food ( ) 13. We know from the passage that _________. A. all leaves have leaf stalks B. all leaves have smooth edges C. plants are different in shapes but have the same color D. leaves are different in shapes and colors ( )
19、14.The underlined word “leaf stalks” in the last paragraph means______. ﻩA. 叶边ﻩ B. 叶纹ﻩ C. 叶柄 ﻩD. 叶尖 ( ) 15. The main idea of the passage is ________. A. how plants help men and animals B. plants are important and they are quite different C. plants are more important than air, water and sunl
20、ight D. why we find so many plants and around us. (D) No.1 Business Hours Mon. to Wed. 9:30—6:00 Thurs. 9:30—8:00 Fri. to Sat. 9:30—6:00 Sun. closed No.3 Opening Hours Monday—Saturday 10:00a.m.—5:00 p.m. Sunday 2:30 p.m
21、—6:00 p.m. No.2 Bill’s Supermarket O P E N 7 DAYS A WEEK 8:00am to 8:00pm No.4 Opening to the Public 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday ( ) 16.If you work at No.1, you have to work longer hours on_____. A. Tuesday B. Thursday C. Saturday D. Sun
22、day ( ) 17.Which two are open every day? A.No.1 and No.2 B.No.1 and No.4 C.No.3 and No.4 D.No.2 and No.3 ( ) 18.If four people work for the four different places, how many of them needn’t go to work on Sunday morning? A. One. B. Two C. Three D. Four
23、 can probably be______. A. a government(政府) office B. a hospital C. a restaurant D. a hotel ( ) 20.Bill’s Supermarket is open ______ a day. A.8 hours B.12 hours C.14 hours D.16 hours (E) Films in West-city Cinema this week A WORLD WIT
24、HOUT THIEVES • Chinese film (2023) • Dircected (导演) by Feng Xiaogang • Mainly acted by Liu Dehua, Liu Ruoying, Ge You, Li Bingbing • From Monday to Wednesday, at 8:00 p. m. • Ticket Price: RMB¥35 KUNGFU HUSTLE • Chinese Hong Kong film (2023) • Directed by Zhou Xingchi
25、 • Mainly acted by Zhou Xingchi,Yuan Hua, Liang Xiaolong • From Wednesday to Friday, at 8:00 p. m. • Ticket price: RMB¥40 HARRY POTTER (III) • American film (2023) • Directed by Alfonso Cuaron • Mainly acted by Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint. Emma Waston • From Friday to Sunday, at 7:3
26、0 p. m. •Ticket Price: RMB¥30 (Half on Sunday for children) TROY • American film (2023) • Directed by Wolfgang Petersen • Mainly acted by Julian Glover, Brian Cox, Nathan Jones, Adoni Maropis • From Tuesday to Thursday, at 8:00 p. m. • Ticket Price: RMB¥45 ( ) 21. You can see____
27、 foreign films in West-city Cinema this week. A. one B. two C. three D. four ( ) 22. If you want to see the film which was directed by Feng Xiaogang, go to the cinema on________. A. Monday B. Thursday C. Friday D. Saturday ( ) 23. Children c
28、an pay only _____ when they want to see a film on Sunday. A. ¥5 B. ¥10 C. ¥15 D. ¥20 ( ) 24. You can see the film ________ on Saturday. A. Troy B. Harry Potter C. A World Without Thieves D. Kungfu Hustle ( ) 25. Which of the following is TRUE? A. L
29、iu Dehua acted in the film Kungfu Hustle. B. The ticket price of the four films is the same. C. All the films start after 8 o'clock in the evening. D. The four films were released in the same year. (F) You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called A
30、BC? You may like eating bananas. But do you know there is such a thing a "banana person"? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No, they are just Chinese people like you and me. ABC means American–born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese ,but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people
31、 call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside — looking like a Westerner and yellow outside — looking like a Chinese. Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Ch
32、inese politics. But if ABCs can not speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas Chinese. These people may be citizens (公民)of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents o
33、r even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C .N.Yang (杨振宁). H e got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people lov
34、e him. But he is an American citizen. ( ) 26. “ABC” in this passage means “____________”. A. three English letters B. a kind of banana C. Chinese born in America D. Americans born in China ( ) 27. Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because _______. A. their bodies
35、 are white inside but yellow outside B. they think like Westerners but look like Chinese C. they were born in China but got to study in America D. they like to eat bananas ( ) 28. The underlined word “blood” may probably mean__________. A. 国籍 B. 血统 C. 爱心 D. 皮肤 ( ) 29. C .N.Yan
36、g is mentioned (提到) here to show that ____________ A . American Chinese are great. B. We love American Chinese. C. Chinese people can win Nobel Prizes. D. American-Chinese are not Chinese citizens. ( ) 30. This passage mainly talks about _____. A. different kinds of bananas B. overseas Chi
37、nese C. the Nobel Prize D. the life story of C.N. Yang (G) In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses etc. in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and regard them as their good friends. Before they keep them at their houses, they take them to animal hospitals t
38、o give them needles so that they won’t carry disease(疾病). They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every store. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food. When you visit people’s homes, they would be very glad to show you thei
39、r pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animals in Canada. They have a law against killing wild(野生旳)
40、animals. If you killed an animal, you would be punished(惩罚). If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it. People in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be: Their family tie is not as close as ours. When children grow up, they leave t
41、heir parents and start their own career(生涯). Then the seniors(老人) will feel lonely. But pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.ﻫ( )31. This passage shows that Canadians __________. A. hate animals B. often kill animals C. love animals
42、 D. don’t keep their pets inside their houses ( )32. Children leave their parents when they grow up because __________.ﻫ A. they don’t love their parents any more B. their parents’ houses are too small C. they can only find jobs far from their parents D. it is not acceptable(能接
43、受旳) to live together with their parents when they grow upﻫ( )33. They give their pets needles before keeping them at their houses because __________.ﻫ A. the pets are sick B. the pets are wild ﻫ C. they want to stop them from carrying disease D. they want them to sleep on
44、the way homeﻫ( )34. Which is right according to the passage?ﻫ A. People buy animal food for their pets only at the animal food stores. B. Pets eat better than people.ﻫ C. Almost every family has a bird cage at his house.ﻫ D. Any birds can come to the bird feeders to eat. ( )35. The
45、passage mainly talks about __________.ﻫ A. how to keep disease from pets B. pets in Canada C. how to take good care of pets D. life of the seniors in Canada (H) In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than
46、 in the past. New medicines and machines are developing every day to extend life. However, some people , including some doctors, are not in favor of these life extending measures, and they say that people should have the right(权利)to die when they want. They say that the quality of life is as importa
47、nt as life itself, and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable. They say that people should be allowed to die with dignity(尊严)and to decide when they want to die. Others don’t agree and say that life under any conditions is better than death an
48、d that the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible. And so the battle goes on and on without a definite(明确旳)answer. ( )36. The best title for this passage is ______________. A. The Right to Live B. The Right to Die C. The Doctor’s Duty
49、 D. Life Is Better than Death ( )37. People can live longer than in the past. It’s because _____________.ﻫ A. medical technology develops B. we have big hospitals C. there are many good doctors D. both B and Cﻫ( )38. According to some people whether a dying patient
50、 has the right to die is up to _________.ﻫ A. the doctors B. the surroundings C. his or his family D. the patient himself or herself ( )39. In the writer’s opinion, ___________. A. death is better than life B. life is better tha






