九年级英语阅读理解练习题.doc

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1 Complete the sentence according to the passage.
There is an old song called Whatever Will Be, Will Be. It sings like this; When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother what will be. W ill be pretty/ Will I be rich/ Here’s what she said to me; whatever will be, will be The future’s not ours to see…Indeed no one can predict exactly what will be in the future, but we can imagine what our lives are like.
In my mind , people will have robots in their homes in the future. Robots will do all the housework, such as washing the dishes, making the bed and babysitting the children and so on .Kids won’t go to school . They’ll study and have lessons at home on computers. Books will only be on computers, not on paper. Teachers will work at home and correct the homework on Internet. They needn’t spend a lot of time on transportation. There will be more leisure time. 1. The song ______________ is about a girl asking her mother about her future.
2. can predict the future.
3. Robots can do such housework as ___________________________ .
4. Children won’t go to school. Instead, they will ____________________________ .
5. Teachers will _________________ children on the Internet.
6. People in the future will have more _____________ and spend _________ for their work..

2. Read the following passage and choose the right answers.
I have been hearing- impaired(听力弱的) all my life. By the time I was five years old, putting on hearing aids（助听器）in the morning was just as normal as brushing my teeth. However, I never believed that it should limit my success in any way.
During my 17 years , I met many people who don’t know about hearing disabilities and deal with this by stereotyping(对某人有成见) me. In primary school my head teacher told my parents I belonged to a school for the deaf. My classmates told me something was wrong with my brain. People speak louder than normal when they see my thick plastic hearing aids in my ears. From time to time I still hear the term ‘dumb deaf’（ 聋哑）referring to people with a hearing disability.
However, my hearing disability made me a stronger person. Because I wear hearing aids, I have to prove that I am not physically or mentally(精神上) limited. I have to work harder and earn top grades in school to earn the respect of my teachers. In sports I’ve had to run faster, hit harder, catch better and score more points to prove I not physically challenged(被挑战).
In my struggle to prove I am equal to my non-disabled classmates, I have made myself better than the average teenager. I won the all-star award on my baseball team. I have made myself a writer through my published(出版发表的) articles.
Instead of giving in, I choose to prove that I can do anything I want. I truly believe I would not be the strong and ambitious(有雄心的)person I am today if I did not have a hearing disability.
( )1. Why the author mentions brushing teeth in the article?
A. Because brushing teeth is a good habit.
B. Because the author likes brushing teeth.
C. Because the author brushes teeth every day, just like putting hearing aid.
D. Because brushing teeth can limit the author to achieve success.
( )2. According to the article, which is not happened when the author was in primary
school?
A. The teacher suggested sending the author to special school for deaf.
B. The classmates thought that the author is clever.
C. People spoke louder to the author.
D. People call the person with a hearing disability “dumb deaf”.
( )3. There are the author’s achievements except________.
A. publishing articles
B. earning top grade
C. winning the all-star award
D. inventing the hearing aids
( )4.What is the meaning of “I truly believe I would not be the strong and ambitious
person I am today if I did not have a hearing disability.”
A. The author overcomes the hearing disability and becomes strong and
Ambitious.
B. The hearing disability helps the author to become strong and ambitious.
C. A person with a hearing disability can become strong and ambitious.
D. None of above.
( )5. Which topic is the best title for the article?
A. A person with a hearing disability.
B. Great courage grows out of disability.
C. My primary school.
D. Do not laugh at the disability.
3. Read the following passage and choose the right answers.
Now and then we all get ill. Then we usually go to see a doctor. Doctors know a lot about what makes us ill. They may give us something to take. The medicine often makes us well again.
But sometimes the doctor’s medicine doesn’t work. A sick person does not get well. The pain, or hurt, will not go away. This happened to one man. He was in hospital, but he was not getting well. Then he found a new “doctor’’ inside himself. This “doctor” was his own sense of humor. He saw funny films. He read funny books. And something wonderful happened. Laughing took away his pain. Then he was able to sleep and rest. His own happy feeling helped him to feel well again. And he told his story in a book. He said laughing was his best “medicine’’. His doctor thought so, too.
Another man was ill, and he had a terrible pain in his back. Then doctors could not stop it from hurting. So the man began to “picture’’ his pain. In his head he “drew’’ a picture of a dog . H e imagined it as a real dog. And it was made friends with the dog. And his pain went away!
These stories may surprise you . But more and more people are getting well in this way. So
call on the “doctor’’ inside your own hand. Stay happy and well.
( ) 1. The medicine that doctors give _______________________.
A. never works well
B. doesn’t work sometimes
C. always tastes terrible
D. always doesn’t work at all
( ) 2 . what’s the new “doctor’’? ___________________________.
A. Your friends
B. Your own doctor
C. The doctor at hospital
D. Your active attitude(态度) to illness
( ) 3 . The second patient felt well again because of ____________________________.
A. the doctors
B. good medicine
C. the “dog’’ in his head
D. his sense of humor
( ) 4. We can stay happy and well by _________________________.
A. taking more medicine
B. drawing a picture of a dog
C. going to see a doctor as often as possible
D. visiting the “doctor’’ inside our own heads
( ) 5. We should believe that_____________________________.
A. doctors can heal all patients
B. no one can help patients but themselves
C. only medicine can make patients feel better
D. sometimes a patient can help himself in his own way
4 . Read the following passage and answer the following questions .
O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862 . As a young boy he lived an exciting life . He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know . When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank . When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of poor there. People liked his stories, because simply as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the readers’ surprise.
(1) . Who is this passage about?

(2) . What was his life like when he was a young boy?

(3) Where did he tried different jobs?

(4) Where did O. Henry learn to write short stories?

(5) What was he mostly writing about?

5 . Read the following passage and choose the right answer.
The bicycle is one of the most useful things in our daily life. Fifty years ago, men rode on a heavy and dangerous kind of bicycle with a rather big wheel in the front and a smaller one at the back. The front wheel was as high as six feet and the one at the back was only a few inches in diameter(直径). When the present bicycles with two wheels of the same size was invented, it was called “safety” because people were so much safer sitting on a seat four feet from the ground than on one six or seven feet above the road. Even then riding on a bicycle was not so comfortable as the tyre were made of solid rubber. Later someone found the use of air-filled tyres and this helped to make the bicycle what it is today. Also, bicycles were made in various size to fit men, women and children. In many hot countries, people choose to use bicycles only for short journeys as they can travel cheaply and comfortably by bus in longer trips. But some people go on long traveling lasting for weeks using their bicycles as their means of transport. Some people even choose bicycle for their round-the-word trip.
( ) 1 . The reason why people rode on their bicycle fifty years ago were not safe is that_________________________.
A . the two wheels of their bicycles were not well designed
B . their bicycle tyres were made of solid rubber
C . the back wheel of their bicycles were too large
D . their feet were not long enough
( ) 2 . Which of the following statements was wrong?
A . Men used to ride on a bicycle with two wheels which were not of the same size.
B . Riding on a bicycle with tyres of solid rubber is less comfortable than riding on one with air-filled tyres.
C . People in many hot countries prefer to use bicycles rather than take buses because of the weather.
D . There are different kinds of bicycles for people of any age to choose today.
( )3 . The man who made the first bicycle _____________ .
A . was a man of six or seven feet tall
B . was an old man who lived for fifty years
C . once worked in a factory where air-filled tyres were made
D . was not mentioned in this article
( )4 . From the passage we may conclude that__________ .
A . people now are no cleverer than those in the past
B . people have been using rubber since fifty years ago
C . the most useful part of a bicycle is its front wheel
D . as time goes on, bicycles with no wheels will come into being(形成)
( )5 . Which of the following can be the title for the above passage?
A . An introduction of the History of Bicycles
B . The Most Useful Tool --- Bicycles
C How to Make a Bicycle
D . The Use of Bicycle

6 . Write T for true or F for false for each sentence according to the passage .
A good way to pass on an exam is to work hard every day in a year. You may fail in an exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam. If you are taking an English exam, do not only learn rules of grammar. Try to read stories in English. Speak English whenever you can. A few days before the exam you should go to bed early. Do not go to bed late at night. Before you start the exam, read carefully over the question paper, try to understand the exact meaning of each question. When you have at last finished your exam, read over your answers. Correct the mistakes if there are any and be sure that you have not missed anything out.
( ) 1 . You should go to bed early a few days before the exam in order to do it well.
( ) 2 . Learning rules of grammar is enough for you to pass an exam .
( ) 3 . Reading stories in English is helpful to your English study.
( ) 4 . When you have finished your paper, you should hand it in at once.
( ) 5 . Before you hand in your paper, make sure that you have answered all the questions correctly.
7 . Read the following passage and answer the questions.
Different countries and different people have different manners. We must find out their customs so that they will not think us ill-mannered. Here are examples of the things that a person with good education does or does not do.
If you visit a Chinese family, you should knock at the door first. When the door opens, you will not move before the host says “Come in, please.” After you come into the room, you would not sit down until the host asks you to take a seat. When a cup of tea is put on a table before you or sent to your hand, you will say “Thank you” and receive it with two hands, not one hand, or they will think you are ill-mannered. Before entering a house in Japan, it is a good manner to take off your shoes. In European countries, even though shoes sometimes become very dirty, this is not done. In a Malay house, a visitor never finishes the food on the table. He leaves a little to show that he has had enough. In England, a visitor always finishes a drink or the food to show he has enjoyed it. This will make the host pleasant.
1 . Does the writer think it is necessary to know different customs in different countries?

2 . When can you enter the room if you visit a friend in China?

3 . In which country do you have to take off your shoes when you enter your host’s house?

4 . Why does a visitor always finish the food at dinner in his friend’s home in England?

8 . Choose the right answers according to the passage.
One day Mr Jackson took Paul to his favorite restaurant. It was a French restaurant. The waiter was from France. But he didn’t speak to them in French. “Would you like to see the menu?’’ he asked in a kind way. “Yes, please,” Mr Jackson said.
The waiter gave them a menu each. They studied them. “You can spend only twenty-five dollars,’’ Mr Jackson told his son. The waiter asked Paul, “What would you like, young man?’’
“How much is the tomato soup?’’ Paul asked.
“Six dollars,’’ the waiter said “It’s very good.’’
“How much is the duck with orange?’’ Paul asked next.
“Fifteen dollars,’’ the waiter said.
“How much is the chocolate ice cream?’’
“Six dollars,’’ the waiter said.
Paul added it up quickly. Six plus fifteen plus six is twenty-seven. He thought he could have the duck and the soup, or the duck and the ice cream. “I’ll have the duck and the chocolate ice cream, please,’’ he said to the waiter.
Paul said to his father, “My meal will cost only twenty-one dollars. Can I keep the other four dollars?’’ His father laughed, “No, Paul,’’ he said. “Leave it for the waiter.’’
( ) 1 . How did the waiter speak to Paul and Mr Jackson?
A . In a rough way.
B . In a friendly way.
C . In French.
D . Slowly.

( ) 2 . What did Paul have for dinner?
A . The soup and the duck.
B . The duck and the ice cream.
C . The duck, the soup and the ice cream.
D . The soup and ice cream.
( ) 3 . How much did Paul’s meal cost?
A . 21 dollars. B . 24 dollars. C . 25 dollars. D . 27 dollars.
( ) 4 . What did Mr Jackson tell Paul to do with the other 4 dollars?
A . Keep it. B. Give it back to him.
C . Spend it on something else. D. Give it to the waiter.
( ) 5 . What does this passage tell us?
A.