九年级英语竞赛试题阅读短文回答问题练习题47道.docx

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1、九年级英语竞赛试题阅读短文回答问题练习题47道学校名称：班级：学号：姓名：1 .根据短文内容，回答问题。Sydney is a young city. Its history goes back just over 200 years. But in Australia, it is the oldest city. It is also the countrys largest city. Sydney is the capital of New South Wales and the most populous （人口稠密的）city of Australia.The climate （气

2、候）of Sydney is very good. Its not too cold during the winter and not too hot during the summer. The sky is blue, the air is fresh （清新的）, birds sing in the garden. People who live in Sydney seem to have an easy life style. They will tell you, Dont worry.Many people think that Sydney is one of the mos

3、t attractive cities in the world. It has many tall and modern buildings. Among them , Centrepoint Tower is the tallest. Standing on the 305-metre （80 storeys） tower, you will have a great view （视里子）of the city.Sydney is famous for its deep harbor （港口）. The harbor has many bays （湾）and beautiful surf

4、beaches. Among them , Bondi beach is the most popular. Sydney Harbor is not only beautiful, it also serves as a large port. Ships carry wool, wheat and meat from Sydney to other countries.People living in Sydney like to call them selves Sydneysiders. They are mostly friendly and easygoing. When they

5、 are not working, they love to have a good time at the beach, swimming and sailing.71. How old is Sydney?72. How is the climate of Sydney?1.2.1 .Who was Thomas Edison?2 . How was Thomas Edison in New York before he found a job?3.3. How much money did Edison get for his new machines?4.4. When did Edi

6、son build his own shop?13.根据短文内容，回答问题。How do we choose the clothes we wear? Often we choose clothes that will protect us from the weather. In cold days we wear warm clothes made of wool or animal skins. In hot days we wear light clothes made of cotton. When the weather is very hot, as it is in deser

7、t （沙漠）,people wear long, wide clothes. These kinds of clothes give protection from the hot sun and let air in to help the people stay cool.People also choose their clothes for the jobs they do. The police, bus drivers and salesmen wear uniforms （制服）. Workers and miners （矿工）wear clothes that protect

8、them while they do their work.In the past, most people made their own clothes. Women used cloth to make clothes for themselves and their families. Later, people sometimes went to dressmakers .Most of the time, rich people copied the styles （样式）of kings and queens” （国王和王后）.When kings or queens wore a

9、 new style, people copied it. Travelers got ideas for new styles from other groups of people during their visit to some other places.Today, high fashion designs （时装设计）from Europe, and more recently （最 近地）from Japan, are sold internationally （国际化地）.Fashion centers such as New York, Paris produce thei

10、r own designs. People no longer copy the styles of kings and queens. Now they want to look like their favorite movie stars and singers.Many styles today are international. People in many countries in the world wear blue jeans （牛仔月艮）and T-shirts. Leather jackets and kimonos （和月艮）migrate from one cult

11、ure to another too. We want to buy new clothes. People will not buy new clothes so often if the styles do not changes so much!The kind of clothes we wear tell people about us. We wear one kind of clothes to work. We wear a different kind of clothes to relax （放松）at home after work or to go to a party

12、. What kind of clothes do you wear?21. What clothes do people prefer to wear in cold weather, woolen or cotton clothes?22. According to the third paragraph, how did people get their clothes?23. Whose styles of clothes were copied by rich people in the past?24. Which cities are fashion centers accord

13、ing to the passage?25. When will people buy clothes according to the passage?14 . 根据短文内容，回答问题。Tom was only seven years old, so when he went to camp （里子营）with a lot of other small boys in summer, his mother thought that he might not be happy and asked his aunts, his grandmother and all his other rela

14、tives （亲戚）to write to him. His mother hoped that he would get a letter every day while he was at the camp.Of course, Tom get a letter every day while he was at the camp but he wrote to nobody. A few days later, when he came back home, his mother saw him looking at some papers and asked him what he w

15、as doing. 0h, he said, “They are letters. I got these letters while I was at the camp. I did not have time me to look at them when 1 was there. (1) What season did Tom go to the camp?(2) Whom did he go to the camp with?(3) What did his mother hope?(4) Tom didn，t write to anybody, did he?(5) Why didn

16、t Tom look at these letters?15 .根据短文内容，回答问题。Jan Mela isn” t like most kids. Two years ago, he lost an arm and a leg. But that didn” t stop him.On Saturday, the 15-year-old boy from Poland (波兰)walked to the North Pole (匕极)without any help.“If I can do it, other people can do great things, too. Mela s

17、aid before he went.Polish newspapers said Mela is the youngest person and the first handicapped (残疾的)person to walk to the North Pole.How did Mela lose an arm and a leg? He had an electrical (电的)accident. Now, he walks with the help of a 62, 000 yuan man-made leg.After the accident, Mela felt sad fo

18、r himself. But he didn“ t lose hope. One day, he met Marek Kaminski, a Polish explorer. Eight years ago, Kaminski went to the North Pole and the South Pole in the same year. Mela wanted to see the North Pole, too. So Mela asked Kaminski if they could go together next time. Kaminski said yes!It took

19、Mela 21 days to get to the North Pole. The last three or four days were really hard because of bad weather. But Mela kept going.“Ididn“ t think we would make it, “ hesaid,“Then,things got better.71. What happened to Mela two years ago?72. Why did Polish newspapers report thetravelto theNorth Pole?73

20、. How does Mela walk after the accident?74. Where did Kaminski go eight years ago?75. Why did Mela make the travel?16 .根据短文内容，回答问题。Different people have different color skin. Some have black skin, some have yellow skin, and some have white skin. Once there was a woman in Alaska. Her skin was an oran

21、ge color. It was almost the color of orange juice. How did the woman become orange? She ate lots of tomatoes, carrots and squashes. She ate so many orange things. This was why her skin turned orange.Why did she eat so many orange things? She thought she needed more sun. So she ate sunny things.The w

22、oman didn，t want to be orange. She went to the doctor. The doctor said, “Stop eating orange things . Try some green things. The woman did so. And she wasn，t orange any more.1. What color was the woman，s skin color in Alaska?2. Why did her skin turn orange?3. Why did she go to the doctor?4. What did

23、the doctor advise her to do?5. If you can choose your skin，s color, what color would you like? Why?17 .根据短文内容，回答问题。After supper Mr. Jackson turned on the television. He tried to find a football game on it. At that time the telephone rang and he went to answer it.“Hello, he said, “7465487872135.”“It

24、s Betty speaking, “ said a woman. Henry is ill. And I have to take him to the hospital. But Lucy is too young .”“Don” t worry. I” 11 go and look after her. But where” s James?”“He” s gone to London. He 11 be back at two tomorrow morning. ”Mrs. Jackson was on duty in the hospital that night and Mr. J

25、ackson had to go to help his sister. Lucy was only four. She began to cry when her mother left. Mr. Jackson told her some stories, taught her a song and showed her some nice pictures. He didn” t stop until the little girl went to sleep.Mr. Jackson went home after James came back. He was asleep soon

26、after he went to bed. His wife came into the bedroom and it woke him up. He had a look at the clock on the wall and found it was half past eight. He jumped off the bed and ran to the garage with his bag. His wife tried to say something, but he called back, “I was never late for work, you know. But I

27、“ m late this morning. ”“No, you aren t, said Mrs. Jackson. It” s Saturday. ”21. Why did Betty telephone Mr. Jackson?22. What did Mr. Jackson do to make Lucy stop crying?23. Why did Mr. Jackson run to the garage when he woke up?24. On what day did Betty call Mr. Jackson?25. How many people have been

28、 mentioned （提至ll） in this passage?Last year, I went to France for summer holidays. After I left a small village called Farmland of France, I drove on to the next village. On the way to it a young man asked for a lift （搭便车）.When he got into my car, I said good morning to him in French and he answered

29、 in the same language. I knew a little French. So we didn t speak after that. When we reached the village, the young man asked me very slowly, “Do you speak English?” I knew at once that he is also an Englishman. How disappointed I felt! Why not talk to him in English? Answer the following questions

30、:86. What s the name of the first village?87. Why did the writer go to France?88. Is the young man English?89. They talked a lot on the way, didn t they?90. Why did the writer feel disappointed?19.根据短文内容，回答问题。The large wolf （狼）ran, and the six wolves in the group followed. She heard the sound of a b

31、ig bird. She was trying to take the group to the safety of the trees across the field.Soon the wolf could not run anymore, and she fell to the ground. She did not know about the dart （镖，箭）in her side. It was filled with medicine to make her sleep.When the wolf awoke, she was confused （困惑）by the stra

32、nge sounds and the darkness. Suddenly, She saw another wolf. It was her grown daughter! The two wolves were happy to see each other.For a long, long time, the two wolves lay together in this dark place. The ground was rocking under them. The rocking stopped and suddenly sunlight appeared. Two strang

33、e people were standing before them. The wolves had never seen people before. The large wolf showed her teeth and shouted at them.For a short time the two wolves lived inside a fenced （栅栏）area. Meat was brought for them to eat, and they had each other for company. From inside the fence the wolves saw

34、 trees and snow. Soon they got used to this new place.One spring day the strangers arrived to open the gate. The large wolf carefully went near the opening and then rushed out. She called, and her daughter followed. They ran like the wind. They were free!“May they have long and happy lives here in Y

35、ellowstone National Park!/z said the hopeful voice of the park ranger.1. How many wolves were caught by people?2. What did the strangers do with the wolves?3. How did the wolves feel when they first see the strange people?4. What did the wolves see from the fence?5. Why did the park ranger open the

36、gate?Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can help people to save much time do much work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can t do easily. Our country asks everyone to lean to use computers before the twenty-first ce

37、ntury, except the old people.Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. Yet, many of their children use computers to play games, to watch videos or to sing karaoke, instead of studying. So,

38、many teachers and parents complain that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of

39、trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by today? s students themselves!1. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine?2. Why do parents buy computers for their children?3. What do many teachers and parents complain about?4. In

40、 fact, what do many children use computers to do?5. What do you think of computers? What do they bring you?Some people learn a second language easily. Other people have trouble learning a new language. How can you help yourself learn a new language, such as English? There are several ways to make le

41、arning English a little easier and more interesting.The first step is to feel positive about learning English. If you believe that you can learn, you will learn. Be patient. You do not have to understand everything all at once. It is natural to make mistakes when you learn something new. We can lear

42、n from our mistakes. In other words, do not worry about taking risks.The second step is to practice your English. For example, write in a journal or diary every day. Try to form the habit of writing in English, and you will feel comfortable expressing your ideas in English. After several weeks, you

43、will see that your writing is improving （提高）.You must speak English every day. You can practice with your classmates outside class. You will all make mistakes, but you will become comfortable talking in English.The third step is to keep a record of your language learning. You can write this in your

44、journal. After each class, think about what you did. Did you answer a question correctly? Did you understand something the teacher explained （解 释）? Perhaps the lesson was difficult, but you tried to understand it. Write these in your journal.16. Can everyone learn a new language easily?17. Does the

45、writer give us three or four suggestions （建议）?18. What do the underlined words mean in the second paragraph?19. Which is the most important step mentioned in the passage?20. Why must we keep a record of our language learning?22. 根据短文内容，回答问题。For many years, Hawaii has been a magic name to people who

46、like to travel. People, both in Japan and in America, dream of seeing the beautiful islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean （太平洋）.Their dreams always include （包括）sunset over the ocean. The sun drops like a ball of golden fire into the sea, and it drops so quickly that you can hardly see it move.

47、The sun leaves behind a glow （霞 光）that lights the sky and shines in the quiet water.People often have a quiet, peaceful time while walking along the beaches. The first strangers to these islands centuries ago were Polynesian people who came from Tahiti in boats.Now no matter where the people come fr

48、om , they really want to see the original beauty of Hawaii. They want to see the lovely beaches and the mountain called Diamond Head which is almost hidden by the tall hotels.1. How long has Hawaii been a magic name to the travelers?2. Where does Hawaii lie?3. What? s Hawaii like when people are wal

49、king along its beaches?4. Who came to Hawaii first long, long ago?5. What is Hawaii famous for?73. How tall is Centrepoint Tower?74. What is Sydney famous for?75. What do people living in Sydney love to do when they are not working?2.根据短文内容，回答问题。The computer is a useful machine. It can help people a lot in t