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牛津版（深圳广州）初中英语九年级上册期末复习（题型专练）：阅读理解D卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、 阅读理解 (共10题；共80分)1. （8分）阅读理解What we have been aware of is that people from Italy speak Italian and people from Russia speak Russian. But have you ever wondered the reason why people speak Spanish in so many South American countries? Do you know why the brilliant footballers of Brazil speak Portuguese?And why is French the first language of some people in Canada? The answer is that all these countries belonged to European empires at one time. The next question is: How did these empires begin? To answer that question we have to probably go back to the 15h and 16 centuries, the golden age of European explorers.Although this period is known as the golden age of European explorers, it was not the beginning of European exploration. As you probably know, Marco Polo travelled a long way to China at the end of the 13 century and some people say that the Vikings discovered Americalong before Columbus set sail in 1492. However, it is during this “golden period that some famous voyages took place. Columbus voyage to America is the best known voyage of exploration, but Ferdinand Magellan sailed round the world in this period, and Spanish explorers such as Central and Pizarro reached South America. Cortez defeated the Aztecs in what we now know as Mesico and Pizarro defeated the Incas in what we now know as Peru. The roots of the Spanish empire were established and that is why he Spanish language is so widely spoken in Central and South America today.（1）When is the golden age of European explorers? A . The 15th centuryB . The 16th century.C . The 13th century.D . The 15th and 16th centuries.（2）Which is not the voyage of exploration taking place during the golden period? A . Columbus sailed to America.B . Marco Polo travelled to China.C . Ferdinand Magellan voyaged round the world.D . Cortez and Pizarro reached South America.（3）Who defeated the Aztecs in what we now know as Mexico? A . Pizarro.B . Cortez.C . Incas.D . Columbus.（4）According to the passage，some countries in America didnt use to belong to .A . PortugalB . SpainC . CanadaD . France（5）From the passage, we can know that . A . Many countries in South America have been influenced by European countriesB . The period of the 15h and 16h centuries was the beginning of the European explorationC . European explorers occupied some American countries in a peaceful wayD . Ferdinand Magellans voyage round the world is not famous at all2. （8分）阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A boy and his father were walking in the mountains. Suddenly the boy fell down and hurt himself, so he cried, AAAhhhhhh! To his surprise, he heard the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain, AAAhhhhhb! Then the boy shouted back, Who are you? He received the answer Who are you? He got angry at the answer, so he shouted, Foolish! He received the answer, Foolish!He looked at his father and asked, Whats going on? The father smiled and said, My son, listen. And then he shouted to the mountain, I love you! The voice answered, I love you! Again the man cried, Youre the best! The voice answered, Youre the best! The boy was surprised, but did not understand. Then the father explained, People call this echo, but in fact this is life. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is just a reflection(反映)of what we have done. If you want more love in the world, have more love in your heart. If you want to be successful, work hard. This can be used hi everything in life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it.（1）At first the boy cried because . A . he fell and hurt himselfB . he wanted to give himself a surpriseC . he got angry with his fatherD . he hoped his father would help him（2）When the boy heard the voice repeating, he thought . A . it was foolish to hear others voiceB . someone else in the mountain liked his voiceC . he was laughed at by some else in the mountainD . there were many other people in the mountain（3）The father shouted to the mountain to . A . let his son know whose voice was louderB . have fun with other people in the mountainC . show more examples to his son before giving him the answerD . find out who was repeating his voice（4）We can infer from the story that . A . the boy didnt like others voice at allB . the boy did not understand what his father saidC . people will get everything backD . the father had his own way to teach his son3. （8分）阅读理解 A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).You have no flying skills at all! he said to the swans. All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, thats beyond you. Lets have a flying competition. Ill show you what real flying is! One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.Now it was the swans turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments(评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldnt see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.The swan pretended(假装) not to notice, and said, Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick? No, said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. Im in trouble because of my pride! If you dont help me, Ill lose my lifeThe swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.（1）What cant a crow do? A . Turn over in the airB . Fly for a long timeC . Jump aroundD . Fly in circles（2）What does the underlined word exhausted in Paragraph 4 mean? A . TiredB . Bored.C . Nervous.D . Frightened.（3）What do we learn from the passage? A . Practice makes perfectB . The-early bird catches the worm.C . No pains, no gains.D . Pride goes before a fall.4. （8分）阅读理解 Jenny wanted to encourage students to read more famous books, so she decided to put an introduction to some interesting childrens story books in the school newspaper.The Little Prince (小王子) is a famous work written by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupry. In the book, the little prince leaves his own planet to explore the universe(宇宙). In his journey, he finds that the adult world is really strange and boring. Finally, he goes back to his planet which is full of love. The book is really popular throughout the world.Charlottes Web (夏洛特的网) is a famous childrens novel written by American author E. B. White. The novel tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a spider named Charlotte on a farm. When Wilbur is in danger of being killed for his meat by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages to praise Wilbur in her web and saves him. Wilbur becomes famous in the village and he is safe in the end. When it came out in 1952, the book was welcomed by both adults and children. And it is still very popular today.The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (爱德华的奇妙之旅) is a 2006 novel written by Kate DiCamillo. The book is about an unusual journey of a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. He travels from one place to another, meeting many people. During his journey, he learns to love and finally finds love again. This book is popular nowadays and was mentioned many times in the famous South Korean TV series My love from the Star (来自星星的你). The warm and sweet story will surely make you understand more about love.（1）Jenny introduced some interesting childrens story books to . A . encourage students to read moreB . encourage students to write moreC . show off the books she has readD . make money by selling books（2）The underlined word praise properly means in Chinese. A . 欺骗B . 批评C . 赞扬D . 攻击（3）Which statement is TRUE according to the passage? A . The three books mentioned in the passage are popular today.B . The writers of the three books are all Americans.C . When Charlottes Web came out, it was only popular with adults.D . My Love from the Star is a famous Chinese TV series.5. （8分）阅读理解 Mrs Smith is going shopping with her son. They are looking for a present for Mr Smiths birthday. Mrs Smith wants to buy her husband a new camera and Tom wants to buy his father a jumper.They drive to the department store on the high street. Mrs Smith uses the lift to go to the Electrical Department on the third floor and Tom goes straight to the Mens Clothing Department on the first floor.When Mrs Smith gets to the Electrical Department, she finds that cameras are sold in the Photography Department on the ground floor. So she takes the lift down and asks the sales assistant there for some help. She doesnt know much about cameras and needs some advice. The sales assistant recommends(推荐) an automatic camera by Olympus, but it is too expensive. She asks the assistant if he has anything a little cheaper and he tells her about a special offer on the Pentax range. It still seems expensive, so she thanks the assistant and decides to shop around first.Meanwhile, Tom is looking at the jumpers. He only has 10, so he cant buy most of them. He sees his mother and they decide to go to the smaller shops round the corner.（1）How do Mrs Smith and her son go to the department store? A . By bike.B . On foot.C . By car.D . By bus.（2）How does Mrs Smith get around the store? A . She walks up and down the stairs.B . She takes the lift up and down.C . She takes the lift up and walks down the stairs.D . She walks up the stairs and takes the lift down.（3）Where are the cameras sold? A . On the third floor.B . In the Electrical Department.C . In the Photography Department.D . In the Mens Clothing Department.（4）Where may Mrs Smith and Tom go after shopping around the department store? A . To the shops round the corner.B . To the care round the corner.C . To the restaurant round the corner.D . To the supermarket round the corner.6. （8分）阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Long ago there was a man with the name Smith. He made a living on making caps. One day he went to sell his caps. He went through a forest. There were many monkeys in it. It was very hot and the man wanted to rest a little. He came up to a large tree, put his caps on the ground, took one of them and put it on his head. Then he lay down and soon fell asleep.Where are my caps? Smith cried when he woke up. He looked up and saw many monkeys in the trees and each monkey had a cap on its head.Give me back my caps! The man shouted at the monkeys. But the monkeys didnt understand him. They only laughed. The man got very angry, took off his own cap, threw it on the ground and cried, If you want all my caps, you may take this one, too!And what do you think happened? The little animals did the same. Each monkey took off its cap and threw it on the ground. The man was very glad. He quickly collected all his caps and went on his way.（1）The cap-maker was so tired _. A . to have a restB . that he wanted to sell his caps in the forestC . that he had to stop for a restD . that he wanted to return home.（2）He _ and lay down and fell asleep soon. A . put all his caps on his headB . put all his caps on the groundC . put all his caps in the treeD . put one of his caps on his head（3）When the man woke up, he found _. A . each monkey had a cap on its headB . some monkeys were selling his capsC . the monkeys were laughing at himD . a monkey had stolen his cap and tried it on（4）The man cried and told the monkeys _. A . to return his capsB . not to get away with his capsC . to buy his capsD . not to laugh at him（5）At last the monkeys threw the caps on the ground because _. A . they took pity on himB . the man had got angryC . they didnt like the capsD . they liked to do the same as men did7. （8分）阅读理解 Vera is thirteen years old. She was born on July 27th. Mrs. Smith is her mother. Today is Veras birthday. There is a party for her, Lots of her friends come to her birthday party. A birthday cake is on the table. There are some bananas, oranges, strawberries and apples on the table, too. But Vera doesnt like them. What does she want? Can you guess?Just then Vera sees a red card in her mothers hand. It says, Happy birthday to you, dear(亲爱的) Vera. There is a nice present for you. Open the box on your dresser, you can find it.Vera runs to her dresser and opens the box. Ah, a nice T shirt! How glad she is!（1）_ is Veras birthday. A . November 27thB . September 27thC . July 27thD . July 29th（2）Wheres Mrs. Smiths present? A . On the desk.B . In the box.C . In the dresser.D . In the drawer.（3）What does Vera want? A . Apples.B . Bananas.C . A T-shirt.D . A book.（4）How old is Vera? A . 13.B . 14.C . 15.D . 16.（5）There isnt/arent _ on the table. A . applesB . strawberriesC . orangesD . ice-cream8. （8分）阅读理解 In 1978, I was working as a nurse in a small town about 270km away from Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five days off from duty. Unluckily, the one train a day to my home in Sydney had already left. So I thought Id get a ride.I waited by the side of the highway for three hours, but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as Gordon. He said that although he couldnt give me a lift, I should come back to his house for lunch. He noticed me standing for hours in the November heat and thought I must be hungry. I was doubtful as a young girl but he promised me I was safe, and he also offered to help me find a lift afterwards. When we arrived at his house, he made me sandwiches. After lunch, he helped me find a lift home.Twenty-five years later, while I was driving to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the glaring heat, trying to get a ride. I thought it was another chance to repay(回报) someone for the kindness Id been given many years earlier. I pulled over and picked him up. I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some water.After a few moments of small talk, the man said to me, You havent changed a bit, even your red hair is still the same.I couldnt remember where Id met him. He then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago. It was Gordon.（1）How did the author go home one day in 1978? A . She took a train home.B . Gordon gave her a lift home.C . She herself drove home.D . Gordon helped her find a lift home.（2）Why did the author offer a lift to the elderly man? A . Because she realized he was Gordon.B . Because she had known him for years.C . Because she was going to the nearby town.D . Because she wanted to repay the kindness she once got.（3）Which is the correct order of the following events? The author drove to a nearby town.Gordon made sandwiches for the author.The author picked an old man up and offered water.The author realized the old man was Gordon.Gordon helped the author find a lift home.A . B . C . D . （4）What does the author want to tell us through the story? A . Those who give rides will be repaid.B . Good manners bring about happiness.C . People should offer free rides to others.D . Giving sometimes produces nice results.9. （8分）阅读理解Sally was a student. It was going to be her mothers birthday. She wanted to buy her a gift that would be nice and useful but not expensive.A week before her mothers birthday， she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour， she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas， and decided to take a black one， since her mother had lost hers the month before.She thought， “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color.” So she decided to buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to school with her until her classes had finished.On her way back home in the train that evening， she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch that she went along to the buffet car（餐车） for another sandwich and cup of coffee. She had left the black umbrella above her seat in the compartment（车厢）， but when she got back， it had gone! When she had left the compartment， there had been no other passengers in it， but now there were three.Sally began to cry when she saw that the umbrella was no longer there. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them that the black umbrella she had bought for her mother was gone， and that she had to get out at the next station. After the three other passengers heard it， they asked her for her mothers address so that they could sent the umbrella to her if someone had taken it by mistake and brought it back after Sally had got out of the train.The next week， Sally heard from her mother. It said， “Thank you very much for your lovely gifts， but why did you send me