牛津译林版九年级下英语第二次模拟考试专题练习—阅读理解

1、牛津译林版九年级下英语第二次模拟考试专题练习阅读理解（1）many years ago, i lost all of the hearing in one of my ears suddenly. at first, i thought it wasjust a small problem and i didn notice it. but two days later, after taking the medicine, myhearing still didn t returnonafter,.so my doctor told me i had a brain tumor (瘤 ).

2、the tests latermade me feel tired and i would spend more time alone. that time gave me a chance to work on my favorite hobby - art.i spent most of my time in college studying art, wishing for a way to mix technology into my work instead of just using computers as a tool. as a girl who liked drawing,

3、 it was impossible for me to do technical work and be an artist.but later, i took a course in computers and loved computers for the purpose of art. as mybody fit in its new changes after the operation, i began doing small experiments at night: drawing, making models, and studying how computers work.

4、 i was afraid if anything happened to my otherear, i wouldn bet able to communicate. i paid more attention to the physical objects. i beganbuilding objects to help stop possible disasters that would influence communication in our society.i ve met many challenges. they had more to do with what people

5、 think of my work and of methan anything technical, however. i was once told people didn believet that the projects reallyworked, and people don t believe me, either.despite this, i ve learned many things during this whole process. the most important is thatwe have to create our own chances. we shou

6、ld try to turn something bad in our life into something good. we have to make time for hard work and trust ourselves. we must never give up.1.the writer studied hard at art in college in order to.a. use computers as a toolb. find a way to mix technology into her workc. take a course in computers and

7、 love computers 。d. build objects to help stop possible disasters2.what was the biggest difficulty the writer met?a. having lots of medical tests.b. technical difficulties.c. people s opinions.d. physical illness.3.the underlined word despite in the last paragraph meansin chinese.a. 尽管b. 由于c.毕竟d.此外4

8、.the writer shared her experience mainly to _.a. tell that technology is only a tool for usb. say that one should learn to live with illnessc. encourage people to be environmentally friendlyd. show us that bad experiences can be made good（2）“ why do birds sing?” i asked a group of children.metes(配“偶

9、to)! attract”answered a boy.a 4-year- old girl added shyly,s sing“ birdbecause they are happy, and they want to make us happy,too. ” i think both answers are probably true in a way. if birds sing happily, it shows all is good in the forest: no predators (捕食者 ) are present, and the birds can feed, si

10、ng and do other bird things. the sound of a relaxed robin (知更鸟 ) singing is easy to understand because it makes us feel this way too it s a sound that lifts our own hearts when we hear it. what happens when a predator第 1页comes into their areas? the nearby birds quicklygive an alarm (警报 ) call, a sho

11、rt sound thatwarns,“ danger is coming!” on hearing the sound, the other birds stop singing and fly away, thedeer lift their heads and stop moving and the rabbits run into the bushes. suddenly, the forest becomes silent.when humans walk through the woods in a hurry or while talking with a friend, we

12、don tmuch wildlife.we may think that there aren manyt animals livingthere, but more likely,theyknow we are coming and hide minutes before our arrival. but if we learn to avoid setting offalarms, we can see many more wild animals without frightening them. to practice, find a place in a park and sit q

13、uietly for an hour. take notes as the birds begin to relax and sing again. when i dothis, i am always surprised at the wonderful thing animals will do when humans staystill (不动的 )long enough.1.in the writer s opinion, the children s answers to his question. area. funnyb. interestingc. honestd. reaso

14、nable2. why can t we see much wildlife in the woods from this passage?a. because we have set off alarms.b. because we fail to give warnings.c. because we come at the wrong time.d. because few animals live there.3. the purpose of the last paragraph is to.a. show people how and when birds sing.b. ask

15、people to learn something about birds.c. tell people how to protect birds in the wild.d. advise people to enjoy the songs of birds.4. what is the passage mainly about?a. the life of birds.b. how birds sing in the forest.c. birds in the forest.d. the messages in birds singing.（3）i was just out of col

16、lege, only three days into a graduate ( 研究生 ) year in england, and i was pulling a heavy bag and suitcase( 箱子 ) through the london underground. i was also crying out of control.the day before yesterday, my uncle told me never to speak to him, his wife, or my two cousins again. earlier, i made a joke

17、. i didnt mean to hurt my aunts feelings, but it did. i spent the evening in an ugly blue telephone booth ( 电话亭 ), crying as i spoke to a family friend who lived in england.when i left the phone booth, i went back to a silent house with three closed bedroom doors. in the morning, i heard everyone ge

18、t up and leave for work and school. i wrote a note to say sorry and pulled my bags to the train station. when i got into london, i had to take the underground to angel station to get to my family friends house.i knew the underground well, but at the time, it was just endless white tiles （瓷砖 ). comin

19、g to england seemed like a bad decision. crying yet again, i tried to lift my suitcase up the stairs.when i was trying hard to walk forward, there were hands. each time i faced another group of steps, a hand would lift the suitcase. at the top of the steps, the hand would let go, and id pull the sui

20、tcase to the next group. and just as i wanted to try again, another hand would appear.it happened several times. i never looked up, because i couldnt stop crying. each hand looked different, and many different people helped me, without asking or saying anything. i第 2页couldnt look up. i wasnt able to

21、 say thank you.i went on to have an amazing year studying in england, but that was the last time i saw or spoke to any of my uncles family. yet when i think about that terrible loss in 2019, i remember those strangers hands. they were there when i needed them, and even now, they help me out of the s

22、adness of that memory. i think of them as i ride the underground in washington d. c. today, and i watch the citizens and tourists to offer hands at any time.1. what was the writers feeling while she was walking in the station?a. she felt sad and helpless at first, but might feel warm later.b. she wa

23、s looking forward to getting help from friends.c. she expected to leave london and go back homed. she regretted making the joke, but was angry with her uncle.2. in the last paragraph, the underlined words that terrible loss probably mean_.a. i was crying when i took the underground in londonb. i lef

24、t my uncles family and havent contacted them since thenc. i didnt say thank you to those who gave hands to med. i lost my good mood and felt sad when i left my uncles family3. what is the passage mainly about?a. it tells us a story about an unlucky and homeless college student.b. it describes the wr

25、iters experience through the underground.c. it expresses the idea of giving hands to strangers who are in need. d. it shows the helping hands that writer got from strangers.（4）“ the british government will offer 1,000,000 to anyone who can solve the world s biggestproblem- whatever it might be,” sai

26、d prime minister(首相)david cameron at a science meeting.inan unusual competition,the governmentwillask people to findout the greatestchallenge(挑战 )today, such as findinga replacement(替代 ) for oil, producing low-cost food orcuring aids/hiv.whenthehardest problemhas been decided, theprimeministerwillgi

27、veaway 1,000,000 to the person who successfully works out the answer.the competition follows the example of the longitude prize started by the government in1714, which offered 20,000 (worth 6,000,000 today) to anyone who could discover how fareast or west ship had sailed. sailors could work out thei

28、r location north and south, and were ableto decide their local time from the sun. however, they needed to know the time at a reference(参照 )point in order to find out how far they had traveled east or west.many people thought the problem was impossible to solve, but the prize was finally won byjohn h

29、arrison, a common worker. he did this by designing a clock that kept accurate(准确的 )time at sea and made it possible for sailors to work out their location.almost exactly 300 years on, mr. cameron will have a group of scientists collect suggestions and draw up a short list of problems facing the worl

30、d. he will then start a race to solve the most difficult problem.a government officer said, “ we want people to think big: what does the world need and how can we achieve that? we are looking for the next penicillin( 青霉素 )， airplane or word wide web. something that is going to really change what we

31、do and how we live our lives-sending us第 3页ahead in the global race.”according to mr. cameron, it is important to“ encourage new ideask”theand“ attract bacbest and the brightest” to britain.1. the british government promises 1,000,000 to any person whoa. can solve the biggest challenge facing the wo

32、rldb. can find how the next penicillinworks on illnessesc. can think of the most difficult problem in the worldd. can help the prime minister run his government better2. the longitude prize is mentioned mainly toa. explain why the government set up the prize in 1714b. show john harrison was a greats

33、uccess as an inventorc. show that the government is very thankful to john harrisond. explain what gave mr. cameron the idea of starting the competition3. we can infer( 推断 ) from paragraphs 4 and 5 thata. ships no longer get lost at sea with ha rrison s inventionb. clocks on ships kept good time befo

34、re harrison s inventionc. sailors found it hard to work out their location north and southd. the sailing industry was very important in britain around the 1700s4. which of the following is true according to the text?a. john harrison was sure that he would win the prizeb. the million-pound prize will

35、 go to a british scientist.c. the british government pays special attention to the nation s creativity.d. a replacement for oil is considered as the hardest problem by the scientists.（5）you laugh when you are happy about something or with someone. if you are one of those who hardly laughs, you are m

36、issing out on a lot. in fact, you are not doing your health any good.scientists have proved that laughter is the “ best ” medicine to all kinds of diseases. scientific facts have shown that laughter helps people breathe easier and it is good for theheart and other vital organs( 生命器官 ).it may also in

37、crease the release of disease-fighting cells in the immune system(免疫系统 ). like exercise, laughter makes the pulse(脉搏 ) fast and causes the cardiovascular( 心血管的 )system function well. in experiments, students who watched funny movies were found to have an increased flow of infection-fighting proteins

38、( 对抗感染蛋白质 ) in their saliva( 唾液 ).a positive attitude also guards against illness and may even make you able to live longer. optimistic world war soldiers followed for 35 years after the war ended developed fewer health problems and lived longer than the pessimistic ones. scientists now connect pess

39、imism not only with depression(抑郁症 ) but consider it a dangerous factor for diseases when stressed and take longer to be well again after an operation.children are often naturally cheerful, and scientists guess that their emotional happiness may be part of our species (物种 )survival mechanism, that o

40、ptimism helps protect the young from disease until they can reach puberty (青春期 ). optimism may have helped keep the species in prehistoric times. although realism saved cave men and women from being eaten by tigers, without an optimistic sense of adventure, they would never be brave enough to leave

41、the cave in the first place.1. which of the following statement is not true according to this passage?第 4页a. laughter does good to the heart and other vital organs.b. being happy about everything is like to be a dangerous factor for diseasec. all the world war soldiers developed fewer health problem

42、s.d. optimism helps protect the young from disease.2. children have natural emotional happiness because _.a. it may be part of our species survival mechanismb. it can help to reach pubertyc. it can help to keep the species in prehistoric timesd. it may help to save cave men and women from being eate

43、n by wild animals3. the underlined wordpessimistic“ ” in the last but one paragraph means“ _ ”.a. expecting good things to happenb. being likely to think of bad part of a situationc. falling ill more often than othersd. facing serious pressure from wars4. what s the best title for this passage?a. la

44、ugh every day if possible.b. a positive opinion.c. secrets of long life.d. laughter and optimism leads to health.（6）if you ve been joiningchat room conversations, or trading e-mail with net pals( 网友 ), you have become one of the millions who write in a special, short form of english.throughout the w

45、orld, every night children and their elders aremany“talkingof” onlinethem are talking at the same time.it s fast: trying talking to six people once. it s convenient: three or four words per exchangeit takes cleverness, concentration and quick fingers.and it requires very simple language. there s nei

46、ther time nor space for explanationswhy.waste valuable time telling six friends you have to leave for a moment to take care of your littlebrother when brb (=be right back) will do?want to enter a conversation? just type pmfji (=pardon me for jumping in).interested in whom you re talking to? type a/s

47、/l, the common request to know your palage, sex and location. you may get 15/m/ny as a reply from your pal.if something makes you laugh, say you re otf (=on the floor), or lol (=laughing out loud),or join the two into rotfl (=rolling on the floor laughing).and when it s time to get back to work or g

48、o to bed, you type gtg (=got to go) or ttyl(=talk to you later).people want to write as fast as possible, and they want to get their ideas across as quickly asthey can. capital letters are left in the dust, except when expressing feelings, as it takes more timeto hold down the“ shift” key and use ca

49、pitals. punctuation is going too.1. when people are online, they talk by _.a. using body languageb. drawing some strange picturesc. making phone callsd. making use of a special short form of english2. the sentence“ there s neither time nor space for explanations” means that _.a. people should use so

50、me familiar words in a proper wayb. people should know what time it is when they are talkingc. people online have to express themselves in a simple wayd. people should communicate with each other in a funny way第 5页3. if you get 17/f/ny as an answer to your a/s/l, it means _.a. the people on the othe

51、r end is 17 from new york and he is fineb. you are talking to a girl who is 17 and lives in new yorkc. you are talking to 17 girls who are from new yorkd. the people you are talking to is a 17-foot tall new york girl4. which of the following is a way to save online time?a. people seldom use capital

52、letters or punctuation marks.b. many people draw pictures instead of typing words.c. people only use the mouse instead of the keyboard.d. people never use the“ shift” key to type capital letters.5. w hat s the main idea of the passage?a. how to join in chat room conversations.b. how to use chat onli

53、ne as fast as possible.c. how to easily enter an online conversation.d. how to write fast enough with the keyboard.（7）studies show that childre n who eat breakfast do better in school. it doesn t take much furtherthought to know that adults will feel better and do better at work as well. whether you

54、 work athome, on the farm, at the office,at school, or on the road, it is not a good idea to have nobreakfast.if we have no breakfast, we are likely to become tired when our brains and bodies run low onfuel ( 养料 ). by mid-morning, a lot of us grab a cup of coffee or eat a sugary candy bar to wake up

55、again. this might work for a few minutes, but by lunch time we are hungry. eating a goodbreakfast sets the tone for the rest of the day.having no breakfast is a popular way to lose weight, but not a smart one. many people believethat they will lose weight if they have no meals, but that just isne; t

56、he body expects totruberefueled a few times a day, starting with a healthy breakfast. eating breakfast is good for losing weight. in fact, people who eat breakfast are more likely to keep a healthy weight.a healthy breakfast should have some protein (蛋白质 ) and some fiber (纤维 ). protein can come from low fat m