九年级英语上学期期中专题练习—阅读表达

1、九年级英语上学期期中专题练习阅读表达 （1） mr. dawson was a man with a bad temper(脾气). and everyone in town knew it. kids were afraid to go into his yard to pick apples. one friday, 12-year-old janet and her friend amy had to walk past mr. dawsons house. when janet saw him, she suggested crossing to the other side. but

2、 amy said they neednt. when mr. dawson saw amy, he smiled and said, "hello, amy! i see you have a new friend with you today.' amy smiled back and told him that janet would stay with her that night. mr. dawson looked friendly and gave them each a fresh apple. the girls were glad to get them.

3、 later janet asked amy, "everyone says he is the most unwelcome person in town. why was he so kind to us?' amy explained that when she first walked past his house, she was also afraid of him. but she pretended there was an invisible( 看不见的 ）smile on his face and then started talking to her .

4、 just a "hello' at first, and then more. " an invisible smile? ' janet was puzzled, " yes, ' answered amy, "my grandma told me to think so. she says smiles can run around. if we keep smiling at someone, sooner or later he will really smile back.' remember what amy

5、s grandma said, and we will find that most people cant refuse our smile. 回答下面 5 个问题，每题答案不超过 6 个单词 1. what did people think of mr. dawson? 2. when did the two girls walk past mr. dawsons house? 3. what did janet suggest doing when two girls were walking past mr. dawsons house? 4. who did amy learn &q

6、uot;an invisible smile' from? 5. why was mr. dawson so kind to amy? （2） my favorite great book is the adventure of tom sawyer by mark twain. tom lives with his aunt polly in a quiet street of st petersburg，missourihe"s a lively and clever young boy ， and he finds himself in many exciting ad

7、ventures （冒险）he runs away with his two friends，huck finn and joe，to an island in the middle of the mississippi river for several dayswith huck he goes looking for treasure，with becky he gets lost in a cave，and finally, they find a box of gold my favorite scene in the book is when everyone thinks tom

8、 is deadhe decides to go to his own funeral(葬礼)he hides and watches for a time，and then suddenly he appearseveryone is surprised to see him but they"re also pleased to see him alive tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important charactershuck is an outsider and everyone is afraid

9、of himbecky is pretty with fair hair. joe is tom"s best friend. and injun joe is the bad man of the story the theme of the story is about children growing upit describes how strangers are seen in small towns of americafinally，it talks about freedom，social rules and how people are punished for b

10、ad behaviors why do i think the adventure of tom sawyer is a great book? mark twain wrote the story in 1876，but it"s still read and loved by people all over the world todayand although it"s only a story，twain wrote it in the everyday english of the southern states of america in the 19th ce

11、ntury，so it sounds very real. today it"s still thought to be one of the greatest books in american literaturego on-read it! i know you"ll enjoy it，too 1which place does tom run away to with his two friends? 2. in the story, is tom s adventure for treasure successful with his friend? 3how d

12、id people feel when tom appeared at his own funeral? 4after reading it, what is the book the adventure of tom sawyer about? （3） nowadays people are making themselves beautiful in korean ways. "thank goodness you have double eyelids(双眼皮). your parents will save a lot of money,' said a friend

13、 when i was five years old. double eyelids, which almost all the white people have, are rare among northeast asians. only 25% of south koreans are born with double eyelids. i never quite understood how having double eyelids saved my parents money until this summer. when i came back to seoul, everywh

14、ere i noticed cosmetic surgery clinics(整形诊所) and advertisements with south korean womentall, thin, with milky skin, long legs, nice big eyes and perfect noses. i found that south korean beauty meant looking as "white' as possible. cosmetic surgery has a kind of magical attraction to womenth

15、e promise of beauty. women are often sure that suffering is necessary and worthy in order to be beautiful. this suffering is not for nothing. it is believed that beauty leads to attracting a better-looking partner, which then leads to a better-looking child and a better life. appearance is starting

16、to be more important in workplaces. people with good appearance can have more chance. for example, my 29-year-old brother, who is slim and very tall, gets more job chances than his best friend, who is shorter and heavier, though both of them came from the same college, had the same good marks in the

17、ir studies. in fact, many south koreans believe that physical beauty equals happiness. 1. how many south koreans are born with double eyelids? 2. when did the writer understand having eyelids saved his parents money? 3. why do so many women want to have cosmetic surgery? 4. what kind of people can g

18、et more job chances in the passage? 5. what do many south koreans believe? （4） new rules and behavior standards for middle school students came out in march. middle schools are going to use a new way to decide who the top students are. the best students wont only have high marks. they will also be k

19、ids who dont dye(染) their hair. the following are some of the new rules. tell the truth. have you ever copied someone elses work on an exam? dont do it again! thats not something an honest student should do. if you have played computer games for two hours in your room, dont tell your parents you hav

20、e done homework. do more at school. good students love animals and care for other people. april is bird-loving month in china. is your school doing anything to celebrate? you should join! in that way, you can learn more about animals and how to protect them. when more people work together, it makes

21、it more fun for everyone. have you ever quarreled with your teammates when your basketball team lost? only working together can make your team stronger. be friendly to the people you are with. try to think of others, not only yourself. be open to new ideas. have you ever thought that people could li

22、ve on the moon? maybe youll discover earth some day. dont look down on new ideas. everyones ideas are important. you should welcome them, because new ideas make life better for everyone. protect yourself. has someone ever taken money from one of your classmates? dont let it happen to you. if you hav

23、e to go home late, you should let your parents know. use the internet carefully. the internet can be very useful for your studies. but some things on the internet arent for kids, so try to look at web pages that are good for you. you can use the good websites for fun or homework. cant you find any g

24、ood websites for children? here are some: http:/ , http:/. . com, http:/. . 1.how many rules are mentioned in the passage? 2.which month is bird-loving month in china? 3.why should we welcome new ideas? 4.if you go home late, what should you do?(in no more than four words) 5.what can we use good web

25、sites for? (in no more than four words) （5） lets go see pap is a lovely childrens book. in this book, a little girl tells about her life while her dad is working far away from her. "i havent seen my dad for one year, eight months and twenty-two days,' the girl writes in her journal. she wri

26、tes everything she has done so that her father will never miss a day. sunday is the cheapest day for long-distance (长途的) phone calls, so that day is special to the girl and her mother. one sunday phone call brings surprising news. dad tells his daughter that she and mom will finally be able to come

27、and live with him in the united states. the girl feels happy, (a) _ she can see her father again. (b) _ she has to leave her dog and her best friend rocco behind. a few days later, mom and the little girl go to the airport. they have to say goodbye to the happy days they spent here. 根据上面短文的内容回答问题。 1

28、. what does the underlined word "journal' mean in chinese? 2. whom does the girl get her journal ready for? 3. when does the girls father usually call her and her mother? 4. how does the girl go to the united states with her mother? 5 在文中空白处各添加一个适当的连词，使句意完整正确。 (a) _ (b) _ （6） things to do b

29、efore you are 18 are you bored with your daily life? here are some things you should try before you are 18, because after that its too late. learn to swim seriously, this is so important that it can save your life. if you cant swim well, you wont be able to do water sports like waterskiing, surfing

30、and diving. even taking a boat trip will be dangerous for you. make sure you do it. try at least one kind of team sports being a good team player is an important skill in life. you cant just think of yourself, but have to work well with other people. other advanes(优势) of team sports like basketball,

31、 football and baseball are that they keep you fit and healthy, and they are also great fun. teams usually have a good social life tooyoull go to lots of parties and make many friends. collect something one of the best hobbies for under 18 is collecting things. you could collect kinds of stamps, or y

32、ou could collect things that make you remember what you have done, like cinema tickets for films you have seen or emails from friends. the best way to collect is to have a special album to put your collection in and to write what each thing means to you. in that way you wont forget. 1. how many thin

33、gs mentioned should be done before you are 18? 2. why is learning to swim so important? 3. according to the passage, what is an important skill in life? 4. how many team sports does the writer tell us? 5. what can you collect? （7） most of us use alarm clocks to wake up at the right time for school o

34、r work. we look at our watches to know the right time for the bus or train. however, there is also a right time to eat, sleep, exercise, and take medicine. we cant look at a clock for the right time for these activities. we must listen to the clock inside our bodies: the biological(adj.生物的) clock. b

35、arbara wells exercised every morning. she woke up at 6:00 a.m. she ran about two miles before she went to work. but barbaras legs and back started to hurt. she did some exercise before she ran. but her legs and back still hurt. she ran slower, but the pain didnt stop. barbara talked to her doctor. t

36、he doctor said, "dont run in the morning. try to exercise later in the day. that is the time when your body is at the right temperature for exercise after work.' her legs and back didnt hurt anymore. today, doctors are learning more about chronobiology(n. 生 物 钟 学 ), the study of biological

37、clocks. they are learning about the importance of time for our bodies. for example, it is best for people to go to sleep on time every night and to eat only when theyre hungry. also, doctors discovered that some illnesses, such as heat attacks, occur(v.发生)most often in the morning. this information

38、tells them that the best time to take heart medication may be at night. when patients take heart medication at night, they may prevent a heart attack in the morning. many doctors believe chronobiology(生物钟) can help us live healthier lives. it may be the right time to listen to these doctors! 回答下面 5

39、个问题，每题答案不超过 8 个词。 1.what clocks do you all have inside your bodies? 2.how far did barbara wells run every morning? 3.how did barbara wells legs and back get well? 4.what is the right time for the person who has a heart attack to take heart medication? 5.what can we learn from the passage? （8） kyra k

40、omac, 28 years old, now has 25 furniture（家具）stores all over the country. the new store, in london"s camden high street, takes her back to where it all started. she tells us about how the business began. when i was little, my mother began selling flowers in camden market. she couldn"t leave

41、 me at home on my own, so i had to go to the market with her. to begin with, i didn"t have to do anything. i just sat there, and my mum told me jokes and stories so i didn"t get bored. when i got older, i gave my mum a hand and i really enjoyed it. then, one year, my grandma gave me a book

42、 for christmas. it was all about making candles and i loved it. i was 14, and i didn"t have to go to the market any more because mum could leave me at home on my own. i spent my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. i made hundreds of them. one day, my mother was ill so i had to go

43、to the market on my own. i decided to take some candles with me and see if i could sell them. they were sold out in twenty minutes! the next week, my mum gave me some money to buy some wax（蜡）to make more candles. they sold out really quickly, too. nine months later, we decided to stop selling flower

44、s. my mum and i couldn"t make enough candles during the week, so some of my school friends started to give us a hand. i paid them one pound for every candle, and w e used to sell them for three or four times that. it was fun and my friends worked with me in the market. at the age of 22, my uncl

45、e lent me some money and i opened my first shop in portobello road. since then, i"ve never looked back, even in difficulties. in the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything from furniture to paintings. oh, and candles, of course. 1. how many furniture stores does kyra komac have now? 2. where did kyra"s mother sell flowers?（no more than 3 words. ） 3. what did kyra do in her free time when she was fourteen?（no more than 8 words. ） 4. wh