九年级英语阅读理解竞赛

1、九年级英语阅读竞赛试题A Mexico's neighbours are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico is Spanish. This makes Mexico the world's largest Spanis

2、h-speaking country. Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7349 feet high (2240 metres). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population, of Mexico City grows bigger every day. About thirty million people live there. It h

3、as more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo. Mexico also has its specialities. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize, avocados, tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous for its cactus (仙人掌

4、) plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country.1. Mexico is _the USA. A. on the south of B. on the north of C. a part of D. as large as2. Mexicans speak_. A. English C. French B. Spanish D. Latin(拉丁语)3. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Mexico City is the capital of Mexico. B.

5、 The population of Mexico City is 30,000,000.C. Tokyo is one of the cities with the largest population.D. Mexico City is the highest city in the world. 4. Tomatoes were originally (最初) grown in _.A. America B. Spain C. Tokyo D. Mexico5. The best title (题目) of the passage is _. A. Mexico City B. Mexi

6、co's plants C. Mexico D. Mexico's population BA Trip to the ForestOne day Bob took two of his friends in-to the mountains. They put up their tents (帐篷) and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp(营地), it

7、 start-ed to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back

8、to the camp?Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would hap-pen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather!It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of

9、them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!1. John and his two friends went to the forest to _.A. build their camp B. find their way home C. enjoy the mountains in the snow D. watch the trees in the forest2. They could not find their way back be-caus

10、e _.A. there was only one road to their camp B. they couldn't decide which of the two roads led to their tents C. there were no roads in the mountains at allD. everything was covered by the white snow3. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to _.A. John's house B. the camp C.

11、the forest D. the mountains4. The horses stopped because_. A. it was getting late B. they were tired after running for a long wayC. they knew that they had got to the campD. they had seen John's house5. The story happened _. A. on a cold winter day B. on a dark snowy evening C. in a cold camp fa

12、r from villages D. at night when nothing could be seen CTwo farmers were on their way home one evening after a hard day's work. Both were tired. They happened to look up at the sky and saw a black cloud overhead. "Ah!" said one farmer, "tomorrow we shall have rain and the rice wil

13、l grow well." The second answered, "Nonsense (胡说), the rain will only kill the crops (庄稼)." So they began to quarrel (争吵). Just then a third farmer came along and asked them why they were quarreling. Both farmers explained about the black cloud. "What cloud?" asked the third

14、 farmer. They all looked at the sky. The cloud was no longer there. Choose the right answer 1. The two farmers were _. A. going home B. going to the field C. going to work D. going to see their friend 2. The two farmers _ on that day. A. had a holiday B. didn't work C. worked hard D. wanted to q

15、uarrel with each other 3. When there are black block clouds in the sky, _. A. it will rain soon B. it will be fine C. it will get hot D. the sun is shining brightly 4. The two farmers fought in words because _. A. they were hungry B. it rained C. one said the rain would do good to the crops and the

16、other didn't think so D. they both hoped for rain 5. The third farmer came with and said to the other two. He _. A. wanted to make friends with them B. joined them in the quarrel C. wanted to know why they were quarreling D. had nothings to do DA friend of mine named Paul received an expensive c

17、ar from his brother as a Christmas presentOn Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office，a street urchin was walking around the shining car“Is this your car，Paul？”he asked Paul answered，“Yes，my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised“You mean your brother gave it to you and it

18、 didn't cost you nothing？Boy，I wish” He hesitated Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish forHe was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly. “I wish,” the boy went on，“that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, t

19、hen he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car？” “Oh yes，I'd love that” After a short ride，the boy turned and with his eyes shining，said，“Paul，would you mind driving in front of my house？” Paul smiled a littleHe thought he knew what the boy wantedHe wanted to show his neighbours tha

20、t he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are？” the boy asked He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the step and poi

21、nted to the car. “There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And some day I'm going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas windows that I've been tryin

22、g to tell you about.” Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride. 注：urchin 顽童 hesitate 犹豫 neighbour 邻居 crippled 残疾 cent 美分 1The street urchin was very surprised when _ APaul received an expensive car BPaul told him about the car Che saw the shining car Dhe was walking around the car 2From the story we can see the urchin _ Awished to give his brother a car Bwanted Pauls brother to give him a