上海市九年级下册阅读理解之城市与国家(11篇)

1、话题：城市与国家Passage 1Douglas Grace talks about his ideal city of the future.to cinI see the city of the future in three zones ， middle ainnndeor uter. In the inner zone there will be no private cars. Public transport will be free and there will only be ambulance，s fire engines， taxis and police cars. Th

2、is inner zone will be the residentia（l 住宅的） and recreational （娱乐的） area of the city. People will live there and go out to enjoy themselvesand restaurants. There will be parks and open spac，es trees and lake，s schools and universities. This way， when people are at home， they can go out easily and saf

3、ely.Just outside the inner zone there will be big car parks for all private cars.The banks and most of the shops and hospitals will be in the middle zone. These are things that people don t need every day.All the factories and offices will be in the outer zone. People will travel out of the center t

4、o work ， and back to the center in the evenings. The inner zone will be cleaner and better to live in and there will be more space for industry on the outside.This is my ideal city of the future a very be！autBifult pI ldaocne t really think thingswill ever be like that！1. Where will people live and

5、go out to enjoy themselves？A. In the middle zone.B. In the inner zone.C. In the outer zone.D. In the inner and middle zone.2. Where will big car parks be？A. Just outside the middle zone.B. Just inside the middle zone.C. Just outside the inner zone.D. Just inside the inner zone.3. What will be in the

6、 middle zone？A. The banks，hospitals and schools.B. The banks，hospitals and police stations.C. The banks，schools and car parks.D. The banks，hospital and most of the shops.4. Where will the factories and offices be？A. In the outer zone.B. In the middle zone.C. In the inner zone.D. In the middle and in

7、ner zone.5. Douglas Grace is probablyA. a painterB. a builderC. a town plannerD. a dentist参考答案： BCDACPassage 2Australia is nearly as large as the United States， but most of it is too dry for people to live in. Around the edg（e 边缘） of this huge dry part are large sheep and cattle farms. A few of them

8、 are as large as the smallest states in America. One of the nearest neighbours are many hundred miles away.The twoway radio is very important to people who live on these great Australian farms. It works much like a telephone.A person can listen to someone else ' s talk and then giv.e an answerWh

9、en these radios first came into use，the government set up a special two way radio programme.Then， people on the large farms could talk to a doctor hundreds of miles away. They could tell the doctor about someone who was sick，and the doctor could let them know how to care for the sick person.Since th

10、e large farms were so far away from the towns， the children could not go to school.Radio schools were set up for them in some areas. At a certain time each da，ythe boys and girls turn on their radios and listen to teachers in cities miles away.Families on the large farms wan ted to give n ews to the

11、ir n eighbours. “ RouncTobin （知更 鸟）” talks by radio were started to keep families in touch with each other. They could talk about who was going away or who was sick or who was getting married. The men could talk about their sheep and cattle and how much money the market would pay for them.In many wa

12、ys the radio became a newspaper for the farm people of Australia.1. What does the text mainly tell us？A. The radio is important to people in Australia.B. The radio can be found everywhere.C. Most of its land is too dry to live in.D. Most of its land has sheep and cattle farms.2. The two way radio is

13、 someth ing like a teleph one because.A. radios and telephones came into use at the same timeB. people can talk and listen to each otherC. the boys and girls can listen to each other far awayD. the sick can talk to doctors hundreds of miles away3. The childre n on the large farms could.A. go to a re

14、gular school as well as a radio schoolB. talk to and listen to teachers at schoolC. listen to teachers by radio at a certain time each dayD. talk to and listen to teachers by radio at any time4. The doctors hun dreds of miles away in Australia give suggestionA. not in the hospital but in the sick

15、9;s houseB. without using any medical equipmentC. by speaking only instead of examiningD. without knowing whether the sick can hear5. “ Round rob in ”the text refers to a kind of.A. newspaper B. radio C. bird D. programme 参考答案： 1-5 ABCCDPassage 3Tokyo is one of those places that you can love and hat

16、e at the same time.In Tokyo there are always too many people in the places where I want to be. Of course there are too many cars. The Japanese drive very fast when they can. But in Tokyo they often spend a long time in traffic jams. Tokyo is not different when one wants to walk.At certain times of t

17、he day there are a lot of people on foot in London's Oxford Street. But the streets near Ginza in Tokyo always have a lot of people on foot, and sometimes it is really difficult to walk. People are very polite; there are just too many of them.The worst time to be in the street is at 11:30 at nig

18、ht. That is when the night-clubs are closing and everybody wants to go home. There are 35,000 night-clubs in Tokyo, and you do not often see one that is empty.Most people travel to and from work by train. Tokyo people buy six million train tickets every day. At most stations, trains arrive every two

19、 or three minutes, but at certain hours there do not seem to be enough trains. Although they are usually crowded, Japanese trains are very good. They always leave and arrive on time. On a London train you would see everybody reading a newspaper. In Tokyo trains everybody in a seat seems to be asleep

20、, whether his journey is long or short.In Tokyo, I stood outside the station for five minutes. Three fire-engines raced past on the way to one of the many fires that Tokyo has every day. Tokyo has so many surprises that none of them can really surprise me now. instead, I am surprised at myself: I mu

21、st go there next year on business. I know I hate the overcrowded city. But I feel like a man who is returning to his long-lost love.1. Tokyo is different from London in that .A. it has a smaller populationB. it is an international cityC. it is more difficult to go somewhere on foot in TokyoD. its pe

22、ople are friendlier and more polite.2. What time does the writer think is the worst time to go into the street?A. When the night-clubs are closing.B. At 8 o'clock in the morning.C. When the train is overcrowded.D. At 11:30 a.m.3. What does the writer say about Japanese trains?A. There are not en

23、ough trains.B. They are very nice and comfortable.C. They leave and arrive at the right time.D. They often run behind schedule.4. From the writer's observation, we can see that fires break out in Tokyo .A. occasionally.B. quite frequently C. not very often D. twice a day5. The writer hates Tokyo

24、 mainly because the city .A. is dirty and the people are impolite B. has been seriously pollutedC. is crowded and noisy 参考答案： CACBCD. is not modern enoughPassage 4 城市与国家No one can tell you how to adjust to life in the United States. You must make the adjustment through experience, and sometimes, emo

25、tional distress. This is the way it usually happens.First, of course, you experience a period of excitement. You have a sense of freedomyou feel liberated from the rules and customs of your own culture, and immensely interested in those of American culture. This period is sometimes called the“ the h

26、oneymoon ” stage.Then certain customs in the United States began to irritate you. For example, we shall consider punctuality the need to be“ on time ” . Americans look at their watches frequently. They try to beon time for work, for class, for meetings, for games, for religious services, and even fo

27、r certain events. If you arrange to meet Americans for lunch at 12 but to be there at 12:30, you will probably find that they have either (a) left (b) eaten without you, or (c) become very annoyed (even if they are not hungry).Perhaps you are annoyed that American friendliness seems superficial; or

28、that Americans always act as though they are in a hurry; or that the food never seems to be prepared in the right way. Perhaps you do not even feel annoyed, just homesick. The reaction can set in within two weeks of your arrival, or six months later, and its symptoms vary greatly. You might have tro

29、uble sleeping; you might on the other hand sleep too much. You might find yourself angry at the time, or depressed, or suffering from a vague physical illness. You may begin to dislike the United States and its people.Nothing is really wrong with you. You are simply suffering cultural shock. You hav

30、e a lot of familiar signs and signals, you have discovered that some of your assumptions about human beings are incorrect, and you wish you could make sense of the United States. Then another change comes over you. Sooner or later you begin to laugh at yourself or at the strange things you see in Am

31、erican life, and at that point you begin to recover. Soon, you find yourself living, peacefully, with the same American customs that used to upset you. You have become bicultural.1) One might feel when he first arrives in the United States.A. homesickB. excitedC. annoyedD. laughable2) Which of the f

32、ollowing makes newcomers in the United States very angry?A. Americans ' punctuality and superficial friendliness.B. Americans ' complaint.C. Americans ' education.D. Americans ' impatience.3) The following are the possible symptoms of cultural shock EXCEPT .A. sleeping difficultyB. s

33、leeping too muchC. a vague physical illnessD. a dislike for one' s own culture4) According to the passage,which of the following is the best way of surviving in the United States?A. By ignoring the differences.B. By becoming bicultural.C. By becoming an American .D. By forgetting one ' s own

34、 culture.5) Which of the following best summarizes the passage?A. Life in the United States.B. Customs in the United States.C. Causes and symptoms of cultural shock.D. Traveling in the United States.参考答案： BADBAPassage 5Fidenzio Salvatori is determined that the city of Toronto will have an outdoor ma

35、rketplace for merchants from its immigrant community, complete with dancing and other forms of amusementfrom their native countries. "Toronto is truly multicultural （多元化）,"he said in a newspaper in terview. "It's a city from many places, and a multicultural marketplace will help T

36、orontonians to understand and appreciate the rich variety of cultural groups in our city."Salvatori, aged 23, will soon complete his studies at the Un iversity of Toron to. He waseleven years old when he came to Canada from Italy with his parents. "Most of Toronto'simmigrants are from

37、lands where the marketplace has always been part of daily life," he said.Salvatori has been interested in getting an opeair market for Toronto for the last threeyears. This year, with the help of two fellow students, he prepared a proposal on the subject and presented it to the city's Execu

38、tive Committee, asking for their support. The proposal pointed out Toronto's rich variety of national groups, "whose customs include market shopping."Un der a Can adia n gover nment program for multiculturalism, the three stude nts havereceived two thousa nd dollars with which they wil

39、l do a study to find out whether Toro nto'simmigra nt bus in essme nwould support an ope n-air market. They hope the mercha nts will support the pla n stron gly. "A study done earlier this year showed that 90 perce nt of shoppers would be in favor of it," Salvatori said. "At first

40、 it would be an experiment. But we think it will prove to be good bus in ess for the mercha nts, as well as a tourist attract ion."1. Fidenzio Salvatori, with two other students, has got two thousand dollars from thegovernmenA. to make an experime ntB. to start a marketplaceC. to perform a rese

41、archD. to operate a bus in ess2. Accordi ng to Salvatori, the marketplace may also help to improve Toronto.A. market man ageme ntB. com mun ity serviceC. travel in dustryD. city pla nning3. It can be in ferred from the text that the Can adia n gover nment supportsA. the protectio n of differe nt cul

42、turesB. the pla n of an openair marketC. the request of mercha ntsD. the attitude of shoppers 1-3 CC APassage 6Are the British people Europeans? This may seem a strange question to Africans and Asians, who tend to think of all white men as Europeans. But the British, when they are in Britain, do not

43、 regard themselves as Europeans. The Europeans, to them, are those rather excitable foreigners from the other side of the English Channel, who have never learnt how to speak English. Europe is Continent ” : a place full of interest for English tourists, but also the source of almost all the wars in

44、which Britain has ever been involved. Thus, although geographically speaking Britain is a part of Europe, yet the fact that it is a separate isla nd has made its people feel very, very in sula具岛国性 的）. They feel, and in many ways are, different from the rest of Europe, and they sometimes annoy contin

45、ental nations by failing to support them, or even to understand them, in time of need.Where did the British people come from? This is an extraordinary interesting question, since they are a mixture of many different races, and all these races invaded Britain at various times from Europe. Nobody know

46、s very much about Britain before the Romans came during the first centuryB. C, but there had been at least three invasions before that. The first of these was by a dar-khaired Mediterranean race called Iberians. The other two were by Celtic tribes: first the Gaels, whose desce ndants后裔）are the moder

47、 n Scots and Irish, some of whom still speak the Gaelic Ian guage; and secondly the Britons, who gave their name to the whole island of Britain. These were the people whom the Romans conquered. The Romans gave the Britons a good deal of civilization, but they never settled in Britain in very large n

48、umbers, so the British race survived until the overthrow of the Roman Empire by the “barbariansi.e”. ,the numerous Germanic tribes which overran the whole of Western Europe.1. The purpose of the passage is to .A. talk about EuropeansB. discus the origin of British peopleC. argue for the superiority

49、of British peopleD. compare the Europeans with Africans and Asians2. It can be known from the passage that .A. most people think white people are EuropeansB. there are many Africans and Asians living in EuropeC. white men are Europeans in the eyes of Africans and AsiansD. the British people think of

50、 themselves as Europeans3. It can be inferred from the passage that .A. Europea ns are those who are un able to speak En glishB. those who in vaded Brita in came from the other side of the En glish ChannelC. Brita in is a place full of in terest for those excitable foreig nersD. Britai n is the sour

51、ce of almost all the wars in Europe4. Why do the British people feel in sular?A. They are differe nt from those people in the Continent.B. They sometimes fail to support the continent coun tries in time of n eed.C. They are separated geographically from the Con ti nent.D. They are con sidered diffic

52、ult to un dersta nd.5. Which of the follow ing is most likely to be discussed after this passage?A. The Germa nic tribes which in vaded Brita in.B. The civilizati on the Roma ns gave Brita in.C. The Roma ns who did not settle in Brita in.D. The survival of the British people in the first cen tury B.

53、C.参考答案：1-5 BCBCAPassage 7Last year I went to Nepal 尼泊尔）for three mon ths to work in a hospital. I thi nk it's importa nt to see as much of a country as you can, but it is difficult to travel around Nepal. The hospital let me have a few days holiday, so I decided to go into the jun gle 丛林）and I a

54、sked a Nepalese guide, Kamal Rai, to go with me. We started our trip at six in the morni ng with two elepha nts carry ing our equipme nt. It was hot, but Kamal made me wear shoes and trousers to protect me from sn akesn the jun gle there was a lot of wildlife, but we were tryi ng to find big cats, e

55、specially tigers. We climbed onto the elepha nts backs to see better, but it is unu sual to find tigers in the after noon because they sleep in the daytime.Then, in the dista nee, we saw a tiger, and Kamal told me to be very quiet. We moved n earer and found a dead deer. This was the tigers lun ch!

56、I started to feel very frighte ned.We heard the tiger a sec ond before we saw it. It jumped out sudde nly, five hun dred kilos plus and four meters Ion g. It grabbed 咬住）Kamal's leg betwee n its teeth, but I succeeded成功）in pulling Kamal away. One of our elephants ran at the tiger and made it go b

57、ack into the grass, so we quickly escaped to let the tiger eat its lunch. That night it was impossible to sleep.根据文章内容，选择正确答案：1. The writer of the passage must be .A. a Nepalese doctorB. a foreign touristC. a Nepalese travelerD. a foreign doctor2. What made the writer suddenly start to feel very fri

58、ghtened?A. He heard the noise of the tiger.B. He saw the tiger in the distance.C. He realized that they were in danger.D. He knew that the tiger was in danger.3. What was unusual about the tiger?A. It hunted a deer on a hot afternoon.B. It was 500 kilos plus and four meters long.C. It was afraid of an elephant.D. It almost killed the Nepalese guide.1. D. 据首句得知。2. C. 由第二段得知，作者感到害怕的原因是意识到处境危险。3. A.由第一段末句“ .it is unu sual to find tigers in the after noon 推知。”Passage 8Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller t