九年级英语阅读专练试题三

1、阅读下面四篇材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A A Playing with apps on smart phones is very common among young people. Lets try some special apps and enjoy them. Butter Camera In this app, there are many filters(滤镜) that can make your photos more beautiful. But the coolest thing is that it can help you add pr

2、etty and artistic characters. The characters can be anything you like. They can be your own words, famous sayings or even a poem. You can make a photo diary that shows your feelings. Once in a while, you may feel tired after a busy school day. Why not try this app? This is a music app. But the sound

3、s in it all come from nature. There are over100 sounds of nature, such as birdcalls, wind and rain. You can hear all these sounds. The best thing is that you can create your own music by recording other sounds you like, for example, the sound of your own laughter. TaoMix 2(自然之声) Beaker(烧杯) Is chemis

4、try your favorite subject? With this app, your smart phone turns into a beaker. You “pour” chemical materials by touching the upper right-hand corner of your smart phone. You “light” a match by swiping(刷) the screen quickly. You can shake the “beaker” to make chemical reactions(反应) go faster. There

5、are 300 chemical reactions in all. 31. Jim is a photo-taking fan. He might be interested in_. A. Butter CameraB. TaoMix 2C. BeakerD. WeChat 32. According to the passage, we can_. A. add sounds of nature to the Butter Camera. B. record the voice of our friends into TaoMix2. C. “pour” chemical materia

6、ls by swiping the screen. D. “light” a match to make chemical reactions faster. 33. The passage is most probably taken from a_. A. novel B The camel is one of the strangest and oldest animals living today. Scientists believe that millions of years ago, ancestors of camels lived in North America. The

7、re was a bridge of land over the Bering Strait that led to Asia. One group of animals moved to Asia. These animals developed into the camels of today. Another group went to South America. This group developed into the llama, an animal in the same family as the camel. There are two types of camels, t

8、he dromedary and Bactrian. The dromedary has one hump B. poemC. story bookD. science magazine and is found mostly in Arabian countries. The Bactrian camel has two humps and is found in Asian countries. All dromedary camels today are domesticated(驯养). Bactrian camels can still be found in the wild in

9、 areas of Mongolia and China. The Bactrian camel is shorter and heavier than the dromedary. Also, the pads on its feet are thicker so that it can walk in colder, rockier places than the dromedary. The camel has many interesting characteristics. For example, unlike most animals, it lifts both feet on

10、 one side at the same time when it runs. This causes it to rock from side to side when it runs. Another unusual characteristic is the camels ability to eat almost anything if it becomes hungry enough. It might even eat part of a tent or a basket if it cannot find the grass it prefers. Camels are the

11、 best pack animals in the world. They can carry things as heavy as 600 pounds 25miles a day. They can also go without water for as long as two weeks in the winter. You might think that a camel stores some food and water in its hump or humps. This is what human beings thought for many years, but it i

12、s not true. A camels hump is made of fat and muscle. If a camel has to go without food for several days, it can use the fat in its hump for energy. The camel keeps water in its tissues and cells( 组织细胞). Its body does not use the water to cool off the way the human body does. ThatThat is why a camels

13、 body temperature can change, by as much as 11. 34. The dromedary and the Bactrian camels have a lot of differences EXCEPT_. A. the places they live inB. the things they eat C. the number of humpsD. the appearance they look 35. Why does a camel rock from side to side when it runs? A. Because it lift

14、s both feet on one side at the same time. B. Because it carries many heavy things every day. C. Because it has too many things stored in its humps. D. Because its pads on its feet are very thick and short. 36. The underlined word“thatthat” in Paragraph 5 refers to “_” . A. a camel stores some food a

15、nd water in its humps B. a camels hump is made of fat and muscle C. a camel can use the fat in its hump for energy D. a camel doesnt use the water to cool off its body 37. The purpose of this passage is mainly to _. A. talk about the importance of camels B. advise people to come and play with camels

16、 C. tell some facts about camels to people D. teach people how to raise camels at home C C For most people, graduation is an exciting day, but my graduation day was not. I remember that weekend two years ago. Family and friends had come from across the country to attend the celebration. But just lik

17、e everyone else in my graduating class, I had watched the economy(经济) turn from bad to worse in my senior year. Almost all of us graduates had degrees, but very uncertain future. I knew I had to find a job immediately because I had to pay my student loans(贷款). I knew my small university town couldnt

18、 offer me any chances, so I drove to South California to find work. But what I thought would take a week changed into two, and then four. Later, I found myself in the exam same situation as I was before. I felt very sad. And the worst was no matter how hard I tried, I just couldnt seem to make any p

19、rogress. So what did I do to cheer me up? I decided to write. Something about putting words on a page made everything seem a little clearer a little brighter. Something about writing gave me hope. And if you want something badly enough, sometimes a little hope is all you need! I put my dissatisfacti

20、on into a children s book. Beyond the river was the story of an unlucky hero, a little fish, who refused to give up his dream. And that became my first successful book! After that, things slowly began to fall into place. I was offered a second book deal. Then, a few months later, I got an interview

21、with the Walt Disney Company and was hired( 雇佣) shortly after. Dont give up. Even if things look difficult now, dont give up. If you work hard, give it time and things will always get better. Often our dreams are waiting, just a little further.all we need is. 38. The writer felt_ on his graduation d

22、ay. A. pleased B. satisfiedC. worriedD. surprised 39. After graduation, the writer needed to_. A. find a jobB. write a book B. continue his studyD. get married soon 40. The writer wrote Beyond the river because he _. A. wanted to make himself hopeful B. needed to make money by writing C. hoped his b

23、ook would come out D. planned to improve his writing skills 41. Which of the following is the best for “ ” in the last paragraph? A. some good luck C. much more knowledge B. a little help from others D. the courage to hold on D D I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my job

24、 stand in the way of being a good parent. I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage promises mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there wo

25、uld be nothing to say to you today. So heres what I want to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not for the next promotion( 提 升), the bigger paycheck, the larger house. Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not for relaxing, it

26、is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted(理所应 当). It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours and our minutes. Its so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years

27、 ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all: I learned to love the journey, not the destination(目的地). I le

28、arned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned. By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you