九年级英语专题复习八

初中英语九年级寒假在线课堂专题复习八 (阅读理解)(2015 南通)ALet's try doing the following experiment.What to do：Use string to hang a paper clip or other small object at about chest(胸部)level.Pick up a stick, such as a broom handle. Take three or four steps awayfrom the paper clip.Now close one eye and walk toward the paper clip. Try to touch it with the tip of the stick. If you miss, try again, still keeping one eye closed. Now try it with both eyes open and see if it's easier to do.How it works：In the experiment, you have to judge how far away the paper clip is. Your brain has several ways of doing this.One simple way depends on how much your eye has to focus(聚焦) itself. Using only one eye, most people will find it difficult to touch the paper clip on the first try, but the brain still gets some information about distance—though not much.Your brain can judge distance much better when you look at something with both eyes. In fact, your brain has more than one way to use both eyes in judging distance. For example, to see anything clearly, you have to make both of your eyes point at the object. When you look at a nearby object, your eyes turn inward. You can feel this happening if you look at the tip of your finger and move your finger toward your nose.Your brain gets information from the eyes about how much they are pointing toward each other. Using that information, the brain can tell how far away any object is, whether it is a basketball or a paper clip.()1. How many materials do we need at least to do the experiment?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.D. Five.()2. The passage is mainly about that with eyes our brain can judge ________.A. how big an object isB. how high an object isC. how far away an object isD. how much information an object gives()3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Our brain judges distance in one way when we use both eyes.B. Our brain cannot judge the distance of a small object but a big one.C. How much our eyes focus helps our brain judge the size of an object.D. How much our eyes focus helps our brain judge the distance of an object.()4. From the experiment we can infer(推断) ________.A. with one eye we can see an object as clearly as we use two eyesB. our eyes turn towards the inside when we look at an object very nearC. within 3 or 4 steps, the nearer an object is, the more clearly we can see itD. our brain can hardly get any information about distance when we use one eye(2017 台州)BThe way we spend our time can be div ided into three “bottles”. These are the necessary tasks bottle, the voluntary（自愿的）tasks bottle and the happiness bottle.Every day, we spend time filling the necessary tasks bottle with useful things, like making money, doing housework, buying food and paying bills. We then fill another bottle with voluntary tasks. These are things that we do for others, but we may not enjoy them. This bottle gets filled with tasks like taking children to activities, cooking family meals, and doing laundry. Those bottles a re very important. If we don’t fill them each day, our family won’t run properly.However, we often forget to fill the third bottle ---- the happiness bottle that we fill with activities that make us happy. Is your happiness bottle sometimes empty at the end of the day? Between doing all the necessary and voluntary tasks, time flies by, and before we know it, it is time for bed. We all have days like that.This is why each day we have to make an effort to fill our happiness bottle. I fill mine by going to the dancing class. And I always leave classes more happily than when I enter. This week, I had the pleasure of taking part in a guitar practice in my neighborhood. We show our musical talent and practice music for charity. It was a time of fun, friendship and music-making. At the endyour life? Or are the other two tasks eating up all your time? Try to find ways to achieve a balance between how you fill your three bottles. At the end of the day, hopefully we’ve done all we can to make sure that our happiness bottle is filled.()5. Which activity belongs to a necessary task according to the passage?A. Going to work though it is raining heavily.B. Buying a birthday gift for your good friend.C. Having a yard sale to raise money for sick kids.D. Sending your son to a piano lesson on Sunday.()6. What does the underlined word “it” mean in the third paragraph?A. We require enough time to fill the necessary tasks bottle.B. Necessary and voluntary tasks are less important.C. All the three bottles are filled to top at the end of the day.D. We need time to do something to make ourselves happy.()7. How did the writer fill the happiness “bottle” this week?A. By cooking meals for family.B. By going to the dance class.C. By practicing music for charity.D. By listening to some nice music.(” in the last paragraph?A. Make sure to fill all the three bottles.B. So consider how your time will be spent.C. People will have more happy activities.D. It’s not enough to fill the happiness bottle.(2017 南通)C“Oh boys, boys, don’t throw stones at that poor bird, ”said an old gray-headed man.“Why, sir,”said a little boy, “she makes such a scream, that we can’t bear her.” “Yes, but she uses the voice which God gave her. And it is probably as pleasant to her friends as yours is to those who love you. Besides, I am afraid the stone will rebound（弹回）, and hurt you as long as you live!”“Rebound! We don’t understand you, sir!”“Well, come and I will tell you a story. ”“Is it a true story?”“Yes. Every word is true. ”“Fifty years ago, I was a boy like you. I used to throw stones, and as I had no other boy very near me to play with, I threw them till I became very accurate（精确的）in my aim.“One day I went to work for an aged couple named Hamilton. They were very kind to everybody and everything. Few people had so many swallows（燕子）making their nests（鸟巢）under houses. Few had so many pets that seemed to love the couple.“For seven years a bird had come. After the long winter, the bird built her nest in the same place and raised her young ones there. She had just returned on the day that I went there to work.“During the day，I thought I would try my skill upon her. She sat upon a stick near her nest, and looked at me trustfully. I found a nice stone and threw it with my best skill.“It shot（击中）the bird on the head, and she dropped dead!“I was sorry as soon as I saw he r fall. But the deed was done. All day long her mate flew about, and was so sad that he made my heart ache. Why had I taken a life so innocent（无辜的）, and hurt the poor mate so deeply?“I said nothing to the old couple about it. But, through a grandchild, th ey found it out. Though they never said a word to me on the matter，they mourned the bird and buried（埋葬）it.I could never look them in the face afterwards. Oh, I had told them how sorry I was!“They have been dead many, many years. But don’t you see how tha t stone rebounded and hit me? How deep it made upon my memory! How deep upon my conscience（良知）！Why, my dear boys, how I want to give a great deal today if I could do something for that deed!“For fifty years I have carried it in my memory. I have never spo ken of it before. Yet if what I have now said shall prevent you from throwing a stone that may rebound and deeply hurt your conscience. I shall be very cheerful.”The boys at once dropped the stones they had in their hands.()9. The underlined word“mourned the bird”in Paragraph 10 means“______”．A. were not willing to throw the bird awayB. showed sadness for the loss of the birdC. punished me for the death of the birdD. took care of the bird’s family members()10. The old gray-headed man felt sorry because ________.A. he had to work for the aged coupleB. he shot the bird to death by her nestC. he carried the story in his memoryD. he didn’t tell the deed to the couple()11. We can infer（推断）from the last sentence that ________.A. the boys ran away and would not come backB. the boys couldn’t get nice stones from then onC. the bird now had no more trouble from the boysD. the bird now would stay in her nest for the rest life()12. Which can be the best title for the passage？A. The Stone That ReboundedB. The Dead BirdC. The Couple Who ComplainedD. The Hurt Boy(2017 连云港)DImagine having a ear made out of an apple. It seems like a crazyidea from a horror movie. But it could happen in the near future.Canadian biophysicist Andrew Pelling used an apple to grow ahuman ear. He think fruit and vegetables can be used to cheaply repairhuman body parts in the future.Scientists have been trying to grow organs (器官) in labs to replace our old ones. But it is a hard job. For example, liver cells (肝细胞) can grow in a lab, but he cells still need things like blood vessels (血管) to actually work. These things have to grow inside a scaffold(支架).In the past, scientists have used man-made materials, animals parts and even dead people as scaffold s. But that has proved to be difficult and expensive.Pelling and his team, however, found the apple to be a cheap and easy-to-use scaffold.They first cut an apple into the shape of an ear. Then they used a special way to take out the apple’s cell and make it a scaffold. The team then added human cells to the apple, and watched it grow.“You can implant these scaffolds into the body, and the body will send in cells and a blood supply and actually keep these things alive,” Pelling said during a Ted Talk speech.The team put the apple scaffold inside a living mouse and the mouse’s cells slowly took over the pieces of apple.Now Pelling is thinking of other fruit, plants or vegetables to use.He says that the shape of flower petals could be perfect for repairing skin. And asparagus(芦笋) could fix a broken spine(脊柱).Now, Pelling and his team are trying hard to put these crazy ideas into reality.()13. Pelling’s idea of man-made ear seems crazy because he use ________ as scaffolds.A. animal partsB. dead peopleC. man-made materialsD. ordinary apples()14. The underlined word “implant” in Paragraph 7 probably means ________.A. pickB. putC. produceD. protect()15. Which is the right order of making an ear out of an apple according to the passage?a. put the apple scaffold inside a mouseb. add human cells to the apple scaffoldc. cut an apple into the shape of an eard. make the apple ear a scaffolde. take out the apple’s cells in a special wayA. a-b-c-d-eB. b-c-d-a-eC. c-e-d-b-aD. c-d-a-e-b()16. From the last three paragraphs, we can infer that Pelling will experiment with other fruit, plants or vegetables ________.A. to make human earsB. to repair burnt skinC. to fix a broken spineD. to make human body parts(2016 南通)EGlobalization means that people, ideas, technology, money, services and many other things are moving between countries and changing the way people think and act.Not everyone thinks the same way about globalization. Some people think it is bad，and some people think it is good. Some believe that globalization helps rich people get richer and makes poor people poorer. These people say that globalization helps big companies like Coca-Cola and McDonald’s destroy（破坏）local businesses. However，the people who think globalization is a good thing argue that globalization helps poorer people to become richer. They also think that it doesn’t destroy local cultures. These people also believe globalization helps prevent wars. This is because countries with economic（经济的）connections will try hard to keep good relationships so that their economies aren't destroyed.Whether you think globalization is good or bad, it affects the world in two areas: jobs and cultures.Globalization has had a very strong influence on jobs all over the world. For some workers，such as engineers, lawyers and bankers, globalization has been a good development. These workers are able to successfully compete（竞争）globally and have seen an increase in their pay. But for those who work in factories or in the service industry（at hotels，shops and restaurants）,it has not been good. Workers from poorer countries are trying to get these types of jobs. They will do the same job for less money. This decreases the pay for that job，so people get paid less to do it.Cultures have also been affected by globalization. Foods such as Japanese noodles，Indian curry and French cheeses have spread around the world. We can also see an increase in the use of Chinese characters（汉字）in tattoos（文身）. Some people get these tattoos but they don't really know what the characters mean. Globalization also affects the film industry. Most people have seen American movies. But because of globalization，Korean. Indian and Japanese movies have become more worldwide.No one knows the future of globalization. Most experts agree that it will continue to grow and have an increasingly greater influence on people’s lives in the future.()17. Some people think globalization is good because it may ________.A. change local culturesB. help local businesses developC. make rich people become richerD. help stop wars among countries()18. According to Paragraph 4 we know ________.A. engineers will get a lower payB. people can get favourite jobs more easilyC. globalization greatly affects people's jobsD. workers from rich countries get paid less()19. Globalization helps people in the world ________.A. know Chinese characters very wellB. go to different countries for moviesC. own the same culture in the endD. Enjoy foods from different countries()20. What can we infer（推断）from the passage？A.Globalization is sure to do good to people.B. Globalization will be limited in the future.C. Globalization may change people's in the future.D. Globalization will be loved throughout the world.(2017 绵阳中考)FA long time ago, there lived a very old man. He was so old that he could not see or hear very well. He also could not walk very well, or eat very well for his hand shook. The old man's son and daughter-in-law thought he might make trouble at table. So, they had him eat his meals in the corner of the kitchen without a table.They gave him very little to eat. The old man would have a sad look on his face as he looked at his son and daughter-in-law’s dinner table. One day the old man’s hand shook so terribly that he dropped his dish on the floor. The daughter-in-law became angry and shouted at the old man. And after that, his meals were served in a broken dish.Not long afterwards, the family was sitting having their dinner while the four-year-old grandson was sitting on the floor carefully checking pieces of wood. The father asked, “What are you doing?”“I am making a small bowl.”“Why are you making it?” The son answered. “So that I can fill it with you and mother’s food when I grow up.”The old man’s son and daughter-in-law looked at one another and without saying a word started crying. The two quickly brought their old father to their dinner table. From that day on, the old man sat with the family when they had their meals. Even when the old man’s food fell here and there, the son and the daughter-in-law did not say anything.()21. The son and his wife made their father eat in the kitchen to ________.A. teach their son a good lessonB. stay away from troubleC. punish him for his shaking handD. give him peace and comfort()22. The old man dropped his dish ________.A. out of carelessnessB. to ask for a new oneC. against his own willD. to draw his son's attention()23. By making that small bowl, the grandson wanted to ________.A. follow his parents’ exampleB. eat the way his grandfather didC. enjoy making things with his own handsD. show his parents how clever he was()24. The end of the story suggests the old man would ________.A. no longer drop his dishesB. continue to eat in the kitchenC. stop shaking his hands while eatingD. live a comfortable life in the family()25. What does the writer want to tell us with the story?A. The young should look after the old.B. Family members should have meals together.C. It's terribly wrong to serve meals in broken dishes.D. Parents should set a good example for their children.。