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牛津译林版九年级下英语第二次模拟考试专题练习—阅读理解
（1）
Many years ago, I lost all of the hearing in one of my ears suddenly. At first, I thought it was just a small problem and I didn’t notice it. But two days later, after taking the medicine, my hearing still didn’t return. So on after, my doctor told me I had a brain tumor (瘤). The tests later made me feel tired and I would spend more time alone. That time gave me a chance to work on my favorite hobby–- art.
I spent most of my time in college studying art, wishing for a way to mix technology into my work instead of just using computers as a tool. As a girl who liked drawing, it was impossible for me to do technical work and be an artist.
But later, I took a course in computers and loved computers for the purpose of art. As my body fit in its new changes after the operation, I began doing small experiments at night: drawing, making models, and studying how computers work. I was afraid if anything happened to my other ear, I wouldn’t be able to communicate. I paid more attention to the physical objects. I began building objects to help stop possible disasters that would influence communication in our society. I’ve met many challenges. They had more to do with what people think of my work and of me than anything technical, however. I was once told people didn’t believe that the projects really worked, and people don’t believe me, either.
Despite this, I’ve learned many things during this whole process. The most important is that we have to create our own chances. We should try to turn something bad in our life into something good. We have to make time for hard work and trust ourselves. We must never give up.
1. The writer studied hard at art in college in order to .
A. use computers as a tool
B. find a way to mix technology into her work
C. take a course in computers and love computers。

D. build objects to help stop possible disasters
2. What was the biggest difficulty the writer met?
A. Having lots of medical tests.
B. Technical difficulties.
C. People’s opinions.
D. Physical illness.
3. The underlined word despite in the last paragraph means in Chinese.
A. 尽管
B.由于
C.毕竟
D.此外
4. The writer shared her experience mainly to _____.
A. tell that technology is only a tool for us
B. say that one should learn to live with illness
C. encourage people to be environmentally friendly
D. show us that bad experiences can be made good
（2）
“Why do birds sing?” I asked a group of children. “To attract metes(配偶)!” answered a boy.
A 4-year-old girl added shyly, “bird s sing because they are happy, and they want to make us happy, too.” I think both answers are probably true in a way. If birds sing happily, it shows all is good in the forest: no predators (捕食者) are present, and the birds can feed, sing and do other bird things. The sound of a relaxed robin(知更鸟) singing is easy to understand because it makes us feel this way too—it’s a sound that lifts our own hearts when we hear it.What happens when a predator
comes into their areas? The nearby birds quickly give an alarm(警报) call, a short sound that warns, “Danger is coming!” On hearing the sound, the other birds stop singing and fly away, the deer lift their heads and stop moving and the rabbits run into the bushes. Suddenly, the forest becomes silent.
When humans walk through the woods in a hurry or while talking with a friend, we don’t see much wildlife. We may think that there aren’t many animals living there, but more likely, they know we are coming and hide minutes before our arrival. But if we learn to avoid setting off alarms, we can see many more wild animals without frightening them. To practice, find a place in a park and sit quietly for an hour. Take notes as the birds begin to relax and sing again. When I do this, I am always surprised at the wonderful thing animals will do when humans stay still (不动的) long enough.
1.In the writer’s opinion, the children’s answers to his question are .
A. funny
B. interesting
C. honest
D. reasonable
2. Why can’t we see much wildlife in the woods from this pass age?
A. Because we have set off alarms.
B. Because we fail to give warnings.
C. Because we come at the wrong time.
D. Because few animals live there.
3. The purpose of the last paragraph is to .
A. show people how and when birds sing.
B. ask people to learn something about birds.
C. tell people how to protect birds in the wild.
D. advise people to enjoy the songs of birds.
4. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The life of birds.
B. How birds sing in the forest.
C. Birds in the forest.
D. The messages in birds’ singing.
（3）
I was just out of college, only three days into a graduate (研究生) year in England, and I was pulling a heavy bag and suitcase(箱子) through the London Underground. I was also crying out of control.
The day before yesterday, my uncle told me never to speak to him, his wife, or my two cousins again. Earlier, I made a joke. I didn't mean to hurt my aunt's feelings, but it did. I spent the evening in an ugly blue telephone booth (电话亭), crying as I spoke to a family friend who lived in England.
When I left the phone booth, I went back to a silent house with three closed bedroom doors. In the morning, I heard everyone get up and leave for work and school. I wrote a note to say sorry and pulled my bags to the train station. When I got into London, I had to take the underground to Angel Station to get to my family friend's house.
I knew the underground well, but at the time, it was just endless white tiles（瓷砖). Coming to England seemed like a bad decision. Crying yet again, I tried to lift my suitcase up the stairs.
When I was trying hard to walk forward, there were hands. Each time I faced another group of steps, a hand would lift the suitcase. At the top of the steps, the hand would let go, and I'd pull the suitcase to the next group. And just as I wanted to try again, another hand would appear.
It happened several times. I never looked up, because I couldn't stop crying. Each hand looked different, and many different people helped me, without asking or saying anything. I
couldn't look up. I wasn't able to say thank you.
I went on to have an amazing year studying in England, but that was the last time I saw or spoke to any of my uncle's family. Yet when I think about that terrible loss in 2019, I remember those strangers' hands. They were there when I needed them, and even now, they help me out of the sadness of that memory. I think of them as I ride the underground in Washington D. C. today, and I watch the citizens and tourists to offer hands at any time.
1. What was the writer's feeling while she was walking in the station?
A. She felt sad and helpless at first, but might feel warm later.
B. She was looking forward to getting help from friends.
C. She expected to leave London and go back home
D. She regretted making the joke, but was angry with her uncle.
2. In the last paragraph, the underlined words "that terrible loss" probably mean_________.
A. I was crying when I took the underground in London
B. I left my uncle's family and haven't contacted them since then
C. I didn't say thank you to those who gave hands to me
D. I lost my good mood and felt sad when I left my uncle's family
3. What is the passage mainly about?
A. It tells us a story about an unlucky and homeless college student.
B. It describes the writer's experience through the underground.
C. It expresses the idea of giving hands to strangers who are in need.
D. It shows the helping hands that writer got from strangers.
（4）
“The Briti sh government will offer￡1,000,000 to anyone who can solve the world’s biggest problem---whatever it might be,” said Prime Minister(首相) David Cameron at a science meeting.
In an unusual competition, the Government will ask people to find out the greatest challenge(挑战)today, such as finding a replacement(替代) for oil, producing low-cost food or curing AIDS/HIV.
When the hardest problem has been decided, the Prime Minister will give away ￡1,000,000 to the person who successfully works out the answer.
The competition follows the example of the Longitude Prize started by the government in 1714, which offered ￡20,000 (worth ￡6,000,000 today) to anyone who could discover how far east or west ship had sailed. Sailors could work out their location north and south, and were able to decide their local time from the sun. however, they needed to know the time at a reference(参照) point in order to find out how far they had traveled east or west.
Many people thought the problem was impossible to solve, but the prize was finally won by John Harrison, a common worker. He did this by designing a clock that kept accurate(准确的) time at sea and made it possible for sailors to work out their location.
Almost exactly 300 years on, Mr. Cameron will have a group of scientists collect suggestions and draw up a short list of problems facing the world. He will then start a race to solve the most difficult problem.
A government officer said, “ We want people to think big: what does the world need and how can we achieve that? We are looking for the next penicillin(青霉素)，airplane or Word Wide Web. Something that is going to really change what we do and how we live our lives---sending us
ahead in the global race.”
According to Mr. Cameron, it is important to “encourage new ideas” and “attract bac k the best and the brightest” to Britain.
1. The British government promises ￡1,000,000 to any person who
A. can solve the biggest challenge facing the world
B. can find how the next penicillin works on illnesses
C. can think of the most difficult problem in the world
D. can help the Prime Minister run his government better
2. The Longitude Prize is mentioned mainly to
A. explain why the government set up the prize in 1714
B. show John Harrison was a great success as an inventor
C. show that the government is very thankful to John Harrison
D. explain what gave Mr. Cameron the idea of starting the competition
3. We can infer(推断) from Paragraphs 4 and 5 that
A. ships no longer get lost at sea with Ha rrison’s invention
B. clocks on ships kept good time before Harrison’s invention
C. sailors found it hard to work out their location north and south
D. the sailing industry was very important in Britain around the 1700s
4. Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. John Harrison was sure that he would win the prize
B. The million-pound prize will go to a British scientist.
C. The British government pays special attention to the nation’s creativity.
D. A replacement for oil is considered as the hardest problem by the scientists.
（5）
You laugh when you are happy about something or with someone. If you are one of those who hardly laughs, you are missing out on a lot. In fact, you are not doing your health any good. Scientists have proved that laughter is the “best” medicine to all kinds of diseases.
Scientific facts have shown that laughter helps people breathe easier and it is good for the heart and other vital organs(生命器官).
It may also increase the release of disease-fighting cells in the immune system(免疫系统). Like exercise, laughter makes the pulse(脉搏) fast and causes the cardiovascular(心血管的) system function well. In experiments, students who watched funny movies were found to have an increased flow of infection-fighting proteins(对抗感染蛋白质) in their saliva(唾液).
A positive attitude also guards against illness and may even make you able to live longer. Optimistic World WarⅡsoldiers followed for 35 years after the war ended developed fewer health problems and lived longer than the pessimistic ones. Scientists now connect pessimism not only with depression(抑郁症) but consider it a dangerous factor for diseases when stressed and take longer to be well again after an operation.
Children are often naturally cheerful, and scientists guess that their emotional happiness may be part of our species’ (物种)survival mechanism, that optimism helps protect the young from disease until they can reach puberty (青春期). Optimism may have helped keep the species in prehistoric times. Although realism saved cave men and women from being eaten by tigers, without an optimistic sense of adventure, they would never be brave enough to leave the cave in the first place.
1. Which of the following statement is NOT true according to this passage?
A. Laughter does good to the heart and other vital organs.
B. Being happy about everything is like to be a dangerous factor for disease
C. All the World WarⅡsoldiers developed fewer health problems.
D. Optimism helps protect the young from disease.
2. Children have natural emotional happiness because _________.
A. it may be part of our species’ survival mechanism
B. it can help to reach puberty
C. it can help to keep the species in prehistoric times
D. it may help to save cave men and women from being eaten by wild animals
3. The underlined word “pessimistic” in the last but one paragraph means “_________”.
A. expecting good things to happen
B. being likely to think of bad part of a situation
C. falling ill more often than others
D. facing serious pressure from wars
4. What’s the best title for this passage?
A. Laugh Every Day if Possible.
B. A Positive Opinion.
C. Secrets of Long life.
D. Laughter and Optimism Leads to Health.
（6）
If you’ve been joining in chat room conversations, or trading e-mail with net pals(网友), you have become one of the millions who write in a special, short form of English.
Throughout the world, every night children and their elders are “talking” online — many of them are talking at the same time.
It’s fast: trying talking to six people once. It’s convenient: three or four words per exchange. It takes cleverness, concentration and quick fingers.
And it requires very simple language. There’s neither time nor space for explanations. Why waste valuable time telling six friends you have to leave for a moment to take care of your little brother when BRB (=be right back) will do?
Want to enter a conversation? Just type PMFJI (=pardon me for jumping in).
Interested in whom you’re talking to? Type A/S/L, the common request to know your pal’s age, sex and location. You may get 15/M/NY as a reply from your pal.
If something makes you laugh, say you’re OTF (=on the floor), or LOL (=laughing out loud), or join the two into ROTFL (=rolling on the floor laughing).
And when it’s time to get back to work or go to bed, you type GTG (=got to go) or TTYL (=talk to you later).
People want to write as fast as possible, and they want to get their ideas across as quickly as they can. Capital letters are left in the dust, except when expressing feelings, as it takes more time to hold down the “shift” key and use capitals. Punctuation is going too.
1.. When people are online, they talk by ______.
A. using body language
B. drawing some strange pictures
C. making phone calls
D. making use of a special short form of English
2. The sentence “There’s neither time nor space for explanations” means that ______.
A. people should use some familiar words in a proper way
B. people should know what time it is when they are talking
C. people online have to express themselves in a simple way
D. people should communicate with each other in a funny way
3. If you get 17/F/NY as an answer to your A/S/L, it means ______.
A. the people on the other end is 17 from New York and he is fine
B. you are talking to a girl who is 17 and lives in New York
C. you are talking to 17 girls who are from New York
D. the people you are talking to is a 17-foot tall New York girl
4.. Which of the following is a way to save online time?
A. People seldom use capital letters or punctuation marks.
B. Many people draw pictures instead of typing words.
C. People only use the mouse instead of the keyboard.
D. People never use the “shift” key to type capital letters.
5. W hat’s the main idea of the passage?
A. How to join in chat room conversations.
B. How to use chat online as fast as possible.
C. How to easily enter an online conversation.
D. How to write fast enough with the keyboard.
（7）
Studies show that childre n who eat breakfast do better in school. It doesn’t take much further thought to know that adults will feel better and do better at work as well. Whether you work at home, on the farm, at the office, at school, or on the road, it is not a good idea to have no breakfast.
If we have no breakfast, we are likely to become tired when our brains and bodies run low on fuel (养料). By mid-morning, a lot of us grab a cup of coffee or eat a sugary candy bar to wake up again. This might work for a few minutes, but by lunch time we are hungry. Eating a good breakfast sets the tone for the rest of the day.
Having no breakfast is a popular way to lose weight, but not a smart one. Many people believe that they will lose weight if they have no meals, but that just isn’t tru e; the body expects to be refueled a few times a day, starting with a healthy breakfast. Eating breakfast is good for losing weight. In fact, people who eat breakfast are more likely to keep a healthy weight.
A healthy breakfast should have some protein (蛋白质) and some fiber (纤维). Protein can come from low fat meats, eggs, or beans. Fiber can be found in whole grains, vegetables and fruits.
A good example of a healthy breakfast might be something simple like a hard-boiled egg, an orange, and a bowl of whole grain cereal with low fat milk. Stay away from sugary foods and white bread because they are digested (消化) quickly and will leave you hungry and tired in several hours. Protein and fiber will keep you feeling full until lunch time.
1. The first paragraph mainly tells us that ______.
A. many children go to school without breakfast
B. many adults are too busy to have breakfast every day
C. many people go to work without having breakfast
D. it is necessary to have a good breakfast every day
2. According to the passage, we feel tired at work probably because ______.
A. we don’t have a good breakfast
B. we need to have a cup of coffee
C. our brains don’t work any longer
D. we don’t have enough sleep at night
3. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Having a good breakfast can help you finish your work.
B. Eating a good breakfast is enough for the whole day.
C. Breakfast is really the most important meal in a day.
D. You will be happier if you have a good breakfast.
4. According to the passage, which of the following foods makes a healthy breakfast?
① white bread ② an apple ③ grain cereal ④ vegetables
⑤ sugary cakes ⑥ a boiled egg ⑦ beef ⑧ meat
A. ①②③⑥
B. ②④⑤⑥
C. ③④⑥⑦
D. ②⑤⑥⑧
5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. It is healthy only to have beans and eggs for your breakfast.
B. Having breakfast is a good way for people to keep a good figure.
C. Having a cup of coffee can make you feel energetic for a long time.
D. If you don’t want to feel hungry and tired, you’d better eat sugary foods.
（8）
Our children and grandchildren may not have a chance to visit many of the most famous places around the world. War, weather, age, traffic and pollution damage (破坏) these famous places. If we do nothing, they may even no longer remain. But looking after these places often costs more than one country can afford.
In the early 1970s, world governments decided that if they joined together, they would be able to preserve (保护) our history. If every country paid some money, they said, it would be possible to look after important historic places. For this reason, countries around the world united to form the World Heritage Organization in 1972. Today, the organization helps to protect and rebuild the most important places from our history.
However, one of the biggest problems for historic places is vandalism. That is to say, people sometimes enter these places and damage the buildings. At some places, such as Stonehenge in England, governments have built high fences to protect it from vandals.
There are many different ideas about how to solve the problem of vandalism. Some professors say that if guards keep walking around these places, vandals won’t be able to get in. Some professors say that if they fi x more television cameras, they won’t need so many guards. Others say that the best way is education. If people learn to respect history, they won’t damage it. They will also want to spend money looking after old places. For this reason, the World Heritage Organization helps to spread information about the value of historic places.
1. Our children and grandchildren may not have a chance to visit many of the most famous places
around the world, probably because .
A. they don’t have enough money to go the re
B. these places may disappear in the future
C. governments don’t allow them to enter
D. they are afraid of the guards there
2. The World Heritage Organization was set up for the following reasons EXCEPT.
A. It would be able to help preserve our history.
B. No countries wanted to protect the historic places.
C. It would collect money to rebuild the damaged places.
D. It would be possible to take care of important historic places.
3. Which of the following shows us the action of vandalism?
A. People enter the places and damage the buildings.
B. Governments build high fences to protect the place from vandals.
C. Guards walk around these places and fix more television cameras.
D. War, weather, age, traffic and pollution damage these famous places.
4. Wha t’s the best way to solve the biggest problem of vandalism?
A. To spend more money looking after these places.
B. To make guards prevent vandals getting in.
C. To fix more television cameras in these places.
D. To make people know about the value of historic places.
（9）
“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen.”
After graduating from college in 1932, I decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer(播音员). I took the bus to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I was refused every time. In one studio, a nice lady told me that big stations didn’t want to accept inexperienced persons. “Go to the countryside and find a small station that’ll give you a chance,” she said.
I returned home, Dixon in Illinois. While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Smith Ward had opened a store and wanted a local sportsman to manage its sports department. Since I had played high school football in Dixon, I applied(申请). The job sounded just right for me. But I still failed in the interview. At that moment, mom’s words came to my mind: “Everything happens for the best.” Dad offered me a car to look for a job. I tri ed WOC Radio in Davenport in Iowa. The program director, named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, I felt sad. I asked aloud, “How can a man become a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the lift when I heard MacArthur calling, “What did you say about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he made me stand before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. As a result, I did a wonderful job and was told to broadcast Saturday’s game!
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words again: “Everything happens for the best if you carry on. One day something good will happen.”
1. After the writer graduated from college, he tried to look for a job in at first.
A. Chicago
B. Dixon
C. Davenport
D. Illinois
2. The writer couldn’t find a job in Dixon because .
A. he had played high school football
B. he did not pass the interview
C. he had no working experience
D. he had no interest in the job
3. Which sentence below is TRUE?
A. In all, the writer went to three cities to look for the job.
B. The writer took the train to different places to look for the job.
C. The writer gave up finally when he was refused again and again.
D. MacArthur gave the writer a chance to broadcast Saturday’s game directly.
4. The passage mainly tells us that .
A. it is hard to find a job
B. mother’s help is necessary
C. we should hope for the best
D. life is full of disappointment
（10）
The British are known as people who love to stand in line, but a new research shows that the British are only about average (平均数) at waiting politely in a queue(排、队). The French are the best. It's the Germans who don't have a good habit of standing in line. They can't stand to wait for anything. They begin to shout loudly and noisily if the line doesn't seem to be moving fast enough. Sadly it never moves fast enough for them.
The experts studied 940 people across Europe. They watched secretly as they waited in line to get tickets, to order fast food and to wait for the bus. They found people who are good at forming (排成) queues feel that they move along faster. For example, in Britain, the average waiting at a queue needs about three and a half minutes. In Germany or Sweden people hate waiting in line. In fact, people spend double the time as the British in queues. They get to the front of the queue without thinking about others, so they waste others' time.
The expert who did the research had asked a person to break into a queue to see what people would do. In Britain, people shouted loudly at him, but when he said," I' m terribly sorry. I didn't realize there was a queue. Do go before me. " People smiled and said. "Oh, that's all right, one more won't matter much. "It was also found in France, where 80％of the people didn't mind standing in line only if they were treated politely. While in Germany everyone was angry and wore an unhappy face. The expert said, "If only they could learn from the British and the French to think of queuing as an exercise in making the best of an unhappy thing, they might find that the queue then moves faster."
1. The research shows that the people in _______ are the most polite in standing in line.
A. Sweden
B. Britain
C. France
D. Germany
2. The Germans spend more time than the British in queues because they __________.
A. always talk a lot with others
B. like waiting in line
C. don't follow the rule of queuing
D. don't know the rule of queuing
3. According to the research, which of the following is TRUE ?
A. The British didn't care about the queue jumper.
B. The Germans were angry with the queue jumper.
C. The French treated the queue jumper badly.
D. The Swedish enjoyed themselves while queuing.
4. From the last sentence we know the expert wished the Germans could__________.
A. have a good habit of standing in line
B. save others' time while queuing
C. move quickly when queuing
D. take exercise in queues
5. The result of the research shows that__________.
A. people in Europe hate waiting in line
B. standing in line is a kind of exercise
C. there are always queue jumpers all over the world
D. people who are good at standing in line think they move along faster
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