牛津译林版九年级下册阅读提高专题练习

牛津译林版九年级下册阅读提高专题练习

一、完形填空

A Little Coaching ( 指导 )

I always felt nervous at the running race. I was too thin to be an athlete. So when our class needed a (1)________in the two mile race around the lake, I hoped (2)________ would notice me.

I hid under a (3)________ when our teacher Bronto called the names of the runners. I got more nervous when I heard he called, “Noah! Where’s Noah? He’s in this race!”

He saw me under the tree and shouted, “Noah, we(4)________ a boy to run the two mile race.” He pushed me to the starting line(线 ). I pleaded( 恳求) with him. “I don’t know the way around the lake !”

“It’s not a problem. Just(5)________Craig and you’ll know the way.” Bronto smiled. Craig was the fastest runner in our class. Then Bronto said, “For the last hundred meters,(6)______ throw your head back and run.”

I stood next to Craig and trembled( 颤抖 ). Then I heard the gun and sixteen of us started to run. I ran (7)______ behind Craig.

But gradually( 逐步地 ), the distance( 距离 ) between Craig and me became wider.

It was(8)______. I felt very tired. My energy was spent. I was about to (9)________. But then I looked ahead( 向前 ) and (10)______ only three boys were in front of me. The crowd was sh outing, but I could hear Bronto shouting,”Run!”

I threw my head back and told my legs to go. I never looked ahead and I never looked back for those last hundred meters. I felt(11)______. Nobody was telling me what I was, or what I wasn’t. My legs were r unning a race against my brain and I was winning!

I didn’t know when I crossed the finish line. Bronto caught me and shouted, “You flew! You flew, man!(12)_________! You passed two boys!”

However, the best prize that I got was*(13)______. That year I discovered I could do a lot of things(14)_________I believe myself and put my energy into them.

I never got to say goodbye to Bronto right after the race. But later, I saw him over the lake. He was coaching another kid. I had no (15)_________that the kid was also going to win.

1 . A.runner B.jumper C.swimmer D.diver

2.A.somebody B.anybody C.nobody D.everybody

3. A.desk B.tree C.bed D.chair

4 .A .get B .teach C.help D.need

5.A .forget B.beat C.follow D.trust

6.A.also B.just C.still D.yet

7.A.slowly B.hardly C.closely D.happily

8.A .surprising B.difficult C.boring D.wonderful

9.A.catch up e up C.hurry up D.give up

10 .A.saw B.heard C.guessed D.remembered

11 . A .nervous B.tired C.free D . lucky

12 .A .First B .Second C.Third D. Fourth

13 .A .love B.respect C.teamwork D .confidence

14.A.before B.unless C.until D.if

15 .A .question B .doubt C.value D .thought

1-5 ACBDC 6-10 BCBDA 11-15 CBDDB

二、阅读理解

A

I arrived in Cali, the second largest city in Colombia. The sun was truly shining. Cali was great, the people were friendly and helpful. One thing I know about Colombia before I came was the coffee. I drank it everyday while dreaming about South American Adventure in my cold, wet hometown of England.

What I wasn’t prepared for was the beauty there. Even the bus ride was a pleasure. I never I would say like this in South America. The landscape was so unexpected, I didn’t imagine Colombia to have this much beauty. There lay fresh mountain waterfalls as well as luminous green hills at every turn, it was so amazing!

Bogota was my next stop. In the beginning, I thought it was a boring city nothing different from any other. Then I opened my eyes and my heart. It attracted me. The smiles from the locals were infectious(有感染力的), love poured from their hearts.

For me, Bogota and the Colombian people changed my view on everything. I took a walk alone one night to pick up some goods. It was dark, and I was in a strange neighborhood. Yet all I could