(完整)九年级英语阅读理解竞赛试题

九年级英语阅读理解竞赛试题

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Every time when I look at the moon, I wish I could go there. Do you wish you could fly to the moon in a spaceship one day? For hundreds of year, men have wanted to travel to the moon. When they looked at the moon, they asked many questions. Was the moon hot or cold? Were there any plants or other living things there? They asked many, many other questions. Some people said there were living plants on the moon. Others said nothing could live there because there was no air or water on the moon.

We know much about the moon now. Scientists have studied the moon for many years and have found out many facts. Not long ago spaceships with men in them flew to the moon. What do we know about the moon? We find that the moon is much smaller than the earth. It is about one quarter size of the earth. It is traveling round the earth all the time. Days and nights on the moon are very long. One day on the moon is as long as two weeks on the earth. One night is also as long as two weeks on the earth. In the day the moon is very hot. At night it is very cold. The moon is much

hotter and much colder than the earth.

There is another surprising thing. On the moon, things are not as heavy as they are on the earth. Isn’t that interesting! Perhaps one day we can all travel to the moon. It

must be great fun.

( )1. There are not any plants or other living things on the moon because _______.

A. there is no air there

B. their is no water there

C. both A and B

( )2. The moon is ______ the earth.

A. much smaller than

B. much bigger than

C. about as big as

( )3. One day on the moon is as long as ______ on the earth.

A. one week

B. two weeks

C. one month

( ) 4. The moon is much hotter in the day and ______ at night than the earth.

A. much hotter

B. much colder

C. as hot as

( ) 5. On the moon things are _______ they are on the earth.

A. heavier than

B. lighter than

C. as heavy as

B

One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of rice to town. Suddenly the bag fell off his horse on the road. He didn’t know what to do about it because it was too heavy for him to lift by himself. He only hoped that somebody would soon pass by and help him.

Just at this moment a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer was very disappointed (失望) when he saw who he was. It was the great man living nearby. The farmer had hoped to ask another farmer or a poor man like him.

But to his surprise, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came near. He said to the farmer, “I see you need help, friend. How good it is that I’m here just at the right time.” Then he took one end of the bag, the farmer took the other. They together lifted and put it on the horse.

“Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?”

“It’s quite easy,” the great man answered with a smile, “wherever you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him.”

( )6. What happened when the farmer went to town?