九年级上学期英语阅读理解专练Ⅰ(有解析)

九年级上学期英语阅读理解专练Ⅰ

阅读理解(20 小题，每小题2分，共40分)

阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。

A

Monday, June 11th Cloudy

Today I started my new job. It is so exciting! I work in a big room with three men：Mark, Dan and

Peter. Mark can speak English, Norwegian and Chinese. Our boss is Annie. We all work very hard. We

are a little afraid of Annie. Luckily, she is not in the same room with us. She has a small office.

Tuesday, June 12th Sunny

Today Annie and I had lunch together in the café nearby. She is really nice. She travels all over the

world. I asked her which country she liked best. She said it was India.

Wednesday, June 13th Hot

I did a TV interview with a man and his pet monkey Pipo. The man taught the monkey to write.

Pipo wrote his name in front of the cameras. It was fantastic! I always wanted to have a pet, so I went

to buy a dog in the afternoon.

Thursday, June 14th Windy

Today Peter, Mark and I went to an Indian restaurant at noon. It has won a Best Food prize. Peter

filmed me while I ate a very good meal. He did not have any food that noon. Poor Peter! He was very

hungry!

Friday, June 15th Fine

Annie invited us all for a drink to a new bar tonight after work. Peter couldn’t come, so we went

without him. We had a great time. Dan was so funny. We laughed and laughed all evening.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

( )1. How many people work in the big room?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

( ) did the writer get to know India was Annie's favorite country?

A. On Monday. Tuesday.

C. On Wednesday. D. On Thursday.

( )3. What did the writer do on June 13th?

A. He bought a dog as a pet. B. He taught Pipo how to write

C. He played with a pet monkey. D. He wrote in front of the cameras.

( )4. Which of the following about Peter is TRUE?

A. He doesn't work hard. B. He can speak three languages.

C. He didn't have lunch on Thursday. D. He enjoyed himself on Friday evening.

( )5. The writer probably works for a(n) .

A. café B. Indian restaurant

C. bar D. TV station

B

Joe moved to Canada with his family at the age of 41. There were many stressful days for them in the

beginning. Since Joe had no job, the savings

（存款）

they brought with them were diminishing quickly.

One day, Joe went out to look for a job. As he walked, he saw many things on the street that people

threw away on Garbage Day—TVs, washing machines and fridges. Joe could not believe his eyes. “Why

would people throw away such things?” he asked himself. Joe saw a “new” television and decided to take

it home to see what the problem was.

Since he was twelve years old, Joe’s main hobby has been electronics. As a teenage boy, he began to

repair radios, TVs and so on.

Joe brought the television home and turned it on. There were pictures on the screen, but there was no

sound. He opened the back cover. Before long, Joe found the problem. The loudspeaker

（扬声器）

was

broken. He went out again. Among the garbage on the street, he found a toy piano. He carried the piano

home. Luckily its loudspeaker worked. Fifteen minutes later, Joe had a TV with both pictures and sound.

Joe began to question people about why they were throwing away electronics. The answer was the

same from everyone: getting them repaired was too expensive. People would rather buy new products.

Then Joe came up with an idea to begin his new life. Joe decided to open an electronics repair shop

that would offer fair prices.

Today, Joe has been very successful in his new country. Instead of losing hope, he chose to make the

best out of a difficult situation.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

( )6. The underlined word “diminishing” in Paragraph 1 means “ ” in Chinese.

A. 节省 B. 窃取 C. 增加 D. 减少

( )7. How did Joe feel when he saw the things thrown away by people?

A. Excited. B. Upset. C. Surprised. D. Angry.

( )8. What was Joe mainly interested in as a teenage boy?

A. Repairing electronics. B. Listening to the radio.

C. Playing the piano. D. Watching TV.

( )9. Why did Joe bring the toy piano home?

A. To sell it for money later. play it for fun.

C. To repair the television. D. To put it in his shop.

( )10. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. Garbage Day B. An unusual shop

C. New country, new life D. A creative teenager

C

Music is certainly something I use. It can be so simple to quietly fall asleep while listening to a piece

of soft music like F

ü

r Elise after a long and tiring day at work.

I also listen to certain electronic music when I have a headache. It really carries my mind and helps

relieve pain, as if it were a kind of magic medicine.

I even listen to the music from “Requiem for a Dream”. It gives me the feeling of fear every time I

listen to it. My sister has asked me very strictly never to play the music while she’s in the house.

As you see, I like different kinds of music. I really love listening to Bhimsen Joshi (an Indian singer)

when I’m in my hometown for the weekend. It reminds me of the times when my dad and I used to sit

together and listen to old classical songs. I love listening to the flute especially and I am a huge fan of

jugalbandi (a performance in Indian classical music).

My point so far is that music can influence everything you do. You might start to recall memories

related to music. When this happens, your love for music gets stronger. You might start to feel free and

stop consciously

（有意识地）

sensing the lyrics. When this happens, you start to let music guide your

feelings. As for me, I especially love this situation of listening to music. I can’t seem to recall ( think of )

exactly what I was doing or thinking when I was listening to music. When it ends, it is as if I woke from a

dream.