九年級(jí)英語(yǔ)閱讀競(jìng)賽試卷及答案

1、九年級(jí)英語(yǔ)閱讀競(jìng)賽試卷及答案九年級(jí)英語(yǔ)閱讀競(jìng)賽試卷一、根據(jù)句意及所給首字母，寫(xiě)出完整正確的單詞(共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分)Mr. OMalley became unhappy after he moved to the new house in town with us. He had been (1) u_ to running free on my grandpas farm. But in the new house, he was chained (拴住) in the backyard.Mr. OMalley looked sad and lonely all day lon

2、g, so we decided to take Mr. OMalley back to the farm. (2) A_ all, what he wanted to do was just run happily.After nearly two hours drive, we arrived at grandpas farm. It was (3) e_ to see grandpa again, but the greatest thing was to watch Mr. OMalley run free on the farm. He was so happy.Two days l

3、ater, it was time for mum and me to leave. Mr. OMalley looked at me with a very sad (4) e_.As we drove down the road, I found Mr. OMalley following us behind. I asked mum to stop the car and got out of it.“Ill miss you,” I hugged Mr. OMalley. “Now, go home, Mr. OMalley!”Mr. OMalley turned around. He

4、 rushed(5) t_ grandpas farm. I didnt want to give up Mr. OMalley, but I hoped to see his happy face.二、完形填空(共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分)閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)?！癈harlie, do your homework now!” his mother said to him. Charlie thought, “Well, mum doesnt have to do it. Its so 6 .” He spent hours wi

5、th his books, hoping that it would soon be time for 7 . Suddenly some little elves (精靈) 8 by the window.“Good evening, young man, can we play with your homework?” asked one of the elves. It 9 so strange that Charlie asked, “How will you play with my homework? Its the most boring thing Go on, 10 it.”

6、Charlie was surprised to see what they did. 11 a minute, they had formed teams and were busy playing with the pen, the eraser and the book. They had races to see 12 could do the sums (算術(shù)) fastest. They were 13 funny while learning to readthey sang well-known songs 14 learnt the words to them. Time p

7、assed quickly and 15 his mother was calling him for meal.“Oh, what a 16 ! This is so much fun,” he said.“Of course its fun! Why dont you try it 17 ?” one of t he elves said.So every evening, Charlie started playing with his homework, 18 new ways to make it more fun. Neither Charlies parents nor anyo

8、ne in the school could understand the great 19 in him. His mother told him how 20 she was at seeing him work so hard. But Charlie said to himself, “Well, she doesnt have to do it. Its fun!”( )6. A. interesting B. easy C. boring D. difficult( )7. A. breakfast B. lunch C. supper D. bed( )8. A. appeare

9、d B. traveled C. searched D. lived( )9. A. looked B. sounded C. smelt D. tasted( )10. A. buy B. leave C. lose D. take( )11. A. For B. In C. Before D. With( )12. A. who B. when C. how D. what( )13. A. only B. even C. still D. also( )14. A. and B. for C. but D. so( )15. A. certainly B. suddenly C. pro

10、bably D. recently( )16. A. chance B. pain C. pity D. view( )17. A. myself B. yourself C. himself D. itself( )18. A. getting into B. giving up C. telling about D. thinking of( )19. A. change B. experience C. advantage D. pressure( )20. A. afraid B. proud C. angry D. worried三、閱讀理解(共15小題；每小題3分，滿分45分)閱讀

11、下文, 從所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)最佳答案。A. funB. charityC. artD. business( )22. If you want to take part in this event, you have to raise at least _ for it.A. 40B. 35C. 20D. 10( )23. When you get to _, you have covered half of the whole course.A. the Peace StatueB. the Seafront HotelC. Russell SquareD. Churchill Squa

12、reBShirley Temple is considered to be the most famous child star in history. She was born on April 23, 1928, in California. Her father was a banker and her mother was a housewife. Shirley had two brothers. Her mother took her to dancing classes when she was three years old.Temple began her film care

13、er in 1932. She was known for her dancing skills as well as acting. In 1934, she became popular around the world because of the movie Bright Eyes, a film designed specifically for her talents. Temple acted in more than 40 movies in the 1930s.However, as she grew up, Temple became less and less popul

14、ar with the public. She retired from films at the age of 22 and then began to do some political work. In 1974, Temple served as the US Ambassador to Ghana (加納) in Africa. And she became the first woman to do this job.In 1988, she wrote her own autobiography(自傳) “Child Star”, which won a number of aw

15、ards.Shirley Temple died on February 10, 2014, at the age of 85. We have to remember that there will never be another Shirley Temple. She will always live in peoples minds.( )24. Therere _ people in Shirley Temples family.A. threeB. fourC. fiveD. six( )25. What does the second paragraph mainly tell

16、us?A. Shirley Temples talents.B. Shirley Temples family.C. Shirley Temples books.D. Shirley Temples early years.( )26. What does the underlined word “political” mean in Chinese?A. 文學(xué)的B. 政治的C. 經(jīng)濟(jì)的D. 藝術(shù)的( )27. What is the right order about Shirley Temples life?Wrote a book Became an actressTook dancin

17、g classes Worked as a diplomat (外交官)A. B. C. D. CDuring the Winter Olympics in Sochi, 25,000 volunteers from Russia and other countries provided services for athletes and guests. The student Oksana Verkholyak helped translate Russian into English and Korean at the Games. She told us about their usua

18、l day.“We get up at 7:30 in the morning. Then we have breakfast. Usually we have porridge for breakfast. There is always tea, coffee, bread and pies. After breakfast, we head for a bus stop and get on a bus which runs to the media centre. It takes us 30 minutes to get there,” she said.When volunteer

19、s arrived there, they went through the security(安全) check point. They couldnt bring water or food with them. “Security guards check our bags. We are not allowed to have things made of metals. They check phones, video cameras, electric equipment and computers,” Oksana added.In the evening volunteers

20、got back to the apartment buildings. All of them were like one big family. They lived together and got some rest togetherafter dinner they went to the beach to watch the sunset.Besides the students, there were many so-called silver volunteers who retired but didnt lose interest in sports. Some of th

21、e volunteers had an experience of working at the Olympic Games in other countries and even at the Moscow Olympics in 1980.( )28. How many foreign languages did Oksana Verkholyak use at the Games?A. One.B. Two.C. Three.D. Four.( )29. Where did the volunteers go first after breakfast?A. To the apartme

22、nt buildings.B. To the security check point.C. To a bus stop.D. To the beach.( )30. What couldnt the volunteers take into the media centre?A. Water and computers.B. Video cameras and phones.C. Knives and hamburgers.D. Electric equipment.( )31. What is the best title for this passage?A. A volunteers

23、day at Sochi OlympicsB. 2014 Sochi Winter OlympicsC. Different jobs for volunteersD. How to be a volunteer at Sochi OlympicsDWhen we want to find out what the weather will be like tomorrow, we usually turn on the radio or TV. But in the time before radio and TV, people needed to forecast (預(yù)測(cè)) the we

24、ather. How did they do it? Lets learn about two weather rhymes (押韻的詩(shī)) together.Red sky at night, Sailors delight!Red sky in the morning, Sailors take warning!This weather rhyme was written a long time ago, but it still works today. As the sun is setting, a red sky at night usually means there are no

25、 clouds coming in from the west, a sign of good weather for tomorrow. But a red sky in the morning always means drier air is moving away to the east and moister air is moving in from the west. The moist air could bring clouds, rain and stormy weather.When leaves show their undersides (底部), Be very c

26、ertain, rain betides.The rhyme shows us how trees forecast the weather. Tree leaves turn upside down just before it rains. In the period before a storm, strong winds can lift the leaves and show their undersides.Animals, insects and plants are natural forecasters. When a summer storm is coming, you

27、may notice that dogs, cows, horses, and geese grow restless(不安的) and frogs come out of their hiding places. These animals dont have some sixth sense. Scientists think the animals can hear the low frequency (頻率) sound waves made by thunderstorms many miles away.Get outside and observe nature carefull

28、y, and soon youll be your own weather forecaster. ( )32. The underlined word “moist” can be replaced by the word “_”.A. wetB. ColdC. warmD. clean( )33. What is helpful for some animals to forecast the stormy weather?A. Their sense of sight.B. Their sense of hearing.C. Their sense of smell.D. Their s

29、ense of touching.( )34. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The two rhymes are both about winter weather.B. When leaves show their undersides, it will be fine.C. If you see a red sky in the morning, you can travel outside.D. If you see a frog come out of its hiding place, youd better stay at home.( )3

30、5. Whats the writers main purpose in writing this passage?A. To introduce two famous weather rhymes to us.B. To tell us we should read as many rhymes as possible.C. To show us the way to observe different animals.D. To encourage us to get close to nature and observe the weather on our own.四、任務(wù)型閱讀(共5

31、小題；每小題3分，滿分15分)請(qǐng)閱讀下面短文，在短文后表格中的空白處填上適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~(注意：每空1個(gè)單詞)。We all know that recycling rubbish is very important. But sometimes it is not so convenient (方便的) when we cant find a recycling bin anywhere.Now a team of middle school students from North Dakota, US has solved that problem by designing the Recycl

32、ing Bin app (應(yīng)用程序).This app encourages people to recycle. It provides users with a map of local recycling centres, and it allows them to save locations as favourites. Besides, this app also reminds users to recycle.The group of nine sixth-graders is from STEM Centre Middle School. They came up with the idea as part of a school project for the Verizon Innovative App Challenge. Their school provided professional app training. It held a contest and gave Samsung tablets (三星平板電腦) as prizes.Th