20192020學年九年級英語上冊閱讀理解專項訓練(28)外研

2019-2020學年九年級英語上冊閱讀理解專項訓練(28)外研版2019-2020學年九年級英語上冊閱讀理解專項訓練(28)外研版3/32019-2020學年九年級英語上冊閱讀理解專項訓練(28)外研版2019-2020

學年九年級英語上冊

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外研版Iwillalwaysremembermymother’slastfewdaysinthisworld.OnFebruary14th,2000,myclasswentonafieldtriptothebeach.Ihadsomuchfun.Whenwereturnedtoschool,myteachertoldmetogototheheadmaster’soffice.WhenIgotintotheoffice,Isawapoliceoffice.SuddenlyIrealizedsomethingwaswrong.Thepoliceofficetoldmewhathadhappenedandwewenttopickmysisterup.Afterthat,wewenttothehospitalandwaited.Timewentslowly.Finally,wegottoseeourmother.Itwasterrible.Onthenextday,theheadmastercameandtoldmytwoteacherswhathadhappened.Iwastakingarestthatday.Iknewithadsomethingtodowithmymother.Ikeptthinkingthatsheeitherdiedorhadgottenbetter.HowIwishedthatshehadgottenbetter.Whenmyteachertookmeoutside,mysisterranuptome.Shestartedcrying,“She’sgone.Teresa,mommy’sgone.She’sdead.”Icouldn’tbelieveit.Wejumpedintothecaranddrovestraighttothehospital.Mostofmyfamilywerethere.Thesilencewasterrible.IknewIhadtosaygoodbye.TodaywhenIlookback,Istillmissmymotherverymuch,butIknowthatIwilllive.Mymotherwasastrongmother,whohadthebiggestheart.Mymotherwasanangelwalkingontheearth.Iwillalwaysrememberherasliving.Whensomeoneisaskedwhotheirhero(英豪)is,theyusuallysaysomeonefamous,likeMichaelJordanorBritneySpears.Whensomeoneasksmewhomyherois,Itellthem,mymother.Mymotherliveseveryday.Thatiswhatmakesheratruehero.1.Whatdidtheheadmastertellthetwoteachersonthenextday?A.Hermotherhadbeenveryill.B.Hermotherhadbeendead.C.Hermotherhadgottenbetter.D.Hersistercametoseeher.BItwasreportedtodaythatinChina,56%ofpeoplewhowriteblogs(博客)dosoasapersonaldiaryand83%usetheirblogsforsendingmessagestofriends.ItwasalsofoundthatthereisastrongEast-Westdifference.InplacesliketheUS,blogsthatofferinformationonnewsattractmorereadersbutinChina,blogsaremorelikelytobeaboutsharingpersonalfeelings.Itseemsthatbloggerscanbedividedintothreetypes:IT(信息技術)bloggers,bloggerswhorecordtheirordinaryfeelingsandmedia（媒體）bloggers.Whenbloggingfirststarted,theITpeoplehadthetechnologicaladvantageandtheytookthechancetoputtheirthoughtsontheweb.SomeoftheseITpeoplenowhavehadoveramillionpeoplereadtheirblogs.ThenextwaveofbloggersdidnothaveanytrainingaswritersorinITandwroteaboutnormaldailylife.Mediabloggers,however,aretrainedwriters,suchasjournalistsandeditors.Whenthemanymediabloggersshowedup,theeverydaybloggerslostmostoftheirreaders.Mediabloggershavetheadvantageofknowinghowtocommunicatewellthroughthewrittenwords.However,thenormalbloggersarestilloutthereandincreasinginnumber.Itseemsthatbloggingisthenewwaytoexpressyourfeelings.Peoplefeelliketheworldislisteningto,orratherreading,theirproblems,eveniftheyarenot.Fromthepassageweknowthat________.A.56%oftheChinesewriteblogspeopleinUSliketoreadblogsfornewstheChinesesharefeelingswitheachothermainlythroughblogsthewaythatChineseuseblogsisnotdifferentfromtheWestCMostmusiciansagreethatthebestviolinswerefirstmadeinItaly．TheyweremadeinCremona,Italy,about200yearsago．Theseviolinssoundbetterthananyothers．Theyevensoundbetterthanviolinsmadetoday．ViolinmakersandscientiststrytomakeinstrumentsliketheoldItalianviolins．Buttheyaren'tthesame．Musiciansstillprefertheoldones．NoonereallyknowswhytheseoldItalianviolinsaresospecial,butmanypeoplethinktheyhaveananswer．Somepeoplethinkitistheageoftheviolins．Theysaythattoday'sviolinswillalsosoundwonderfulsomeday．Butthereisaproblemhere．Notalloldviolinssoundwonderful．OnlythosefromCremonaarespecial．Soagecannotbetheanswer．TheremustbesomethingdifferentaboutCremonaorthoseItalianviolinmakers．Otherpeoplethinkthesecrettothoseviolinsisthewood．Thewoodoftheviolinisveryimportant．Itmustbefromcertainkindsoftrees．Itmustnotbetooyoungortooold．PerhapstheviolinmakersofCremonasknewsomethingspecialaboutwoodforviolins．Butthekindofwoodmaynotbesoimportant．Itmaybemoreimportanttocutthewoodinaspecialway．Woodforaviolinmustbecutverycarefully．Ithastobetherightsizeandshape．Thesmallestdifferencewillchangethesoundoftheviolin．MusicianssometimesthinkthatthiswasthesecretoftheItalians．Maybetheyunderstoodmorethanwedoabouthowtocutthewood．Sizeandshapemaynotbetheanswereither．Scientistsmeasuredtheseoldviolinsverycarefully．Theycanmakenewonesthatareexactlythesamesizeandshape．Butthenewviolinsstilldonotsoundasgoodastheoldone．Somescientiststhinkthesecretmaybethevarnish,whichcoversthewoodoftheviolinandmakesitlookshiny．Italsohelpsthesoundoftheinstrument．NooneknowswhattheItalianviolinmakersusedintheirvarnish（漆）．Sonoonecanmakethesamevarnishtoday．TheremayneverbeotherviolinsliketheviolinsofCremona．Theirsecretmaybelostforever．Youngmusicianstodayhopethisisnottrue．Theyneedfineviolins．Buttherearen'tverymanyoftheoldviolinsleft．Also,theoldviolinsareveryexpensive．Recently,afamousoldItalianviolinwassoldforaboutUS$300,000!8．Thispassageisabout________．A．makingviolinsB．musicalinstrumentsC．scientificideasD．theoldItalianviolinsDMissWhitewasasmiling,youngandbeautifullady.ShewasthenewteacherofSteve’sclass.Atthefirstsightoftheyoungteacher,Stevefoundthatshewasdifferentfromotherteachers.Shewasverykindandlikedtosmiletoherstudents.Stevewasanaughtyboy,andallhisclassmatesandhisformerteacherdidn’tlikehimatall.Afterknowinghisstory,MissWhitehadatalkwithSteve.Shegavehimalotofencouragementandsaidshebelievedthathemustbeagreatpersoninthefuture.WhattheteachersaidgaveStevemuchconfidence,becausehehadneverbeenattentionbefore.Sohedecidedtostudyhardfromthenon.ThefollowingMondayStevearrivedatschoolontime,andgotreadyfortheweeklytest.MissWhitecameinandimmediatelygaveaquiz(測試)ontheweekendhomework.Stevewasthefirsttohandinhispaper.Heworkedoutallthequestionsbecausehemadealotofeffortonhisstudythosedays.Withalookofsurprise,MissWhitetookhispaperandbegantolookitover.Stevewalkedbacktohisdesk,hisheartbeatveryfast.MissWhite’sfacewasintotalshock!ShelookedupatSteve,thendown,thenup.Suddenly,herfacebrokeintoasmile.Thesmartboyhadjustpassedthetest!Butbeforethistime,hewasalwaysintroublewithteachersandneverdidhishomework.Fromthatmoment,Stevediscoveredthatnotonlycouldhelearn,buthewasgoodatit!Stevebecamemoreexcellent!Andhecontinuedthiscourse