外研版英语九年级上册完形填空及阅读理解试题及答案

外研版英语九年级上册完形填空及阅读理解试题及答案

完形填空

A

Two men happened to find a secret door in a historic church near San Francisco. Inside, they 1 23 wall pictures painted by Native Americans dating back more than 200 years. The pictures record 2 from the Bible.

Arthur Anderson, an artist, and Eric Bush, a painter, had been to the church many times, 3 they hadn’t found any secret doors before. One day, Arthur dropped a coin while 4 a small knife out of his pocket. The coin hit the floor and rolled, so he started 5 for the coin. A minute later, he found the 6 , but then he saw something unusual in the floor board. Using his 7, he then began digging. When he 8 the floor board, he found a rope tied to a door. Eric 9 arthur remove four more floor boards. Then Arthur 10 the door and saw a hole in the ground. They shone their torch 11 the hole and saw the pictures.

The pictures only use the 12black, red and yellow. All 23 pictures, 13 in about 1791, are now at the museum of Native American Art. They will be researched and examined by 14. They will not be put on 15 shows until next year. Then many people will be able to see the rare pictures.

ACBBB AABAB DBCDC

( )1. A. discovered B. stole C. touched D. cut

( )2. A. words B. music C. scenes D. writers

( )3. A. because B. but C. or D. so

( )4. A. dropping B. taking C. coming D. looking

( )5. A. waiting B. searching C. finding D. making

( )6. A. coin B. door C. picture D. church

( )7. A. knife B. bag C. book C. hat

( )8. A. mended B. cut C. bought D. moved

( )9. A. helped B. asked C. defead D. heard

( )10. A. locked B. opened C. hid D. closed

( )11. A. off B. above C. out D. into

( )12. A. materials B. colours C. brushes D. stores

( )13. A. spread B. sold C. created D. bought

( )14. A. teachers B. writers C. physics D. experts

( )15. A. secret B. romantic C. public D. strange

B

It is believed that skating was developed about 3,000 years ago in Scandinavia. In the Netherlands, skating was a way to travel over the canals in winter.

Although the Netherlands is the birthplace of speed skating, the first known skating competition is thought to ever been held in 1676. Competitions sprung up across the northern part of Europe shortly after that, but the first official speed skating events were not held until 1863 in Oslo, Norway. In 1889, the Netherlands hosted the first World Championships, bringing

together the Dutch, Russians, Americans and English.

Speed skating has been a part of the Olympic programme since the 1st Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix Mont Blanc in 1924. At first only men took part, but women’s events were in the 1960 Squaw Valley Games.

Speed skatig in the Olympic Games includes ten events. Most events are held once, but the men’s and women’s 500 metres are held twice.

The final result is based on the total time of the two racers. In each event, skaters race in pairs against the clock.

阅读理解

A

It was his summer holidays. Kevin was free to do anything he wanted to do. However, his cousin Max came to be with him one day. Max was a naughty boy, he thought the next week would be his worst holidays.

One day Kevin was reading the . One piece of interesting news caught his attention. He read it aloud “The world famous philatelist（集邮家）Dick Brown’s stamps have been stolen last week in his town.”

Kevin had a nice stamp collection and it was with his friend Allan. He decided to get his stamp al bum back as he felt it would be safer. But Kevin couldn’t go because his mother’s friend was coming over and his mother wanted him to be at home during her friend’s visit.

Kevin decided to send Max to get his album. Kevin gave Max the address of Allan’s a nd Max set off. When Max came back, Kevin found that it was not his album. It had many valuable stamps. Actually Max had gone to another house by mistake. He had knocked on the door but no one opened. He went in when he found the door unlocked. Then he found an album like Kevin’s , so brought it.

Kevin thought it might be the stolen album. He telephoned the police and told that he had found a valuable album.

A week had passed, Kevin and Max got reward for finding Dick Brown’s album.

“I will never be angry at Max,” Kevin thought.

( )1. Why did Max thought the next week would be his worst holiday?

A. Because his naughty cousin would be with him.

B. Because he had nothing to do.

C. Because he lost his stamp album.

D. Because he got a low score at school.

( )2. Which of the following word may be the right on in the blank in paragraph 2?

A. novel

B. story

C. newspaper

D. letter

( )3. Where did Max got the stamp album to Kevin?

A. From Allan’s home.

B. From a thief’s home.

C. From the police station.

D. From his own home.

( )4. What does the underlined word “reward” mean?

A. 信息

B. 报复

C. 谢绝

D. 酬谢

( )5. Which of the following maybe the title of the passage?

A. A unlucky thief.

B. My stamp album.

C. A reward from a philatelist.

D. Holiday with my naughty cousin

ACBDD

B

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a new way of getting the Sun’s energy. A team from MIT have created a new way that involves coating windows with special dyes（染料）. The dyes help get the light from the Sun and then change it into electricity. The team’s discovery could change buildings into energy plants. It could even one day mean that the windows in our houses could give power to our homes. The scientists say their dyes can produce ten times more power than the traditional solar panels used around the world today. They think that this clean energy technology could be available within the next three years.

The idea was first developed in the 1970s but was then given up.. Scientists then found that too much of the collected sunlight couldn’t reach the solar saving units at the edges of the window. The MIT engineers revived the idea and used coloured dyes to stop the light from escaping. MIT’s development also does away with the need for hundreds of solar cells. Instead, their method only requires cells around the edges of the window. MIT’s Professor Baldo explained: "The co ated glass would let through about 10 per cent of the Sun to light up the room, and the rest would be stored to the edges to solar cells to make electricity…It would look like smoked glass because of the dyes." The new discovery could help fight climate change.

( )1. When does the new way of get electricity work better?

A. At night.

B. On a rainy day.

C. On a sunny day.

D. On a snowy day. ( )2. Why was the ieda of getting electricity from the sun given up?

A. Because too much of the collected sunlight couldn’t reach the saving units.

B. Because it will cost a lot of money.

C. Because sometimes the sunlight was not enough.

D. Because the sunlight it got will do harm to people.

( )3. What does the underlined word revived mean?

A. 放弃

B. 温习

C. 回想

D. 萌生

( )4. Which of the following maybe the title of the passage?

A. Scientists coat the window with special dyes.

B. Scientists let through the sunlight to light up the room.

C. Scientists give up the idea of get energy from the sun.

D. Scientists use windows to get solar energy