深圳牛津版英语九年级上册完形填空、阅读理解试题及答案5

深圳牛津版英语九年级上册完形填空、阅读理解试题及答案5

The world famous Taj Mahal stands nearby the Yamuna River and was built for Mumtaz Mahal, the favorite wife of the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan. There is a beautiful love story of the Mughal emperor and his wife.

In, or about 1628 AD, Shah Jahan became an emperor. Earlier he was married to a beautiful Persian princess, Arjumand Bano Begum, who came to be known as Mumtaz Mahal. The emperor loved his wife so much that he always provided her with the best. In 1631 AD, the emperor set off a long trip with his wife. On the way there, his wife died while giving birth to their 14th child. Before she died, she asked for four promises from the emperor:

1. to build the most beautiful monument for her;

2. not to remarry;

3. to be kind to their children;

4. to visit her tomb every year.

From then on, the story of the Taj Mahal began when the emperor decided to meet his wife’s wishes. Construction began and it took 22 years and as many as 20,000 people to finish it. It cost nearly 40 million rupees and 500 kg of gold. The white marble monument was designed in Persian Style and it really showed the emperor’s love for his wife.

( )1. Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Shah Jahan was the Mughal emperor’s wife.

B. Shah Jahan got married after he became an emperor.

C. Shah Jahan built Taj Mahal for his wife.

D. Shah Jahan didn’t love his wife Mumtaz Mahal.

( )2. Arjumand Bano Begum died ___

A. in 1628 AD.

B. in 1631 AD.

C. five years after Shah Jahan became an emperor

D. when she give birth to their 14th child

( )3. Which of the following didn’t Arjumand Bano Begum ask Shah Jahan to do?

A. To get married with her beautiful sister

B. To built the most beautiful monument.

C. To visit her Tomb every year.

D. To be kind to their children.

( )4. The underlined word “Construction” may mean____.

A. 摧毁

B. 破坏

C. 建筑

D. 焚烧

( )5. Which of the following can be the title for this passage?

A. The Taj Mahal Love Story

B. The Taj Mahal’s Persian Style.

C. Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Maha

D. 14 Kids of Mumtaz Maha.

I’m Graham Hughes, from Britain. Four years ago, I decided to travel alone to every country in the world. I did this for many reasons: to set a Guinness World Record; to raise money for charity; to have great stories to tell my grandchildren…But the main reason was that I wanted to show that the world isn’t a terrible scary place and you can go anywhere. The idea of not taking an airplane

came up mainly because nobody had done it yet. Besides, by travelling on the bus or train I could spend more time with the local people. And it was a lot cheaper to do it this way.

There were many interesting things as well as difficulties during the trip. One place I will never forget is Iran. It was the friendliest nation in the world. I was treated like a guest by everybody. One time, on a bus, an old lady smiled at me and passed me her mobile phone. The man on the phone told me in English that I was sitting behind his grandmother. She wanted to invite me to her home and cook me breakfast.

After 1,426 days on the road, I completed my journey. One thing I have learnt is that there are good people who will help a stranger in need. I have also learnt that people, wherever they live, are not different. Finally, I have learnt that nobody knows what will happen at the end of the day, so we should enjoy the journey during the day.

( )1. Hughes decided to travel to every country for all of the following reason EXCEPT____.

A. to set a Guinness World Record

B. to raise money for charity

C. to collect information for his new book.

D. have great stories to tell my grandchildren

( )2. Hughes wanted to travel without taking the plane, because ___.

①no one had done it before ②he could spend more time with the local people

③travelling by bus or train was cheap ④he was afraid to take the plane

A. ①②④

B.②③④

C. ①②③

D. ①③④

( )3. The second paragraph is mainly about ___.

A. one of Hughes’ experience

B. a strange man that Hughes met

C. a problem that Hughes dealt with

D. a friendly woman who invited him for dinner ( )4. We can learn from the passage that people in Iran are ___.

A. generous and friendly

B. polite and confident

C. honest and brave

D.

( )5. What did Hughes learn from his journey around the world?

A. The world is a terrible scary place.

B. People living in different places have things in common.

C. There are many bad people all over the world.

D. Everybody should enjoy the journey.

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Every morning, a woman baked bread for her and her family and an extra piece for a hungry passer-by. She would always put the extra piece of bread on the window still.

She noticed that a hunchback came every day and took the extra piece. Instead of saying thanks, he would say the following words, “The bad you do remains with you. The good you do comes back to you!”

This went on, day after day. Finally, the woman got angry. “He is impolite!” she said to herself. One day, she added some poison to the piece of bread she prepared for him! When she was about to put the piece of bread on the window sill, she stopped and threw it into the fire, prepared another one and put it on the window sill.

As usual, the hunchback came, picked up the piece of bread and said those words.

That evening, there was a knock on the door. As the woman opened it, she was surprised to

see her son. He had been to a faraway place to make money. She was hungry and weak. Looking at his mother he said, “Mom, while I was just a mile away, I was too hungry to walk But just then, an old hunchback passed by. I asked him for some food and he gave me a piece of bread.”

Then the woman realized the meaning of the words, “The bad you do remains with you. The good you do comes back to you!”

( )1. Why was the woman angry with the hunchback?

A. He was very ugly.

B. He never paid for the bread.

C. He never said thanks to the woman.

D. He always stole bread from the woman. ( )2. What is the right order of the events in the passage?

①The hunchback picked up the piece of bread.

②The woman’s son came back home alive.

③The hunchback gave the piece of bread to a hungry man.

④The woman put a piece of bread on the window still.

A. ①④③②

B. ③①②④

C.④③①②

D.④①②③

( )3. What would have happened if the woman had given the piece of bread with poison to the hunchback?

A. The woman would have felt very happy.

B. The woman’s son would have lost his life.

C. The hunchback would have hated the woman’s son.

D. The hunchback would have had nothing to eat.

( )4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The woman and the hunchback were good friends.

B. The woman’s son was impolite.

C. The hunchback was a good person.

D. The woman was a bad person.

( )5. From the passage we can learn that we should ___ other people don’t say thanks to us.

A. stop doing good if

B. stop doing good and begin to do bad if

C. do both good and bad if

D. never stop doing good, even if

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Lots of parents will take their kids on educational vacations this summer. But there is another way to make the family vacation a learning experience: Let them paln the trip.

First, tell them to choose where they will go, figure out how to get there and come back, and paln the trip. Then, they must tell their parnts about the idea.

Give them a deadline to come up with their own idea. They will use research and geography skills to describe possible destinations. Math skills will help them figure out how to fit the trip of their dreams into their bugdget. Older kids can predict how much gas a trip will require. Younger ones can tell the difference in price of the hotel rooms. This project will also require children to work together.

Once they come up with a destination, encourage them to create a travel guidebook showing the area attractions they hope to visit. This will help develop language, writing, and other skills. Give them some quidebooks to use as an example.

After they return, have your kids given you feedback about the vacation? Did they enjoy it

more because they planned it? Would they doing something different next time? What did they learnt?

( )1. Letting kids plan their own trip can ___.

A. be a learning experience for them

B. make them love their parents more

C. teach that they’ve been adults

( )2. The udnerlined part “figure out” in the article may mean “____”?

A. sell out

B. give out

C. look up

D. work out

( )3. According to the third and fourth paragraphs, when kids plan their trip, it can ___.

A. let them know the use of time

B. improve their different skills

C. make them learn how to dream

D. help them get much money from parents

( )4. Kids must do the things in the second, third and fourth paragraph ___.

A. in the travel company

B. after the vacation

C. before this vacation

D. with their teachers

( )5. Which is the best title for the pasage?

A. Going on vacation

B. Let kids plan the vacation

C. Destinations

D. Where would you like to go?

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