牛津譯林版九年級英語中考一模專題練習—閱讀表達/牛津譯林版九年級英語中考一模專題練習—閱讀表達（1）Asastudent,Iwasmostafraidtoanswerquestionsinclass,andIfoundthatthestudentsaroundwerejustlikeme.Atthebeginningofeachclass,whentheteacheraskedaquestion,IalwaysloweredmyheadbecauseIwasafraidthattheteachersawme.Oneday,inaforeignlanguageclass,Mr.Blackgaveusalesson.Hewantedustobeactiveinclass,soheaskedussomequestions,butnooneanswered."Letmetellyouastoryfirst,"hesaid."WhenIcametotheUnitedStatestostudy,theuniversityofteninvitedfamouspeopletomakespeeches.Beforethebeginningofeveryspeech,Ifoundaninterestingthing.Thestudentsaroundmealwaystookacardboardfolded(折疊的)inhalf,wrotetheirnamesinbold(黑體)withthemosteye-catching(引人注目的)color,andthenplacedthecardboardontheseat.Sowhenthespeakerneededtheanswersfromthestudents,hecouldseeitandcallalistener'snamedirectly.""Icouldn'tunderstandthat.Myclassmatetoldmethespeakerswerealltoppeople,whomeantchances.Whenyouranswerwastohissurprise,itmeanthemightgiveyoumorechances.Infact,Ireallysawafewstudentsgotgreatchancesbecauseofthat."Afterlisteningtothestory,Iunderstoodthatthechancewillnotfindyouitself.Youmustshowyourselfallthetimesothatyoucanfindachanceonthecard.根據上面短文的內容回答問題(每題不超過9個單詞)1.Whydidthewriterlowerhishead?2.WhatdidMr.Blackwantthestudentstodoinhisclass?3.Howdidthespeakergettoknowthestudents'names?4.Whenmightthespeakergiveyoumorechancesaccordingtothepassage?5.Howcanyoufindachanceonthecard?（2）Amousewassurprisedtodiscoverthatthefarmerandhiswifehadamousetrap(老鼠夾)inthehouse.Itfeltsofrightenedthatitrantowarneveryone,"Thereisamousetrapinthehouse!"andwantedtogetsomehelpfromthem.Thehenraiseditsheadandsaid,"MrMouse,thismousetrapisonlyforyou.Iwon'tbeworriedaboutit."Themouseturnedtothepig."Iamsorry,MrMouse,butthemousetraphasnothingtodowithmeeither!"thepigsaid.Thenthemouseturnedtothecow."Itsoundslikeyouhaveaproblem,notme,"thecowsaid.Themousereturnedtothehousewithheaddownanditwasverysad.Thatnightthefarmer'swifeheardaloudsoundandsherushedtoseewhatwascaught.Inthedarknessshecouldnotseethatitwasasnake.Thesnakebit(咬)thefarmer'swife.Thewifecaughtabadfeverandthefarmerthoughtthebestwaytotreatafeverwaschickensoup.Sothefarmerkilledthehenforthesoup.Thewifegotworseandherfriendscametovisither.Thefarmerhadtokillthepigtofeedthem.Butthewifedidn'tgetbetteranddied.Herfriendscameandthefarmerhadtokillthecowtofeedallofthem.1.Howdidthemousefeelwhenitdiscoveredthemousetrap?2.Whywasthemouseverysad?3.Willyouhelpthemouseifitcomestoyou?Whyorwhynot?（3）Kidsaroundtheworldlovestoriesaboutswords,magic,monstersandgods.AndwhenthesecomeonTVscreens,theybecomemoreattractive.JourneytotheWestisaTVseriesthathaskeptthecompany(陪伴)ofmanygenerationsofChinesekids.ItbeganonTVin1986,becomingthefirsteverfantasyTVshowinChina.TheoriginalbookofJourneytotheWestisoneofthefourgreatclassicalnovelsofChineseliterature.Butmoreimportantly,it’sChina’sownfantasymasterpiece,justasTheHobbitandTheLordoftheRingsaretoWesternpeople.However,formanyChinesepeople,itisthroughtheTVseriesthattheygottoknowthestory.AsChinaNationalRadionotes,theshow“forthefirsttimesurprisedChinesepeoplebyshowingthemwhatSunWukong(MonkeyKing),ZhuBajieandthemonsterslooklike”.TheTVseriesintroducedpeopletoaworldwherethemostamazingthingshappen.ThespecialeffectsintheTVseriesareoutdatedtoday,buttheywerequitenewatthattime.WiththemtheaudienceseesSunWukongflytotheHeavenlyPalaceandbreakintothePalaceofTheshownotonlyopensworldsofimaginationforChinesekids,italsohelpsthemfindtheirinnerheroorheroine.TheMonkeyKingissuchabraveandloyalcharacter.HebeatsthemonstersandhelpsTangSengthrough81difficulties.ThegreatactingofLiuXiaoLingTongmakestheroleseemevenmorereal.HowmanyofyouhaveevercalledyourselfQitianDashengafterwatchingtheTVseries?Wheneveryouwatchtheshow,youfeelapassionsharedbyalltheyoungpeople.Thatmightbetheappealofthisfantasyseries.根據上面的短文內容回答問題。（每題不超過6個單詞）1.WhenwastheTVseriesJourneytotheWestfirstshownonTV?2.ToChinesepeople,whatistheoriginalbookofJourneytotheWest?3.HowdidmanyChinesepeoplegettoknowthestory?4.ArethespecialeffectsintheTVseriesstillnewtoday?5.WhatdoyouthinkofthecharacteroftheMonkeyKing？（4）MicrosoftfounderBillGateshasopenedupaboutbeingaparent.Hethinksthat13isasuitableageforachild’sfirstmobilephone.The57-year-oldfatherofthreechildrensaidontheTVshowTodaythathischildrenJenniferandRorywerenotallowedtousemobilephonesuntiltheirthirteenthbirthdaysandhisyoungestdaughterPhoebewasstillwaitingforone.“We’vechoseninourfamilythatit’s13whereyougetaphone,”theveryrichfathersaid.“Becauseofthis,mychildrenoftenreturnedhomefromschoolcomplaining,‘Alltheotherkidshaveit.I’mtheonlyonewithoutit.Ifeelembarrassed(尷尬的).’’’whenhewasaskedifhekeptpasswords(密碼)tohisson’sanddaughters’e-mails,Mr.Gatessaidthathedidn’tdothatforJennifer,16,whohedescribesas“independent.”Hethinksthatmonitoring(監督)onlineactivityisveryhardforparents.Althoughtheyareveryrich,Mr.andMrs.Gates,wholiveinLakeMedina,justoutsideSeattle,Andin2010Mr.Gatessaidthatheplannedtodonatemostofhis61billionfortune(財產)tosociety,insteadofgivingittohischildren.“Itwouldbegoodeitherformykidsorforsociety,”hesaid.根據上面短文內容，回答下列問題（每小題答案不超過6個單詞）。1.AtwhatagedoesGatesthinkmayachildgetthefirstmobilephone?2.HasPhoebegotonemobilephoneinthepassage?3.HowdidGates’childrenfeelabout“theonlyonewithoutamobilephoneintheschool”?4.WhodoesMr.Gatesplantodonatemostofhisfortuneto?5.WhydoesthewriterthinkBillGateshasopenedupaboutbeingaparent?（5）Stevenisintheninthgradenow.Helikesdoingprojectsatschool.Twoyearsago，hemadeadigitalprogrammeforthetrafficsystem.Aftergettingtheprize,hegottheadvicefromhisfather:“Dowhatinterestsyou,andnevergiveup.”Stevenalwayspreferstheprojectswhichconnecttoourreallife!Hestillrememberstheprojecthehasdone.Firstofall,hetriedtodividetheprojectintosmallparts.Heusuallygavehimselfsomebasicideasafterthinkingthemoverandoveragain.Whenhemetwithsomeproblemsthathecouldn’tworkoutbyhimself,heusedtogototheteachers’officeandaskhisteachersforhelp.Atthebeginningofhisresearchsuchaquestion“HowdoIdoit?”oftencametohismind.Ashekeptonstudyinganddiscussingwithhisteachers,those“how”questionssoonturnedintoanothertype:“WhatifIdothisandthatway?”IttookStevenmorethanfourdaystowritethecode(編碼)onhiscomputer.Thedesire(愿望)tosolvetheproblemsmadehimnotgettosleepallnights.Whenhefoundhisprojectgoingwell,hejumpedwithjoy.Thelastdayofhisworkgotdeeplyimpressedinhismind.Hewentintotroubleanddidn’tknowwhattodonext.Atthemoment,henoticedamanwithheadphonesdancingwhilehewascleaningtheroom.Thisencouragedhimtoworkonhisproject.Hemadegoodsuccessatlast.NowStevenfeelsveryproudofhisprojectsandtriestodomoreprojectsatschool.AnswereachofthefollowingquestionsinNoMoreThan7Words.1.WhatdidStevenlikedoingatschool?2.Whogavehimtheadvice?3.Howdidhebegintodotheproject?4.WhatdidStevendowhenhegotintotrouble?5.WhatcanwelearnfromStevenaccordingtothepassage?（6）HowtoStartandKeepaGoodConversationGoingHowtoStartagoodconversation“Hi，mynameisSara．”“I’mFrank.Nicetomeetyou．”Introductions，liketheoneabove，areagreatwaytobeginagoodconversation．Whenyouintroduceyourself，beconfidentandcomfortable．Thatwillmakeotherscomfortable，too．Aftertheintroduction，waitabit．Iftheotherpersondoesn’taskaquestion，youaskone．Startingwithaquestionshowsinterestintheotherperson．Youcouldask“Whatdoyoudo?”or“Howdoyouknowourhost?”Butaskingsomethingalittledifferentshowsyouareclearlydifferent．“Whatdidyoudolastweek?”and“Haveyouseenanygoodmoviesrecently?”aretwotopicsyoucouldaskabout．Anothergoodwaytostartwithis“Tellmeaboutyourself．”Mostpeoplelovetalkingaboutthemselves．HowtokeepagoodconversationgoingAstheotherpersonbeginstoansweryourquestion，lookforthesameopinion．Ifyouaskaboutlastweekend，thepersoncouldtalkaboutabikeridetheytook．Whenthepersonfinisheshisopinions，youcouldmentionanexperiencethatyouhadwithbiking．Youcanthenmoveontodiscussingothersportsthepersonmaybeinterestedin．Whentheotherpersonistalking，beinterestedinthem．Listencarefullytotheiranswers．Don’tlookaroundtheroom．Thatgivestheotherpersonthemessagethatyouarenotreallyinterestedinthem．Ifyouareansweringthequestion，don’tgoonandon．Answerthequestionandthenstop．Agoodconversationislikeatennisgamewheretheballgoesbackandforth．Withsomepractice，you’llbeabletostartandkeepaconversationgoingwithanyone！請將答案寫在答題卡上1．Howdoyoushowinterestintheotherpersonaftertheintroduction？2．Whyisitgoodtostartaconversationwith“Tellmeaboutyourself．”？3．Whatcanyoudowhentheotherpersonbegintoansweryourquestion？4．Whycan’tyoulookaroundtheroomwhentheotherpersonistalking？5．Whatisyourgoodwaytokeepagoodconversationgoing？（請自擬一句話作答）（7）TheVeniceHistoricalRegattaEveryyear,onthefirstSundayofSeptember,theHistoricalRegattatakesplaceinVenice.IthasbeenoneofthemostimportantfestivalsinVenicesince1315.Inthebeginning,theeventwasorganizedtocelebratethereturnofCatherineCamera,thequeenofCyprus.Today,itisacelebrationofjoyandfriendship.TheHistoricalRegattaismadeupoftwoparts:aparadeandarowingboatcompetition.Thecelebrationstartswithaparadeofboatsonwater.Theboatsintheparadearecolourful,andmanyofthemhavegoldenpaintingonbothsides.Peopleontheseancient-styleboatswearclothesfromthesixteenthcentury.Aftertheparade,thereisacompetitionontheGrandCanal.Itiswatchedbythousandsofpeople.TheRegattaisthemostimportanteventforeveryrower.Forthem,winningonthatdaymeanstobecomepartofthehistoryofthissportandofVenice.SorowersalloverVenicelookforwardtojoininginandwinningthiscompetition.Traditionally,the1stplacewinnerwasawardedaredflag,whilethe2nd,3rdand4thplacewinnersreceivedwhite,greenandblueflags.Someotherawardsweregivenalongwiththeflags.Oneofthemwasalittlelivingpig.Butsincesomeanimalprotectionorganizationsobjecttothis,thepigawardhasbeencancelled.WhentheRegattaisfinished,thecityisfullofpeoplecelebratingamongallthenoise.ThereareexcitingperformancesintheimportantsquaresofVenice.1.WhendoestheHistoricalRegattatakeplaceeveryyear?2.WhatistheHistoricalRegattamadeupof?(Innomorethansevenwords)3.HowmanypeopleisthecompetitionontheGrandCanalwatchedby?(Innomorethanthreewords)4.Whatwasthe1stplacewinnerawarded?(Innomorethanthreewords)5.Whyhasthepigawardbeencancelled?1.OnthefirstSundayofSeptember.2.Aparadeandarowingboatcompetition.3.Thousandsofpeople.4.Aredflag.5.Becausesomeanimalprotectionorganizationsobjecttothis.（8）Today,wewilltalkaboutthreemenwhohadabiginfluenceonmodernsoundandcommunicationtechnologies.MaxVernonMathewshasbeencalledthefatherofcomputermusic.Hecreatedelectronictoolssothatpeoplecouldusecomputersasmusicalinstruments.Hehadahugeinfluenceonthedevelopmentofelectronicmusicandhowitiswritten,recordedandplayed.In1957,MaxMathewswrotethefirstcomputerprogramthatenabledacomputertocreatesoundandplayitback.Atthetime,hewasworkingasanengineeratBellLaboratoriesinNewJersey.HiscomputerprogramwascalledMusic.NorioOhgawasborninJapanin1930.Hegrewupplayingthepianoandtakingsinginglessons.HestudiedmusicattheTokyoNationalUniversityofFineArtsandMusic.Hewantedtobeanoperasinger.Asayoungman,Ohgareportedlyownedataperecorderthatdidnotworkwell.Hesentaletterdetailingtheproblemstothemanufacturer(制造商).Theownersofthecompanywereamazedbyhisknowledgeaboutmusicandtechnology.Theyaskedhimtoserveasapart-timeadviser.ThecompanylaterbecameknownasSony.In1959,Ohgabeganworkingfull-timewithSony.HubertJosephSchlaflywasanelectricalengineerwhohelpedchangethewayactors,politiciansandotherpeoplespeakontelevision.In1950,heandtwoothermendevelopedtheteleprompter（電子提詞器）.Thefirstteleprompterrequiredapersonwhoturnedalongpieceofpaperprintedwithtallletters.Astheactorreadthelines,anotherpersonwouldmovethepaperaheadonthedevice.Theteleprompterwasfirstusedonatelevisionprogramcalled“TheFirstHundredYears.”Theybelievedthatmanycompanieswouldwanttobuytheteleprompter.So,theylefttheirjobsandcreatedtheTeleprompterCorporationtoselltheirinvention.1.WhathasMaxVernonMathewsbeencalled?2.WhatwasMaxVernonMathewswhenhewasatBellLaboratoriesinNewJersey?