九年级英语阅读理解训练题及答案五(一)Snow fell on the mountain. It snowed and snowed. The snow did not me(lt 融化). It became deep and heavy. The snow on the bottom presse(d 挤压)together., it became ice.The ice was very wide and thick. It began to move down the mountain. It was like a river ofice. It was a glacier (冰河).Sometimes the glacier moved only a few in che(英寸)each day. As it moved, it took rocks and dirt with it. It changed the land. In some places, it left hills. In some places, when the glacier melted, it made rivers and lakes.A million years ago, there were many big glaciers. Glaciers covered many parts of the world.The glaciers changed the land.Glaciers are still at work today. A glacier in the n orth of Can ada is cutt ing a new path (路)down the side of a mountain. This glacier will change the land, too.1. The snow that fell on the mountainA. became snowmanB. meltedC. became iceD. turned to rain2. The word in the story that means a river of ice is _________ .3. The story says, “The snow did not melt. It became deep and heavy ”. The word it me4. Which of the following does this story lead you to believe?A. There are not as many glaciers as there used to beB. Glaciers do not change the land as they move over it.C. Glaciers are found only in warm places.5. How fast did the glacier move? (Which sentence is exactly like the one in your book?)A. Sometimes the glacier moved only once a year.B. Sometimes the glacier moved over ten miles each day.C. Sometimes the glacier moved only a few inches each day.6. The main idea of the whole story is that ______ .A. snow is heavyB. the high land never changesC. glaciers changed the landLong ago, people in Rom(e 罗马)talked to one another in Lati(n 拉丁文). Pupils in school learned to read and write in Latin. Books are in Latin.Some Roma ns (罗马人)went to other parts of the world. They took their Ian guage withthem. Soon Latin was used in many countries. It became a world language.People in other countries did not talk in Latin the same way. In each land, they changed the language a little. As time went by, they made more changes. At last they did not talk in Latin any more. New languages had come from the old one.People do not talk to one another in Latin today. But they still use many Latin words. You do, too. Street, wall, city, and salt are some of the Latin words we use. You are a pupil in school. Pupil is a Latin word. It means “little doll ”.1. Latin was used by people in ____ .A. RomeB. the Un ited StatesC. Greece希腊)D. Texas2. The word in the story that means what people speak and write is _____3. The story says, “People do not talk to each other in Latin today. But they still use manyLatin words, ” The word they means __________ .4. Which of the following does this story lead you to believe?A. It is not good to change a language.B. Pupils in schools today play with dolls.e0-Nof many peop-e can read Lafin foday ・5・Whaf happened fo Lafin when if wasQr k e n fo ofherCounf 「ies2(which senfenceisexacf-y-ikefhe onein your bookz)>■-n each-and- peop-e Qr -k e daboufeach ofhenB ・-neach-and- fheychangedfhe-anguage a-丑-e0- -n each -and- fhe ch=d 「enhad fo speak someLafiru6・ The main idea of fhe who-esforyisfhaf ____ •>■ Romans did nof -ikefosQr yhomeB ・ peop-ein 0-dRome Qr -k e d a-o二。
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This makes Mexico the world's largest Spani sh-speak ing coun try.Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7349 feet high (2240 metres). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population, of Mexico City grows bigger every day. About thirty million people live there. It has more people tha n any other city in the world, eve n more tha n Tokyo.Mexico also has its specialities. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like bea ns, maize, avocados, tomatoes, pea nu ts, chili peppers, van ilia, and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous for its cactus 仙人掌)plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus tha n any other coun try.(Words: 161 Minu tes: 3 )1. Mexico is ___ the USA.A. on the south ofB. on the n orth ofC. a part ofD. as large as2. Mexica ns speak ____ .A. En glish C. FrenchB. Spanish D. Latin(拉丁语)3. Which of the followi ng is NOT true?A. Mexico City is the capital of Mexico.B. The population of Mexico City is 30,000,000.C. Tokyo is one of the cities with the largest population.D. Mexico City is the highest city in the world.4. Tomatoes were origi nally (最初)grow n in __ .A. AmericaB. Spa inC. TokyoD. Mexico5. The best title (题目)of the passage is .A. Mexico CityB. Mexico's pla ntsC. MexicoD. Mexico's populati on[Key] 1. A 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. C(五)A Trip to the ForestOne day Bob took two of his frie nds in-to the mountains. They put up their tents 帐篷)and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were grow ing.In the after noon whe n they were about ten kilometres from their camp营地),it start-ed to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. Hecould not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would hap-pe n if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather!It was gett ing late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their ten ts!1. Joh n and his two frie nds went to the forest to __ .A. build their campB. find their way homeC. enjoy the mountains in the snowD. watch the trees in the forest2. They could not find their way back be-cause ____ .A. there was on ly one road to their campB. they could n't decide which of the two roads led to their tentsC. there were no roads in the mountains at allD. everyth ing was covered by the white snow3. It is clear that they wan ted the horses to take them to ___A. Joh n's houseB. the campC. the forestD. the mountains4. The horses stopped because ___A. it was gett ing lateB. they were tired after running for a long wayC. they knew that they had got to the campD. they had see n Joh n's house5. The story happe ned __A. on a cold win ter dayB. on a dark snowy eve ningC. i n a cold camp far from villagesD. at ni ght whe n nothing could be see n[Key] 1. D 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. A。