九年级英语阅读理解训练题及答案五（一Snow fell on the mou nta in .It sno wed and sno wed. The snow did not me融化.It becamedeep and heavy. The snow on the bottom presse d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 inches英寸each day. As it moved, it took rocksand dirt with it. It changed the land. In some places, it left hills. In some places, when the glaciermelted, it made rivers and lakes.A million years ago, there were many big glaciers. Glaciers covered many parts of theworld. The glaciers changed the land.Glaciers are still at work today. A glacier in the north of Canada is cutting 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 _________ .. The word3. The story says, “The snow did not melt. It became deep and heavymeans ___ .4. 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 landKey: 1.C 2. glacier 3.snow 3.A 4.C 5.C(二Long ago, people in Rome罗马talked to one another in Latin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 with them. 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 United 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 many Latin 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.C. Not many people can read Latin today.5. What happened to Latin when it was taken to other countries?(which sentence is exactly like the one in your book?A. In each land, people talked about each other.B. In each land, they changed the language a littleC. In each land, the children had to speak some Latin.6. The main idea of the whole story is that ______ .A. Romans did not like to stay homeB. people in old Rome talked a lot to each other.C. Latin changed as it moved from land to land.Key: 1. A 2. language 3. people 4. C 5. B 6. C（三A Leg Walking RightHere are some sig ns + x …,the s igns are very differe nt. They mea n very differe nt things. When you see them, you know what to do. This sign + means that you will add some numerals. This sign—means that you will take one numeral away from another. You will subtract（减去.What will you do whe n you see x and …？Our signs are easy to read. They are easy signs to remember. Look at these twosigns … .The ancient Egyptians used these signs. A picture of a leg walking to the left told them to add some numerals. A picture of a leg walking to the right told them to subtract.In the 1500s people used this printec印刷的sign & to add numerals. After a while the sign began to look like this … .Later, the sign became +.How much is 2 … 2?1. What do you do when you see this sign +?A. Walk awayB. Write a numeralC. Read a signD. Add2. The word in the story that means to take one numeral away from another is ____ .3. The story says, “ Our signs are easy to read. They are easy signs to remember The word they means _____ .4. Which of the following does this story lead to believe?A. Egyptians could not add numerals togetherB. All Egyptians had two left legs.C. Our signs are not hard to understand5. What did the sign to add numerals begin to look like(which sentence is exactly like the one in your book?A. After a while, the sig n bega n to looklike t his …B. After a while, the sign began to looklike t his +.C. After a while, the sign began to looklike t his &.6. The main idea of the whole story is that _____ .A. the signs for adding and subtracting have changed.B. People could not write in the 1500sC. the old signs were good for Egyptians but not for usKey: 1.D 2.substract 3.signs 4.C 5.A 6.A(四Mexico's neighbours are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico is Spanish. This makes Mexico the world's largest Spanish-speaking country.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 millionpeople live there. It has more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo.Mexico also has its specialities. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize, avocados, tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous for its cactus (仙人掌plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country.(Words: 161 Minutes: 31. Mexico is __ the USA.A. on the south ofB. on the north ofC. a part ofD. as large as2. Mexicans speak ____ .A. English C. FrenchB. Spa nish D. Lati n（拉丁语3. Which of the following 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 originally （最初grown in _____ . A. America B. Spain C. Tokyo D. Mexico 5. The best title （题目of the passage is ___. A. Mexico City B. Mexico's plants C. Mexico D. Mexico's population [Key] 1. A 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. C （五）A Trip to the Forest One day Bob took two of his friends in-to the mountains. They put up their tents 帐（篷and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing. In the afternoon when 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. He could 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 happen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather! It was getting 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 tents! 1. John and his two friends went to the forest to _______________________ . A.build their camp B. find their way home C. enjoy the mountains in the snow D. watch the trees in the forest 2. They could not find their way back be-cause _________ . A. there was onlyone road to their camp B. they couldn't decide which of the two roads led to their tents C. there were no roads in the mountains at all D. everything was covered by the white snow 3. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to _____________ .A. John's houseB. the campC. the forestD. the mountains 4. The horses stopped because ___ . A. it was getting late B. they were tired after running for a long way C.they knew that they had got to the camp D. they had seen John's house 5. The story happened ___________ . A. on a cold winter day B. on a dark snowy evening C. in a cold campfar from villages D. at night when nothing could be seen [Key] 1. D 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. A。