初中英语九年级寒假在线课堂专题复习八 (阅读理解)(2015 南通)ALet's try doing the following experiment.What to do：about object at or other small Use string to hang a paper clip ) level.胸部chest(steps Pick up a stick, such as a broom handle. Take three or four away from the paper clip.Now close one eye and walk toward the paper clip. Try to touch it with the tip of thestick. If you miss, try again, still keeping one eye closed. Now try it with both eyes openand see if it's easier to do.：How it worksIn the experiment, you have to judge how far away the paper clip is. Your brain hasseveral ways of doing this.) itself. Using 聚焦your eye has to focus(One simple way depends on how muchonly one eye, most people will find it difficult to touch the paper clip on the first try, butthough not much.—the brain still gets some information about distanceYour brain can judge distance much better when you look at something with botheyes. In fact, your brain has more than one way to use both eyes in judging distance. Forexample, to see anything clearly, you have to make both of your eyes point at the object.When you look at a nearby object, your eyes turn inward. You can feel this happening ifyou look at the tip of your finger and move your finger toward your nose.Your brain gets information from the eyes about how much they are pointing towardeach other. Using that information, the brain can tell how far away any object is, whetherit is a basketball or a paper clip.)1. How many materials do we need at least to do the experiment?(D. Five. B. Three. C. Four. A. Two.)2. The passage is mainly about that with eyes our brain can judge ________. ( A. how big an object isB. how high an object isC. how far away an object isD. how much information an object gives)3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? (A. Our brain judges distance in one way when we use both eyes.B. Our brain cannot judge the distance of a small object but a big one.C. How much our eyes focus helps our brain judge the size of an object.D. How much our eyes focus helps our brain judge the distance of an object. ()4. From the experiment we can infer(推断) ________.A. with one eye we can see an object as clearly as we use two eyesB. our eyes turn towards the inside when we look at an object very nearC. within 3 or 4 steps, the nearer an object is, the more clearly we can see itD. our brain can hardly get any information about distance when we use one eye(2017 台州)BThe way we spend our time can be divided into three “bottles”. These are the necessary tasks bottle, the voluntary（自愿的）tasks bottle and the happiness bottle.Every day, we spend time filling the necessary tasks bottle with useful things, likemaking money, doing housework, buying food and paying bills. We then fill anotherbottle with voluntary tasks. These are things that we do for others, but we may not enjoythem. This bottle gets filled with tasks like taking children to activities, cooking familymeals, and doing laundry. Those bottles are very important. If we don't fill them eachday, our family won't run properly.However, we often forget to fill the third bottle ---- the happiness bottle that we fillwith activities that make us happy. Is your happiness bottle sometimes empty at the endof the day? Between doing all the necessary and voluntary tasks, time flies by, andbefore we know it, it is time for bed. We all have days like that.This is why each day we have to make an effort to fill our happiness bottle. I fillmine by going to the dancing class. And I always leave classes more happily than when Ienter. This week, I had the pleasure of taking part in a guitar practice in my neighborhood. We show our musical talent and practice music for charity. It was a timeof fun, friendship and music-making. At the end of the evening, my happiness bottle wasfilled to top._____ Will your activities bring joy to your life? Or are the other two tasks eatingup all your time? Try to find ways to achieve a balance between how you fill your threebottles. At the end of the day, hopefully we've done all we can to make sure that ourhappiness bottle is filled.()5. Which activity belongs to a necessary task according to the passage?A. Going to work though it is raining heavily.B. Buying a birthday gift for your good friend.C. Having a yard sale to raise money for sick kids.D. Sending your son to a piano lesson on Sunday.()6. What does the underlined word “it”mean in the third paragraph?A. We require enough time to fill the necessary tasks bottle.B. Necessary and voluntary tasks are less important.C. All the three bottles are filled to top at the end of the day.D. We need time to do something to make ourselves happy.)7. How did the writer fill the happiness “bottle”this week?(A. By cooking meals for family.B. By going to the dance class.C. By practicing music for charity.D. By listening to some nice music.()8. Which of the following is the best for “”in the last paragraph?A. Make sure to fill all the three bottles.B. So consider how your time will be spent.C. People will have more happy activities.D. It's not enough to fill the happiness bottle.(2017 南通)C“Oh boys, boys, don't throw stones at that poor bird, ”said an oldgray-headed man.“Why, sir,”said a little boy, “she makes such a scream, that we can't bear her.”“Yes,but she uses the voice which God gave her. And it is probably as pleasant to her friendsas yours is to those who love you. Besides, I am afraid the stone will rebound （弹回）,and hurt you as long as you live!”“Rebound! We don't understand you, sir!”“Well, come and I will tell you a story. ”“Is it a true story?”“Yes. Every word is true. ”“Fifty years ago, I was a boy like you. I used to throw stones, and as I had no otherboy very near me to play with, I threw them till I became very accurate（精确的）in myaim.“One day I went to work for an aged couple named Hamilton. They were very kindto everybody and everything. Few people had so many swallows（燕子）making theirnests（鸟巢）under houses. Few had so many pets that seemed to love the couple.“For seven years a bird had come. After the long winter, the bird built her nest inthe same place and raised her young ones there. She had just returned on the day that Iwent there to work.“During the day，I thought I would try my skill upon her. She sat upon a stick nearher nest, and looked at me trustfully. I found a nice stone and threw it with my best skill.“It shot（击中）the bird on the head, and she dropped dead!“I was sorry as soon as I saw her fall. But the deed was done. All day long her mateflew about, and was so sad that he made my heart ache. Why had I taken a life soinnocent（无辜的）, and hurt the poor mate so deeply?“I said nothing to the old couple about it. But, through a grandchild, they found itout. Though they never said a word to me on the matter，they mourned the bird andburied（埋葬）it. I could never look them in the face afterwards. Oh, I had told them howsorry I was!“They have been dead many, many years. But don't you see how that stone rebounded and hit me? How deep it made upon my memory! How deep upon myconscience（良知）！Why, my dear boys, how I want to give a great deal today if I coulddo something for that deed!“For fifty years I have carried it in my memory. I have never spoken of it before.Yet if what I have now said shall prevent you from throwing a stone that may reboundand deeply hurt your conscience. I shall be very cheerful.”The boys at once dropped the stones they had in their hands.()9. The underlined word“mourned the bird”in Paragraph 10 means“______”．A. were not willing to throw the bird awayB. showed sadness for the loss ofthe birdC. punished me for the death of the birdD. took care of the bird's family members()10. The old gray-headed man felt sorry because ________.A. he had to work for the aged coupleB. he shot the bird to death by hernestC. he carried the story in his memoryD. he didn't tell the deed to the couple()11. We can infer（推断）from the last sentence that ________.A. the boys ran away and would not come backB. the boys couldn't get nice stones from then onC. the bird now had no more trouble from the boysD. the bird now would stay in her nest for the rest life()12. Which can be the best title for the passage？A. The Stone That ReboundedB. The Dead BirdC. The Couple Who ComplainedD. The Hurt Boy(2017 连云港)Da Imagine having a ear made out of an apple. It seems likenear crazy idea from a horror movie. But it could happen in thefuture.to grow Canadian biophysicist Andrew Pelling used an applebody repair human a human ear. He think fruit and vegetables can be used to cheaplyparts in the future.) in labs to replace our old ones. 器官Scientists have been trying to grow organs () can grow in a lab, but he cells still 肝细胞But it is a hard job. For example, liver cells () to actually work. These things have to grow inside blood vessels (血管need things like). 支架a scaffold(In the past, scientists have used man-made materials, animals parts and even deadpeople as scaffolds. But that has proved to be difficult and expensive.easy-to-use cheap and a to the however, his Pelling and team, found apple be scaffold.They first cut an apple into the shape of an ear. Then they used a special way to takeout the apple's cell and make it a scaffold. The team then added human cells to the apple,and watched it grow.“You can implant these scaffolds into the body, and the body will send in cells and ablood supply and actually keep these things alive,”Pelling said during a Ted Talk speech.The team put the apple scaffold inside a living mouse and the mouse's cells slowlytook over the pieces of apple.Now Pelling is thinking of other fruit, plants or vegetables to use.He says that the shape of flower petals could be perfect for repairing skin. And asparagus(芦笋) could fix a broken spine(脊柱).Now, Pelling and his team are trying hard to put these crazy ideas into reality. ()13. Pelling's idea of man-made ear seems crazy because he use ________ asscaffolds.A. animal partsB. dead peopleC. man-made materialsD. ordinaryapples()14. The underlined word “implant”in Paragraph 7 probably means________.A. pickB. putC. produceD. protect ()15. Which is the right order of making an ear out of an apple according to thepassage?a. put the apple scaffold inside a mouseb. add human cells to the apple scaffoldc. cut an apple into the shape of an eard. make the apple ear a scaffolde. take out the apple's cells in a special wayA. a-b-c-d-eB. b-c-d-a-eC. c-e-d-b-aD.c-d-a-e-b()16. From the last three paragraphs, we can infer that Pelling will experimentwith other fruit, plants or vegetables ________.A. to make human earsB. to repair burnt skinC. to fix a broken spineD. to make human body parts (2016 南通)EGlobalization means that people, ideas, technology, money, services and many otherthings are moving between countries and changing the way people think and act.Not everyone thinks the same way about globalization. Some people think it is bad，and some people think it is good. Some believe that globalization helps rich people getricher and makes poor people poorer. These people say that globalization helps bigcompanies like Coca-Cola and McDonald's destroy（破坏）local businesses. However，the people who think globalization is a good thing argue that globalization helps poorerpeople to become richer. They also think that it doesn't destroy local cultures. Thesepeople also believe globalization helps prevent wars. This is because countries witheconomic（经济的）connections will try hard to keep good relationships so that theireconomies aren't destroyed.Whether you think globalization is good or bad, it affects the world in twoareas:jobs and cultures.Globalization has had a very strong influence on jobs all over the world. For someworkers，such as engineers, lawyers and bankers, globalization has been a good development. These workers are able to successfully compete（竞争）globally and haveseen an increase in their pay. But for those who work in factories or in the serviceindustry（at hotels，shops and restaurants）,it has not been good. Workers from poorercountries are trying to get these types of jobs. They will do the same job for less money.This decreases the pay for that job，so people get paid less to do it.Cultures have also been affected by globalization. Foods such as Japanese noodles，Indian curry and French cheeses have spread around the world. We can also see anincrease in the use of Chinese characters（汉字）in tattoos（文身）. Some people get thesetattoos but they don't really know what the characters mean. Globalization also affectsthe film industry. Most people have seen American movies. But because of globalization，Korean. Indian and Japanese movies have become more worldwide.No one knows the future of globalization. Most experts agree that it will continue togrow and have an increasingly greater influence on people's lives in the future. ()17. Some people think globalization is good because it may ________.A. change local culturesB. help local businesses developC. make rich people become richerD. help stop wars among countries()18. According to Paragraph 4 we know ________.A. engineers will get a lower payB. people can get favourite jobs more easilyC. globalization greatly affects people's jobsD. workers from rich countries get paid less()19. Globalization helps people in the world ________.A. know Chinese characters very wellB. go to different countries for moviesC. own the same culture in the endD. Enjoy foods from different countries()20. What can we infer（推断）from the passage？A.Globalization is sure to do good to people.B. Globalization will be limited in the future.C. Globalization may change people's in the future.D. Globalization will be loved throughout the world.(2017 绵阳中考)FA long time ago, there lived a very old man. He was so old that he could not see orhear very well. He also could not walk very well, or eat very well for his hand shook.The old man's son and daughter-in-law thought he might make trouble at table. So, theyhad him eat his meals in the corner of the kitchen without a table.They gave him very little to eat. The old man would have a sad look on his face ashe looked at his son and daughter-in-law's dinner table. One day the old man's handshook so terribly that he dropped his dish on the floor. The daughter-in-law becameangry and shouted at the old man. And after that, his meals were served in a broken dish.Not long afterwards, the family was sitting having their dinner while thefour-year-old grandson was sitting on the floor carefully checking pieces of wood. Thefather asked, “What are you doing?”“I am making a small bowl.”“Why are you making it?”The son answered. “So that I can fill it with you andmother's food when I grow up.”The old man's son and daughter-in-law looked at one another and without saying aword started crying. The two quickly brought their old father to their dinner table. Fromthat day on, the old man sat with the family when they had their meals. Evenwhen theold man's food fell here and there, the son and the daughter-in-law did not say anything.()21. The son and his wife made their father eat in the kitchen to ________.A. teach their son a good lessonB. stay away from troubleC. punish him for his shaking handD. give him peace and comfort()22. The old man dropped his dish ________.A. out of carelessnessB. to ask for a new oneC. against his own willD. to draw his son's attention()23. By making that small bowl, the grandson wanted to ________.A. follow his parents' exampleB. eat the way his grandfather didC. enjoy making things with his own handsD. show his parents how clever he was()24. The end of the story suggests the old man would ________.A. no longer drop his dishesB. continue to eat in the kitchenC. stop shaking his hands while eatingD. live a comfortable life in the family()25. What does the writer want to tell us with the story?A. The young should look after the old.B. Family members should have meals together.C. It's terribly wrong to serve meals in broken dishes.D. Parents should set a good example for their children.。