She looked at me ______ great surprise and asked after a long while, “Did you leave for Beijing this morning?”
A. at B. in C. of D. on
科目:初中英语 来源:2013-2014学年浙江省九年级下学期第一次月考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
The world would be a very different place if someone hadn’t invented the lift. There would be few, if any, high-rise buildings because people would refuse to climb many stairs. By the time workers reached their offices on the top floors of a tower building, it would be time to go home – if they were not too tired for the long walk down!
The first lift that we know about was used by the Greek scientist, Archimedes, in about 230 BC. It was a simple place that could be pulled up and down with a rope. A lift like this was used much later in the 12th century by priests who lived on top of a mountain at Metereo in Greece. Because they were afraid of killers, the priests had not built any stairs up the mountain. The only way up was by lift, which priests worked from the top of the mountain.
A few hundred years later, a Frenchman, Villayer, invented a ‘flying chair’ which used a rope and a place. A number of rich people had these ‘flying chairs’ built in their homes, including Queen Anne of England in Windsor Castle and Louis XVI of France at Versailles. Unluckily, Louis’ daughter was badly hurt when using one of the chairs, and Villayer ran away, afraid that he would be punished.
The main problem for lift engineers was that either humans or animals were needed to pull the ropes. This problem was not worked out until the discovery of steam power. But even steam powered lifts were not always safe because they also used ropes which sometimes broke. If the rope broke - which it sometimes did - the lift fell to the ground and people in it were killed or hurt. This problem worked out in 1854 when an American, Elisha Otis, invented something which stopped the lift from falling if the rope broke. At first Otis lifts were used only in factories, then in 1857 he built one in a large New York store. Now lifts use electric power and are completely safe. They also travel very quickly. Some lifts travel faster than 60 kilometers an hour.
1.The writer thinks that lifts are important today because __________.
A. people like playing on them
B. they are the best way of using steam power
C. we need them for tall buildings
D. workers are lazy
2.The 12th century priests had a simple lift instead of stairs because ___________.
A. they thought the stairs were broken
B. they liked having stairs and a lift
C. the lived at the bottom of a mountain
D. they were afraid of killers
3.Villayer thought he would be punished because ____________.
A. poor people could not afford his ‘flying chair
B. someone was hurt in one of his ‘flying chairs’
C. his ‘flying chair’ did not work at all
D. he ran away with Louis XVI’s daughter
4.Steam power meant that ________ .
A. they did not need a living thing to pull the ropes
B. Elisha Otis could invent a lift that would not fall
C. the rope always broke
D. they could use lifts in factories
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科目:初中英语 来源:2013-2014学年浙江省杭州市九年级中考三模英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
There is an old saying in English, “Laughter is the best medicine”. Until recently, few people took the saying very seriously. Now however, doctors have begun to study laughter and the effects (作用) it has on the human body. They have found evidence that laughter really can improve people’s health.
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart rate and the rate of breathing. It also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be helpful.
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to make the effect of pain on the body less. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group which could bear the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can make pain less seems to be that it helps to produce endorphins (内啡肽) in the brain. These are natural chemicals which make both stress and pain less.
There is also some evidence to suggest that laughter helps the body’s immune system that is the system which fights infection (感染). In an experiment, one group of students watched a funny video while another group served as the control group — in other words, a group with which to compare the first group. Doctors checked the blood of the students in both groups and found that the people in the group that watched the video had an increase in the activity of their white blood cells that is the cells which fight infection.
As a result of these discoveries, some doctors and psychiatrists (精神病学) in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they try to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce good effects similar to those caused by laughter.
1. We learn from the first paragraph that laughter .
A. is good for one’s health
B. has strong effects to do with some illness
C. has been studied long since
D. has no effect on the body
2. Doctors have found that laughter .
A. keeps down blood pressure
B. has similar effects to physical exercise
C. decreases the heart rate
D. increases stress and pain
3.Which of the following statements is NOT true of laughter according to the passage?
A. It makes pain less.
B. It exercises the body.
C. It improves the body’s immune system.
D. It can cure cancer.
4. Smiling can produce _________.
A. about the same effects as laughter
B. more effects than laughter
C. fewer effects on the human body
D. no effects on the human body
5. The main idea of this passage is that _________.
A. the doctors should learn how to make people laugh
B. there are several ways of studying the advantages of laughter
C. tests show that laughter can produce positive effects on human body
D. laughter and physical exercise have the same effects on human body
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科目:初中英语 来源:2013-2014学年浙江省杭州市九年级中考三模英语试卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
What’s the transcription of the underlined part in the word “Sunday”?
A. /i/ B. /e/ C. /i:/ D. /e i/
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科目:初中英语 来源:2013-2014学年浙江省杭州市下城区九年级中考一模英语试卷(解析版) 题型:完型填空
My crippled(瘸腿的)grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway, looking at her beautiful movements, completely . Do you know she'd had her accident. I had read that in an old newspaper article.
‘‘So...Your leg? I mean, did your leg heal(治愈)?"
“To tell you the truth my legs have been well all my life,” she said.
“But I don't understand!” I said, “Your dancing career...You all these years?”
‘‘Very much so, and for a very good .”
She thought for a while and then continued. “Your grandfather and I were talking about engagement(订婚) he had to go to war. I was so afraid of losing him that the only way I could stay normal was to dance. I put all my heart practicing and I became very good. The public loved me, but all I could feel worried about not knowing whether the love of my life would return. One day a letter came, There were only three sentences: “I have lost my leg. I am no longer a man and now give you back your freedom. It is best you forget about me.”
“I made my decision there and then. I traveled away from the city. When I returned I had bought a stick. I told everyone I had been in a car crash and that my leg would never completely heal again. No one doubted the story l had learned to limp(一瘸一拐地走). And I made sure the first person to hear of my accident was a I knew well. Then I went to the hospital. The nurses pushed your grandfather outside in his .I took a deep breath, leaned on my stick and limped to him.”
I showed him newspaper articles of my accident. “There is a whole life waiting for us out there! But I am not going to you. You are going to walk yourself.”
I limped a few steps toward him and showed him what I'd taken out of my pocket. “Now show me you are a man.” I said.He bent to take his stick from the ground and struggled(挣扎) out of that wheelchair.He managed it on his own and walked to me and never sat in a wheelchair in his life.”
“What did you show him?” I had to know. Grandma looked at me and smiled. “Two engagement rings, of course. I had bought them the day he left for the war and I was not going to waste them on any other man.”
1.A. dropped B. defeated C. shockedD. pleased
2.A. HowB. WhatC. WhyD. Who
3.A. predicted B. pretendedC. prepairedD. preferred
4.A. reasonB. excuseC. effectD. result
5.A. whereB. whileC. whenD. since
6.A. withB. intoC. forD. from
7.A. justB. almostC. everD. even
8.A. sadB. halfC. richD. whole
9.A. myselfB. himselfC. ourselvesD. youself
10.A. doctorB. reporterC. visitorD.leader
11.A. wayB. sunglassC. carD.wheelchair
12.A. takeB. fetchC. carryD. bring
13.A. hardlyB. stillC. alsoD. never
14.A. again B. aboutC. aboveD. along
15.A.though B. unlessC. untilD. after
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科目:初中英语 来源:2013-2014学年浙江省杭州市下城区九年级中考一模英语试卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
The interest ______ into five parts according to the agreement made by both sides.
A. may divide B. must to divide C. need divide D. should be divided
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科目:初中英语 来源:2013-2014学年浙江省宁波市九年级10月月考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:选词填空
Maybe everyone has trouble in learning new words. It is not easy to remember and use them 1.______. The following suggestions will help you a lot. It can be a good idea to divide(划分) the new words into groups according to the meanings. 2.____ about the connections(联系) between words may help you to remember them. The more you practice, the 3.____ you will use them. You can also write a list of some new words. Express your ideas with them and discuss the uses of 4._____ words as much as possible. However, there is one more thing you should pay attention to. Don't try to learn too many words at one time. Choose several important 5._____ to you. Repeat their pronunciations, spellings as well as their meanings in your mind. Learn a little every day and you will learn a lot in a few years. It is the skills that can make you learn new words easily. It is the skills that can help you know more words quickly.
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科目:初中英语 来源:2013-2014学年浙江省宁波市九年级10月月考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
—Some parents might worry that their children's hobbies can________ schoolwork.
— But my parents never worry about that. I always get good grades.
A.get the way of B.get on the way of
C.get on well with D.get in the way of
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科目:初中英语 来源:2013-2014学年浙江省台州市三门县九年级5月中考模拟英语试卷(解析版) 题型:完型填空
I used to be a very self-centered(自我中心的) person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a different person.
I think my started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my degree(学位)and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I talked to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really . It seemed as if everyone had made friends and was having fun, except me. So I had a(n) . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble, I would to help. That was really a big step for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who was badly ill became my . Every time I came into her room, she was so because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never her, so I took her place. She let me that making others feel good make me feel good, too. When she died, I was , but I was very grateful(感激的)to her.
I think I am a much better person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not these experiences. They have taught me to about other people more than about myself.
1.A. sinceB. beforeC. unless D. or
2.A. changeB. interestC. tourD. education
3.A. usuallyB. oftenC. hardlyD. just
4.A. happyB. relaxedC. angryD. lonely
5.A. hobbyB. problemC. ideaD. job
6.A. offerB. haveC. refuseD. forget
7.A. usB. you C. themD. it
8.A. hobbyB. attitude C. hopeD. job
9.A. friendB. teacherC. classmateD. guide
10.A. strangeB. terribleC. politeD. happy
11.A. likedB. askedC. visitedD. believed
12.A. understandB. guessC. explainD. hate
13.A. homelessB. sadC. hopelessD. lazy
14.A. faceB. forgetC. findD. improve
15.A. talk B. care C. worry D. learn
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