I live in Porto. It is a city in the north of...

I live in Porto. It is a city in the north of Portugal (葡萄牙). It’s the second biggest city in Portugal.

It’s a beautiful city，and it’s great for walking around. There are lots of narrow streets，and it has many churches，museums，and markets. There’s a place called Foz. There are a lot of outdoor restaurants in Foz—people go there at the weekend to sit in the sun，drink coffee，and watch the Atlantic (大西洋).

The weather is very different from the south of Portugal. The winter can be very wet，and it sometimes rains for days. The summer is wonderful—it’ s sunny but not usually too hot，and it’s great for going to the mountains or the beach.

Porto is famous for port wine. The biggest interesting place in Porto is probably the river because there are some beautiful bridges. One of the bridges is designed by Eiffel，and lots of people go on boat trips on the rivers. There’s a festival in the sixth month called Sao Joao every year. Everybody have fun on this day.

The people here are friendly. It’s a working city and it has a real sense of history，and that’s the main reason why I like living here so much.

1.Porto is in Europe.

2.In Foz，there are a lot of churches.

3.The weather is wet in winter in Porto.

4.Sao Joao Festival is in June.

5.The writer likes living in Porto because it is near the Atlantic.

九年级英语阅读判断困难题查看答案及解析

Siena is an old city in the north of Italy. It began with a group of people living on its hills over 2,900 years ago. Around the year 1100, Siena became an important business center in Italy. In 1472, the first bank of the world was built in this city and has been doing business ever since.

Today Siena is famous for keeping its “old face.” For example, its city walls, which helped keep the city safe in the past, are hundreds of years old now and look almost the same as before. Also, many old buildings are seen at the Piazza del Campo, the most important meeting place of the city. Few things have really changed in this center of public life for hundreds of years. Now people still go to the open space for sharing news, shopping or playing sports. There is one more thing that helps keep Siena’s old face: cars cannot enter the city most of the time.

True, Siena is old, but it is beautifully old. People are welcome to visit this beautiful city and walk into the past.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子是否正确，对的涂（A），错的涂（B）。

1.The old city, Siena, began more than 2,900 years ago.

2.Siena is famous for having the first bank of the world today.

3.People in Siena have protected the old city walls very well.

4.Few old buildings can be found at the Piazza del Campo.

5.Most of the time cars are not allowed to enter Siena.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The rainbow lorikeet is a kind of parrot living in the north-east of Australia. It is the most colorful bird in the world. It has green, orange, blue, red, yellow, purple and grey colors on its body.

Rainbow lorikeets are small. They are usually 11 to 12 inches long and weigh 120g to 140g.It is said that they can live for over 20 years in the wild.

They usually live in groups. At night, they sleep in the trees in a big group. But during the daytime, they move in much smaller groups. Late in the evening, you can sometimes see a larger group flying back home.

These birds spend a lot of time eating. They usually eat trees, flowers, nuts and fruits. Sometimes they eat insects. They can get water from the leaves they eat or drink water directly.

Rainbow lorikeets usually start to have families when they are around two years old. When they have birds, both the parents help to feed them.

1.How many colors do rainbow lorikeets have?

2.How long can rainbow lorikeets live in the wild?

3.What do rainbow lorikeets eat?

4.Who usually feed (a) the baby birds?

5.What is the best title for the article?

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

I live in Pennsylvania. It is a 1. （north）state of America, which is the 33rd2. （large）state in America. You might know some of the cities, like Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Allentown. The state capital is Harrisburg. Now let me tell you a little more about my state.

Several Indian tribes（部落）lived in Pennsylvania before 3.（Europe）came. The Dutch came first, 4.（follow）by Sweden. England started colonies（殖民地） later. After a few fights, they5.（take）control of the land.

Pennsylvania 6.（give）to the Penn family later. That is how Pennsylvania got its name. Pennsylvania was the7.（two）to join the nation. The city of Philadelphia 8.（be）an important city since the colony was founded. It was even the capital of America, too!Today, Pennsylvania is sometimes regarded as the snack capital of the country. It is famous for snacks, like pretzels and chips, Heinz ketchup and sauces. There is also Hershey, which is well 9.（know）as the chocolate company.

There are steel companies in the state, as well as a lot of colleges. There are plenty of things 10.（do） in Pennsylvania. There are several major sports teams. Pennsylvania has 121 state parks, and they all have free 11.（enter）. Hunting is popular here, too.

Are you thinking about12.（visit）the state?

九年级英语语法填空困难题查看答案及解析

I live in a big city. I love my house because it is in a very good place just outside of the city. It is very quiet here. The houses here are all big and beautiful.

There are no houses on the left or behind my house. To the right of my house is a big bungalow. There is a small park across the street. When I want to walk or relax, I usually go there.

I am happy with my neighborhood except for one thing: There is no hospital near my house. That sometimes causes problems for the people living here. I think there should be a hospital in my neighborhood. Two days ago, one of my neighbors had a high fever and we had to travel 30 kilometers to the nearest hospital.

I like to meet new people and make friends with them. I feel very happy because there is a club in the neighborhood. It is a great place to meet and know new people.

1.The writer's house is in_______.

A. the south of a city　　 B. the center of a city

C. an old neighborhood　　 D. a quiet place

2.What the writer's house is?

A. big　　 B. beautiful　　 C. quite　　 D. big&beautiful

3.The Chinese meaning of the words "except for" in the passage is ________.

A. 因……而起　　 B. 除……之外　　 C. 考虑到　　 D. 意识到

4.The writer describes his neighbor's story to show________.

A. his neighbor's worries

B. that he likes his neighborhood

C. the friendship between his neighbors and him

D. that there should be a hospital in his neighborhood

5.The _______in the writer's neighborhood helps him to meet and know new people.

A. restaurant　　 B. museum　　 C. park　　 D. club

九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

The number of the foreigners living in Jurong is growing fast 　　 it is a small city.

A. if　　　　 B. although　　　 C. because　　　　 D. unless

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

This kind of plant is 　　 seen in our city because it lives 4,500m above the sea level and is hard to find．

A. often B. always C. usually D. seldom

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Tianjin is 　　　　 beautiful city in 　　　　　　 north of China.

A. a；a　　　 B. a；the　　 C. the；不填　　 D.不填；the

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Salt Lake City is a beautiful city in the west of North America. If you go there, you'l1 see a monument(纪念碑)with seagulls on top of it. Here is the story about the seagulls.

Over one hundred years ago, a group of men, women and children traveled a long way from the east to the west. They crossed the mountains and arrived at thequiet place in the valley. They built their homes and made their farms near the big salt lake. They had to work very hard on their farms because their life depended on their crops.

One day while they were working in the fields, some farmers saw something strange in the sky.

"What's that?" asked one of them. "Where?" asked another. "Over there. " he answered.

They saw something like a cloud coming towards them. But it was too low in the sky. As they watched, it came nearer and nearer. Suddenly a shout went up:"Locusts(蝗虫)!Millions of them! "

The farmers were all frightened, because they knew what locusts could do. And they had never seen so many of them before.

In no time the locusts came down and started eating their crops一the wheat, the vegetables, even the grass and the leaves on the trees. The farmers tried everything to kill the locusts，but while they were killing them in one place, millions more arrived in another. What could they do?

Suddenly they heard a great noise. As they looked up into the sky, they saw another great cloud coming towards them. To their surprise, they saw not locusts, but seagulls this time. The farmer cried out, "They've come to eat what the locusts. have left! "

But to their joy，the seagulls had come to eat, not their corps, but the locusts. They had seen or smelt the locusts and had come to eat them. In a short while they ate up millions of them. The farmers' crops were saved.

The people were very thankful. They decided that frrnn then on no one should ever kill a seagull. They also built a monument to show their thanks to the seagulls.

1.Over one hundred years ago, 　　　　　 .

A. there was no city near the salt lake　　 B. people worked hard in the lake

C. there were no locusts near the lake　　 D. people didn't like seagulls at all

2.The farmers were frightened because they knew 　　　　 .

A. the seagulls would not come　　 B. the locusts might eat all their crops

C. they could not kill any locusts　　 D. the locusts would kill some of them

3.The passage does not tell us 　　　　 .

A. where the locusts came from　　 B. what the seagulls came to eat

C. when the group of people moved there　　 D. why the farmers worked so hard

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

A recent study found people’s lives are made shorter in North China. It is showed the life expectancy(平均寿命) had been cut down by 5.5 years there. Researchers（研究者）think that the heavy air pollution in China should be to blame(承担责任). It’s really the truth. Our government has already done something. However, it doesn’t seem to work so well.

“Air pollution in China is doing harm to people’s health. The harm is much more serious than we can imagine,” said Chen Yuyu of Beijing University, one of researchers of this study.

Dirty air brings serious problems in North China. In January this year, the air pollution was worse than that in other places. That was caused by rising temperature and waste gas（气体）from coal heating（燃煤）.

Chinese government should strongly fight with air pollution. They should think of more proper ways to deal with the problem. People should be encouraged to take buses, ride bicycles or walk, instead of driving cars. The factories that pollute heavily should be closed.

“We need to improve our environment, although it might be expensive. Protecting our environment means protecting ourselves,” Li Hongbin, another researcher of the study said.

1. The passage above may come from a(n) ____　　　　 .

A. story　　　　　　　　 B. advertisement

C. report　　　　　　　　 D. diary

2. Which of the following is Li Hongbin’s idea?

A. The life expectancy had been cut by 5.5 years.

B. Chinese government should close some factories that pollute heavily.

C. People need to make pollution less, although it might cost a lot.

D. The air problem brings us serious problems.

3. What should people do to protect the environment?

A. They should take buses.

B. They should ride bikes.

C. They should go on foot.

D. All of the above.

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Air pollution in North China is caused by waste gas.

B. To save the environment, our government should do something more.

C. The temperature becomes higher and higher in North China.

D. How air pollution in North China is caused.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析