阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。We see them everywhere — on b...

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We see them everywhere — on boxes of food, on packages and on CDs. They, of course, are bar codes. The invention of bar codes has changed the way we shop and how companies learn where their products are.

It was two university students from America, Bernard Silver and Norman Woodland, who first got theidea of bar codes. In 1948, they heard that the president of a food company was looking for a way to easily get information about what was being sold to customers. They tried to help by using a code system. They invented a large electronic reader to read the codes. However, computers couldn’t easily record the data that was read.

Then, in the 1960s, David Collins made important developments in bar codes. He developed a system for recognizing train carriages. In order to develop the recognition system for other kinds of businesses, Collins started his own company. In 1969, Collins’s company put a bar code reading system in a car factory, showing that bar codes could be useful.

Shortly after Collins started his company, an American electronic company called RCA also saw the potential (潜力) of bar codes to help businesses. RCA’s

system, which recorded how much of a product was sold, was not perfect. Since bar codes were not common, not all products had them and different companies used different codes. Then, Woodland helped develop the Universal Product Code (UPC), which gave every product a code that included information about the manufacturer and the kind of product being sold. This made bar codes much more practical.

In addition to shops, hospitals use bar codes to recognize patients by giving them cards with bar codes on them. Libraries use bar codes to record which books have been lent, and airports use them to find out where bags are going. Bar codes have made life much easier and simpler.

1.What changed the way we shop?

2.Who first got the idea of bar codes?

3.Why did Collins start his own company?

4.What do hospitals use bar codes to do?

5.What is the passage mainly about?

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We see them everywhere — on boxes of food, on packages and on CDs. They, of course, are bar codes. The invention of bar codes has changed the way we shop and how companies learn where their products are.

It was two university students from America, Bernard Silver and Norman Woodland, who first got theidea of bar codes. In 1948, they heard that the president of a food company was looking for a way to easily get information about what was being sold to customers. They tried to help by using a code system. They invented a large electronic reader to read the codes. However, computers couldn’t easily record the data that was read.

Then, in the 1960s, David Collins made important developments in bar codes. He developed a system for recognizing train carriages. In order to develop the recognition system for other kinds of businesses, Collins started his own company. In 1969, Collins’s company put a bar code reading system in a car factory, showing that bar codes could be useful.

Shortly after Collins started his company, an American electronic company called RCA also saw the potential (潜力) of bar codes to help businesses. RCA’s

system, which recorded how much of a product was sold, was not perfect. Since bar codes were not common, not all products had them and different companies used different codes. Then, Woodland helped develop the Universal Product Code (UPC), which gave every product a code that included information about the manufacturer and the kind of product being sold. This made bar codes much more practical.

In addition to shops, hospitals use bar codes to recognize patients by giving them cards with bar codes on them. Libraries use bar codes to record which books have been lent, and airports use them to find out where bags are going. Bar codes have made life much easier and simpler.

1.What changed the way we shop?

2.Who first got the idea of bar codes?

3.Why did Collins start his own company?

4.What do hospitals use bar codes to do?

5.What is the passage mainly about?

九年级英语回答问题困难题查看答案及解析

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Mom's Recipe for Life

I have a lot of Mom's recipes in a blue box where all my special ones were put，like the

pumpkin pie she made during my growing up years. Even so，the recipe I treasure most is not on any index card， nor did she send it to me in a letter. Instead，she lived this recipe all of her life.

My mother grew up in a small coal mining town in southwest Iowa. My grandfather once told me that she knew no stranger;she considered everyone in that community her friend. That attitude

continued wherever she lived for the rest of her life.

As a teen，I was embarrassed(尴尬的 )every time my mother talked to strangers and offered a smile to everyone in the store or on the city bus. Almost all of them responded(回 应 )with a bright smile of their own. Some spoke，others nodded their heads at this elderly woman who brought a little light into their day.

What really sold me on Mom's approach to life was her experience on the senior bus. The weeks I could not be there， she used this low cost transportation to the grocery store. After her first trip， I asked her how it went.

“ Ha!”she said，“ I got on that bus and what did I see?Thirteen little old ladies and one old

man，and not one word was spoken.”

I wondered how long it would be until the silence on that bus would change. On my next visit，Mom mentioned the 13 little old ladies on the bus and something one of them had told her.

“ Oh，are you talking with them now?”I asked.

“ Of course，”she said. “ One day I climbed up the steps of the bus and before I looked for a

seat，I gave them a big smile and I said，‘ Isn't it a wonderful day? I noticed a few shy smiles.”

Mom didn't give up. She greeted them all each time she got on the bus and before long，the

whole group was laughing and talking to one another. The bus became more than just transportation.

When we went to the various stores，I watched as she smiled and chatted with perfect strangers. Some of them looked like the poorest person you'd ever met，but once Mom smiled at them and started a conversation， most responded favorably. My mother didn't embarrass me any longer. I found myself admiring her.

She's been gone for ten years but I've carried on her recipe for life. It was me who had done the

smiling first and all those people had responded. My mother didn't lecture but taught me by example. She'd given me a recipe for life.

1.Where did the writer's mom grow up?

2.Did the people talk on the bus on Mom's first trip?

3.What did Mom do to make the bus more than transportation?

4.How did the writer feel about Mom in the end?

5.What is Mom's recipe for life?

九年级英语回答问题中等难度题查看答案及解析

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A 9.0-magnitude earthquake occurred

off the northeastern coast of Japan on 11 March

The earthquake in Japan on March 11,2011 was a 9.0 on the Richter scale (里氏). Over 6,500 died because of the disaster by March 18. The earthquake also caused a tsunami (海啸) and a nuclear leak (核泄漏).

However, most Japanese people stayed calm and orderly.They left broken houses calmly. They waited in line for food, water and public telephones. There was no robbing (抢劫) and no pushing.

Earthquakes hit Japan almost every year. People are ready for an earthquake at any time.

In Japan, you can learn about earthquakes on TV and in schoolbooks. Even the famous comic, Sakura Momoko (《樱桃小丸子》), shows earthquake training in a school. Almost every family in Japan has a survival kit (救生包). The kit has a flashlight (手电筒), a radio, water and enough food for several days.

Most buildings in Japan use wood. The material is less dangerous during a disaster. The buildings can  stand an earthquake of up to 7.0 on the Richter scale.

1.How large was the earthquake in Japan on March 11?

________

2.What did the earthquake cause besides many people’s death?

________

3.Where can Japanese people learn about earthquakes?

________

4.What are most buildings in Japan made of?

5.What can we learn from Japanese people if the disaster happens to us?

________

九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

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The sun is always shining. But it can only shine on one side of the earth at one time. When the sun is shining on one side of the earth, it is night on the other side. At night, you can see the stars. The stars are in the sky all day. But the light from the sun is so bright that you can’t see them. When night comes, there is no light, and the stars are bright enough to see. The stars look very small. But some of them are even bigger than the sun. They look small because they are so far away from you. Big things look much smaller when they are far away. The sun is closer to the earth than other stars, so it looks bigger.

1.Can the sun shine on only one side or two sides of the earth at one time?

2.Are the stars in the sky all day?

3.When are the stars bright enough to see?

4.How do big things look when they are far away?

5.Why does the sun look bigger than other stars?

九年级英语回答问题简单题查看答案及解析

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More than 6000 languages are spoken on the earth today.Many of these languages are spoken by small groups of people,and over 200 languages are spoken by one million or more people.Chinese is a language spoken by the largest number of people in the world.But English is most widely spoken in the world

　　　 English is spoken by more than 400 million people as their first language.It is spoken by most people in the U.S.A.,Great Britain,Canada,Australia and New Zealand.And it is also used very widely in many other countries of the world.

　　　 Look at the back of your watch.You may see the English words　 “Made in China”, “Made in Japan”,or “Made in Germany”.English is spoken as the first language in none of these countries.Why are English words written on it?That is because in the modern world English is widely used for business between different countries.

1.How many languages are spoken on the earth today?

____________________________________________

2.Which language is spoken by the largest number of people in the world?

____________________________________________

3.Is English spoken by more than 400 million people as their first language?

____________________________________________

4.Do　 Americans speak English ?

____________________________________________

5.Why may English words be written on your watch?

九年级英语其他题困难题查看答案及解析

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What is “Walk to School” ?

Now we are working on a program of "Walk to School". We would like as many parents and children as possible to take part, even if in a small way. Children who walk to and from school along with their parents can learn essential (基本的) road safety and life skills.

You can take part by…

■ Walking to and from school with your child every day.

■ Walking for one or two days during the week.

■ Encouraging others to walk, if you already do.

Walking is great!

■ Walking is great exercise! A walk is good for your body and can keep you fit.

■ You won't have to waste time looking for a parking site .

■ It's free. You'll save money by not using the car.

■ It's pollution free.

■ It's a good chance to talk to your children and to meet other parents, too.

Enjoying walking to school!

Here are some suggestions to help you and your child enjoy walking to school.

■ Plan a safe route together.

■ Teach children what a kerb (马路牙子) is and what it means.

■ Encourage your child to help you choose the safest places to cross the road.

■ Look at and discuss the things you see on your way－especially road signs and what they mean.

Walk to school! Thousands of parents and children already take part, could you?

Please go to www.walktoschool.org.uk for more information.

1.What is the name of the program that we are working on?

2.What can children learn by walking to and from school?

3.How many suggestions are mentioned to enjoy walking to school?

4.Where can you get more information about “Walk to School”?

5.What do you think of walking to school?

九年级英语回答问题中等难度题查看答案及解析

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Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November 30, 1835, in a small town in Florida, the USA. He grew up with a few naughty boys who later appeared in his stories. Perhaps you are familiar with some of his books, as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. At the age of 12, his father died, and he began to work, first as a printer, then a pilot on a river boat. Those years on the boat went into his book Life on the Mississippi.

During the Civil War he worked as a reporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name. The stories he wrote in this period made him famous and popular. He made a lot of money by writing, lecturing and running his own publishing house. But he spent all of it on his high living and unsuccessful business.

Mark Twain was known as a world-wide famous writer and a humorist, which means funny man. But in fact, he took a serious view of life. Many sad things happened in his own life. All his experiences helped to shape his stories which showed the dark side of the society. He died as an old man of 75 in 1910.  (200)

1.What did Mark Twain do when he was 12?

2.Did Mark Twain write himself and his friends in his stories?

3.When did Mark Twain become famous?

4.What is Mark Twain’s writing style?

5.What does the passage mainly tell us and what does the writer think of Mark Twain?

九年级英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析

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Rooftop Gardens

Have you ever seen a rooftop garden—

a garden on the top of a roof? Many people are

finding it good for the environment and good for

themselves.

Cities can be as much as 4—10 degrees

warmer than the countryside. Green rooftops

can actually help cool the air in cities. A single green roof will not do much to　 change the temperature of a city. However, when more buildings begin to change their rooftops into green spaces, it makes a real difference. Buildings that are cooler also use air conditioning less often. This reduces the amount of energy a building uses, which is good for the environment. Cities are usually more polluted than other areas. Plants on rooftops can even help clean the air. Gardens in the city can also provide a place for birds and bugs to live in.

One unusual rooftop garden is located above Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. The garden covers an area of 7, 500 square feet. The garden has flowers, fountains (喷泉），even a goldfish pond, and also paths that children can walk on in slippers or with bare feet. It is used as a place for the children and their parents to relax and be close to nature without leaving the hospital. Another interesting garden is on the rooftop of the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada. A large vegetable garden has been planted on the roof. The hotel’s chefs (厨师）can pick fresh vegetables from the roof.

Now not all buildings have rooftop gardens. One reason is that rooftop gardens can be more expensive than traditional rooftops. However, they may save on heating and cooling bills in the future. Also, a roof needs to be flat and strong enough to support the weight of the garden.

Some people may not know about rooftop gardens and how good they can be for the environment. But word is starting to get out. You may want to keep your eyes on the skies when you walk in your town or city. You never know when you might find a secret garden many feet above the ground.

1.What is a rooftop garden?

2.What is the second paragraph mainly about?

3.What is the rooftop garden in Children’s Hospital in St. Louis used as?

4.Why is the rooftop garden of the Royal York Hotel interesting?

5.Why don’t all buildings have rooftop gardens?

九年级英语回答问题困难题查看答案及解析

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On Sunday I took part in Tomato Sauce Day of my friend Deb's family. I am thankfulfor my beautiful friend to share this family milestone (里程碑) event.Nine family members, myself and a few friends, took part in the day. Sunday was aspecial day because it was the last time that Tomato Sauce Day event would be carried out atGrandma's home. Tomato Sauce Day is going to be different next year in terms of thesurrounds (环境), however, I have a feeling that all else will remain unchanged.Grandma passed away 5 years ago, and Deb and her uncle bought the property (地产).Plans are in progress to begin building two new homes on the same place.I listened to the family discussing the activities of the day, past sauce days andmemories. A love of the tradition of the day and happy memories of sharing the day withfamily members who have passed away were recounted. The value of spending time togetheras a family was obvious.The basic process and recipe (菜谱) for the sauce made by Deb's family remains thesame way as it is still done in Grandma's village today:• The event takes place once a year.

• Sauce is made by the family, for the family for the year ahead.

• The sauce is made with just salt added to the tomatoes. This allows the family to use it throughout the year in various dishes as the base ingredient (食材). They add their own preferred ingredients in the cooking process.

• The women prepare and make the sauce, the men are not involved. The women start theday with a visit to the community garden to collect the tomatoes and then they began thepreparation. Once the sauce is cooking, it is lunch time and time for the family to catchup. Tomato Sauce Day is relived by the family all over the year as they open each bottleof red tomato goodness. I am looking forward to trying my sauce tonight. I feel like Ineed to make home⁃made pasta to eat it!

1.What event did the writer take part in on Sunday?

2.Where was the event carried out this year?

3.How do the family use the sauce?

4.What do the women do to start the day?

5.Why is the event a family milestone event?

九年级英语回答问题困难题查看答案及解析