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
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
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
Sunday, July 8th, 2012 We arrived in Kunming by train. It’s an old city with a history of more than 2, 200 years in Yunnan. The weather was fine. We took the tour bus to visit the city. We went to Golden Temple, Green Lake Park and Stone Forest. They were all beautiful. And we ate many kinds of food in Kunming. My favorite food was a kind of noodles — Guoqiao rice noodles. |
Friday, July 12th, 2013 It rained when we landed in Sanya Phoenix Airport(机场). The tour bus took us to the hotel. The hotel was big and clean. After dinner, I swam in the swimming pool in the hotel. The next day was cloudy. It was wet and hot. We went to the beach(海滩). There were lots of people there. Some were swimming, some were boating and some others were walking on the beach. I found small sea animals. It was a lot of fun. |
Tuesday, July 15th, 2014 It was sunny and very hot in Nanjing. We had to take the umbrella. I liked traveling in Nanjing by subway. It was fast and cheap. During my 3-day tour in Nanjing, I went boating in Xuanwu Lake Park. I also visited Zhongshan Park. I liked the famous Nanjing University(大学) best. It was old and beautiful. I hope to go to this university one day. |
1.The writer visited Kunming ________.
A.by subway B.by bus C.by car D.by bike
2.How was the weather when the writer was on the beach in Sanya?
A.It was rainy. B.It was sunny. C.It was fine. D.It was cloudy.
3.How long did the writer stay in Nanjing?
A.For one day. B.For two days. C.For three days. D.For four days.
4.Which is TRUE?
A.The writer didn’t like Guoqiao rice noodles.
B.The writer went to Sanya in a train.
C.The writer enjoyed himself on the beach.
D.The writer visited Green Lake Park in Nanjing.
5.The writer may be a _______.
A.reporter B.driver C.cook D.student
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Vienna is a beautiful old city on the River Danube in the center of Europe. It's the capital city of Austria and the center of European classical music. In the 18th century a lot of musicians came to study and work in Vienna.
In the Strauss family, there were two composers called Johann Strauss: the father and the son, The father, Johann Strauss the elder, wrote and played music for traditional dances, called the waltz. His dance music made him famous all over Europe. The son, Johann Strauss the younger, was also very successful and popular. He wrote over 150 waltzes. In 1867 he wrote The Blue Danube waltz.
Mozart was another very important composer. He was born in Austria in 1756. Before he was six, he played not only the piano but also the violin. His family took him around Europe and he gave concerts in many cities. He wrote hundreds of wonderful pieces of music. But he became very poor and died in 1791 when he was only 35. Like Johann Strauss, father and son, he was a great European musician, and many people still think his music is perfect.
1.From Paragraph 1(第1段) we know that Vienna is________.
A. a beautiful new city B. on the River Danube
C. in the center of Austria D. the center of European pop music
2.How many important composers are mentioned in the passage?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four
3.Johann Strauss the elder was famous for_____.
A. the dance music B. his son C. The Blue Danube D. the concerts
4.It can be inferred(推断)from the passage that Mozart was______.
A. stupid and lazy
B. clever but lazy
C. stupid but hard- working
D. clever and hard- working
5.This passage can be found most probably in the part of_____ in a newspaper.
A. News B. Recreation(娱乐) C. Ad(广告) D. Sport
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—Is Russia ________ European country?
—Yes, it is. It's in ________ north of Asia.
A.an; the B.a; / C.a; the
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The hotel is very old. It’s one of buildings in the city.
A. old B. older C. oldest D. the oldest
九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析
The hotel is very old. It’s one of buildings in the city.
A.old B.older C.oldest D.the oldest
九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析
The Water City of Venice
In 1980s, I went to Italy for business. One day, I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in neighboring town of Venice (威尼斯), Italy, the city of lights and__________.
As we enjoyed our coffee, a young man__________ glasses entered and sat at an empty table beside us. He called the waiter and placed his order saying, “Two cups of coffee, one of them there__________ the wall. ”
We heard this order with interest and found that he __________ with one cup of coffee but he paid for two.
When he left, the waiter_________ a piece of paper on the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee”.
While we were still there. __________ middle aged men entered and ordered three cups of coffee. two on the table and one on the wall. They had two cups of coffee but _______________________three and left. This time also, the waiter did the same. He put a piece of paper on the wall saying, “A Cup of Coffee. ”
It was ________ and perplexing (困惑) for us. We finished our coffee, paid the bill and left.
After a few days, we had a chance _________ this coffee shop again. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man ________ dresses entered. As he seats himself, he _______________ the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.”
The waiter served coffee to this man with the customary(惯常的) respect. The man had his coffee and left _________ paying.
We were amazed to watch all this, as the waiter________a piece of paper from the wall and throw it into the rubbish bin.
Now it was no________for us—the matter was very clear. The inhabitants(居民) of this town showed great respect for the poor, then it________our eyes well up in tears.
Many years later, when I went to Venice for business again, I did the same thing as my appreciation to this beautiful world.
1.A. food B. noodles C. water D. coffee
2.A. wearing B. putting on C. wore D. put on
3.A. in B. besides C. next to D. on
4.A. served B. was served C. was serving D. would serve
5.A. put B. took C. got D. saw
6.A. two another B. other two C. more two D. two other
7.A. didn’t spend B. spent C. didn’t pay for D. paid for
8.
A. strange something B. something strange
C. funny something D. something funny
9.A. to arrive B. reached C. to go to D. got to
10.A. richly B. seriously C. poorly D. pretty
11.A. looked through B. looked at C. looked over D. looked up
12.A. with B. for C. without D. by
13.A. took off B. took on C. took after D. took back
14.A. choice B. surprise C. excitement D. sadness
15.A. hurt B. got C. made D. stood
九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Venice is an attractive city in Italy. Tourists throughout the world love traveling to Venice. But sometimes you’ll have such strange experiences. One moment you walk across the Rialto Bridge, and there’s nothing special. Unfortunately, when you come back to the bridge an hour later, it’s underwater and everyone’s wearing rain boots.
That’s just the way it has always been, which may be considered seriously by Italian government. Before the sea comes to Venice, the government has decided to build the MOSE gates. Actually(实际上), there were many kinds of gates that were built to stop the floods, but all the gates were just built on the ground. Besides, the flooding was becoming worse. Industrial(工业的)factories built nearby on the mainland also made the condition get worse, causing the city to sink about 0.75 feet in the 20th century.
So the Italian government asked some of Italy’s biggest construction and engineering companies to build the MOST project, which was planned to be built under the sea water to stop floods. Now the government are using 3 000 people and expect to spend nearly five billion euros(欧元) on it. The MOSE gates are being built at the inlets(海湾).Each MOST gate is 197 feet long ,28.5 to 37 feel tall, and weight up to 22 tons. It’s nearly the size of a 20-story building. Before the gates are in use, under the sea full of water. When the flood comes, the water in the gates will be poured out, and then the gates will be filled with air. So the gates can go up with the sea water. Once they’re in the right place, they will stop the sea water pouring into Venice. These gates will be able to deal with floods up to 10feet,and as long as the sea level(平面)rises no more than two feet in the next 100 years, the MOSE will work as expected.
The MOSE project is now two-thirds done. The head engineer, Giovanni Cecconi, said, “This is a war. During the war, it’s not important that you win. It’s important that you’re alive. We’ve alive.” Anyway, this project is saving Venice from falling.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
1.The underlined word “construction” in the passage means “_______”in Chinese.
A.建筑 B. 农业 C. 交通
2.Before building the MOSE gates, the Italian government _______ to stop the floods.
A. never built gates on the ground
B. built many kinds of gates on the ground
C. built some gates which were under the ground
3.When the flood comes, _______ can describe the working steps of the MOSE gates.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Italian government ate using 3000 people and expect to spend nearly five billion dollars on the MOSE.
B. The MOSE project is half done now.
C. Each MOSE gate is 197 feet long, 28.5 to 37 feet tall, and weighs up to 22 tons.
5.The best title for this passage should be _______.
A. The Journey to Venice
B. The MOSE Project in Venice
C. Several Kinds of Floods in Venice
九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
Dali Ancient City is in Yunnan Province. It's in the northwest of Yunnan. The ancient city with a long history of above 3,000 years. It was named the history famous city in 1982.There are many ancient places in the city,such as Wuhua buildings,Nancheng buildings and so on. Most of the walls are built of stones. Dali Ancient City is very warm all the year round. It's neither too cold nor too hot. It's a good place to live in. There are many famous snacks and some delicious food. The chicken rice noodles is very worth having a try. Come here,you'll have a good time here.
Dali Ancient City | |
History | Above 1. years |
Buildings | There are many ancient places in the city,Most of them are made of 2. |
3. | The weather is warm all year round. |
Position | It’s in the 4. of the Yunnan Province |
Famous food | 5. |
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