上海市九年级英语阅读理解真题专练-5（含解析）

上海市九年级英语阅读理解真题专练-5
一、阅读理解题
（2019·上海虹口区·期末） Some people are standing at a group of low hills in West Texas. Suddenly, they observe glowing reddish-orange lights. Are they the headlights of cars on the highway Are they the lights of campfires The people shout and point because the lights are moving! But they aren't moving the way cars move. They shoot up in the air. They fall back to the earth. And then…they simply disappear!
Every night, people go to observe the famous Marfa lights. The lights are named for the town of Marfa, Texas, where these lights can be seen in the distant hills east of the town. Over the years there have been many beliefs about these strange lights. One theory is that the lights are the headlights of cars driving down the road.
But that could not be true. Settlers in the 1880s wrote about the lights long before there were cars with headlights. At that time, pioneers thought the Marfa lights were the campfires of Apaches 2 in the hills. When the pioneers would ride into the hills, they could find no evidence 3 of campsites of fires. Later, the settlers learned that the Apaches, too, could see the lights. They thought the lights were stars that had come down the earth.
Some people say that the lights are moonlight shining on metal in the hills. Others say they are made by gases from swamps 4. Some scientists have tried to prove that lights from planets or starts reflect 5 in a strange way on the hills. That doesn't help us understand why the lights "dance". They move up and down, slow down and speed up. These dancing "stars", the Marfa lights, stay a mystery.
Word Box
1 theory: thoughts or beliefs about a set of facts
2 Apache: a member of a Native American people
3 evidence: something that shows proof
4 swamp: land that is always very wet or covered with a layer of water
5 reflect: to return light
(1) What colour are the Marfa lights
(2) How do the Marfa lights get the name
(3) Why do many people go to observe Marfa lights every night
(4) Were the strange lights seen earlier or later than the invention of cars with headlights
(5) What does the underlined word THAT in Paragraph 4 refer to
(6) Why does the writer say "the Marfa lights, stay a mystery " Give your opinions.
（2019·上海虹口区·期末） Brazil is the greatest football nation in the world. There are 100 million Brazilians. How many of them are football fans 100 million! All of them think that they know all about football. This makes life very difficult for the Brazilian team manager. When things go badly for the Brazilian team, the newspaper would demand that the team manager should leave his job. "If we win, they put me in heaven," as a manager once said, "If we lose, they put me in hell."
You can't escape football in Brazil. There are football matches on every street and beach. On television, the final score of the football matches come before the main news programs. There are six television channels in Rio de Janeiro. On Sundays each channel shows a different football match. Brazil is not the richest country in the world, but the government spends huge sums of money on football. It cost more than one billion pounds to prepare for the 1978 World Cup. That's 10 pounds a week. Is it worth it
"Brazil must have a great football team," says one journalist. "If it costs one billion pounds, that's all right. If the government doesn't give a good football team, then it will become unpopular. Football is more than a game in Brazil."
Football is more than a game in Brazil. This is certainly true in its largest city, Sao Paulo. The most popular team is Corinthians. Corinthians' fans are the most loyal (忠实的) and emotional in Brazil. When Cornthians win, production in the Sao Paulo car factories increases by fifteen per cent. When they lose, it drops. At one time Corinthians won the national championship for the first time. For four days, fans danced and sang in the streets.
(1) In Brazil the number of football fans and its population are _____.
A．the same B．less C．more D．100 billion
(2) It is the _____that come before the main news programs on television.
A．football matches B．results of football matches
C．football matches on the streets D．football matches on the beaches
(3) The government spent over _____ in preparing for the 1978 World Cup though the country was not rich.
A．one billion dollars B．one million pounds
C．one billion pounds D．10 pounds
(4) Football is more than a game in Brazil. The underlined sentence means "In Brazil _____.
A．people like football more than anything else
B．there is still something else in football
C．people are interested in competition because of football
D．football has something to do with economy
(5) The best title of the passage is _____
A．Football in Brazil B．Brazilian's Way of Life
C．Football and crazy fans D．Brazilians and Football
（2020·上海静安区·专项） What do you do with the mountain of waste that a big city produces It is a continuing question. And, Copenhagen—the capital of Denmark—has come up with an answer. Ski on it!
The waste is inside Copenhill, a waste treatment factory 10 minutes' drive from the center of the city. The main building is a modern structure (结构) 85 meters high. It includes a long hill from the top of the building to the ground. The hill is covered in a material called "Neveplast" creating a snowless ski slope (斜坡).
"I think everybody is surprised to start with when they look at it and it's not snow," said Christian Ingels, the director at Copenhill.
He said that, after one or two tries on the Neveplast hill, "you feel exactly like skiing."
Danish designer Bjarke Ingels designed the place an important step in Copenhagen's aim of becoming the world's first carbon-neutral (碳中和的) capital. He wanted to build a waste treatment factory that local people are happy to see in their neighborhood. It seems to be working.
After sking at Copenhill, Pelle Hansen said being able to ski in the middle of a city is a wonderful experience.
"You don't have to go six, seven, eight or ten hours to a ski area, you can be here in ten minutes," he said. The factory will also burn waste from about 600,000 homes and 68,000 businesses to produce electricity. Some of the other waste will be recycled. The company began in 2017 and the sports area will open this spring. The ski slope will stay open throughout the year.
"It's fantastic that one can ski without snow," said visitor Tommy Christensen. "It's a different experience from sking in real snow, but it's my second run and I'll try it again. It looks promising."
(1) This waste is not _____.
A．inside Copenhill B．in the waste treatment factory
C．in the city center D．beneath (在下面) the slope
(2) This passage is mainly about _____.
A．the use of waste
B．the burning of waste
C．the development of city structures
D．the experience of skiing
(3) Who designed the Neveplast hill
A．Christian Ingels B．Bjarke Ingels
C．Pelle Hansen D．Tommy Christensen
(4) How do people feel about the waste ski They seem to be _____.
A．disappointed B．satisfied C．careful D．puzzled
(5) According to the passage, which one of the following statements is TRUE
A．The ski slope in Copenhill is made of real snow.
B．Copenhill is a treatment factory dealing with waste in the centre of Copenhagen.
C．The main building of the treatment factory is an old-styled architecture.
D．Copenhill is far away from the city centre.
(6) Copenhill has the following advantages EXCEPT that _____.
A．it produces electricity by burning waste
B．it recycles some of the waste
C．it provides training classes for skiing
D．it enables people to ski in the city centre without traveling far
（2020·上海静安区·专项） When your pen is broken, the battery in your toy runs out, or you have some leftover food, what do you do with these things You will probably throw them all into one bin. But actually, all of these pieces of trash need to be sorted (分类) separately.
Garbage sorting is a big issue worldwide. In recent years, some Chinese cities have been working hard on it.
Shanghai has worked with Alipay to create a "green account" service for its residents. Account holders get points by correctly sorting their garbage. Through the Alipay app, they can exchange the points for milk, phone cards and other products. The city is asking all of its residents to sort their garbage into four groups: wet, recyclable, harmful and dry.
Wet waste is also known as household waste. "They are things you don't want but that pigs can eat," Guangzhou Daily explained.
Paper, metal, glass and other things that can be reused are recyclable waste. Harmful waste includes things like medicine, batteries and fluorescent bulbs (荧光灯泡).
Finally, any waste that's not wet, recyclable or harmful will go in the "dry waste" bin. Many other Chinese cities are also using this method to sort their garbage. For example, Shenzhen has been sorting its garbage into the same four groups since 2012. Students there also receive waste-sorting guidebooks that they must study.
China is improving its waste-sorting efforts. There is still a long way to go. But it's never too late to learn how to sort your trash properly and protect the environment.
If you don't sort your garbage, all of it will go to a landfill (垃圾填埋场) and be buried together. These landfills can take up large areas of ground that could have been used for planting trees or crops. The electronic waste you throw away, such as batteries, can pollute the soil and groundwater. Other pieces of garbage, like the metal part of a pen, can be used to make other things if they are properly recycled.
(1) _____ is also known as household waste.
A．Wet waste B．Recyclable waste
C．Harmful waste D．Dry waste
(2) How is Shanghai encouraging people to sort their garbage
A．By creating a "green account" service with the help of Alipay.
B．By paying people to sort their trash correctly.
C．By allowing people to exchange garbage with each other.
D．By providing its residents with guidebooks to help them.
(3) What do we know about garbage sorting in China
A．It started its garbage sorting system in 2012.
B．Students have to take waste-sorting classes in school.
C．There is still a lot of work to be done in this area.
D．Landfills are a common method of getting rid of garbage.
(4) Which one is NOT TRUE according to the passage
A．Wet waste are things you don't want but that pigs can eat.
B．Shenzhen has the same ways as Shanghai to sort trash.
C．In order to make the environment better, we can plant trees or crops around a landfill.
D．Different cities are trying to help people sort trash properly.
(5) What does take up in the last paragraph mean
A．accept B．begin to work at
C．become interested in D．use the amount of space
(6) What is the main idea of the last paragraph
A．Where we can bury our waste.
B．Why we should sort our garbage properly.
C．What kinds of waste can pollute the environment.
D．How some kinds of waste can be reused and recycled.
（2020·上海·期中） If you ask people of different countries "Could you tell me the way to the post office ", you will get different answers.
In Japan, people use landmarks instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travellers, "Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop."
In Kansas, America, there are no towns or buildings within miles. So people will tell you directions and distance. They will say, "Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile." People in Greece sometimes do not even try to give directions. They will often say, "Follow me." Then he or she will take you through the streets of the city to the post office.
Sometimes if a person doesn't know the answer to your question, he or she, like a New Yorker, might say, "Sorry, I have no idea." But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers "I don't know". People there think "I don't know" is not polite. They usually give an answer, but often a wrong one. A visitor can often get lost in Yucatan!
But one thing will help you everywhere. You might not understand a person's words, but maybe you can understand his or her body language. He or she will usually point to the correct direction. Go on in that direction and you may find the post office!
(1) Why do people in Kansas tell the directions and distance
(2) Who will take travellers to the post office according to the passage
(3) Will a New Yorker say "I don't know" when he doesn't know the answer
(4) How do people in Yucatan feel "I don't know"
They think .
(5) What can help travellers to find the way if they don't know the language
(6) If you ask people of different countries "Could you tell me the way to the post office " can you get different answers
（2020·上海·期中） Skin-diving (潜泳) is a new sport today. This sport takes you into a wonderful new world. It is like a visit to the moon! When you are under water, it is easy for you to climb big rocks, because you are no longer heavy.
Here, under water, everything is blue and green. During the day, there is enough light. When fish swim nearby, you can catch them with your hands.
When you have tanks (罐) of air on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water.
To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport. Besides, there are more uses for skin-diving. You can clean ships without taking them out of the water. You can get many things from the deep sea.
(1) Skin-diving is a new sport today, isn't it
(2) What is skin-diving like
(3) Why is it easy to climb big rocks when we are under water
(4) How can we stay in deep water for a long time
(5) When you dive in deep water, you must be .
(6) What is one of the most interesting parts of this sport
（2020·上海·单元测试） More than 200,000 members of Beijing's driving associations (协会) are being asked to leave their cars at home at least one day a month in the hope of improving air quality in the capital. Their aim is to reduce traffic jams and noise, and improve air quality as well.
"I love driving, but I'm ready to make more blue-sky days in beijing," said Lu Chuan, a film director and a former environmental ambassador (大使). Lu plans to ride his bicycle and walk more often in the future to protect the environment.
Motor vehicle emissions (排放) are the main cause of Beijing's air pollution, said Du Shaozhong, from the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau (环保局). According to the city's environment department research, Beijing's vehicles give out 3, 600 tons of pollution each day.
The "no-car day" activity comes as Beijing tries to achieve 238 "blue-sky days", or days with good air quality this year, five days more than last year.
The "no-car day" was first introduced by 34 French cities that started the world's first "no- car day" on September 22, 1998.
(1) How often are members of Beijing's driving associations asked to leave their cars at home
(2) Lu Chuan agrees to help make more blue-sky days in Beijing, doesn't he
(3) What's Lu's plan to protect the environment
(4) What are the main cause of Beijing's air pollution
(5) How many "blue-sky days" did Beijing achieve last year
(6) What do you think the writer of this passage tries to tell us
（2020·上海·单元测试） Chinese schools are very different from British schools. In Britain, students have fewer classes than in China. In Britain, classes start at 9:00 a. m. and finish at 3:30 p. m. British students also have less homework than Chinese students. This gives British students more free time to go to school club. There are many different school clubs like football clubs, swimming clubs, film clubs and book clubs.
School uniforms in Britain are also different from some school uniforms in China. In Britain, students usually wear a skirt or trousers, a jacket and a tie. Some people think that this looks very smart, but other students do not think their uniforms look very nice and they want to wear their own clothes to school.
In Britain, students study the same subjects as in China. They have to study Maths, English, Science, History, Geography, PE, Computer studies, Art and Languages.
Different students have different opinions about school in Britain. Some students think school life is very interesting and important, but some students think it's boring and difficult.
(1) What time do the classes start in Britain
A．At 3:30 a. m. B．At 3:30 p. m. C．At 9:00 a. m. D．At 9:00 p. m.
(2) Which school clubs are mentioned in the passage
A．Dancing and computer clubs. B．English and history clubs.
C．Swimming and film clubs. D．Geography and football clubs.
(3) What school uniform do students wear in Britain
A．A skirt or trousers, a jacket and a tie.
B．Trousers and a sweater.
C．A coat and a tie.
D．A shirt and a tie.
(4) How many students in Britain like their school uniforms
A．All of them. B．None of them.
C．Some do and some don't. D．We don't know.
(5) What subjects do both Chinese and British students have
A．Chinese, Maths, English. B．Maths, Science, Politics.
C．Science, History, German. D．Languages, Maths, English.
(6) The passage is about _____ at school.
A．timetable B．subjects C．uniforms D．life
（2020·上海·单元测试） Fire can help people in many ways. But it can also be very harmful. Fire can make water hot and houses warm. It can give out heat. People use fire to cook food. But fire can burn things, too. It can make trees, houses, animals and other things catch fire. If some people can't escape (逃离) from fire, it may hurt or even kill them. Sometimes big fire can burn forests and destroy (破坏) many buildings. Today people know how to make a fire with matches. Children sometimes like to play with them. It's not safe to do so. The match can burn a piece of paper and then it can even burn a house. a small fire can become a big fire. Fire kills many people every year. So we must pay attention (关注) to fire when we use it.
(1) Fire is helpful but also very _____ for people.
A．good B．great C．bad D．healthy
(2) Fire can _____, so it is harmful.
A．burn things B．cook tood
C．make houses warm D．make water hot
(3) If some people can't escape from fire, he or she may be _____.
A．happy B．sad C．sleepy D．hurt or killed
(4) Sometimes matches can be very _____ and lead to big fire.
A．small B．big C．dangerous D．wonderfu
(5) People must be _____ with fire when they use it.
A．careful B．helpful C．kind D．afraid
(6) Which is NOT true according to the passage
A．Peeople use fire to Cook food.
B．Fire sometimes kills people.
C．Children mustn't play with fire but can play with matches.
D．Fire is not only helpful but also harmful.
（2020·上海·单元测试）
Have you ever stayed in a hotel Most Chinese hotels often provide guests with things like disposable (一次性的) toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers for free. Many guests like the idea because they don't have to bring their own. But, next time, when you are going travelling, don't forget to bring your own things. Some hotels in big cities won't provide guests with disposable things unless the guests ask for them. They want to ask people to use fewer disposable things.
Many disposable things are made of plastic. People throw them away after only using them once. It is a waste of natural resources and is very bad for the environment. Do you know, one Chinese person makes as much as 400 kg of waste a year! Most of that waste comes from disposable things. In Beijing, people throw away about 19,000 tons of plastic bags and 1,320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year! So the less plastic we throw out, the better. So, wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and again.
Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. Try to do these things in your daily life: use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones. After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry. Then you can use it over and over. Do not use paper cups. At your school canteen, use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of disposable ones.
(1) Why don't some hotels provide guests with the disposable things actively
(2) Guests have to pay for the disposable things in hotels, don't they
(3) What does the writer think of throwing away things after only using them once
He thinks that .
(4) How should we use a plastic bag
By .
(5) What should we use at the school canteen
We should .
(6) What does the writer want to suggest
He wants to suggest that .
答案
一、阅读理解题（共10题）
1. 【答案】
(1) Reddish-orange
(2) The lights are named after the town of Marfa, Texas.
(3) Because people are curious about the cause of the lights.
(4) The strange lights were seen earlier than the invention of cars with headlights.
(5) That refers to what some scientists have tried to prove.
(6) Because people still don't know why the Marfa lights dance and how they form.
【解析】
(1) 题干问：玛法之灯是什么颜色？根据文中“Suddenly, they observe glowing reddish-orange lights”可知，玛法之灯是橘红色的。
(2) 题干问：玛法之灯是如何得名的？根据文中“The lights are named for the town of Marfa, Texas”可知，这些灯是以德克萨斯州的马尔法镇命名的。
(3) 题干问：为什么很多人每天晚上都去看灯？根据前文“Are they the headlights of cars on the highway Are they…And then…they simply disappear!”可知，人们对这些光的成因很好奇，所以每晚来看。
(4) 题干问：这些奇怪的灯是在有前灯的汽车发明之前还是之后出现的？根据文中“the lights long before there were cars with headlights.”可知在有前灯的汽车发明之前，人们就看到了这种奇怪的灯。
(5) 题干问：第 4 段划下划线的 That 指的是什么？根据前一句“Some scientists have tried to prove that lights…”可知，That 指的是一些科学家试图证明的东西。
(6) 题干问：为什么作者说“玛法之灯，仍然是一个谜”？说出你的观点。根据文中“Some people say that the lights are moonlight shining on metal in the hills. Others say they are made by gases from swamps.”和“They move up and down, slow down and speed up. These dancing 'stars'”可知，人们仍然不知道它们是如何形成的以及为什么玛法之灯会跳舞。
【知识点】说明文、细节理解、推理判断、社会文化 (Social Culture)
2. 【答案】
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) D
【知识点】细节理解、最佳标题、句意理解、运动 (Sports and exercise)、说明文
3. 【答案】
(1) C
(2) A
(3) B
(4) B
(5) B
(6) C
【知识点】细节理解、记叙文、环境保护 (Environmental protection)、主旨大意
4. 【答案】
(1) A
(2) A
(3) C
(4) C
(5) D
(6) B
【知识点】细节理解、环境保护 (Environmental protection)、猜测词义、主旨大意
5. 【答案】
(1) Because there are no towns or buildings within miles.
(2) The people in Greece.
(3) Yes, he will.
(4) it's not polite
(5) The body language.
(6) Yes, I/ we can.
【知识点】细节理解、社会文化 (Social Culture)、记叙文
6. 【答案】
(1) Yes, it is.
(2) It's like a visit to the moon.
(3) Because you're no longer heavy.
(4) When you have tanks of air on your back.
(5) careful
(6) To catch fish.
【知识点】细节理解、运动 (Sports and exercise)、记叙文
7. 【答案】
(1) At least one day a month.
(2) Yes, he does.
(3) His plan is to ride his bicycle and walk more often in the future to protect the environment.
(4) Motor vehicle emissions are the main cause of Beijing's air pollution.
(5) 233.
(6) It is important to improve air quality. (Any reasonable answer is accep-table)
【知识点】环境保护 (Environmental protection)、细节理解、观点态度、记叙文
8. 【答案】
(1) C
(2) C
(3) A
(4) C
(5) D
(6) D
【知识点】记叙文、细节理解、主旨大意、社会文化 (Social Culture)
9. 【答案】
(1) C
(2) A
(3) D
(4) C
(5) A
(6) C
【知识点】细节理解、自然灾害 (Natural disasters)
10. 【答案】
(1) Because they want to ask people to use fewer disposable things.
(2) No, they don't.
(3) it is a waste of natural resources and is very bad for the environment
(4) washing it out, letting it dry and using it over and over
(5) use our own bowls and chopsticks
(6) we should do something to make our world a better place
【知识点】细节理解、环境保护 (Environmental protection)