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题型:阅读选择 题类:常考题 难易度:容易

初中新目标(go for it)九年级英语下学期期中模拟测试

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    “My dear lady,”says Holmes.“You're shivering.Are you cold? Do you want a cup of hot tea?”

    “I'm not cold,”the woman replies,“I fear for my life!”

    “We are here to help you.Don't worry about anything.I don't know you.But I know many things about you.For example,I know how you traveled.You came to London by train.You also rode to the train station on a horse—drawn wagon.''

    “Why,yes.You‘re right.But how do you know these things?”

    “I see a return ticket in your glove.I see fresh mud on the left arm of your dress. Now tell us your problem.''

    “My name is Helen Stoner,”she states,“My mother and father are dead.I am living with my stepfather.Dr.Grimsby Roylott.He comes from a rich family.But they are no longer rich.They have nothing except a small piece of land and a huge old house.We are living in the house. Dr.Roylott is using my mother's mone37 for expenses.Part of it was for my sister and me. It was for our marriages.”

    Holmes is sitting in his chair.His eyes are closed.He is listening carefully to Helen's story.He hears every detail.

    Helen continues. “My stepfather has no friends.He fights with everyone.He is strong and gets angry quickly. Everyone is afraid of him.”

    “He has no friends at all?”asks Holmes.

    “No.He talks to no one except the gypsies(吉普赛人).They are poor people who travel from place to place.A band of gypsies is staying on our land right now.''

    “Are you and your sister afraid of the gypsies?”

    “My dear Mr.Holmes.You are making me so sad.My sister is dead.That is why I am standing here in this room.”    ,  .

(1)、The word “shivering” in the first paragraph can be replaced by         

A、shaking B、doubting C、wondering D、crying
(2)、Which of the statements is true according to the passage?    

A、Holmes knows Helen very well because they are old friends. B、Helen Stoner is a homeless woman. C、Helen and her sister are afraid of his father. D、Holmes knows many facts about Helen.
(3)、Helen's life is      according to her description.    

A、happy B、comfortable C、hard D、lucky
(4)、What is Holmes doing while Helen is telling her story?    

A、Sleeping in his chair. B、listening carefully. C、Staring at the woman. D、Turning a deaf ear(充耳不闻).
(5)、The passage is probably from      .    

A、a newspaper B、a text C、an advertisement(广告) D、a novel
举一反三
阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

    As my husband, Doug, stood on the busy New York city street trying to stop a taxi, I tried to protect my daughter from the cold December wind and rain. I put my head down to kiss her tiny face.

    Frustrated and 1, my husband gave up his attempt to flag down a taxi. I knew the feeling. Just after her first birthday, we 2that our daughter Katie had a rare brain illness. Since that moment, Doug and I felt like runners in a marathon race where the finish line kept disappearing. We knew Katie was running out of 3. It had taken months before we finally 4 a name for the illness, but only a few specialists in the world knew 5 to fix it. Now, as we finally found a brilliant doctor to save our girl, we were in a strange 6in the cold rain.

    Just at the moment, a middle-aged woman pulled over and said, "Pardon me? May I offer you a ride?"

    7 we could say anything, she continued, "It's really no trouble for8. Just get in."

    It was then that I noticed her thick Irish accent,which9 me up like hot soup. We 10 said, "Thanks! Roosevelt Hospital, please," as we got in her car for the ride.

    "Are you going 11 the baby?" she asked us.

    I nodded my head, holding back my tears.

    At the hospital, we 12 her a dozen times for the ride, as the woman hugged me. I noticed her face was wet with tears. She promised to pray for us before she left.

    After three more visits to New York and two more 13surgeries,Katie is cured. But the 14of the Irish Angel still rang as a constant reminder of a tiny ray of light that appeared in our15days. We would pray for her just as she did for us.

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