阅读理解 Father's Day has a very short history. It was started because there was a Mother's Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother's Day, we should also have a Father's...

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广东省肇庆市高要区金利镇朝阳教育集团2019届九年级上学期英语第一次月考试卷（含听力音频）

阅读理解

Father's Day has a very short history. It was started because there was a Mother's Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother's Day, we should also have a Father's Day. Father's Day has become important in North America. And shopkeepers (店主) found it was a good way to get people to buy presents for their fathers, presents from their shops.

By the way, very few countries have a Father's Day, though some have Children's Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother's Day, so maybe Father's Day will also become popular before too long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father's Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do—buy a Father's Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy a Father's Day present—not for her father but for her husband, even if he is a not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy a Father's Day present for their grandfathers.

The important thing to remember about Father's Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.

（1）、Father's Day was started just because ______.

A、there was a Mother's Day B、there was a Children's Day C、people liked their fathers very much D、shopkeepers found it was a good way to earn money

（2）、Which of the following is NOT true?

A、Very few countries have a Father's Day. B、Americans never care about Father's Day. C、Father's Day has become important in North America. D、Fathers may get presents on Father's Day.

（3）、In America, people have a Father's Day to ______.

A、go shopping with their fathers B、help their fathers do something C、buy presents for their fathers D、show their love to their fathers

（4）、On Father's Day, shopkeepers always want ______.

A、people to buy as many as presents B、children to buy presents only for their fathers C、women to buy presents only for their husbands D、fathers to save as much money as they can

（5）、It can be learned from the article that ______.

A、the writer is against Father's Day B、many countries have a Father's Day C、shopkeepers can get more money on Father's Day than usual D、people only buy presents for their father on Father's Day

举一反三

Americans usually eat three meals a day. Breakfast usually comes before eight o'clock in the morning. They usually have eggs, some meat, bread, fruit juice and coffee. Lunch is between twelve and one o'clock. It is like a light meal and working people must take lunch with them or get it near workplace.
Children in school take sandwiches, fruit, and cookies with them or eat in school. Supper, the main meal, is between six and eight in the evening. People cook it carefully. They may have meat or chicken, turkey and duck. They may all have potatoes or rice, vegetables or salad. The drink is coffee, tea or milk. Then comes the dessert.

    Online shopping is growing fast in China, and more and more Chinese are buying books online. At the same time, traditional bookstores are facing new challenges. A bookstore in Beijing is going out of business（生意）. All of its books are on sale. Bookstore owner Wang Jian says hot sales of books on the Internet pushed him to change the way he did business.
    China has the highest online book buying rate（率）in the world. More than years ago, dangdang.com became the first online bookseller, and now becomes very important in the Chinese online book market.
    Facing this challenge, the Xinhua Bookstore also built its online store a few years ago. Zhang Jian, CEO of the Xinhuabookstore.com, says now they are enlarging their online services.
    A “price war（战争）”is taking shape between traditional bookstores and online bookstores. Faced with the low-cost advantage of online bookstores, traditional ones can do nothing but lower their prices. At the same time, online bookstores are also starting price wars between each other.
    Now some traditional bookstores are trying their best to attract buyers in their own way. They exhibit books better and provide(提供) a very relaxed reading environment in the bookstore. Even though, traditional bookstores can hardly compete with some of the advantages of online bookstores, for example 24-hour service.

    American and British people use different greetings. In the USA the commonest greeting is “Hi”. In Britain it is "Hello!" or "How are you?"“Hi!" is creeping（不知不觉地进入）into British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, "Glad to know you. ” The British say, "How do you do?" or "Pleased to meet you. "When Americans say "Good-bye", they nearly always add, "Have a good day. " or “Have a good trip. " etc. to friends and strangers alike. Britons are already beginning to use “Have a good day. ”
    The British usually use "got" in the sense of “have”. The Americans hardly ever do. AmE: Do you have a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I do. BrE: Have you got a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I have.
    There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words, e. g. check（US）/cheque（UK）. Many American words ending in “or”, e. g. honor, labor are spelt in British English with an “our,” e. g. honour, labour. Many verbs in American English with “ize” or “izing” forms, e. g. organize, realizing are spelt in BrE with “ise” or “ising”, e. g. organise, realising. In American English, “practice” is used both for the verb and noun. In BrE, the verb is spelt “practise”, and the noun “practice. ” In AmE, one writes “traveler,” while in BrE, one writes “traveller”.
    It was once predicted that British and American English would become separate (各自的)languages finally. But the opposite has happened. The links（联系）between the two countries are so strong that linguistically（语言上）,and probably culturally（文化上）too, they are closer together than ever before.
    AmE—— American English   BrE——British English

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

I like visiting museums on weekends. In them I can see lots of interesting things. In London there are lots of museums. Across from my house is the British Museum. Going to the museum is free but I don't like going there. In the museum I can't speak with people. I can't touch(摸) the things and I can't take photos.

The Science Museum is not near my home and I can't take photos in it. But I like going there, because I can run, touch the things and speak with people in it. In the museum, I can also do some interesting things by myself. It's a good way to learn about science. The Science Museum is open from 10 am to 6 pm every day. If you have time, please visit it. It's my favorite place in the world.

根据短文内容的理解，选择正确答案。

"How are you?" is a nice question. It's a friendly way that people in the United States greet each other, but "How are you?" is also a very unusual question. It's a question that often doesn't have an answer. The person who asks "How are you?" hopes to hear the answer "Fine", even if the Derson's friend isn't fine. The reason is that "How are you?" isn't really a question and "Fine", isn't really an answer. They are simply other ways of saying "Hello!" or "Hi!".

Sometimes, people also don't say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks "Do you agree?". the other person might be thinking, "No, I disagree. I think you're wrong. "But it isn't very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say "I'm not so sure. "It's a nicer way to say that you don't agree with someone.

People also don't say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking with other people. For example, many talks over the phone finish when one person says "I have to go now. "Often, the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse: "Someone's at the door." "Something is burning on the stove. "The excuse might be real, or it might not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn't want to talk any more, but it isn't polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn't hurt the other person.

Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, or finishing a talk, people often don't say exactly what they are thinking. It's an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it's part of the game of language.

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On New Year's Eve, people in Italy throw out all the old things. So there are chairs, beds, clothes and plates in the streets. In Spain, New Year comes more quietly. Everyone holds a bag of grapes. When twelve o'clock comes, people start eating the grapes.

In Japan, people eat noodles on New Year's Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next morning, some families climb Mount Fuji. There they watch the first sunrise of New Year.

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