九年级英语期末专项练习——阅读理解

九年级英语期末专项练习阅读理解AYesterday I got an e-mail from Emily. She is my old classmate. I remembered her face at once. She was the president (主席) of the singing club at that time. Clubs, clubs, clubs. Yes, everyone at school probably tried to join a club of some kind. There are many clubs in my school. We have a karate (空手道) club, a modern dance club, a club for Frisbee (飞盘), a football club, an environmental (环境的) club, an Indian culture club, an Asian culture club. Last year I went to karate club on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays after school. I've finally got a belt. There are so many clubs that I like but don't have the time for. I once joined the chess club, after I met Aaron and Brian. They are both good at chess. I went with them to a chess game and beat (打败) a couple of people. But later, chess classes were held at the same time as karate, so I had to stop going. Next year, I'm going to try and get into a chess game again.1. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Emily, the president of the singing club. B. Popular clubs among high school students.C. The author's experience of joining clubs. D. Ways to improve chess playing skills.2. The underlined sentence implies (暗示) that _.A. there are many clubs in the author's school B. the author loves clubs very muchC. clubs are too expensive for students D. clubs do students a lot of good3. What clubs has the author been in?A. Frisbee and chess. B. Karate and football.C. Karate and chess. D. Environmental and karate.4. Why did the author stop going to the chess club?A. Because he thinks it's boring to play chess.B. Because he is satisfied with his chess playing skills.C. Because he likes karate more than chess.D. Because karate classes were held at the same time with chess classes.5. We can tell from the story that the author is _ the clubs.A. bored with B. angry with C. excited about D. interested inBPeople have flown kites in Japan for more than a thousand years. There are many different kinds of kites there. Some look like bats(蝙蝠). Others look like bees or birds. Most have pictures on them. There are many interesting stories about kites in Japan. One story tells about a thief (小偷) who used a kite. He wanted to steal the gold from the top of a high tower (塔)。The thief and his friends raised it into the air. Then they moved the kite near the top of the tower. The thief was able to steal the gold. Another story tells about a father and a son. They were in trouble on an island near Japan. The father made a large kite. His son flew in it back to Japan. The young men of Japan have kite matches. When the kites are flying, the match starts. The young men try to break each others kite strings（细绳）.The last kite left in the sky is the winner.1. The passage mainly tell us _. A. how to fly kites B. how a kite match starts C. kites in Japan D. a thief and a father2. Most kites _. A .are very large B. are very small C. look like bees D. have pictures on them3. In the passage, the word “steal” means _.A. to take others things unlawfully. B. to borrow somethingC.to buy something in the shop D.to lend something4. In the kite match the young men try to _.A. make their kites fly high B. draw beautiful pictures on their kitesC. make very large kites themselves D.break strings of each others kites5. A father made a large kite to help his son to _.A. a steal gold B. fly over the island C. fly over the sea D. return to their countryCWe use the Internet for many things: business, shopping, writing letters, talking to people,finding information and so on. In recent years, a new kind of English has grown on theInternet. There's no real word for it yet, so we'll call it e-talk.     People don't like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters(called acronyms). Acronyms are often used in chat rooms(聊天室). Some of them are:     BTW (by the way)     BRB (be right back) LOL (laughing out loud)    IMO (in my opinion)     People also use many abbreviations. They are shortened forms of words. Some commonabbreviations are:     info (information)        puter (computer) pic (picture)                sec (second)     We usually don't see people when we communicate(交流） on the Net, so people havenew ways to show feelings. Most people use their keyboards to draw "feelings", such as:      :-)  (happy)     ;-)  (joking)       :-(  (sad)        :-O  (surprised) There are even whole new words, like "newbies"(someone who is new on a chat boardor forum). When you write something bad about someone else, it's called "flaming" the person.      It takes time for people to get used to(适合) e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbies sometimes have to ask other peop