牛津英語譯林版九年級英語閱讀強化訓練13

一、完形填空

LeoandOctyweregoodfriends.Theyspentmanyhappydays___1___,swimmingtothefarawayreefs（礁）.

Theotherfishwerealwayssurprisedathowsuchatinyclownfish（4、丑魚）likeLeoandahugeoctopuslikeOcty

couldbe___2___.

ButbothOctyandLeonevercaredabouttheir___3___.Forthemjusteachother9sfriendshipmattered.

Theyusuallyswamforhourstogetherand___4___LeogottiredhewouldgetarideonOcty'sback.Theyoften

spenttheirtimeplayinggameslikehideandseek.___5___thedayspassedinfunandjoy.

Oneday,asusual,theyswamtothereefsandwereplayinghideandseek.ItwasLeo'sturn,buthe___6___

findOcty.LeocalledouttoOcty,butstillhedidn'tfindOcty.

ItwasthenthatLeoheardalowvoicenotfar.Heswamfasttotheplaceandtohispanic,hesawthatOcty

wastrappedunderahugerock.44___7___canIsaveOcty?”Leocried.ItwassofarforLeotoswimbackhome

toaskforhelpand___8___thetimehecamebackitwouldbetoolatetohelpOcty.Leodidn'tknowwhattodo.

Afterafewminutes,Leo___9___tosaveOctybyhimself.Heenteredthebottomofthehugerockandtried

topush___10___hardwithallhisstrength,butthehugerockdidn'tmoveatall.WhileseeingOctycryinginpain,

Leowasvery___11___.“WhatshallIdo?”Leoaskedhimselfagainandagain.

“Ishouldaskothersforhelp,^^Leothought.Justthen,he___12___asharkswimmingnearby.Without

thinkingtwice,heswamtowardshim,althoughheknewhemightlosehis___13___.Whilegettingclosetothe

shark,hesaid,"MrShark,couldyouhelpme___14___myfriendtrappedunderthehugerock?”"OK,"theshark

said."Butafterthat,youshouldbemylunch.""OK,"Leosaid,withoutanythought.Thesharkwastouchedand

thought,caWhatagreat___15___!Ishouldhelphimwithoutbeingpaidback.^Immediately,thesharkpushedthe

hugerocktosaveOcty.Finally,theybecamegoodfriends.

1.A.aloneB.togetherC.fastD.sadly

2.A.friendsB.enemiesC.neighboursD.brothers

3.A.coloursB.namesC.sizesD.kinds

4.A.becauseB.althoughC.whenD.unless

5.A.ButB.OrC.AsD.So

6.A.couldn'tB.mustn'tC.couldD.must

7.A.WhyB.WhereC.WhenD.How

8.A.inB.atC.byD.for

9.A.decidedB.hatedC.agreedD.expected

10.A.themB.itC.himD.her

11.A.happyB.excitedC.worriedD.lucky

12.A.SawB.keptC.heardD.watched

13.A.workB.moneyC.foodD.life

14.A.protectB..saveC.findD.catch

15.A.surpriseB.mistakeC.friendshipD.difference

二、閱讀理解

A

Manyteenagerslikedetectivestories.Theyenjoygoingbehindthesceneswiththemaincharacteradetective.

Herearethreeofthemostpopulardetectivestoriesforteens.Whichofthemdoyouwanttobuy?

NatetheGreat（Book1of28）

NatetheGreathasanewcase!HisfriendAnniehaslostanexpensivepicture.ShewantsNatetohelpherfindit.

Natemustgetallthefacts,asktherightquestionsandnarrowthelistofsuspects.Jointhegreatdetectiveashesolves

themystery,willyou?

Paperback:$5.39E-book:$5.99?BuyitonAmazon

EncyclopediaBrown,BoyDetective(Book1of28)

EncyclopediaBrownisIdavilleneighbourhood'sten-year-oldstardetective.Hesolvesmysteriesforthe

neighbourhoodkids.HisdadisthechiefoftheIdavillePoliceDepartment.Everynight,Encyclopediahelpshimsolve

hismostdifficultcases.Therearetencasesineachbook.NotonlydoesEncyclopediahaveachancetosolvethem,but

thereaderisalsogivenalltheclues.

Paperback:$4.99E-book:$2.80?BuyitonAmazon

The100-YearOldSecret:TheSherlockFiles(Book1of4)

XenaandXanderHolmeshavejustfoundthey5rethegreatgreatgrandchildrenofSherlockHolmes.Theyare

givenSherlock5sunsolvedcasebook.Thetwosetouttosolvethecases.Cantwo21st-centurykidssucceedwhere

Sherlockcouldnot?

Paperback:$7.79E-book:$5.67?BuyitonAmazon

1.HowmanybooksarethereintheNatetheGreatseriesinall?

A.Four.B.Ten.C.Twenty-six.D.Twenty-eight.

2.InBook1ofNatetheGreat,whatdoesNate'sfriendAnnieaskhimtodo?

A.Toshowheralistofsuspects.B.Tofindalostpicture.

C.Todrawapictureofthesuspect.D.Totakeapictureofher.

3.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutEncyclopediaBrown,BoyDetectiveisTRUE?

A.Itisthemostpopularofthethreedetectivestories.B.Encyclopediaisacharacterinreallife.

C.Theendingsarenotshownimmediatelytothereader.D.Encyclopedia'sfatherisafamousdetective.

4.WhoisthemaincharacterofThe100-Year-OldSecret:TheSherlockFiles?

A.Twochildren,B.SherlockHolmes.

C.Ayoungstardetective.D.Aboyandhisdetectivefather.

5.Wherecanweprobablyreadthispassage?

A.FromaWeChatMoment.B.Fromanadvertisementofabookstore.

C.Inastorybookforchildren.D.Inamagazineforlanguageteachers.

B

AlatestachievementmadebyajointresearchteamfromZhejiangLabandZhejiangUniversitywas

publishedinNatureasacoverstorytitledSelf-poweredsoftrobotintheMarianaTrenchonMarch4.

Theresearchteamcreatedtheworld'sfirstsoftrobotthatcanbeoperated10000metresundertheocean

surfaceandcompletedtheworld'sfirstdeepseafreeswimmingtestofasoftrobot.TheMarianaTrench,the

deepestknownpointinEarth'soceans,iscalled“thefourthpoleoftheEarth^^foritshighhydrostaticpressure,

lowtemperatureandcompletedarkness.

Thecontinuousadvancingprogressofdeepdivingtechnologieshelpedpeopletofindhundredsofanimal

speciesintheMarianaTrench,includingthesnailfish,ananimalthatisabletosurviveapressureofnearly100

Mpathankstoitsstructure——bonesdistributedintinypartsinitssoftbody.

Inspiredbythestructureofthesnailfish,theresearchcentreforintelligentrobotsoftheZJLabandtheZJU

kickedoffresearchintodeepseasoftrobotsinMay2018.

Theself-poweredsoftrobotdevelopedbythejointresearchteamisintheshapeofafish,withalengthof22

cmandawingspanof28cm,moreorlessaslargeasA4sheets.

Hardcomponents,includingcontrolcircuitsandbatteries,aredistributedacrossthegel-likebodyofthe

robot.Thematerialsandstructureofcomponentsandtherobotbodyenabletherobottoresisthydrostatic

pressure10,000metresundertheoceansurfacewithoutanyhardshell.

""Comparedwithtraditionalhighpressureresistantdeepdivingequipment,thedeep-seasoftrobotwas

developedwithnewtechnologies,whichisexpectedtoreducethedifficultyandcostofdeepseaexploration,

saidLiGuorui,thefirstwriterofthearticle,aswellasaseniorresearcherwiththeresearchcentreforintelligent

robotsoftheZJLab."Ourrobotenjoysbrightapplicationprospectsinharshandextremeenvironmentssuchas

deepsea,polarregions,andhigh-impactscenarios,Linoted.

Theresearchteamwillcontinuestudyingtheintegratedsystemofenergy,drive,andperceptionofdeep-sea

softrobots,soastoimprovetheirintelligencewhilecuttingapplicationcosts.

1.Whafsspecialaboutthesoftrobotmentionedinthepassage?

A.ItwaspublishedinNature.B.Itwasthefirstsoftrobot.

C.Itcanworkunderdeepsea,D.Itwasmadebyajointteam.

2.WhatcanwelearnabouttheMarianaTrenchfromthepassage?

A.TherearenolivingthingsintheMarianaTrench.

B.Sunlightcan'tbeseenintheMarianaTrench.

C.ManylargeseaanimalsliveintheMarianaTrench.

D.ItiswarmatthebottomoftheMarianaTrench.

3.Whereistheideafortheinventionofthesoftrobotfrom?

A.Akindoffishlivinginthedeepsea,B.AkindofbirdslivingintheNorthPole.

C.Akindoffishwithbroadbodies.D.Acertainkitefromancienttimes.

4.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“resist“inthepassagemean?

A.Beprotectedfrom.B.Betakenawayfrom.C.Beputinto.D.Bekeptaway.

5.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.Thesoftrobotlooksliketraditionaldivingequipment.

B.Thesoftrobotmaymakedeepseaexplorationeasier.

C.Thesoftrobotwassuccessfullyinventedin2018.

D.Thesoftrobotneedsahardshellwhileworkingindeepsea.

C

Fromredapplesandyellowlemonstoblueberriesandgreenmelons,fruitscomeinmanydifferentcolours.

Whydodifferentkindsoffruitshavesomanycolours?

AccordingtoLuWeifromtheChineseAcademyofSciences,fruitcoloursactuallycomefromtheirdifferent

pigments（色素），suchasredoryellowcarotenoid（類胡蘿卜素）andblueorpurpleanthocyanin（花青素）.These

pigmentsappearindifferentamounts,dependingonthefruifsenvironment.Thiscausesthefruittoturnacertain

colour.

Tofindouthowtheenvironmentaffectsfruitcolours,Chinesescientistsstudiedmorethan280differentfruit

colours,includingwhite,red,blue,purpleandblack.

Theyfoundthatredfruittendstogrowincoolerplaces.Andinsteadofjustgrowinginoneplace,youcan

findthemgrowinginmanyplacesaroundtheworld.Blueandpurplefruitmostlygrowsinwarmplaces.Thefruit

tendstogrowalotinjustonespecificarea.Thescientistsalsofoundthatthecloserthefruitistotheequator（赤

道），thedarkeritscolourwillbe.

Animalsalsohaveanimpactontheevolutionoffruitcolours.Animalseatfruitanddroptheseedsinother

placeslater.Thishelpsthefruitspreadandgrowindifferentplaces.Therefore,inordertoattractanimals,some

fruitdevelopscoloursthatareeasyforanimalstosee.

However,animalsseecoloursinadifferentway.Fruitneedstodevelopcoloursthataresuitedtoanimals9

visualabilities.Forexample,birdscanseeredmoreeasilythanhumanscan.Therefore,theretendstobemorered

fruitinareaswherebirdslive.Thelemurs（狐猴）ofMadagascarareredgreencolour-blind.Mostyellowfruitcan

befoundintheirhabitats,astheycaneasilyseethiscolour.

1.Howmanykindsoffruitsarementionedinthepassage?

A.One.B.Two,C.Three.D.Four.

2.WhatdoesParagraph4mainlytellus?

A.Thecoloursoffruitchangeastheenvironmentchanges.

B.Thecoloursofthefruitneartheequatorarelighterthanthoseinotherplaces.

C.Therearedifferentkindsoffruitsindifferentplaces.

D.Ifsgoodtoeatfruitofdifferentcolours.

3.Themeaningoftheunderlinedword“evolution“issimilarto.

A.planB.beautyC.developmentD.form

4.Fromthepassage,weknow

A.280differentfruitcoloursarefoundnowB.somefruitdevelopscolourstoattractanimals

C.birdsareredgreencolourblindD.carotenoidisblueorpurple

5.Whafsthebesttitlefbrthepassage?

A.TheuseofdifferentcoloursoffruitB.Whyfruithaslotsofdifferentcolours

C.ThecoloursoffruitarerelatedtoanimalsD.Thecoloursoffruitarerelatedtotheclimate

D

Ihavejustreturnedfromavisittomylandlord,MrHeathcliff.IampleasedwiththehouseIamrentingfrom

him.ThrushcrossGrangeismilesawayfromanytownorvillage.Thatisgoodforme.Andthesceneryherein

Yorkshireissobeautiful!

MrHeathcliff,infact,ismyonlyneighbour,andIthinkhischaracterissimilartomine.Hedoesnotlike

peopleeither.

“MynameisLockwood,1said,whenImethimatthegateofhishouse.'TmrentingThrushcrossGrange

fromyou.Ijustwantedtocomeandintroducemyself."Hesaidnothing,butlookedkindofunhappy,anddidnot

encouragemetoenter.Afterawhile,however,hedecidedtoinvitemein."Joseph,takeMrLockwood'shorse!”

hecalled.ctAndbringupsomewinefromthecellar!^^Josephwasaveryoldservant,withaspecialexpressionon

hisface.Helookedimpolitelyupatmeashetookmyhorse."Godhelpus!Avisitor!9,hesaidtohimself.Perhaps

therewerenootherservants,Ithought.AnditseemedthatMrHeathcliffhardlyeverreceivedguests.

HishouseiscalledWutheringHeights.Thenamemeans"awindswepthouseonahill”,anditisaverygood

description.Thetreesaroundthehousedonotgrowstraight,butarebentbythenorthwind,whichblowsoverthe

moorseverydayoftheyear.Fortunately,thehouseisstronglybuilt,andisnotdamagedevenbytheworstwinter

storms.Thename“Earnshaw“iscutintoastoneoverthefrontdoor.

MrHeathcliffandIenteredthehugemainroom.ItcouldhavebeenanyYorkshirefarmhousekitchen,except

thattherewasnosignofcooking,andnofarmersittingatthetable.MrHeathcliffcertainlydoesnotlooklikea

farmer.Hishairandskinaredark,likeagipsy's,buthehasthemannersofagentleman.Hecouldperhapstake

morecarewithhisappearance,butheishandsome.Ithinkheisproud,andalsounhappy.

Wesatdownbythefire,insilence.

“Joseph!”shoutedMrHeathcliff.Noanswercamefromthecellar,sohediveddownthere,leavingmealone

withseveralratherfiercelookingdogs.Suddenlyoneofthemjumpedangrilyupatme,andinamomentallthe

otherswereattackingme.Fromeveryshadowycomerinthegreatroomappearedagrowlinganimal,readytokill

me,itseemed.

“Help!MrHeathcliff!Help!^^Ishouted,tryingtokeepthedogsback.Mylandlordandhisservantwereinno

hurrytohelp,andcouldnothaveclimbedthecellarstepsmoreslowly,butluckilyawoman,whoIsupposedwas

thehousekeeper,rushedintotheroomtocalmthedogs.

“Whatisthematter?”MrHeathcliffaskedmerudely,whenhefinallyenteredtheroom.

“Yourdogs,sir!”Ireplied.t6Youshouldn'tleaveastrangerwiththem.

They'redangerous.

“Come,come,MrLockwood.Havesomewine.Wedon'toftenhavestrangershere,andI'mafraidneitherI

normydogsareusedtoreceivingthem.^^

Icouldnotfeeloffendedafterthis,andacceptedthewine.Wesatdrinkingandtalkingtogetherforawhile.I

suggestedvisitinghimagaintomorrow.Hedidnotseemhappytoseemeagain,butIshallgoanyway.Iam

interestedinhim,evenifheisn'tinterestedinme.

文章節選自《呼嘯山莊》（W認仇eringHeights）

1.HowisMrHeathcliff'scharacter?

A.Outgoing.B.Lonely.C.Friendly.D.Active.

2.Lockwoodagreedthat.

A.JosephwasaverygoodservantB.MrHeathcliffhadsomeservants

C.guestshardlyevervisitedMrHeathcliffD.MrHeathcliffwashappytomeethim

3.AccordingtoLockwood,whatwasTRUEaboutMrHeathcliff?

A.Proudandunhappy.B.Proudandclever.C.Uglybuthappy.D.Uglybut

handsome.

4.WhocametosaveLockwoodwhenheaskedforhelp?

A.MrHeathcliff.B.Joseph.C.Awoman.D.Adog.

5.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.LockwoodfoughtagainstMrHeathcliff.B.MrHeathcliffaskedLockwoodtovisitagain.

C.LockwoodleftMrHeathcliffwithoutdrinking.D.LockwoodmightvisitMrHeathcliffthenextday.

三、任務型閱讀

A

Intheeconomicdownturn（經濟低迷時期），manypeoplestarttolookforwaystoreducetheirhousehold

costsandsavemoney.Havingathrifty（節儉的）lifestyledoesnothavetomeannotspendingmoney.Making

smallchangeswillallowyoutosavemoneyandstillenjoyyourfavouritetreatsandactivities.Beingthriftycan

helpyoutosaveforretirement,payoffyourcreditcarddebtsfasterorevenjustsavemoneyforadreamholiday.

Toliveinathriftyway,youneedtopayattentiontoyourday-todayexpenses.

Trackyourspendingforatleasttwoweeks.Youwon'treallyknowhowtohaveathriftierlifestyleuntilyou

knowwhereyourmoneyisgoing.Writedowneverythingwhenyouspendmoneyandtakealookatitattheend

ofthemonth,Youwillseeobviouswaystoreduceyourdailyexpenses.SurftheInternetwhenyouhavetomake

purchases,Becauseitiseasytoaccesssuchinformation,youcancomparepricesfrommoreshopsinlesstime.

Checkyourlocalshopsaswellasonlineproviderstofindthebestprice.

Turnoffthelightsandotherelectricalthingsinyourhomewhenyouarenotusingthem.Openthewindows

andletinthenaturallightinstead.Leavingelectricalthingsoncanusealargeamountofextraenergy,wasting

yourmoney.Also,removechargers（充電器）fromthewallwhenyouarenotusingthem.

CutbackonyourcableTV（有線電視）expenses.Youprobablydon'treallyneed500channels.Reduceyour

cablepackageandsavealargeamountofmoneyeveryyear.Ifyoudecideyoureallycan'tlivewithoutit,call

yourcablecompanyandseeiftherearesomediscountsavailable.

Usecouponswhenyoudoyourregulargroceryshopping.Manywebsitesofferfreecouponsthatyoucan

taketothegroceryshop.ChecksiteslikeBettyCrockerforcouponsfordifferentkindsofnamebrandproducts.

Combiningproducers9couponswithshopdiscountscanleadtomajorgrocerysavings.

Eatingoutisusuallyexpensive.Ifyouhaveto,youcanlookforavailabledealsanddiscounts.Ifyouoften

havedinnerinrestaurants,considerbuyinganentertainmentcouponbookforlocalrestaurants.

根據短文內容，完成表格。（每空一詞）

Howtobethrifty

Leadingathriftylife,especiallyintheeconomicdownturn,willdo1.______to

yourlifenowandinthefuture.

Introduction

Beingthriftydoesnot2.meanusinglessmoneybutusingmoneyina

reasonablewayindailylife.

3.______onKeep4.______ofyourspendingforsometimeandyouwillfindoutsome

havingathriftywaystoreduceyourdailyexpensesobviously.

lifestyleYoucansurftheInternetand5.thepricesofonlineproviderswithlocal

shopstogetthebestone.

Electricalthings,6.______chargersonthewallinyourhome,shouldbeturned

offorremovedwhenyouarenotusingthem.

HavingtoomanyTVchannelswill7.______youalotofmoney,soreduce

someortrytofinda8.______.

Usingvariouscouponsalongwithshopdiscountscan9.inmajor

grocerysavings.

Eatingoutsometimesisa10.______ofmoney,solookforspecialdiscountsif

youhaveto.

B

The“WorldFutureSociety^^isagroupofpeoplefrommorethan100countrieswhoareinterestedinhow

moderntechnologyismakingourlifebetter.

Theythinkthethingsthatwewillbeabletodointhefutureshouldhelpuslivebetterinmanyways,athome

andatwork,inourowncountryandaroundtheworld.Herearejusttwoofthem.

,Peoplewillliveupto120yearsoldandusethenewtechnologytohelpwhentheyareblind,deaforhave

otherproblems.Thenumberofthepeopleoverahundredyearsoldwillincrease.Peoplethinkthatby2050,about

100millionworkerswillbeabletoworkathomeforcompaniesindifferentcountriesbyusingtheInternet.

,Thenewtechnologyof“nanotechnology”,whichreferstosmallrobotsormachines,willmakeallthe

thingssmallerandlighter.Very,verysmallmachinescouldtakeawayrubbish,makethingsinfactoriesandhelp

peopletakeawayfatintheirbodies.By2050peoplewillprobablybeabletowearthesesmallmachinesthatlook

likewatches,Theywillgiveuslotsofinformationaboutourbodiesandhelpkeepushealthy.

根據短文內容，回答下列問題。每題答案不超過5個詞。

1.Whatisthe"WorldFutureSociety95tryingtodo?

2.Howmanycountriesarethemembersofthe“WorldFutureSociety"from?

3.Howoldcanpeopleliveuptoaccordingtothepassage?

4.Willtheworkersbeabletoworkforcompaniesf