1、=【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 浙江省永嘉县大若岩镇中学 2013 届九年级英语全册 阅读竞赛 人教新目标版 根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，并把它前面的代号 (、或 )填入括号内： (一 ) Over thirty thousand years ago people from northern Asia (亚洲北部 ) went to America. Today, we call these people Indians(印第安人 ). The Indians went to America because the weather began to change. Nothern Asi
2、a became very cold. Everything froze. They had to move or die. How did the first Indians go to America? They walked! Later Columbus found the New World in 1492. At first, only a few Europeans followed(跟随 ). They travelled to America in boats. For the next three hundred years, about 500,000 people we
3、nt there. Then the number grew very quickly. From 1815 to 1915, over thirty-two million Europeans left their countries and went to the United States. The biggest groups were from Germany and Italy (意大利 ). These Europeans spoke many different languages. Most of them took almost no money. They went to
4、 America so that they could find a better life. 1. _ went to America first. A) People from northern Asia B) People from Europe C) People from Germany D) Columbus 2. Why did the Indians go to America? Because _. A) northern Asia became very hot B) northern Asia became very cold C) they were intereste
5、d in America D) they liked travelling 3. The New World was _. A) Italy B) northern Asia C) Germany D) America 4. The first Europeans went to America _. A) by ship B) by bike C) by boat D) by train 5. These Europeans _. A) didnt speak the same language B) spoke English only C) spoke German only D) sp
6、oke both English and German 6. The Europeans went to America in order to _. A) find the New World B) find a better life C) build more boats D) learn English (二 ) Waston won his most important game and became Southern Chess Master (南部象棋大师 ) in 1977. He was given the silver (银 ) cup. “It isnt rightly
7、mine,”he said, when he was holding the cup.“It was won two years ago when I was on holiday in? “ A family was staying at my hotel (旅馆 ) at that time. Mrs Prag, the mother, was told that I played chess; and she begged me to give her young son a game. Hes only ten. she said, Ive been told that he play
8、s quite well. “ Well,as you can guess, I wasnt too happy. A player likes the opponent (对手 ) to play as well as he does. But it was holiday time and I agreed to play. We placed the board (棋盘 ) in the garden. The game began. I hoped it would be quick and so it was. “ soon knew that David Prag was no l
9、earner. After ten minutes his sister came =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = outside and began to play tennis against a wall.The boy seemed to lose interest in our game. He moved a piece (棋子 ) without care. I gave my attention to the board. “ Call me when you are ready, Mr Watson,he said. “ When I was ready?I looked
10、up.He had gone off to play with his sis- ter.I studied the board and found I was driven into corner.So it went on with David: a quick move, then tennis, back to the board,then back to his sister. My difficult condition became impossible to change. I was beaten,oh so easily,by a ten-year-old chess pl
11、ayer.He was the winner in twenty-eight minutes. “David Prag: a name to remember. I had a chance to use his game today, and it won this cup for me. To him, of course, it is only one of a hundred, or perhaps a thousand, winning games.” 7. When Mr Watson said, “It isnt rightly mine. It was won ?”,he me
12、ant _ two years before. A. he had played chess with a little boy for twenty-eight minutes B. he had had a chance to take part in an important game C. he had learned how to play chess from a child D. he had learned a good game from a child 8. Befor the game, Mr Watson was quite sure that _. A. the bo
13、y played as well as he did B. he would be Southern Chese Master two years later C. he could win the game easily D. the boy would win the game quickly 9. Why did David play tennis while he was playing chess with Watson? Because he _. A. had no interest in playing chess with adults (成年人 ) B. was not g
14、ood at playing chess C. liked playing tennis much better than playing chess D. played chess much better than Watson 10. From the story, we know that _. A. David Prag was the real winner B. Mr Watson was the real winner C. neither of them was the real winner D. both of them were the real winners ( )
15、11. Which of the following (下列 ) is NOT true? A. Sometimes young children can beat adults in playing chess. B. Watson thought he could win the game quickly, and so he did. C. Watson learned something from David and won the silver cup. D. Watson would never forget the name of the boy. ( ) （三） We can
16、see walls everywhere in the world. But the Great Wall of China is the biggest of all. The Chinese call it“The Ten -thousand-Li Great W-all”. It is in fact more than 6,000 kilometres long. It is 4-5 metres wide. In most places, five horses or ten men can walk side by side. When you visit the Great Wa
17、ll,you cant help wondering how the Chinese people were able to build such a great wall thousands of years ago. Witho -ut any modern machine, it was really very difficult to build it. They had to do all the work by hand.It took millions of men hundreds of years to build it. The Great Wall has a histo
18、ry of over two thousand years. The kings began to build the first parts of it around two thousand seven hundred years ago. Then Qin Shihuang =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = had all the walls joined up. He thought that could keep the enemy out of the country. Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest. Not
19、 only Chinese people but also people from all over the world come to visit it. 12. The Great Wall is the biggest of all walls in _. A. China B. Europe C. the world D. Asia (亚洲 ) 13. How long is the Great Wall? A. Its less than six hundred kilometres. B. Its over six million kilometres. C. Its six th
20、ousand kilometres. D. Its more than six thousand kilometres. 14. It took _ men _ years to build the Great Wall. A. millions;millions B. hundreds of; hundreds of C. millions of; hundreds of D. hundreds of; millions of 15. The Great Wall was built _. A. by people all over the world B. without any mode
21、rn machines C. with some other countrieshelp D. by all Chinese kings 16. Qin Shihuang thought the Great Wall could _. A. keep the enemy out of his country B. keep his body in it C. be visited by all the people D. make his country beautiful (四 ) One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood (木头
22、) near a river.Suddenly his old axe(斧子 )fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe.Then all at once a beautiful fairy(仙女 ) came out and asked the man what was the matter. “I have lost my axe,”he said.“It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood.” The fairy showed him a
23、 gold(金 ) axe and asked,“ Is this yours?” “No,”said the man. The fairy then showed him a silver(银 ) axe and asked again,“ Is this yours?”“ No,” again answered the man. Then she showed him the old axe. “Yes,that is mine,” called out the happy man. “I know it well enough,”said the fairy.“I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth,and now Ill give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one.” 在括号内选出一个符合短文内容的答案，将它的序号填在括号里。 17. One day when the man was cutting something, _. A.he fell into the water B.his axe dropped into the river C.his axe fe
