科目：初中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
| Dear sir, I got married forty years ago. Unfortunately, at that time there was a lot of unemployment and I got no job. I was out of work for about six months before I got another one. Of course I was very short of money. I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring one day. The assistant brought some rings for me to have a look, later she was called away for a moment, and then I put one of the rings into my pocket. When she came back, I said I did not know the size of my girlfriend’s finger. So I left the shop with the ring but I didn’t pay for it. My wife died a month ago, and the fact that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience(让我良心不安)all these years. I always feel guilty about that. At that time the ring cost $100, and I think that is about ten times at today’s price. Now, I am sending you that amount. Yours truly, A customer |
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科目：初中英语 来源：2013-2014学年江苏省附属中学九年级上学期期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect(尊敬) elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.
I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.
In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.
However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire(退休) or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.
After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.
1.Jack brought the couple their food very fast because______.
A. the manager asked him to do so B. he respected the elderly
C. the couple wanted him to do so D. he wanted more pay
2.In Jack’s hometown, ______.
A. people dislike being called “old”
B. people are proud of being old
C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty
D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants
3. After this experience, Jack ______.
A. lost his job in the restaurant
B. made friends with the couple
C. no longer respected the elderly
D. changed his way with older people
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A . The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.
B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.
C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.
D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.
5.Which is the best title for this passage?
A. Different countries, different customs B. Old people, old customs
C. Different restaurants, different services D. Differences between old and young
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科目：初中英语 来源：2012-2013学年湖北省黄冈市九年级上学期期末考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：其他题
补全对话（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
A: Hi! Sue. You look stressed out. 1. ?
B: I overslept this morning. And I didn’t catch the school bus.
A:2. ?
B: Yes, I was. By the time I got to school, my teacher had started teaching already.
A:3. ?
B: He asked me to go to his office after school.
A: I’m sorry to hear that. By the way, will you be free this Sunday? Let’s go out and have fun.
B:4. ?
A: How about the new mall on Oak Street?
B:5. ?
A: Yes, I think it is a good place. After all, there are so many products and they are all cheap.
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科目：初中英语 来源：2011-2012学年浙江省九年级上学期调研测试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完型填空
My parents had some strange rules when my sister and I were growing up. For example, they never 1 us soda or juice. Our choice was water or iced tea 2 no sugar. My mom’s 3 for it was that she didn’t like kids who only drank sweet drinks, or worse, kids who did not like 4 ! She wanted to teach us to like water or 5 unsweetened drinks that did not come in a bottle. We, on the other hand, wanted to 6 a coke when we ate out. Now I can make my own decisions, but I 7 choose juice or soda. I don’t __ 8___ it. It’s not because I don’t like it. I’m just used to drinking water. Many people 9 to think that a kid needs juice. If the child can’t get it, he or she will secretly buy this kind of drink elsewhere. I found this really 10 , since I was raised 11 no juice or soda, and I didn’t really 12 only having water. Now people 13 kids to make their own choices, 14 I grew up in a family where the children’s opinions were seldom (很少) 15 for, and the parents made the final decisions.
1. A．needed B．sold C．bought D．left
2. A．with B．of C．off D．without
3. A．decision B．reason C．hobby D．experience
4. A．soda B．juice C．water D．milk
5. A．another B．the other C．others D．other
6. A．order B．reply C．obey D．achieve
7. A．ever B．never C．always D．sometimes
8. A．think about B．take care C．pay for D．think out
9. A．like B．seem C．study D．get
10. A．excited B．difficult C．interesting D．necessary
11. A．on B．with C．by D．for
12. A．give up B．care about C．take pride in D．agree with
13. A．allow B．design C．teach D．cause
14. A．as B．since C．but D．though
15. A．added B．asked C．influenced D．regarded
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科目：初中英语 来源：2011年湖北省黄石市中考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at school. When I made my first visit to the United States, I was sure I could have a nice and easy holiday without any language problem. But how wrong I was!
At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to tell my friend Danny that I had arrived. An American asked if he could help me. "Yes," I said, '1 want to give my friend a ring."
"Well, that's nice. Are you getting married?" he asked. "No," I replied, "I just want to tell him I have arrived." "Oh," he said, "there is a phone downstairs on the first floor." "But we're on the first floor now," I said.
"Well, I don't know what you are talking about Maybe you aren't feeling too well after your journey," he said. "Just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better." And he went off, leaving me wondering where on earth I was: At home we wash up after a meal to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?
At last we did meet. Danny explained the misunderstanding: Americans say "to give someone a call", but we English say "to give somebody a ring". When we say "to wash your hands", they say "to wash up". And Englishmen start numbering from the ground floor so the first floor is the second for Americans.
1.The writer went to America by ______.
A. plane B. ship C. bus D. train
2.The writer went to America for______ .
A. education B. business C. holiday D. friendship
3.The American thought "a ring" should be a________ .
A. phone call B. present C. person D. letter
4.Englishmen usually wash up________ .
A. after dinner B. after a journey
C. when they are tired D. before they telephone someone
5.The third floor in England is the ______floor in America.
A. first B. second C. third D. Fourth
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