科目：初中英語 來源：2013屆江蘇東臺頭灶鎮(zhèn)中學(xué)九年級下期中考系列化�？加�(xùn)練英語卷（帶解析） 題型：閱讀理解
In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.
It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
【小題1】Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.
| A．want to be as rich as their neighbours |
| B．want others to know or to think that they are rich |
| C．don’t want others to know they are rich |
| D．want to be happy |
| A．live outside New York City | B．live in New York City |
| C．live in apartments | D．have many neighbours |
| A．a(chǎn)n important name | B．a(chǎn) popular name in the United States |
| C．his neighbour’s name | D．not a good name |
| A．do as the poor persons around him do |
| B．do everything he likes to do |
| C．do as his neighbours do |
| D．do as the rich people around him do |
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科目：初中英語 來源：2013年初中畢業(yè)升學(xué)考試（浙江杭州卷）英語（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
In the 1920s and 30s the airlines were just beginning. It was unusual for people to travel by air because it was expensive and dangerous. In those days, there were no flight attendants to look after the passengers. Young men ,or “stewards” helped the passengers onto the airplane and carried the passengers’ luggage(行李)but they did not provide food and drinks. But then in 1930,a woman called Ellen Church invented the “stewardess”.
Ellen Church was born in 1904 on a farm in Iowa. She was a different child. She didn’t want to work on a farm or marry a farmer —she wanted a more adventurous(冒險的)life. Ellen studied to be a nurse at the University of Minnesota and then got a job in a hospital. For the next few years she stayed at the hospital but also took flying lessons and got her pilot’s license.
Ellen was twenty-five years old when she first got in touch with Boeing Air Transport. She loved flying but she understood that airlines were a man’s world. Although women like Emelia Earheart were becoming famous, she realized it was impossible for a woman to have a career as a pilot .But she had another idea. Most people were frightened of flying because. flying was still an unreliable(不可靠的) way to travel. There were often delays(延誤),many crashes and the bad weathers made many passengers sick. Ellen thought nurses could take care of passengers during flights and B.A.T. agreed.
The young woman from Iowa and seven other nurses became the first air stewardesses.
At first pilots were unhappy because they did not want stewardesses on airplanes, but passengers loved the stewardesses. In 1940 there were around 1000 of them working for different airlines. The early “stewardesses” had to be under twenty-five-year-old, single and slim. When a woman joined an airline, she had to promise not to get married or have children. It was hard job and not well paid. They worked long hours and earned ＄1 an hour.
In the 1970s, stewardesses were unhappy in their job and airlines had to make some changes. Since the 1970s, “stewardesses” have been called flight attendants. They are well paid and work fewer hours than in the past.
1.The last sentence of the first paragraph suggests that _________.
A．the word “stewardess” was made up by Ellen Church
B．Ellen Church was the first woman who flew a plane
C．Ellen Church was the first woman who worked on a plane
D．Ellen Church was the first woman passenger on a plane
2.From the second paragraph, we learn that ________.
A．Ellen did not behave in the same way as most as other girls
B．Ellen’s family was not rich enough to support her education
C．Ellen was fond of working as a nurse in the hospital
D．Ellen has an unhappy childhood that changed her completely
3.The main reason for Boeing Air Transport offering Ellen the job was ________.
A．her flying experience B．her university education
C．her nursing experience D．her life attitudes
4.According to the passage, in the 1940s a woman had to ________ if she wanted to be a stewardess.
A．be a nurse B．be married C．be a mother D．be young
5.The passage mainly talks about _______.
A．the background of early flying pilots B．the experience of flying passengers
C．the history of early flight attendants D．the development of airplanes
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科目：初中英語 來源：2014屆江蘇省八年級月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
People like to say：“The hand that rocks(搖動)the cradle(搖籃)rules the world．”O(jiān)r theysay：“Behind every successful man，there is a woman．”
Now some women still like making their husbands and sons successful．But some women want more for themselves．They want to be successful as men．
Today the best jobs are still given to men．Even when women do the same work，they are often paid less than men．Some women want these things changed．They want to stand beside the men，with the same chances for success．
Now many American women are earning money outside their homes．More than half of the women at the age of eighteen to sixty-five have good jobs．In general，working women have more education than those who stay at home．
Among women with jobs，eight out of ten drive a car to work，and most of them often spend their holidays away from home．They like traveling by air．Women’s work has made several changes in women’s lives and in men’s lives，too．
But things are quite different from those in the Middle East countries．
In the Middle East countries，women have to stay at home．They look after their families and do all the housework．They can’t find work outside．When they go out in public．they cover their faces with something and walk behind their husbands．
For the past few years the women’s life has been changing in those countries．Many women want to play an active role in the society．Though working gives them few chances of getting married，many men still want to marry them in the old ways．
1.More and more women want to get jobs because ．
A．they don’t want to stand behind their husbands in the street
B．they think they are more important than men
C．they think they are as important as men
D．housework troubles them too much
2.Some women are still badly paid ．
A．because women want more money
B．because of the old ways of thinking
C．because women can’t do as well as men do
D．but we don’t know why
3.If women have got higher education ．
A．they can get better jobs more easily B．they don’t have to do any housework
C．they can travel by plane D．they can be paid better than men
4.Working gives women ．
A．the chance to receive more education than men
B．chances to play an important role in the society
C．more pay than men
D．fewer chances of getting married
5.From this passage we know ．
A．women have the same rights as men today
B．women don’t want to work outside their homes
C．more and more women want to play an active role in their countries
D．in the Middle East countries all the women stay at home
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科目：初中英語 來源：2012-2013學(xué)年云南省九年級上學(xué)期期末考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
Most American families like to have a vacation in summer. Summer is a good season for vacation. It is often hot in July and August.
Children do not go to school in those two months. Some people like to stay at home, read books, or watch TV. Many families take their lunch to eat at a place with many trees or a nice lake.
Some people have enough time and money to travel to other countries like France, Japan and Australia. They usually fly to these countries. Many families travel by car or train to see interesting places in their own countries. Their favorite cities are New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Not everyone likes to go to busy cities. Some families travel to mountains or beautiful valleys.
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從A、B、C、D四個選項中選擇正確答案，并將其字母代號填入答題卷相應(yīng)空格內(nèi)。（共5小題，每小題1分，滿分5分）
1. is a good season for vacation.
A．Spring B．Summer C．Autumn D．Winter
2.Many people don’t during their vacation.
A．read books B．travel C．watch TV D．go to work
3.Many families like to have their lunch during their vacation.
A．in the office B．near a cinema
C．near a big factory D．near a nice lake
4.If you have , you can travel to other countries.
A．money and friends B．friends and time
C．money and time D．food
5.Which of the following is NOT true ?
A．Summer vacation is about two months long.
B．Some people usually go to other countries to travel.
C．Everyone likes to travel to busy cities.
D．It’s often hot in July and August in America.
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科目：初中英語 來源：2011-2012學(xué)年江蘇省連云港市九年級第一次月考英語試卷 題型：其他題
We are in a world full of competition. Our parents compete(競爭) with others in their office, our brothers and sisters compete with others in their colleges, and we compete with our classmates in school. (41) Many of us give up in the face of competition and will never be successful. Why can’t we do better than others? One important reason is that we have no self-confidence.
In fact, everyone is born equal. You can do what others do. (42)盡管你的同學(xué)可能在某些方面比你優(yōu)秀，但你也可能在其它功課上比他們好。So everyone has his own advantages(優(yōu)點). Don’t look at things from a single (單個的)point of view. Try to discover your own advantages, and believe that you can do better than others in those ways.
Competition is not so terrible. Don’t be afraid of it. And don’t be afraid of those classmates who are better than you. Remember that self-confidence is the first step to(43) ______. Believe in yourselves, and you will be successful one day.
1. 請將黑體字翻譯成漢語：_____________________________________________________
2. 請將畫線部分翻譯成英語：____________________________________________________
3. 在空白處填上適當(dāng)?shù)脑~：_________
4. 請找出此句的同義句 “All of us are living in a world which is filled with competition.”
__________________________________________________________________________
5. 找出本段文章的中心句：_______________________________________________________
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