最新初中英語試題

　　九年級英語第14單元測試題初中英語試題

　　VIII. 閱讀理解。

　　A

　　Mr Smith gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday. The day after her birthday Mrs Smith went shopping. She got on a bus and sat down next to an old lady. After a while she noticed that the old lady’s bag was open. Inside it, she found a wad(疊) of pound notes exactly like the one her husband had given her. She quickly looked into her own bag ——the notes were gone. Mrs Smith was now sure that the old lady sitting next to her must have stolen them. She thought she would not have to call the police as she didn’t like getting people into trouble. So she decided to take back the money from the lady’s handbag and say nothing about it. She looked around the bus to make sure nobody was watching, then she carefully put her hand into the old lady’s handbag, took out the notes and put them into her own bag.

　　When she got home that evening, she showed her husband the beautiful hat she had bought. “How did you pay for it?” he asked. “With the money you gave me for my birthday, of course.” “Oh, what’s that then?” he asked, as he pointed to a wad of pound notes on the table.

　　( )1. When did Mrs Smith go shopping?

　　A. after she bought the hat. B. Before her birthday.

　　C. After her birthday. D. During her birthday.

　　( )2.On the bus Mrs Smith found _________.

　　A. she had left her money home B. the old lady stealing her money

　　C. her money missing D. her old lady wearing a beautiful hat

　　( )3. How did she get the money from the old lady?

　　A. She asked the police for help. B. She made the old lady give the money back.

　　C. She got it out of her pocket. D. she took it in a secret way.

　　( )4. How did her husband feel when she showed him the hat she had bought?

　　A. He felt surprised. B. He felt frightened.

　　C. He felt unpleasant. D. He felt the hat with his hands.

　　( )5. In the end Mrs Smith found she had ________.

　　A. been lucky enough on the day B. greatly improved herself in something

　　C. lost her money D. made a serious mistake.

　　B

　　The Internet has led to huge increase in credit-card fraud. Your card information could even be or sale in an illegal Web site (違法的.網(wǎng)站).

　　Web sites offering cheap goods and services should regarded with care. On-line shoppers who enter their credit-card information may never receive the goods they thought they bought.

　　The thieves then go shopping with your card number---or sell the information over the Internet.

　　Computers hackers(黑客) have broken down safe systems, raising questions about the safety of cardholder information. Several months age, 25 000 customers of CD Universe, an on-line music retailer(批發(fā)商), were not lucky. Their names, address and credit-card numbers were posted on a Web site after the retailers refused to pay US $157828 to get back the information.

　　Credit-card firms are now fighting against on-line fraud. Mastercard is working on plans for Web-only credit card, with a lower credit limit. The card could be used only for shopping on-line.

　　However, there are a few simple steps you can take to keep from being cheated(欺騙).

　　Ask about your credit-card firm’s on-line rules: Under British law, cardholders are responsible (對…負(fù)責(zé)的) for the first US $ 78 of any fraudulent spending.

　　And shop only at secure(安全的) sites: Send your credit-card information only if the Web site offers advanced secure syst

　　初中英語試題

　　If the security is in place, a letter will appear in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. The Web site address may also start :office:office" />

　　Trave1ing by train is (4) _______ than by p1ane. but it has its advantages(便宜). You can see the country you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining- cars. They make even the 1ongest (5) _______ enjoyable.

　　Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different parts of your country (6) _______ them. Ships are not so that (7) ______ trains or planes, but traveling by sea is very pleasant way to spend a holiday.

　　Many people like to travel by (8) . You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish---where there is something interesting to see, at good restaurant (9) ______ you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is (10) ______ traveling by car is popular for pleasant trips, while people usually take a train or plane when they are traveling on business.