2014-2015学年第一学期九年级培优班英语科训练材料（一）原班级___________姓名___________学号___________成绩___________一、阅读理解（每小题2分，共10分）阅读下面这篇短文，从各题所给的A、B、C和D选项中选出最佳选项。Fifty-threeyearsagoBarbieMillicentRobertsfirstappearedintheworldoftoys.Sincethen,Barbiedoll,aseveryonecalledher,hasbecomethemostsuccessfultoydollinhistory.Herparent,theMattelCompany,saidthat90%ofallAmericangirlsbetween3and10haveatleastoneBarbieathome.However,Barbieisfacingsometroubleatpresent(现在).Therearemanysimilardollsonthemarketincompetitionwithher.AnotherdollnamedBratz,forexample,comestolifethirteenyearsago.Shelooksmoreliketoday'spopstarswithheavymakeup(浓妆)andminiskirts.Andhercompanyoffersmorekindsofclothestoo.ItseemsthatBarbiehaslosthermagicamongoldergirls.“Foryoungergirls,playingwithaBarbieismuchfun.Butwhenyougetolder,youwantsomethingsmarterandmoremodern,”saysVeraShepherd,ashopassistantinaNewYorktoystore.Itisgoodnewsthatontheinternationalmarket,BarbieisstillNo.1.AlthoughMattelissellingfewerBarbiesintheUnitedStatestheseyears,salesinothercountriesarestillgoingup.InJanuary2009,MattelopeneditsfirstBarbiestoreinShanghai,wheregirlscanshop,eat,drinkorevenbecomefashiondesignersfortheirownBarbies.MattelisplanningbigcelebrationsforBarbie's53rdbirthday.FashiondesignersfromallovertheworldhavebeencalledtomakenewdressesforBarbie.HowlongwillBarbiestaypopularintheworldoftoydolls?Itishardtosay,but53issurelynottheagetoretire(退休)．（）1.Barbie'sfamilynameis________.A．RobertsB.MillicentC．ShepherdD.Bratz（）2.Barbie'stroubleisthat________.A．itwearsheavymakeupandminiskirtsB．otherdollsaremorepopularwithlittlegirlsC．otherdollsaretryingtobeatherinthemarketD．ithasbecomelesspopularintheinternationalmarket（）3.GirlscandothefollowinginthefirstBarbieShopinShanghaiexcept________.A．goingshoppingB．havingfoodC．drinkingjuiceD．takingphotos（）4.What'sthemeaningoftheunderlinedwords“fashiondesigners”inthepassage?1A．珠宝设计师B．发型设计师C．舞台设计师D．服装设计师（）5.Whatisthebesttitleofthepassage?A．FirstBarbieShopinShanghaiB．Barbie'sPastandPresentC．Barbie's53rdBirthdayPartyD．BarbieLostHerMagic二、综合填空（每小题1分，共10分）根据短文内容和首字母提示，在短文空白处填入适当的单词。Eachyear，manyChinesepeoplegoabroadbecauseofallkindsof（6）r____________．Theyarebecomingyoungerandyoungeryearbyyear．EvensomeChineseparents（7）s____________theirchildrentoforeigncountrieswhentheyareonlyinamiddleschool．Theythinktheirchildrencangetawiderview，lessacademic（学业）competitionorfamilyhonor（荣誉）．Butlifecanbe（8）h__________foryoungpeoplethere．Atfirst，theyhavetofacetheculture（9）d__________andlanguageproblems．However，thesearenotalwaysthemostdifficultthingstoovercome（克服）．Tomostchildren，controlling（管理）themselveswellisabigchallengewhenstudying（10）a_____________inastrangecountry．YuYang，a15-year-oldstudentfromGuangdongProvincestudiesinahighschoolinToronto，Canada．Tohissurprise，histeachersthere（11）n_____________pushstudentstostudyhard．Andusuallythereisn'ttoomuchhomework．Studentshavelotsoffreetimetodosomeactivities．Someofhisfriendsspendtheirwholeyear'smoneyinthefirsttwo（12）m___________ofthenewterm．Sotheyhavetoasktheirparentsforsomemoremoney．Ononehand，studyingabroadcanhelpstudentslearnforeignlanguagesquicklyandopenuptheir（13）e_____________，butontheother...
