解决方案非常简单，只需在代码段末尾添加plt.show()即可：

import numpy as np
np.random.seed(123)
from keras.models import Sequential
from keras.layers import Dense, Dropout, Activation, Flatten
from keras.layers import Convolution2D, MaxPooling2D
from keras.utils import np_utils
from keras.datasets import mnist
(X_train,y_train),(X_test,y_test) = mnist.load_data()
print X_train.shape
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
plt.imshow(X_train[0])
plt.show()

plt.imshow只是完成了一张图片的绘制而不是打印，如果要打印图片，只需添加plt.show即可。

plt.imshow在轴上显示图像，但如果需要显示多个图像，则使用show()完成图形。下一个示例显示两个图形：

import numpy as np
from keras.datasets import mnist
(X_train,y_train),(X_test,y_test) = mnist.load_data()
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
plt.imshow(X_train[0])
plt.show()
plt.imshow(X_train[1])
plt.show()

在GoogleColab中，如果注解掉上一个示例中的show()方法，则只会显示一个图像（后一个图像与X_train[1]连接）。
以下是帮助中的内容：

plt.show(*args, **kw)
        Display a figure.
        When running in ipython with its pylab mode, display all
        figures and return to the ipython prompt.

        In non-interactive mode, display all figures and block until
        the figures have been closed; in interactive mode it has no
        effect unless figures were created prior to a change from
        non-interactive to interactive mode (not recommended).  In
        that case it displays the figures but does not block.

        A single experimental keyword argument, *block*, may be
        set to True or False to override the blocking behavior
        described above.


plt.imshow(X, cmap=None, norm=None, aspect=None, interpolation=None, alpha=None, vmin=None, vmax=None, origin=None, extent=None, shape=None, filternorm=1, filterrad=4.0, imlim=None, resample=None, url=None, hold=None, data=None, **kwargs)
        Display an image on the axes.

Parameters
----------
X : array_like, shape (n, m) or (n, m, 3) or (n, m, 4)
    Display the image in `X` to current axes.  `X` may be an
    array or a PIL image. If `X` is an array, it
    can have the following shapes and types:

    - MxN -- values to be mapped (float or int)
    - MxNx3 -- RGB (float or uint8)
    - MxNx4 -- RGBA (float or uint8)

    The value for each component of MxNx3 and MxNx4 float arrays
    should be in the range 0.0 to 1.0. MxN arrays are mapped
    to colors based on the `norm` (mapping scalar to scalar)
    and the `cmap` (mapping the normed scalar to a color).