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贵州省六盘水市钟山区
2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中英语试卷
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A. its B. between C. popular D. show E. the F. when
Since its creation in the 12th century, A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains(Qianli Jiangshan Tu)has become very ____1____ with lots of people.
A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains is one of ____2____ best traditional Chinese paintings. Wang Ximeng is its painter. To people’s surprise, he finished this painting ____3____ he was only 18 years old. Unluckily, this painting is his only painting left.
This painting is a typical blue-green landscape painting. In it, the painter used bright blues and greens to ____4____ China’s beautiful rivers and mountains. After over 900 years, the colors are still as bright as new. The painting is about 12 meters long. It has six parts. The painter creatively linked(连接)each part with bridges and water. The painting not only fully shows China’s natural beauty, but also shows harmony(和谐) ____5____ humans and nature. With his great skill in painting, the artist showed Chinese people’s love for life, their home and the country.
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There were some big wildfires in Chongqing last summer. Although they were ___6___, we still saw many good people help in the big fires. Francis Stonier, a 43-year-old foreign ___7___ from Southwest University, was one of them. He teaches English in the university.
The ___8___ was very hot in Chongqing. One Sunday night, a forest fire broke out and started to spread. The local government called for volunteers with special ___9___ and experience to join in the firefighting.
Francis heard the news and decided to ___10___. He said he had volunteered many times in Virginia, USA in the past. For example, he helped ___11___ houses for homeless people after big storms. He wanted to do something this time. So Francis signed up(报名)to fight ___12___. His work was to make sure the chainsaws(链锯)that would be used to create fire barriers(防