内容正文:
2023-- 2024学年度七年级教育质量监测
英语试题
本试卷满分100分, 监测时间90分钟,
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3. 监测结束后, 将答题卡交回.
一. 阅读理解(共40分)
There was a young man who was in trouble. He went bankrupt (破产) and his wife went away from him. From then on, failure (失败) was all that he had seen. Struggling (斗争) with this, he went into the forest alone. There, he met an old man who had lived there for a long time. He shared his story with the old man and asked “Can you give me one good reason not to give up?”
“Look,” the old man said, “Do you see that fern (蕨类植物) and bamboo there?”
“Yes,” the man answered.
“When I planted the fern and bamboo seeds (种子), I watered them carefully. A few days later, the fern quickly grew from the land,” the old man went on.
“However, I watered the bamboo seeds for years, it still didn’t sprout. But I didn’t give up and continued looking after it. In the fifth year, a small sprout came out of the land. After a few months, the tree grew very, very tall.”
“The little bamboo tree had been growing underground in the past four years, developing a root (根) strong enough for its ground growth in the fifth year. If it hadn’t done this, it would not be so strong. So you know, all the time you were struggling, you were actually growing strong roots,” the old man said. Finally, the man thanked the old man deeply. Then he left the forest with the hope for life.
1. What happened to the young man?
A. He was badly hurt. B. He was seriously ill.
C. He went to a bank with his wife. D. He went bankrupt and his wife left him.
2. The difference between the fern and the bamboo mentioned in the passage is their ________.
A. colors B. growth C. weight D. looks
3. The underlined word “sprout” in Paragraph 5 means “________” in Chinese.
A. 枯萎 B. 开花 C. 发芽 D. 结果
4. The young man felt ________ after hearing what the old man said to him.
A. nervous B