14九年级上册 第14课时 Modules 1～2-【智乐星中考·中考备战】2024年山东省中考英语精练本（外研版）

第14课时　Modules 1～2 一、单词拼写与应用 1．I like autumn best because I think it's the most beautiful ________(季节) in a year. 2．(2024·原创)I'm tired. I listened to three ________(speech) this morning. 3．(2023·黑龙江龙东地区中考)Harbin is a beautiful city. So ________(million) of people come here to enjoy snow every winter. 4．(2023·江苏连云港中考改编)Earthquakes can be very dangerous. We should learn to protect ________(our). 5．In our opinion, protecting animals is protecting ________(我们自己). 6．(2024·原创)My mother took me to visit the Great Wall on my ________(nine) birthday. 7．After a heated ________(讨论), the headmasters from different schools reached an agreement. 8．(2024·原创)This company ________(found) twenty years ago. 9．The volunteers have been here for ________(near) a month. 10．(2024·原创)Without ________(electric), we can't do many things. 二、阅读理解 阅读下面短文，然后从每小题A、B、C、D中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。 (2023·山东滨州中考) Showing respect for seniors Dads have Father's Day. Mums have Mother's Day. Kids have Children's Day. But, do our grandparents have a special holiday? Yes, they do! The Double Ninth Festival is a special day for elderly people in China. The festival is on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar. As the Chinese word for nine has the same sound as the word for long, people take the Double Ninth Festival to show their wishes of long life for elderly people. There are many traditions for this festival. On that day, families get together and climb mountains for luck and in the hope that elderly people will live much longer. They also drink chrysanthemum wine(菊花酒) and wear a plant called zhuyu to celebrate it. Both chrysanthemum and zhuyu are regarded as clean plants that can clean houses and cure(治疗) diseases. Respecting elderly people is shown not only on this special day but also in daily life. For example, when an older person enters a room, everyone stands up. When there are several guests at the table, the host usually introduces them from the oldest to the youngest. When a you