【期中备考】专题07：阅读理解记叙文（深圳专用）-2023-2024学年八年级英语下学期期中真题分类汇编(沪教牛津版)

专题07：阅读理解记叙文（深圳专用·原卷版） （22-23八年级下·广东深圳·期中） Knife and scissors sharpening was once a popular job many years ago in China. This traditional craft has almost disappeared in modern times. But Chen Guangfu, a 79-year-old man, has been doing the traditional business in Shenzhen for 26 years. Most of the time, he travels from one place to another with his tools. He told Shenzhen Evening News that he would keep on this traditional handcraft work as long as he can, not only for money, but also for a strong feeling of love. Chen is from Bozhou, he learned to how to sharpen knives. Taking a pair of scissors from a customer, the old man studied them for a minute first, then he began to rub (摩擦) it back and forth, polished (擦亮) the knife, and hammered (锤击) them. It was a kind of magic. The scissors, which could not even cut a small thread before, became as sharp as a new pair. He is doing this job as an art form. Over the past 26 years, the craftsman has seen the changes of the city, and experienced the disappearance of the traditional job. With the development of the clothing industry, a large number of craftsmen like Chen had been doing this traditional job for a long time before more and more clothing factories moved out of the city. Knife sharpeners are therefore rarely to be found in the city today. Chen said he would keep on doing the job as long as he is needed. “Now it doesn’t matter to me whether I make money or not from the job. I just want to keep this skill.” 1．According to the passage, what can we know about Chen Guangfu? A．Chen was born in Anhui Province in 1961. B．Chen has been doing the modern business for 26 years. C．Chen keeps on the work not for money, but for a strong feeling of love. D．Chen goes from one place to another with his tools most of the time. 2．What is Paragraph 3 mainly about? A．How the old man worked on the scissors. B．How the old man studied the scissors. C．How the scissors cut the thread. D．What the scissors looked like. 3．What does the u