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学年第一学期九年级期中质量监测 英语试卷 听力部分 （共20分） I. 听力 第一节 情景反应 （每小题1分，共5分） 本节共5个小题，每小题你将听到一组对话。请你从每小题所给的A、B、C三幅图片中选出与你所听到的信息相关联的一项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。 1. A B C 2. A B C 3 A B C 4. A B C 5. A B C 第二节 对话理解 （每小题1分，共5分） 本节共5个小题，每小题你将听到一段对话和一个问题。请你从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。 6. A. Short. B. Tall. C. Thin. 7. A. Wood. B. Glass. C. Plastic. 8. A. 54 pounds. B. 60 pounds. C. 66 pounds. 9. A. To the bookstore. B. To the restaurant. C. To the bank. 10. A. The shoes are sold out. B. The man doesn't know the time. C. The shopping center will be closed soon. 第三节 语篇理解 （每小题1分，共5分） 本节你将听到一篇短文。请你根据短文内容和所提出的5个问题，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。 11. Who is Betty? A. The writer's friend. B. Brandon's mother. C. Carol's teacher. 12. How did Betty celebrate Brandon's birthday every year? A. By calling him. B. By hanging out with him. C. By sending him a birthday card. 13. What happened to Betty one year? A. She fell ill. B. She lost her job. C. She missed her daughter. 14. Why was the writer proud of Brandon? A. Because he was busy. B. Because he sent flowers to Betty. C. Because he graduated from high school. 15. What can we learn from the passage? A. Keeping a friendship is necessary. B. Always put off today's work til tomorrow. C. Show kindness to others as early as possible. 第四节 听力填空 （每小题1分，共5分） 本节你将听到一篇短文。请你根据所听内容，填写下面的表格，每空一词。 Vincent Van Gogh ·was born in 1853 and started painting in 1880 ·used 16. ________ colors to express his feelings ·changed the 17. ________ of art forever ·moved to the south of France and 18. ________ a number of works ·became 19. ________ ill and died in 1890 ·finished nearly 20. ________ oil paintings 笔试部分 （共80分） Ⅱ. 单项选择 （每小题1分，共10分） 从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。 1. Three Chinese astronauts were sent into the space in October. ________ journey on the Chinese space station will last about 180 days. A Our B. Your C. Their 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：十月份，三名中国宇航员被送入太空。他们在中国空间站的旅程将持续约180天。 考查代词辨析。Our我们的；Your你的，你们的；Their他们的。根据“Three Chinese astronauts ”可知是指他们的，故选C。 2. There are many learning apps on the Internet which provide rich ________. They’re very helpful. A. courses B. processes C. scores 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：互联网上有很多学习应用程序提供丰富的课程，它们非常有帮助。 考查名词辨析。courses课程；processes过程；scores分数。根据“There are many learning apps on the Internet…”和“They’re very helpful.”可知，学习应用程序应提供丰富的课程。故选A。 3. —Li Lei is a boy of few words, but he is ________ in math classes. —So he is. He is really talented in math. A. absent B. active C. polite 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——李雷是个寡言少语的男孩，但他在数学课上很活跃。——是的，他确实如此。他在数学方面真的很有天赋。 考查形容词辨析。absent缺席的；active活跃的；polite有礼貌的。根据“Li Lei is a boy of few words, but he is…in math classes.”及答语“He is really talented in math.”可知，尽管李雷平时话不多，但在数学课上很活跃。故选B。 4. The Tokyo Olympics winners who were born in the 2000s are ________ known all over the world. They are rising stars. A. widely B. secretly C. slowly 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：东京奥运会中出生于2000年代的获奖者在全世界广为人知，他们是新兴的明星。 考查副词辨析。widely广泛地；secretly秘密地；slowly缓慢地。根据句意可知，东京奥运会中出生于2000年代的获奖者在全世界应是广为人知。故选A。 5. Washing hands and wearing a mask could stop the virus from ________ in the crowds. A. catching B. falling C. spreading 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：洗手和戴口罩可以阻止病毒在人群中传播。 考查动词辨析。catching抓住；falling落下；spreading传播。根据“Washing hands and wearing a mask could stop the virus from…in the crowds.”可知，此处是指病毒在人群中传播。故选C。 6. Every morning, the mother ________ clean clothes on the bed for her children to choose. How caring! A. puts on B. lays out C. looks up 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：每天早上，母亲把干净的衣服放在床上，让孩子们挑选。多贴心啊！ 考查动词短语。puts on穿上；lays out放置；looks up查阅。根据“the mother…clean clothes on the bed for her children to choose”可知，此处指母亲把干净的衣服放在床上，让孩子们挑选，应用短语lays out“放置”。故选B。 7. Don’t ________ making mistakes. It’s considered necessary on the way to success. A. be afraid of B. be excited about C. be interested in 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：不要害怕犯错误。这被认为是通往成功的必经之路。 考查短语辨析。be afraid of害怕；be excited about对……感到激动；be interested in对……感兴趣。结合“It’s considered necessary on the way to success.”可知，此处表达的是不要害怕犯错。故选A。 8. Many teenagers usually ride bicycles on the streets very fast. That might ________ the risk of traffic accidents. A. avoid B. manage C. increase 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：许多青少年通常在街上骑自行车骑得很快。那可能会增加交通事故的风险。 考查动词辨析。avoid避免；manage管理；increase增加。根据“Many teenagers usually ride bicycles on the streets very fast.”可知，许多青少年通常在街上骑自行车骑得很快，这样可能会增加交通事故的风险，此处应用动词increase“增加”。故选C。 9. Mr. Wu does most things ________ instead of depending on others. That’s why he runs his business well. A. in person B. in public C. in return 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：吴先生亲自做大多数事情，而不是依靠别人。这就是为什么他把他的生意经营得很好。 考查介词短语。in person亲自；in public当众；in return作为回报。根据“Mr. Wu does most things…instead of depending on others.”可知，此处指吴先生亲自做大多数事情，而不是依靠别人，应用短语in person“亲自”。故选A。 10. —Nancy, do you know ________? —Sorry, I have no idea. Let’s check the timetable on the notice board. A. why the school put off the exam B. when the school concert will begin C. where we can buy a ticket to the match 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——南希，你知道学校音乐会什么时候开始吗？——对不起，我不知道。让我们查看公告板上的时间表。 考查宾语从句。why the school put off the exam学校为什么推迟考试；when the school concert will begin学校音乐会什么时候开始；where we can buy a ticket to the match我们在哪里可以买到比赛的门票。根据答语“Let’s check the timetable on the notice board.”可知，询问的是时间，选项B符合语境。故选B。 Ⅲ. 补全对话 （每小题1分，共5分） 根据对话内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使对话意思完整，并将其字母标号填入相应的横线上。 (Lily meets Jane and Ada on the way home. ) Lily: Hello! Jane: Hi! You look stressed out. ____11____ Lily: I failed the English test again. How do you study for an English test? Jane: ____12____ It works for me. Memorizing words is a good way to learn English well. Lily: Sounds like a good idea. What about you, Ada? Ada: ____13____ Lily: I often do that, too. But I can’t help feeling nervous before the tests. ____14____ Jane: Why not listen to some music? Ada: I agree. Light music is a good choice. Lily: I’ll have a try. ____15____ Jane: Not at all. Ada: We are always here for each other. A. What should I do? B. What’s the matter? C. I usually make word cards. D. Thank you for your advice! E. I find it useful to read the textbook carefully. 【答案】11. B 12. C 13. E 14. A 15. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是Lily、Jane和Ada三人谈论如何为英语考试学习的一则对话。 【11题详解】 根据上文“You look stressed out.”以及下文“I failed the English test again.”可知，此处应询问对方发生了什么事。B选项“怎么了？”符合语境。故选B。 【12题详解】 根据上文“How do you study for an English test?”以及下文“It works for me. Memorizing words is a good way to learn English well.”可知，此处应回答为英语考试学习的方法，且与记单词有关。C选项“我通常制作单词卡片。”符合语境。故选C。 【13题详解】 根据上文“What about you, Ada?”可知，此处应回答为英语考试学习的方法。E选项“我发现认真阅读课本很有用。”符合语境。故选E。 【14题详解】 根据上文“But I can’t help feeling nervous before the tests.”以及下文“Why not listen to some music?”可知，此处是寻求帮助，询问对方自己应该做什么。A选项“我该怎么办？”符合语境。故选A。 【15题详解】 根据上文“Light music is a good choice.”以及“I’ll have a try.”可知，此处应表示感谢，感谢对方提出的建议。D选项“谢谢你的建议！”符合语境。故选D。 V. 完形填空 （每小题1分，共10分） 请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选一个最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。 In a small Chinese town lived a poor young man named Ma Liang. He loved painting, ___16___ he was too poor to buy a brush for himself. One night, an old man with a long beard ___17___ him in a dream. He gave Liang a brush to paint. “Use this ___18___ brush to help the poor,” he said, “but don’t use it to help greedy (贪婪的) people, or the special power will leave your fingers. At that time, you will lose the ability to ___19___.” When Liang woke up, he found the brush on the table ___20___ his bed. He painted a butterfly and was surprised to see ___21___ fly off the page and out of the window. Liang started painting things. He painted buffaloes (水牛) for farmers, food for hungry people and clothes for people who were cold. People were touched by Liang’s help and got a feeling of ___22___. However, a rich man asked Liang to paint gold for him, or he’ll cut Liang’s fingers off. To ___23___ the rude request, Liang painted an island of gold and a boat in the middle of a sea. The rich man got in the boat at once. He went on his way in ___24___ and asked Liang to paint a strong wind and huge waves so that he could reach the island ___25___. Finally, the boat disappeared in the water and nobody ever saw him again. 16. A. and B. but C. or 17. A. visited B. punished C. interviewed 18. A. magic B. mobile C. correct 19. A. produce B. paint C. review 20. A. in B. over C. beside 21. A. him B. her C. it 22. A. warmth B. sadness C. humor 23. A. part with B. deal with C. connect with 24. A. order B. silence C. excitement 25. A. wisely B. quickly C. privately 【答案】16. B 17. A 18. A 19. B 20. C 21. C 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. B 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了“神笔马良”的故事。 【16题详解】 句意：他喜欢画画，但他太穷了，买不起一支画笔。 and和；but但是；or或者。根据题干可知，前后句之间是转折关系，因此用but。故选B。 【17题详解】 句意：一天晚上，一个长胡子的老人出现在他的梦中。 visited拜访；punished惩罚；interviewed采访。根据“him in a dream.”可知，老人是出现在他的梦中，因此用visited。故选A。 【18题详解】 句意：用这支神奇的画笔帮助穷人。 magic神奇的；mobile移动的；correct正确的。根据下文介绍可知，这支画笔是有特殊力量的，因此用magic。故选A。 【19题详解】 句意：那时，你将失去画画的能力。 produce生产；paint画画；review复习。根据上文“Use this...brush to help the poor,”可知，这里是指失去画画的能力。故选B。 【20题详解】 句意：当良醒来时，他发现画笔在他床边的桌子上。 in在……里面；over在……上方；beside在……旁边。根据“he found the brush on the table...his bed”可知，画笔是在床边的桌子上。故选C。 【21题详解】 句意：他画了一只蝴蝶，惊讶地看到它从纸上飞走了，飞出了窗外。 him他；her她；it它。这里指的是蝴蝶，因此用it。故选C。 【22题详解】 句意：人们被良的帮助感动了，感到温暖。 warmth温暖；sadness悲伤；humor幽默。根据“He painted buffaloes (水牛) for farmers, food for hungry people and clothes for people who were cold. People were touched by Liang’s help”可知，马良的帮助让人们感到温暖。故选A。 【23题详解】 句意：为了应对这个无礼的要求，良画了一个金岛和一艘在海中央的船。 part with分开；deal with处理；connect with连接。根据“the rude request, Liang painted an island of gold and a boat in the middle of a sea.”可知，这里是指应对无礼要求，因此用deal with。故选B。 【24题详解】 句意：他兴奋地上了船，要求良画一阵强风和巨浪，这样他就能快速到达岛上。 order命令；silence沉默；excitement兴奋。根据“asked Liang to paint a strong wind and huge waves so that he could reach the island”可知，富人很兴奋地上了船，要去金岛那里。故选C。 【25题详解】 句意：他兴奋地上了船，要求良画一阵强风和巨浪，这样他就能快速到达岛上。 wisely明智地；quickly快速地；privately私下地。根据“asked Liang to paint a strong wind and huge waves so that he could reach”可知，富人是希望快速到达岛上。故选B。 V. 阅读理解 （一） （每小题2分，共30分） A 请阅读下列五个节日的介绍，将其与上面的插画相匹配，并将其字母标号填入题后的横线上。 ___26___ In China, many believed that there was a goddess called Chang’e on the moon. To remember her, people put grapes, watermelons, mooncakes and other things on a table at home or outdoors during the festival. ___27___ When the good smell of zongzi is in the air the festival is here. The dragon boat race is the most exciting part during the festival. People drive boats with the sound of drums. The race is in the memory of the great poet Qu Yuan. ___28___ It’s about expressing thanks to the important people and the good things in your life. Families and friends get together for a big meal, which includes a turkey, potatoes, vegetables and pumpkin pie. ___29___ For children, the festival is great fun. The most important tradition is coloring eggs and giving each other baskets of candy. The festival is also a celebration of the end of winter and a time to look to the coming summer. ___30___ It falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. In Chinese, the number nine means a long life, so it is seen as a day to respect the old. Besides, with clear autumn sky and fresh air, climbing hills is the most popular activity. 【答案】26. C 27. E 28. A 29. D 30. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了五个节日 【26题详解】 根据“In China, many believed that there was a goddess called Chang’e on the moon. To remember her, people put grapes, watermelons, mooncakes and other things on a table at home or outdoors during the festival.”可知，在中国，许多人相信月亮上有一位名叫嫦娥的女神；为了纪念她，节日期间，人们在家里或户外的桌子上放上葡萄、西瓜、月饼和其他东西；此处介绍的是中秋节。C图与之对应。故选C。 【27题详解】 根据“When the good smell of zongzi is in the air, the festival is here. The dragon boat race is the most exciting part during the festival. People drive boats with the sound of drums. The race is in the memory of the great poet Qu Yuan.”可知，当空气中弥漫着粽子的香味时，节日就到了；赛龙舟是节日期间最激动人心的部分，这是为了纪念伟大的诗人屈原；此处介绍的是端午节。E图与之对应。故选E。 【28题详解】 根据“It’s about expressing thanks to the important people and the good things in your life. Families and friends get together for a big meal, which includes a turkey, potatoes, vegetables and pumpkin pie.”可知，它是关于表达对你生命中重要的人和美好事物的感谢；家人和朋友聚在一起吃大餐，包括火鸡、土豆、蔬菜和南瓜派；此处介绍的是感恩节。A图与之对应。故选A。 【29题详解】 根据“For children, the festival is great fun. The most important tradition is coloring eggs and giving each other baskets of candy. The festival is also a celebration of the end of winter and a time to look to the coming summer.”可知，对孩子们来说，这个节日非常有趣；最重要的传统是给鸡蛋上色，并互赠糖果篮；这个节日也是对冬天结束的庆祝，也是对即将到来的夏天的展望；此处介绍的是复活节。D图与之对应。故选D。 【30题详解】 根据“It falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. In Chinese, the number nine means a long life, so it is seen as a day to respect the old. Besides, with clear autumn sky and fresh air, climbing hills is the most popular activity.”可知，它在农历九月的第九天；在中国，数字九意味着长寿，所以它被视为一个尊敬老人的日子；此外，爬山是最受欢迎的活动；此处介绍的是重阳节。B图与之对应。故选B。 B I remember when I was growing up, my mom always said, “Half the fun of doing anything is sharing it with others.” It’s so true. Friends allow us to enjoy the taste of our success and our joys and comfort us in our challenging moments. They provide a mirror for us to learn more about ourselves. I’ve always looked at friends as the family members. They enrich our lives. As Robert Louis Steven once said, “A friend is a present which you give yourself.” To be a good friend, it’s very important to be a good listener. Hear what your friend says first instead of making conclusions (结论) quickly. Sometimes it is useful to repeat their words back to them. It can help them to realize whether their words were what they wanted to say. Patience is also important in being a good friend. You know the old golden rule, “Care for others in the way you would like them to care for you.” The support of a friend during a difficult time could make the difference between success and failure. Encouragement and confidence are the best gifts that can change a person’s life. Politeness and kindness are also very necessary, especially when you make new friends. If you want to offer your friends some suggestions, describe and explain them politely. Remember to keep smiling on your face. We should choose our friends carefully, because they can have a huge effect on our life. As someone told me, “The attitudes of your friends are like the buttons on a lift. They will either take you up or down.” 31. In fact, the mother’s words mean that ________. A. a friend’s present can make us richer B. sharing with friends can give us happiness C. we can only have fun when being with friends 32. To be a good listener, we should ________. A. hear what friends say all the time B. help friends make sure what they say C. make conclusions about friends’ words quickly 33. When we make new friends, we should always ________. A. give them suggestions B. try to make them laugh C. be polite and kind to them 34. The underlined word “buttons” means ________ in Chinese. A. 按钮 B. 信号 C. 品牌 35. The passage mainly tells us ________. A. how to be a good friend B. how to influence a friend C. how to lead a friend to success 【答案】31. B 32. B 33. C 34. A 35. A 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了朋友的重要性以及如何成为一个好的朋友。 【31题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Half the fun of doing anything is sharing it with others.”可知她这句话的意思是“和朋友分享能给我们带来快乐”。故选B。 【32题详解】 细节理解题。根据“To be a good friend, it’s very important to be a good listener.”和“Sometimes it is useful to repeat their words back to them. It can help them to realize whether their words were what they wanted to say.”可知要做一个好的倾听者，我们应该帮助朋友确定他们说的话。故选B。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Politeness and kindness are also very necessary, especially when you make new friends.”可知当你交朋友的时候，要有礼貌，并对人友好。故选C。 【34题详解】 词义猜测题。根据“The attitudes of your friends are like the buttons on a lift. They will either take you up or down. ”可知你朋友的态度就像电梯上的按钮。他们要么带你上去，要么带你下来。划线故推测词的意思是“按钮”。故选A。 【35题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲的是如何成为一个好的朋友。故选A。 C 请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺。 “Before I came to China, I thought I would see a lot of old buildings, red lanterns and everybody doing kung fu. ____36____ High-rise buildings and other high-tech products are everywhere,” Barry said. The 24-year-old is a foreign student at Beijing’s North China University of Technology. He used to learn about China by watching movies like Shaolin Temple. Now he gets to see the country’s true colors by living in it. Barry said, “____37____” He is especially impressed by the high-speed trains from Beijing to Tianjin, which take only half an hour. ____38____ She came to study medicine at Jinggangshan University in Ji’an, Jiangxi. She also fell in love with China. After living there for five years, Nancy has learned about China’s development. Farmland has been changed into semi-urban (半城市的) areas; facilities such as fitness parks and footbridges make people’s lives easier; young and old are getting a lot from technology like mobile payments. ____39____ Chinese youth are also trying to make people know about their home country better. Luo Xiangquan is a Chinese college student from Shanghai. ____40____ He said his roommate from the US didn’t know what China’s capital is. Since then, Luo has been using every chance to explain China to others. “Only by having more people-to-people communication can we show the world a real China,” Luo said. A. But it turned out to be not true. B. I really enjoy life while living in China. C. He took part in an international summer program. D. Thanks to these changes, the Chinese are living a happy life. E. Nancy is a girl from the UK and has never been to China before. 【答案】36. A 37. B 38. E 39. D 40. C 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了外国人对中国的一些看法，他们来中国生活后，才能了解真实的中国，中国的年轻人也尽力让世界了解中国。 【36题详解】 根据“Before I came to China, I thought I would see a lot of old buildings, red lanterns and everybody doing kung fu.”和“High-rise buildings and other high-tech products are everywhere,”可知，所想的和看到的不一样，选项A“但事实证明并非如此”符合语境。故选A。 【37题详解】 根据“He is especially impressed by the high-speed trains from Beijing to Tianjin, which take only half an hour.”可知，Barry对中国的生活感到满意，选项B“我很享受在中国的生活”符合语境。故选B。 【38题详解】 根据“She came to study medicine at Jinggangshan University in Ji’an, Jiangxi.”可知，Nancy是一个从未去过中国的英国女孩，选项E“南希是一个来自英国的女孩，以前从未去过中国”符合语境。故选E。 【39题详解】 根据“Farmland has been changed into semi-urban (半城市的) areas; facilities such as fitness parks and footbridges make people’s lives easier; young and old are getting a lot from technology like mobile payments.”可知，这些变化让中国人过上了幸福的生活，选项D“由于这些变化，中国人过着幸福的生活”符合语境。故选D。 【40题详解】 根据“Luo Xiangquan is a Chinese college student from Shanghai.”和“He said his roommate from the US didn’t know what China’s capital is.”可知，罗参加了一个国际交流项目，选项C“他参加了一个国际暑期项目”符合语境。故选C。 VI. 阅读理解 （二） （每小题1分，共5分） 请阅读下面短文，按要求完成所给任务，并将答案写在相应的位置上。 There are two kinds of waterways in the world. One is natural, called a river. The other is man-made, called a canal (运河). China has the longest canal in the world-the Grand Canal. Recently, the United Nations (UN) produced a stamp of the Grand Canal. It will let more people learn about the great Chinese waterway. The picture on the UN stamp shows a nighttime view of the canal in Yangzhou, Jiangsu. How was the Grand Canal built? The 3,200-kilometer-long Grand Canal dates back nearly 2,500 years. During the Spring and Autumn Period, people started to build a canal in today’s Jiangsu Province. During the Sui Dynasty, it became part of the Grand Canal. The Grand Canal runs from Beijing to Zhejiang Province. The canal connects five river basins, such as the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. In 2014, it got onto the World Heritage List. Why is it important? Modern planes and trains make it easy to get things from different places. However, things were moved slowly by horse or on foot in old times. It took a lot of time to move large things like bags of grain and tea by land. The Grand Canal made things faster and easier to move. During the Sui Dynasty, for example, fine grains grew in the south. But they were kept in the capital, Luoyang, in the north. With the Grand Canal, people were able to send grain to the capital in a short time. The canal also made the economy (经济) grow fast. Silk, tea, and coal were all sent between the north and south. “The Great Wall symbolizes the firm backbone of China, while the Grand Canal is bloodline that flows through hearts of Chinese people,” said Shan Jixiang, former director of the Palace Museum. 41. What is a canal? __________________________________________________________________ 42. What’s the picture on the stamp about? __________________________________________________________________ 43. How long is the Grand Canal? _________________________________________________________________ 44. Please translate the underlined (划线的) sentence into Chinese. _________________________________________________________________ 45. Do you think the Grand Canal is important? Why? _________________________________________________________________ 【答案】41. It is a kind of man-made waterway./It is a (kind of) waterway that is man-made./... 42. (It’s about) a nighttime view of the canal in Yangzhou, Jiangsu. 43. (It is) 3,200 kilometers long. 44. 现代飞机和火车使从不同的地方取东西变得容易。 45. Yes, I think the Grand Canal is important because it made transportation of goods faster and easier in ancient times, which helped the economy grow. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了中国的大运河。 【41题详解】 根据“he other is man-made, called a canal (运河)”可知，运河是人工水道。故填It is a kind of man-made waterway./It is a (kind of) waterway that is man-made./... 【42题详解】 根据“The picture on the UN stamp shows a nighttime view of the canal in Yangzhou, Jiangsu.”可知，邮票上的图案是江苏扬州大运河的夜景。故填(It’s about) a nighttime view of the canal in Yangzhou, Jiangsu. 【43题详解】 根据“The 3,200-kilometer-long Grand Canal dates back nearly 2,500 years.”可知，大运河的长度是3200公里。故填(It is) 3,200 kilometers long. 【44题详解】 Modern planes“现代飞机”；and“和”；trains“火车”；make it easy to“使……容易”；get things from different places“从不同的地方取东西”。故填：现代飞机和火车使从不同的地方取东西变得容易。 【45题详解】 开放性作答，言之有理即可。参考答案为Yes, I think the Grand Canal is important because it made transportation of goods faster and easier in ancient times, which helped the economy grow. Ⅶ. 词语运用 （从A、B两题中任选一题作答。每小题1分，共10分） A 选用方框中的词或短语填空，使短文完整、通顺，每个词或短语只能用一次。 by seldom abilities ended up was born with failed normal discovered no matter from time to time At my primary school, I was one of the smartest kids there. I ___46___ studied, but always got perfect scores. I thought I was born clever. At least I believed so. Also, I ___47___ a good voice according to myself. I could sing better than almost everyone else in my school. I was pretty sure that once I got to the seventh grade, everyone would be surprised ___48___ me. But actually, they weren’t. When I arrived at my new class, I couldn’t wait to show my ___49___ to everyone. However, there was always someone else who could do better. My grades began to get worse. More talented girls often sang solos (独唱). I ___50___ that I wasn’t smart, I wasn’t talented and I was a failure. Over the next two years, I had to work very hard. ___51___, I joined in some singing competitions and won many prizes through my efforts. Grades were improving little by little. I tried my best. However, I still ___52___ not being the best at everything. I haven’t realized until recently that I really don’t have to be the best at everything. I was too hard on myself. In fact, when I ___53___ in a test, my classmates never laughed at me. No one is perfect. It is ___54___ that there will probably always be someone better than me at something. Anyway, there are about seven billion people in this world. ___55___ who you are, you can never be the number one at everything, and that’s really okay. 【答案】46. seldom 47. was born with 48. by 49. abilities 50. discovered 51. From time to time 52. ended up 53. failed 54. normal 55. No matter 【解析】 【导语】本文作者通过对自己学习经历的叙述，阐述了“人无完人”的人生道理。 【46题详解】 句意：我很少学习，但总是得到完美的分数。根据“I...studied, but always got perfect scores.”及备选词可知，我很少学习，但是总是得到很好的分数，seldom“几乎不”符合语境。故填seldom。 【47题详解】 句意：而且，我天生就有一副好嗓子。根据“Also, I...a good voice according to myself.”及备选词可知，作者认为自己天生就有一副好嗓子，be born with“天生具有”符合语境。故填was born with。 【48题详解】 句意：我很确定，一旦我上了七年级，每个人都会对我感到惊讶。根据“everyone would be surprised...me.”及备选词可知，空格处为被动结构，指大家会被我惊讶到，by“被”符合语境。故填by。 【49题详解】 句意：当我到达我的新班级，我迫不及待地向大家展示我的能力。根据“I couldn’t wait to show my...to everyone”及备选词可知，作者到学校后迫不及待地向同学展示自己的能力，abilities“能力”符合语境。故填abilities。 【50题详解】 句意：我发现我不聪明，我没有天赋，我是个失败者。根据“I...that I wasn’t smart, I wasn’t talented and I was a failure.”及备选词可知，作者在学校里发现有很多同学都很棒，自己反而没有那么聪明了，discovered“发现”符合题意。故填discovered。 【51题详解】 句意：我时不时地参加一些歌唱比赛，并通过我的努力赢得了许多奖项。根据“...，I joined in some singing competitions and won many prizes through my efforts.”可知，作者也会时不时地参加一些比赛，from time to time“时不时地”符合语境。故填From time to time。 【52题详解】 句意：然而，我仍然没有在每件事上都做到最好。根据“However, I still...not being the best at everything.”及备选词可知，作者并没有以最终每件事情都做到最好而结束，end up“最终成为”符合语境。故填ended up。 【53题详解】 句意：事实上，当我考试不及格时，我的同学从来没有嘲笑过我。根据“In fact, when I...in a test, my classmates never laughed at me.”及备选词可知，作者的同学从来没有笑话过作者，推测作者考试没有通过，fail“失败”符合语境。故填failed。 【54题详解】 句意：可能总会有人在某件事上比我做得好，这很正常。根据“It is...that there will probably always be someone better than me at something.”及备选词可知，总会有人能够把事情做得更好，这是一个正常的现象，normal“正常的”符合语境。故填normal。 【55题详解】 句意：无论你是谁，你都不可能在每件事上都是第一名，这真的没关系。根据“...who you are, you can never be the number one at everything, and that’s really okay.”可知，无论谁都不可能在每件事情上都做到最好，no matter what“无论什么”符合题意。故填No matter。 B 选用方框中的词，并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺，每个词只能用一次。 we use easy waste achieve to face after expect fascinating I was sitting in an introduction to calligraphy (书法) workshop when a student asked the teacher, “What do I need to become a professional calligrapher?” We all paid full attention ____56____ that question because normally, a master would keep the key to success to himself. We all held our breath and ____57____ the answer. It was as if we were looking forward to a cookbook for the most delicious dish. Seeing the expressions on their ____58____, the teacher explained, “The key to becoming a professional calligrapher is pen and paper and the time you spent on it.” The same goes for any professional at their skills. We may think that improving the quality of materials is what matters most. But it’s ____59____. My goal is to become a filmmaker and make the ____60____ movies of all. I also want to make progress as soon as possible. In other words, is there something that would lead me ____61____ to success? Is there a certain camera, a light kit, a microphone or a skill for that? The answer was no. ____62____ watching online videos about filmmaking, I realized I had all that I needed. It was just going to take time ____63____ my goal. We may lose energy and interest looking for the right tools or answers in the end, because most of our time ____64____ in looking for a solution instead of taking time. It is not right for ____65____ to focus on the end result instead of enjoying the journey. Go far. Reach farther. Take the time to become your best self. 【答案】56. to 57. expected 58. faces 59. useless 60. most fascinating 61. easily 62. After 63. to achieve 64. is wasted 65. us 【解析】 【导语】本文通过讲述了学生问书法大师怎样才能成为一名专业书法家的事例来告诉我们一个道理：时间不应该浪费在寻找解决方案上，而是享受学习这个旅程。 【56题详解】 句意：我们都全神贯注于那个问题。此处为固定短语pay attention to意为“注意”，因此用介词to表示。故填to。 【57题详解】 句意：我们都屏住呼吸，期待着答案。根据“We all held our breath and…the answer.”及前文可知，此处是指在期待大师的回答，expect“期待”符合语境，时态为一般过去时，用动词过去式。故填expected。 【58题详解】 句意：看到他们脸上的表情，老师解释道。根据“Seeing the expressions on their…, the teacher explained,”可知，此处是指他们脸上的表情，face“脸”符合语境，结合空前的their可知应用名词复数形式。故填faces。 【59题详解】 句意：但它没用。根据“We may think that improving the quality of materials is what matters most.”可知，此处是指提高材料的质量是没用的，use“用”为动词，表示“没用的”用形容词useless。故填useless。 【60题详解】 句意：我的目标是成为一名电影制作人，制作最吸引人的电影。根据“My goal is to become a filmmaker and make the…movies of all.”可知，此处是指最吸引人的电影，应用形容词fascinating“迷人的”最高级形式。故填most fascinating。 【61题详解】 句意：换句话说，有没有什么东西能让我更容易成功？根据“is there something that would lead me…to success?”及后文可知，此处是指更容易成功，easy“简单的”为形容词，其副词easily“容易地”符合语境。故填easily。 【62题详解】 句意：在看了关于电影制作的在线视频之后，我意识到我已经拥有了我所需要的一切。根据“…watching online videos about filmmaking, I realized I had all that I needed.”可知，此处是指看了关于电影制作的在线视频之后，after符合语境，表示“在……之后”，位于句首首字母大写。故填After。 【63题详解】 句意：只是需要时间来实现我的目标。根据“It was just going to take time…my goal.”可知，此处是指实现目标，achieve“实现”符合语境，应用动词不定式作目的状语。故填to achieve。 【64题详解】 句意：因为我们大部分时间都浪费在寻找解决方案上，而不是花时间。根据“because most of our time…in looking for a solution instead of taking time.”可知，此处是指时间被都浪费在寻找解决方案上了，waste“浪费”符合语境，此处名词time和动词waste为被动关系，其结构为be done，时态为一般现在时，time为不可数名字，be动词用is。故填is wasted。 【65题详解】 句意：我们不应该专注于最终结果，而应该享受旅程。根据“It is not right for…to focus on the end result instead of enjoying the journey.”可知，此处是指我们，位于介词for后用人称代词宾格us“我们”。故填us。 Ⅷ. 书面表达 （共10分） 66. 随着“双减”政策的实施，同学们的周末有了新的“打开方式”，生活变得更加丰富多彩：学习一项体育技能、聆听一堂“自然百科”、参与一次社区活动、阅读一本经典好书……请根据以上内容，写一篇不少于80词的英语短文。 内容包括：1. Please tell us how you spent your last weekend. 2. What have you learned from it? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文： Thanks to the “double reduction” policy, I’m free from tons of homework and endless after-school classes on weekends and have enough time to do something that I’m interested in. Last Saturday, I joined in the reading project in our community which aims to encourage people to read more books and share their different opinions about what they have read. People of different ages sat around and began to read Treasure Island together. Then I shared my feelings on the book and listened to others express their ideas on the book, which broadened my mind a lot. I think weekend activities like this are more interesting, meaningful and useful than just staying at home doing endless homework. It not only enriches our experiences but also helps us to think critically. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇材料作文； ②时态：时态为 “一般现在时”和“一般过去时”； ③提示：写作要点已给出，要注意不要遗漏提示的相关要点，适当添加细节，并突出写作重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，介绍“双减”对我的影响； 第二步，介绍我如何度过上周末； 第三步，介绍我从活动中获得的感悟。 [亮点词汇] ①thanks to多亏 ②be free from摆脱 ③be interested in对……感兴趣 ④aim to目的是 ⑤encourage sb to do鼓励某人做某事 ⑥People of different ages不同年龄段的人 [高分句型] ①Thanks to the “double reduction” policy, I’m free from tons of homework and endless after-school classes on weekends and have enough time to do something that I’m interested in. (that引导定语从句) ②Last Saturday, I joined in the reading project in our community which aims to encourage people to read more books and share their different opinions about what they have read.(which引导定语从句) ③Then I shared my feelings on the book and listened to others express their ideas on the book, which broadened my mind a lot.(which引导定语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 学年第一学期九年级期中质量监测 英语试卷 听力部分 （共20分） I. 听力 第一节 情景反应 （每小题1分，共5分） 本节共5个小题，每小题你将听到一组对话。请你从每小题所给的A、B、C三幅图片中选出与你所听到的信息相关联的一项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。 1. A B C 2. A B C 3. A B C 4. A B C 5. A B C 第二节 对话理解 （每小题1分，共5分） 本节共5个小题，每小题你将听到一段对话和一个问题。请你从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。 6. A. Short. B. Tall. C. Thin. 7. A. Wood. B. Glass. C. Plastic. 8. A. 54 pounds. B. 60 pounds. C. 66 pounds. 9. A. To the bookstore. B. To the restaurant. C. To the bank. 10. A. The shoes are sold out. B. The man doesn't know the time. C. The shopping center will be closed soon. 第三节 语篇理解 （每小题1分，共5分） 本节你将听到一篇短文。请你根据短文内容和所提出的5个问题，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。 11. Who is Betty? A. The writer's friend. B. Brandon's mother. C. Carol's teacher. 12. How did Betty celebrate Brandon's birthday every year? A. By calling him. B. By hanging out with him. C. By sending him a birthday card. 13. What happened to Betty one year? A. She fell ill. B. She lost her job. C. She missed her daughter. 14. Why was the writer proud of Brandon? A. Because he was busy. B. Because he sent flowers to Betty. C. Because he graduated from high school. 15. What can we learn from the passage? A. Keeping a friendship is necessary. B. Always put off today's work til tomorrow. C. Show kindness to others as early as possible. 第四节 听力填空 （每小题1分，共5分） 本节你将听到一篇短文。请你根据所听内容，填写下面的表格，每空一词。 Vincent Van Gogh ·was born in 1853 and started painting in 1880 ·used 16 ________ colors to express his feelings ·changed the 17. ________ of art forever ·moved to the south of France and 18. ________ a number of works ·became 19. ________ ill and died in 1890 ·finished nearly 20. ________ oil paintings 笔试部分 （共80分） Ⅱ. 单项选择 （每小题1分，共10分） 从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。 1. Three Chinese astronauts were sent into the space in October. ________ journey on the Chinese space station will last about 180 days. A. Our B. Your C. Their 2. There are many learning apps on the Internet which provide rich ________. They’re very helpful. A. courses B. processes C. scores 3. —Li Lei is a boy of few words, but he is ________ in math classes. —So he is. He is really talented in math. A. absent B. active C. polite 4. The Tokyo Olympics winners who were born in the 2000s are ________ known all over the world. They are rising stars. A. widely B. secretly C. slowly 5. Washing hands and wearing a mask could stop the virus from ________ in the crowds. A. catching B. falling C. spreading 6. Every morning, the mother ________ clean clothes on the bed for her children to choose. How caring! A. puts on B. lays out C. looks up 7. Don’t ________ making mistakes. It’s considered necessary on the way to success. A. be afraid of B. be excited about C. be interested in 8. Many teenagers usually ride bicycles on the streets very fast. That might ________ the risk of traffic accidents. A. avoid B. manage C. increase 9. Mr. Wu does most things ________ instead of depending on others. That’s why he runs his business well. A. in person B. in public C. in return 10. —Nancy do you know ________? —Sorry, I have no idea. Let’s check the timetable on the notice board. A. why the school put off the exam B. when the school concert will begin C. where we can buy a ticket to the match Ⅲ. 补全对话 （每小题1分，共5分） 根据对话内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使对话意思完整，并将其字母标号填入相应的横线上。 (Lily meets Jane and Ada on the way home. ) Lily: Hello! Jane: Hi! You look stressed out. ____11____ Lily: I failed the English test again. How do you study for an English test? Jane: ____12____ It works for me. Memorizing words is a good way to learn English well. Lily: Sounds like a good idea. What about you, Ada? Ada: ____13____ Lily: I often do that, too. But I can’t help feeling nervous before the tests. ____14____ Jane: Why not listen to some music? Ada: I agree. Light music is a good choice. Lily: I’ll have a try. ____15____ Jane: Not at all. Ada: We are always here for each other. A. What should I do? B. What’s the matter? C. I usually make word cards. D. Thank you for your advice! E. I find it useful to read the textbook carefully. V. 完形填空 （每小题1分，共10分） 请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选一个最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。 In a small Chinese town lived a poor young man named Ma Liang. He loved painting, ___16___ he was too poor to buy a brush for himself. One night, an old man with a long beard ___17___ him in a dream. He gave Liang a brush to paint. “Use this ___18___ brush to help the poor,” he said, “but don’t use it to help greedy (贪婪的) people, or the special power will leave your fingers. At that time, you will lose the ability to ___19___.” When Liang woke up, he found the brush on the table ___20___ his bed. He painted a butterfly and was surprised to see ___21___ fly off the page and out of the window. Liang started painting things. He painted buffaloes (水牛) for farmers, food for hungry people and clothes for people who were cold. People were touched by Liang’s help and got a feeling of ___22___. However, a rich man asked Liang to paint gold for him, or he’ll cut Liang’s fingers off. To ___23___ the rude request, Liang painted an island of gold and a boat in the middle of a sea. The rich man got in the boat at once. He went on his way in ___24___ and asked Liang to paint a strong wind and huge waves so that he could reach the island ___25___. Finally, the boat disappeared in the water and nobody ever saw him again. 16. A. and B. but C. or 17. A. visited B. punished C. interviewed 18. A. magic B. mobile C. correct 19. A. produce B. paint C. review 20 A. in B. over C. beside 21. A. him B. her C. it 22. A. warmth B. sadness C. humor 23. A. part with B. deal with C. connect with 24. A. order B. silence C. excitement 25. A. wisely B. quickly C. privately V. 阅读理解 （一） （每小题2分，共30分） A 请阅读下列五个节日的介绍，将其与上面的插画相匹配，并将其字母标号填入题后的横线上。 ___26___ In China many believed that there was a goddess called Chang’e on the moon. To remember her, people put grapes, watermelons, mooncakes and other things on a table at home or outdoors during the festival. ___27___ When the good smell of zongzi is in the air, the festival is here. The dragon boat race is the most exciting part during the festival. People drive boats with the sound of drums. The race is in the memory of the great poet Qu Yuan. ___28___ It’s about expressing thanks to the important people and the good things in your life. Families and friends get together for a big meal, which includes a turkey, potatoes, vegetables and pumpkin pie. ___29___ For children, the festival is great fun. The most important tradition is coloring eggs and giving each other baskets of candy. The festival is also a celebration of the end of winter and a time to look to the coming summer. ___30___ It falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. In Chinese, the number nine means a long life, so it is seen as a day to respect the old. Besides, with clear autumn sky and fresh air, climbing hills is the most popular activity. B I remember when I was growing up, my mom always said, “Half the fun of doing anything is sharing it with others.” It’s so true. Friends allow us to enjoy the taste of our success and our joys and comfort us in our challenging moments. They provide a mirror for us to learn more about ourselves. I’ve always looked at friends as the family members. They enrich our lives. As Robert Louis Steven once said, “A friend is a present which you give yourself.” To be a good friend, it’s very important to be a good listener. Hear what your friend says first instead of making conclusions (结论) quickly. Sometimes it is useful to repeat their words back to them. It can help them to realize whether their words were what they wanted to say. Patience is also important in being a good friend. You know the old golden rule “Care for others in the way you would like them to care for you.” The support of a friend during a difficult time could make the difference between success and failure. Encouragement and confidence are the best gifts that can change a person’s life. Politeness and kindness are also very necessary, especially when you make new friends. If you want to offer your friends some suggestions, describe and explain them politely. Remember to keep smiling on your face. We should choose our friends carefully, because they can have a huge effect on our life. As someone told me, “The attitudes of your friends are like the buttons on a lift. They will either take you up or down.” 31. In fact, the mother’s words mean that ________. A. a friend’s present can make us richer B. sharing with friends can give us happiness C. we can only have fun when being with friends 32. To be a good listener, we should ________. A. hear what friends say all the time B. help friends make sure what they say C. make conclusions about friends’ words quickly 33. When we make new friends, we should always ________. A. give them suggestions B. try to make them laugh C. be polite and kind to them 34. The underlined word “buttons” means ________ in Chinese. A. 按钮 B. 信号 C. 品牌 35. The passage mainly tells us ________. A. how to be a good friend B. how to influence a friend C. how to lead a friend to success C 请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺。 “Before I came to China, I thought I would see a lot of old buildings, red lanterns and everybody doing kung fu. ____36____ High-rise buildings and other high-tech products are everywhere,” Barry said. The 24-year-old is a foreign student at Beijing’s North China University of Technology. He used to learn about China by watching movies like Shaolin Temple. Now he gets to see the country’s true colors by living in it. Barry said, “____37____” He is especially impressed by the high-speed trains from Beijing to Tianjin, which take only half an hour. ____38____ She came to study medicine at Jinggangshan University in Ji’an, Jiangxi. She also fell in love with China. After living there for five years, Nancy has learned about China’s development. Farmland has been changed into semi-urban (半城市的) areas; facilities such as fitness parks and footbridges make people’s lives easier; young and old are getting a lot from technology like mobile payments. ____39____ Chinese youth are also trying to make people know about their home country better. Luo Xiangquan is a Chinese college student from Shanghai. ____40____ He said his roommate from the US didn’t know what China’s capital is. Since then, Luo has been using every chance to explain China to others. “Only by having more people-to-people communication can we show the world a real China,” Luo said. A. But it turned out to be not true. B. I really enjoy life while living in China. C. He took part in an international summer program. D. Thanks to these changes, the Chinese are living a happy life. E. Nancy is a girl from the UK and has never been to China before. VI. 阅读理解 （二） （每小题1分，共5分） 请阅读下面短文，按要求完成所给任务，并将答案写在相应的位置上。 There are two kinds of waterways in the world. One is natural, called a river. The other is man-made, called a canal (运河). China has the longest canal in the world-the Grand Canal. Recently, the United Nations (UN) produced a stamp of the Grand Canal. It will let more people learn about the great Chinese waterway. The picture on the UN stamp shows a nighttime view of the canal in Yangzhou, Jiangsu. How was the Grand Canal built? The 3,200-kilometer-long Grand Canal dates back nearly 2,500 years. During the Spring and Autumn Period, people started to build a canal in today’s Jiangsu Province. During the Sui Dynasty, it became part of the Grand Canal. The Grand Canal runs from Beijing to Zhejiang Province. The canal connects five river basins, such as the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. In 2014, it got onto the World Heritage List. Why is it important? Modern planes and trains make it easy to get things from different places. However, things were moved slowly by horse or on foot in old times. It took a lot of time to move large things like bags of grain and tea by land. The Grand Canal made things faster and easier to move. During the Sui Dynasty, for example, fine grains grew in the south. But they were kept in the capital, Luoyang, in the north. With the Grand Canal, people were able to send grain to the capital in a short time. The canal also made the economy (经济) grow fast. Silk, tea, and coal were all sent between the north and south. “The Great Wall symbolizes the firm backbone of China, while the Grand Canal is bloodline that flows through hearts of Chinese people,” said Shan Jixiang, former director of the Palace Museum. 41. What is a canal? __________________________________________________________________ 42. What’s the picture on the stamp about? __________________________________________________________________ 43. How long is the Grand Canal? _________________________________________________________________ 44. Please translate the underlined (划线的) sentence into Chinese. _________________________________________________________________ 45. Do you think the Grand Canal is important? Why? _________________________________________________________________ Ⅶ. 词语运用 （从A、B两题中任选一题作答。每小题1分，共10分） A 选用方框中的词或短语填空，使短文完整、通顺，每个词或短语只能用一次。 by seldom abilities ended up was born with failed normal discovered no matter from time to time At my primary school, I was one of the smartest kids there. I ___46___ studied, but always got perfect scores. I thought I was born clever. At least I believed so. Also, I ___47___ a good voice according to myself. I could sing better than almost everyone else in my school. I was pretty sure that once I got to the seventh grade, everyone would be surprised ___48___ me. But actually, they weren’t. When I arrived at my new class, I couldn’t wait to show my ___49___ to everyone. However, there was always someone else who could do better. My grades began to get worse. More talented girls often sang solos (独唱). I ___50___ that I wasn’t smart, I wasn’t talented and I was a failure. Over the next two years, I had to work very hard. ___51___, I joined in some singing competitions and won many prizes through my efforts. Grades were improving little by little. I tried my best. However, I still ___52___ not being the best at everything. I haven’t realized until recently that I really don’t have to be the best at everything. I was too hard on myself. In fact, when I ___53___ in a test, my classmates never laughed at me. No one is perfect. It is ___54___ that there will probably always be someone better than me at something. Anyway, there are about seven billion people in this world. ___55___ who you are, you can never be the number one at everything, and that’s really okay. B 选用方框中的词，并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺，每个词只能用一次。 we use easy waste achieve to face after expect fascinating I was sitting in an introduction to calligraphy (书法) workshop when a student asked the teacher, “What do I need to become a professional calligrapher?” We all paid full attention ____56____ that question because normally, a master would keep the key to success to himself. We all held our breath and ____57____ the answer. It was as if we were looking forward to a cookbook for the most delicious dish. Seeing the expressions on their ____58____, the teacher explained, “The key to becoming a professional calligrapher is pen and paper and the time you spent on it.” The same goes for any professional at their skills. We may think that improving the quality of materials is what matters most. But it’s ____59____. My goal is to become a filmmaker and make the ____60____ movies of all. I also want to make progress as soon as possible. In other words, is there something that would lead me ____61____ to success? Is there a certain camera, a light kit, a microphone or a skill for that? The answer was no. ____62____ watching online videos about filmmaking, I realized I had all that I needed. It was just going to take time ____63____ my goal. We may lose energy and interest looking for the right tools or answers in the end, because most of our time ____64____ in looking for a solution instead of taking time. It is not right for ____65____ to focus on the end result instead of enjoying the journey. Go far. Reach farther. Take the time to become your best self. Ⅷ. 书面表达 （共10分） 66. 随着“双减”政策的实施，同学们的周末有了新的“打开方式”，生活变得更加丰富多彩：学习一项体育技能、聆听一堂“自然百科”、参与一次社区活动、阅读一本经典好书……请根据以上内容，写一篇不少于80词的英语短文。 内容包括：1. Please tell us how you spent your last weekend. 2. 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