专题09 阅读回答问题（精选期中真题，20篇）【考题猜想】-2024-2025学年九年级英语上学期期中考点大串讲（牛津上海版）

专题05 选词填空（精选期中真题，20篇） 选 题 来 源 1、2024·位育中学·期中卷 2、2024·上海市实验西校·期中卷 3、2024·浦东新区第四教育署四校联考·期中卷 4、2024·浦东新区22校联考·期中卷 5、2024·浦东模范中学·期中卷 6、2024·闵行区六校联考·期中卷 7、2024·协和双语培明中学·期中卷 8、2024·同济大学附属七一中学·期中卷 9、2024·金山区联考·期中卷 10、2024·川沙中学南校·期中卷 11、2024·崇明区部分学校联考·期中卷 12、2024·普陀区统考·期中卷 13、2024·奉贤区统考·期中卷 14、2024·黄浦区统考·期中卷 15、2024·骏博外国语学校（上闵外）·期中卷 16、2024·娄山中学·期中卷 17、2024·浦东新区统考·期中卷 18、2024·青浦区进修学院附属中学·期中卷 19、2024·杨浦区统考·期中卷 20、2023·进才中学北校·期中卷 1、2024·位育中学·期中卷 D. Answer the questions (12分) Allen's First Marathon (马拉松) One of Allen's ankles was injured one month before his first time to compete in a marathon. This meant he could not run or train for two weeks. Yet, Allen made up his mind to go ahead. Allen remembers back to his first year in the school. He was only seven at that time. In his first P. E. class, his teacher required them to run laps and then hit a ball. He didn't do either well. He was later told that he was "not athletic"—he had no talent in sports. The idea that he was not athletic went with him for years. When he started running in his thirties he realized running marathon was not about competition or whether he was physically strong and active. He thought that _____________63_____________. The night before his first marathon, he dreamed that he couldn't even find the finish line. He woke up sweating (冒汗) and nervous, but ready to prove something to himself. Shortly after crossing the star line, his shoe laces (鞋带) became untied. So Allen stopped to tie them. Not the start he wanted! At mile 3, Allen passed a sign: "GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!" By mile 17, he became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. When he felt the pain, he tried to slow down and walked a bit and then ran again. As Allen approached mile 25—near the finish line, he saw his wife waving a sign to encourage him. She is Allen's biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 5 a.m. or questioned his money on running. Allen was one of the final runners to finish. But he finished! And he also got a medal. In fact, he got the same medal as the one that the man who got in first place. Allen made up his mind to be himself and moved forward. He can now call himself a real winner. 63. Allen was injured a month before his first marathon, wasn't he? _______________________________ 64. What was Allen's decision after he was injured? _______________________________ 65. When did Allen know he was not good at sports? _______________________________ 66. Who waved a sign to support Allen near the finish line? _______________________________ 67. How was Allen's first marathon? _______________________________ 68. What can be filled in the blank in Paragraph 3? (No more than 15 words) _______________________________ 2、2024·上海市实验西校·期中卷 D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答问题）（12分） The word “addiction” usually makes you think of alcohol or drugs, but in modern-day society, we are seeing some new kinds of addictions. Some people are compulsive (难以自制的) shoppers; Some find it impossible to pull themselves away from their work. Still, some spend countless hours watching TV or playing computer games. Over the years shopping has become a very common activity. Many people enjoy going to stores more and more every day, but it’s more than a common hobby for some of them. They have turned into shopaholics (购物狂). They are people who simply enjoy shopping and walking around spending money without being able to stop doing it. They are hooked on shopping and usually buy things that they don’t need. Even though they don’t have enough money, they buy everything they want. The question is: Why do they have this addiction? There isn’t a specific answer to this. Some people go shopping when they are sad, worried, upset or lonely and they want to feel better. They use this activity as a way to forget their problems. Shopaholics say they feel more important and better after they have bought something. Shopaholics seems to be a harmless addiction, but it can . Some of them can be psychological (心理上的). If this is the case, people addicted to shopping should go to a support group to help them break this habit. However, the process, like for most addictions, is long, and is one in which they can end up suffering a lot. They just think about satisfying their feelings, so they spend money they don’t have. They get deep in debt, and they can even go bankrupt and get sent to prison. 58. There isn’t a specific reason for a person to have an addiction, is there? _________________________________________________________________ 59. What does “addiction” mean? _________________________________________________________________ 60. Why are some people crazy about shopping? _________________________________________________________________ 61. Fill in the blank in paragraph 3 in no more than six words. Shopaholism seems to be a harmless addiction, but it can ___________________. 62. How can shopaholics get help? _________________________________________________________________ 63. Do you like shopping? Why or why not? (Give at least two reasons.) _________________________________________________________________ 3、2024·浦东新区第四教育署四校联考·期中卷 Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题） Last year a boy of four was visiting the museum named Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich with his family when he accidentally knocked the historical jug which was worth up to $2000 off a window ledge(边缘）. The jug was broken into 65 pieces and the boy was extremely upset. Later a duty officer took many hours to repair it. Is his family facing a heavy fine or needing to pay the repairs? No, the museum staff told the boy that the jug had been fixed and that all was well now. Yesterday a museum spokesman said: “We have received a call from the boy’s mother who told us the little boy and his family were delighted that the jug had been repaired but they wished to remain anonymous(匿名的）. ” Many people wrote letters to the editor to show their opinions. Below are some of them. To the editor The fault(错误）here lies with the museum. They should have made sure that the jug was in a secure place where it could not be knocked over. If they have people walking through the museum, they should set up the exhibitions in such a way that they are safe. They are being careless with important historical artifacts(人工艺术品） From Tom London, UK To the editor Parents do not teach children how to behave these days. When we were children, we weren’t allowed to touch anything. It is not the responsibility of the museum to put everything into cabinets(展览柜）. The aim of Christchurch Mansion Museum is that the items are seen where they would have been in the house as in the past. It is the PARENTS’ responsibility to teach the children what to do. The parents were lazy and careless. From Sara New York, USA To the editor How happy to read good news! A wonderful job was done repairing the jug, but even better is that museum staff cared more about the boy than the jug. How kind that they would find simply to comfort him. A little boy is worth a lot more than a jug. Hearing that all is fine will help the boy a great deal, and make sure that he isn’t left with bad feelings. From Lily Shanghai, China 58. Did the boy accidentally knock the historical jug off a window ledge or not? _______________________________________ 59. Why didn’t the boy and his family pay a fine or repairs? _______________________________________ 60. Who does Tom think is responsible for the accident? _______________________________________ 61. What’s Lily’s opinion on the way that museum dealt with the situation? _______________________________________ 62. What do you think can be done in the future to prevent an incident like this? (Give two points) _______________________________________ 4、2024·浦东新区22校联考·期中卷 D. Read the passage and answer the questions: (12分) 根据短文内容回答下列问题。 Say No to Caged Birds When I was nine years old, my parents bought me cockatie (鸡尾鹦鹉) from a local pet store. I named him Bubba. Like any young kid would be, I was excited to have a new friend. After a few weeks, however, the feelings of excitement wore off. It’s no big surprise that, being a kid, I was not prepared for the huge responsibility of taking care of Bubba. Neither were my parents. Bubba had to live his entire life in a small, dirty cage. Unable to stretch his wings, he was bored out of his mind. The bird ended up living a much shorter life than be would otherwise have done in the wild. It’s a sad story, but, unfortunately, it’s a story that had been all too common. No bird was born to live in a cage, yet millions are kept behind bars. Many of these birds are improperly cared for and die young. Most people buy pet birds on an impulse, as my family did. They have no idea how much time, money and energy will be needed to care for them. When the birds that seemed so cute and beautiful in pet stores turn out to be noisy, many are abandoned. Because of the boredom and loneliness they end with, birds can go mad. They may pull out their own feathers or peck over and over again at the burs of their cage. How can you help? Well, it’s very simple. Please never buy a caged bird. Never support any businesses that keep caged birds as “Decorations.” Let more people know that birds never belong in cages. 58. How did the author feel when his parents bought him a cockatie? ________________ 59. Why did Bubba feel bored? ________________ 60. Why does the author say “It’s a sad story” in the third paragraph? ________________ 61. Why do many pet birds get abandoned in the end? ________________ 62. According to that author, what may birds do when they are feeling bored and lonely? ________________ 63. After reading the article, what do you want to say to the people who want to buy caged birds? ________________ 5、2024·浦东模范中学·期中卷 Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答问题) Sun Ruifeng, a mother in Beijing, changed some of her plans for her 8-year-old son’s summer vacation. She looked for an English training course, but in the end, she changed it to a swimming training class. “Due to the stricter regulations (规定) on subject-training classes, many parents like me choose sports or other projects for developing interests instead,” Sun said. Sun’s choice is part of the result of the government’s growing efforts to lighten the academic pressure (学业压力) on young students. On July 24 last year, Chinese government introduced a guideline (意见) to ease the burden (负担) of excessive homework and off-campus training for primary and junior high school students. It lists requirements in areas such as reducing the amount and the difficulty of homework and improving the quality of education and after-class services provided by schools. For example, homework for children below the third grade is not allowed, while homework for junior high school students should take no longer than 90 minutes to finish. According to the guideline, training institutions (机构) cannot teach students content that is too advanced for the school curriculum. No training courses can be taught on weekends, national holidays or during winter and summer vacations. According to Global Times, more than 75 percent of Chinese urban children, from Grade 1 to Grade 12, attend training programs. However, some training institutions take part in anxiety marketing, selling unnecessary programs that increase the burden on students. Many parents showed their support for the new moves. “Subject learning is enough at school and we hope to improve the children’s overall quality of life during holidays.” a parent surnamed (姓) Zhou in Guangzhou told Xinhua. However, there are also some concerns. A parent surnamed Chen in Shanxi said that although she agreed on new moves, she worried that/if . 58. Sun Ruifeng didn’t choose the swimming training class for her son at last, did she? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 59. What does the guideline require primary and junior high schools to do on homework? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 60. How long does it take the children in the junior high school to finish their homework? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 61. Who increases the burden on students by selling unnecessary programs? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 62. Why did many parents show their support for the new move? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 63. What might be filled in the blank in the last paragraph? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 6、2024·闵行区六校联考·期中卷 D.Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题) 12分 Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): Electives(选修课) are always popular with students because they offer the chance to learn something exciting, and they’re a welcome break from regular courses like maths and physics. Here are just a few of the exciting electives lucky teenagers can take in some of China’s middle schools. Self-defense skills A school from Chongqing The school offers a self-defense course — just for girls. Those who attend the lessons have the chance to study basic self-protection skills in a one-on-one practice. They learn how to get away when they need to and defend themselves against attacks. “I feel safer in myself now,” said Zhang Yi, 15, a girl student. Pottery A school from Tianjin The famous pottery scene in a movie called Ghost is a lasting memory for many movie-goers. Young artists at the school love to get their hands dirty creating beautiful pieces. Students learn how to design and make various clay projects. At the end, they have the skills to make their own clay bowls, cups, vases and pots. Horse riding A school from Beijing Equestrians(马术) can look pretty cool, can’t they? Teenagers at this school can now choose a course in riding skills. They’re taught to communicate with their horses and how to use reins. To ride a horse in the proper way, a student must hold the head forward and keep his back straight. Students come away from this elective not only knowing how to ride a horse gracefully, but also physically fitter! Couplets A school from Nanjing How many of you can write a couplet? This old literary(文学的) form is slowly disappearing, but Chinese culture lovers at the school are trying to make it alive. For their elective, teenagers study old couplets and try to rhyme(押韵) their own lines. Many of this year’s students can’t wait for the Spring Festival, when they’ll be able to show off their new skills. 58. Maths and physics are electives in middle schools of China aren’t they? ___________________________________________ 59. How many electives in Chinese middle schools are introduced in the article? ___________________________________________ 60. Which elective course is especially designed for girl students? ____________________________________________ 61. What kind of art works can students have at the end of the elective “Pottery”? _____________________________________________ 62. What are the common advantages of “Self-defense skills” and “horse riding”? Both of the electives enable students _____________________________________. 63. Whom will the elective “Couplets” probably attract? Why? ______________________________________________ 7、2024·协和双语培明中学·期中卷 Answer the questions Have you ever recycled? To recycle is to take rubbish and make it into something new. Recycling is good for our planet because it makes junk into something that we can use again. Recycling also helps to clean up the litter that makes our streets look dirty. All kinds of things can be recycled. The most common materials like glass, plastic, paper, metals, cloth are all recyclable. Sometimes these products are broken down to make the same kinds of products (产品). An example of this type of recycling is using paper to make more paper. Rubbish can also be broken down to make completely new items as well! Some items, like glass, can be recycled forever! We can use glass items, then break them down and use them again and again. Aluminum (铝) cans are one of the most successful recycled metals. They can be recycled again and again and nearly 60% of all aluminum cans have been recycled. The average family of four can produce nearly 2,000 pounds of rubbish each year. As time goes on, we have fewer places to put all of this rubbish in. Recycling is one way to limit (限制) the amount of rubbish we need to put into the land. The next time you toss a can or bottle into the rubbish can, look to see if there is a recycling triangle on the label. It is the international sign for recycling. It means that the item you are going to throw in the dustbin could be recycled. 63. Is recycling helpful for the environment? ________________________________________ 64. List some common materials that can be recycled. ________________________________________ 65. What can be recycled forever according to the passage? ________________________________________ 66. How many percent of Aluminum cans have been recycled? ________________________________________ 67. What does the underlined word “toss” in the passage mean? ________________________________________ 68. What is the main purpose of the passage? ________________________________________ 8、2024·同济大学附属七一中学·期中卷 Answer the questions I grew up in a small town in Washington, US, and I want to be like my brother, Tim. He and his friends were in a gang. They often beat up people, and they didn’t go to school much. I thought they were cool. On my thirteenth birthday, I told my brother I wanted to be in the gang with him. He said ‘no’, but I didn’t listen. I went to ask his friends. Tim’s friends took me into the back yard. They told me that if I joined the gang, I was in for life. Then, someone hit me in the face. I fell down. But I didn’t cry. Each time I got up, they hit me again. Finally, they said I could be one of them. Tim was angry when he heard about it. But I stayed with the gang. After a few months, I began to beat up other people with the gang. Sometimes I wouldn’t go home at night, and my mother would be worried. This went on for two years. I knew it was bad, but there nothing I could do. I was in for life. One day, someone hit me in the head. I spent a day in the hospital. For the first time, I wanted out of the gang. One night after my fifteenth birthday, I went home. My mother was in the hospital. She had a nervous breakdown (精神崩溃) because she was so worried about me. That made me very sad. The next day, I told the gang that I wanted out. They began to beat me up, and my brother stopped them. I got up off the floor, smiled and said goodbye. But they didn’t just stop there. Every time they saw me, they beat me up. This went on for about two months. But in the end, it stopped. I’m glad I’m out of the gang now. I don’t have to be afraid all the time. I can talk to anyone I want. And most of all, I made my mum happy again. 63. The people in the gang didn’t have to go to school did they? _____________________________________________ 64. When did the write tell his brother that he wanted to be in the gang? _____________________________________________ 65. How did the writer’s brother feel when he knew the writer was in the gang? _____________________________________________ 66. What made the writer very sad? _____________________________________________ 67. Why did the people in the gang go on beating the writer up? _____________________________________________ 68. What do you think of the people in the gang? Why? _____________________________________________ 9、2024·金山区联考·期中卷 D. (12分) Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答问题) Born to Be a Fashion Designer Who started the world-famous fashion house Gucci? This may be a difficult question for you to answer. Most kids know little about Guccio Gucci (古驰奥·古驰), but seven-year-old Max Alexander has dreamed of becoming as great a designer as he was. Max was only four when he said he wanted to be a fashion designer. His parents were confused. They had never seen him make a dress before. The boy said that was because he didn’t have a model—if they got him one, he’d make a dress. Max’s mother, Madison, is an artist. She make her son a cardboard model of the human body. Max then pinned various materials to it to make his first dress. He asked his mom to teach him how to sew (缝纫). And in just a few weeks, the boy could sew better and faster than his mom. Max has learned almost everything else about dressmaking on his own. One of his dresses can now sell for $1,200. With the money he makes, he buys more material for dressmaking. It takes Max about a week to design and make a dress. He knows it’s finished when it “looked good”. The boy wants women of all sizes to feel beautiful and happy. He never makes menswear. Hundreds of people around the world have asked Max to make dresses for them. The boy decides for himself which task to take on. Sometimes, someone like his friend Sydney wins out over a famous person. Max’s dream is to be the head of Gucci or start his own fashion house. And if you want to get into dressmaking like him, he has a tip: Don’t be afraid to try. Remember that __________________. 83. Did Max want to be a great designer like Guccio Gucci? __________________________________ 84. Why were Max’s parents confused when he said he wanted to be a fashion designer? __________________________________ 85. How old was Max when he made his first dress? __________________________________ 86. Who taught Max to sew? __________________________________ 87. What does the underlined sentence “The boy decides for himself which task to take on.” mean? __________________________________ 88. What can be filled in the blanks in the last paragraph? __________________________ 10、2024·川沙中学南校·期中卷 D. Answer the questions.（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分） 根据短文内容回答下列问题。 Mr. Klarke works in an agricultural college. There he taught his students how to keep the seeds and when to sow them and how to look after the plants. He knows much and makes his classes lively and interesting. So he is respected. One day he was asked to give a talk in a town. On his way there, something was wrong with his car at a foot of a hill. He tried to repair it, but he failed and he had to climb up the hill and ask the villagers there for help. It was very hot that day and soon he felt thirsty. He saw a lot of pear trees in a garden. And a young man was picking them in it. “I say, young man!” said the old man, “Could you give me some pears, please?” In fact the young man was one of his students and he recognized him at once. He wanted to have a joke with him. So he answered, “Of course, sir. Do you want the hot ones or cold ones?” It made Mr. Klarke feel strange. He thought to himself, “I’ve never heard of hot pears. Well, let me tell him I want some hot ones.” And he said as he thought. Having heard this, the young man threw some pears to the ground. Mr. Klarke picked them up, blew the dust off them and ate them up. “You said they were hot, but why were they cold?” asked the old man. “What did you blow them for, then, Mr. Klarke?” said the young man with a smile. 63. Does Mr. Klarke do something in the college? _____________________________________________________________ 64. How about his classes? They ________________________________________________________ 65. He failed to repair his car, didn’t he? _____________________________________________________________ 66. Why did he climb up the hill? _____________________________________________________________ 67. What’s the Chinese meaning for the underlined word “dust”? _____________________________________________________________ 68. Why did Mr. Klarke blow the pears? What do you think of the young man? _____________________________________________________________ 11、2024·崇明区部分学校联考·期中卷 D. Answer the questions.(12分) 根据短文内容回答问题。 Are you carrying too much on your back to school? You’re not alone. Back experts (专家) in the United States are worried that young students are having back and neck problems as a result of carrying too much in their schoolbags. “It hurts my back when I run,” said Oberlin Reyes, a student in Virginia. “It’s hard to go up the stairs with my schoolbag, because it’s too heavy.” Oberlin is among students whose schoolbags were weighed for a week in a recent study. They had regular schoolbags with two straps (带子) to carry them, but a number of students with heavy loads had switched to rolling schoolbags (which have wheels and can roll on the ground). Shirley Park, whose schoolbag weighed 10 kilograms, said she changed to a rolling schoolbag because she was starting to have back pain. How much is too much? Experts say students should carry no more than 10 to 15 percent of their own body weight. A few students had one suggestion to lighten the load: Less homework. 74. Students in America carry too much on their back to school, don’t they? ________________ 75. What problems may cause when students carry too much in the schoolbags? ________________ 76. Why did Shirley Park switch regular schoolbags to a rolling schoolbag? ________________ 77. What does the expression “switched to” in Paragraph 4 perhaps mean? ________________ 78. According to the experts, If a student weighs 40 kilograms, how many kilograms can he carry a schoolbag at most? ________________ 79. What are your suggestions to lighten the load? (At least 2 suggestions) ________________ 12、2024·普陀区统考·期中卷 D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分） A Wonderful Christmas Gift Christmas was so close, and so was Ann’s birthday. She wished she could get a new dress with frills (荷叶边) and lace (蕾丝) as a wonderful Christmas gift. But Ann did not want to ask her mom for that. She knew how hard her mom worked to make a living. Maybe she could make a wish — maybe Santa Claus (圣诞老人) would come... At school her classmates were talking only about Christmas celebrations. “My rich aunt is surely going to give me a pretty doll again,” said Ria. “I have been hinting (暗示) about that costly watch to my parents,” told Tessie. Ann felt out of these conversations She had neither rich parents nor wealthy aunts to give her expensive gifts. It was not just the gift that worried Ann. It was her mother. Recently she was working overtime and looked pale and worn out. Soon it was Christmas Eve. In everyone’s house there was a decorated Christmas tree, but Ann’s house was cold and empty. Every child went to bed eagerly waiting for the lovely gifts. Ann went to bed, wishing that at least this time she would get a gift from Santa Claus. Ann slowly drifted off to sleep. She dreamed of Santa riding in the snow... The next morning Ann jumped up after hearing her alarm. Out of her expectation, there lay a beautiful packet tied with a red ribbon near her bed. Inside the package was a pretty white dress with fluffy frills and attractive lace! Ann checked the gift carefully to find out who had given her this beautiful dress Suddenly a small piece of paper fell out from the dress. Dear Ann, This dress is gifted to you for being a good girl. Hope you continue to do good things and help your mother. Your Loving friend, Santa Claus Ann felt that there was something familiar about this note. She looked into the note carefully. Then it struck her. She realized that _________78_________. Her mother had worked overtime to save money to buy this expensive gift. Ann was happy beyond words. She knew that she was the luckiest girl to have been given the best Christmas gift. 78. What did Ann want for Christmas? _________________________________________________________ 79. Why did Ann feel out of the conversations of her classmates? _________________________________________________________ 80. Ann was only worried about her Christmas gift, wasn’t she? _________________________________________________________ 81 How was Ann’s house different from other people’s houses on Christmas Eve? _________________________________________________________ 82. Complete the sentence in the last paragraph. She realized that ____________________________________________ 83. Why did Ann think that she had been given the best Christmas gift? _________________________________________________________ 13、2024·奉贤区统考·期中卷 D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题): (共12分) When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter（炼铜厂）. It made chemicals come out and made a beautiful forest become a wasteland. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area. Paul knocked him down angrily. From then on, something happened inside him. Years later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office. He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back. The answer from that big industry was “No”. Paul then went to college to study the science of plants. Unfortunately, his teachers said since there weren’t any birds or squirrels（松鼠） to spread the seeds, it would be a waste of his life to try to do it. He was told everyone knew that even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn't get his idea accepted. Paul later got married and had some kids. But his dream would not die. And then one night he did what he could with what he had. To bring trees back to the wasteland, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting under the cover of darkness. And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass. Slowly rabbits appeared. Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing. Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has. It took him until his hair turned white to plant trees and grass, but he managed to keep that impossible vow（誓言）he made to himself as a child. 74. What did the copper smelter do to a beautiful forest near Paul’s hometown? ______________________________________________________________________ 75. The copper smelter officer agreed to let Paul bring trees back at first, didn't he? ______________________________________________________________________ 76. Why did Paul’s teachers think it would be a waste of time to try to plant trees in that area? ______________________________________________________________________ 77. What did Paul do in order to bring trees back to the wasteland? ______________________________________________________________________ 78. How long did it take Paul to plant trees and grass? ______________________________________________________________________ 79. What can you learn from Paul’s story? ______________________________________________________________________ 14、2024·黄浦区统考·期中卷 D. Read the passage below and answer the following questions (根据文章内容回答下列问题) (12分) 根据文章内容回答下列问题。 While carrying your schoolbag on the way to school or home does the heavy weight of your books make you less interested to learn knowledge? Don’t worry. E-readers may help you say goodbye to your heavy schoolbag. An e-reader has the memory space to hold hundreds of books. So people want to replace heavy schoolbags with small, light e-readers. For example, Cushing Academy, a high school in Massachusetts, US, got rid of most of the 20,000 books in its library last summer. The head of the library said that the school was going to replace printed books with e-books. Teachers and students will use e-readers instead. Most e-readers are thin and weigh less than 500g. They can download an e-book within 60 seconds. “It’s so convenient. You can have so many books right at your fingertips!” said Meghan Chenausky, 16. Chinese schoolchildren are also trying e-readers. At the 2020 Shanghai Book Fair, an e-schoolbag was on show. It is a special e-reader that students can use to download textbooks from the school servers. It can also send and receive homework. Some schools in Beijing and Shanghai have tried this e-schoolbag for a few years. “It’s excellent. I don’t have to carry a heavy schoolbag anymore,” said Xiao Qi, 15, Beijing. “And it’s eco-friendly because it saves paper.” New generation e-readers have many functions (功能) besides reading, such as Wi-Fi and multimedia. However, some parents worry that these functions may have a bad influence on their children’s study habits. “I think Wi-Fi is not necessary for kids,” says Zeng Wenwen, 43, Beijing. 58. Teachers and students in Cushing Academy used e-readers last summer, didn’t they? _____________________________________________________ 59. How fast can e-readers download an e-book? _____________________________________________________ 60. What are most e-readers like? _____________________________________________________ 61. What are the uses of the special e-reader for students? _____________________________________________________ 62. Why does the student Xiao Qi think the e-schoolbag is excellent? _____________________________________________________ 63. Explain the underlined sentence in the last paragraph in your own words. _____________________________________________________ 15、2024·骏博外国语学校（上闵外）·期中卷 Joe Hammer loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the following year. At the same time as Joe was walking to the game, Kim Glen was walking to his car. Kim felt tired. He knew it was time to stop working so hard. Kim got into his car and headed home. He was driving down Seventh Avenue when he had a heart attack. Kim’s car hit Joe so hard that Joe was thrown five feet into the air. Joe woke up in a hospital room. When he learned that both his legs were broken, he realized his college basketball dream were over. Joe did what the doctors told him, but his progress was slow. When he left the hospital, Joe was sent to a center for physical therapy(理疗). A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny had been a coach before. His legs were paralyzed(瘫痪)from a skiing accident. Although Sunny couldn’t move his legs, he coached a basketball team called the Suns. Everyone on the team played from a wheelchair. Sunny invited Joe to join them. Joe played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself. After becoming a part of the Suns Joe improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. And whenever Joe became sad or angry, Sunny was there to comfort and help him. The day before Joe left the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he managed to be so happy, confident and generous, even with his paralysis. Sunny smiled and said, “It was quite simple._______58_______” 58. Who was injured more seriously in the accident, Joe or Kim? ______________________________ 59. What was Joe’s dream before the accident? ______________________________ 60. How did Joe improve in the hospital? ______________________________ 61. What made the Suns different from ordinary basketball players? ______________________________ 62. Why did Joe stop feeling sorry for himself although he played badly? ______________________________ 63. What might be Sunny’s reply to Joe’s question? Please write two sentences. ______________________________ 16、2024·娄山中学·期中卷 Answer the questions （根据短文内容回答下列问题） Tommy could not wait for the break to begin. He wanted to show Jim, his best friend, the robot that his parents got him for his birthday. He lifted the robot, out from his school bag. He looked around to make sure that no one had noticed what he was doing. The bell finally rang and Tommy was the first to get in line. He made sure that the robot was covered. In this way, his teachers would not see that he had brought a toy to school. In his school, toys were not allowed and pupils could be severely punished for breaking the rule. After the pupils reached the canteen (食堂), Tommy brought Jim to a corner of the school to show off his new toy. Jim was very excited as the robot could move on his command and perform human like actions. However, as they were playing attentively with the robot. Miss Tan, their English teacher, stood behind them and said angrily, “stop what you are doing and come here. ” The boys froze in horror, but they suddenly burst into laughter. The robot had stopped what it was doing and was walking towards Miss Tan. Miss Tan also burst into laughter. “Alright boys, you have made a big mistake. As a punishment, I want you to ________. You may bring the robot along to class, but only for tomorrow, ” said Miss Tan with a smile on her face. “Yes, Miss Tan! We are sorry!” the boys said loudly. 58. Where did Tommy hide the robot? ___________________________________ 59. Why didn’t Tommy want his teachers to notice his robot? ___________________________________ 60. Did Tommy show the robot to his best friend in the school canteen? ___________________________________ 61. What could the robot do? ___________________________________ 62. Why was the robot walking towards Miss Tan? ___________________________________ 63. What can be filled in the blank? ___________________________________ 17、2024·浦东新区统考·期中卷 D．Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答问题) (12分) Half a year before graduating from college, my son Kevin began to seek a job and soon got an interview. There were only three people for the final interview including him. The interview was very simple, during which the interviewer only chatted with them for a while. The interviewer said to them, “All of you are very good. Please go home and wait for our response.” Three days later, Kevin received a message from the company saying that he had not been offered a job. He felt deeply disappointed. But later in the evening he told me that he had received another message saying that he had been employed by the company. Actually the first message sent to Kevin was also part of the test in the interview. The three men received the same message, but only my son’s reply satisfied the company, so he was given the job. I asked Kevin, “How did all of you reply?” He said, “One did not reply; the other said ‘goodbye’, and I said ‘thank you’.” Only then did I know that my son’s job came in that way. It also makes me know when you feel disappointed, do not forget to say “thank you” to the one who disappoints you. Saying “thank you” shows respect for others’ work and shows your grand generosity（宽宏大量）. Therefore, while under the same condition, you may get more chances than others. 58. What did the writer’s son do before he graduated from college? _________________________________________ 59. How many people got the chance for the final interview? ________________________________________. 60. How did Kevin feel when he received the first message? ________________________________________. 61. The first message wasn’t a part of the test in the interview, was it? ________, ______________. 62. What does the underlined words “in that way” in paragraph 4 mean? It means Kevin got his job by ___________________. 63. What can you learn from Kevin’s experience? If you meeting something disappointing, what will you do? (1)_____________________________________________________. (2)_____________________________________________________. 18、2024·青浦区进修学院附属中学·期中卷 Answer the questions (根据以下内容回答问题) Once, at the foot of a mountain, there lived a poor farmer and his old mother. They owned a small piece of land and lived a peaceful and happy life. But their kingdom was ruled by a cruel king. He was very afraid of anything that might be a sign of declining (衰退的) health and strength, so he sent out a cruel order: All elderly people were to be killed immediately. In those barbaric (蛮荒的) days, the custom of leaving old people out there to die was not uncommon. The poor farmer loved and respected his mother very much, and the order made him very sad. But everyone obeyed the king. The poor farmer had no other way. He sighed (叹气) deeply and hopelessly many times. At sunset, after he finished his work. he lifted his helpless old mother onto his back and started on his painful journey to the Obatsuyama, the mountain of the “abandoning of the aged.” The road was long and steep, with narrow paths crossing each other. At one point the poor farmer lost his way, but he did not pay attention. He did not care which path he took. He went on and on. Tears ran down his cheeks as he climbed blindly up towards the bare (荒芜的) peak of the mountain. The old mother’s eyes were not so weak and she could see the dangerous paths around them, and her loving heart grew anxious. She thought that her son did not know the mountain very well, and that his return might be full of danger. So she reached out her hand and broke twigs (小树枝) from the bushes, and quietly dropped some every few steps along the way. At last, they reached the top of the mountain. Tired and sad, the farmer gently laid down his mother and quietly made a comfortable place for her. He wrapped her coat around her shoulders and said goodbye with tearful eyes and a heavy heart. The mother knew it was the last time to speak to her son. Her voice was trembling with unselfish love. “Be careful, my son. The mountain road is dangerous. Look carefully and follow the path with the piles of twigs. They _____5________.” the mother said in a stern (严厉的) tone. The son was surprised and deeply moved. He just couldn’t bear to leave her alone. “No, Mother. I will never leave you. We’ll follow the path of twigs together. I’ll take you home.” 83. It was unusual to leave old people out there to die in those barbaric days, wasn’t it? ________________________________ 84. Why did the bad king want to kill all the old people? ________________________________ 85. Where did the farmer take his mother at sunset? ________________________________ 86. Why did the mother drop twigs on the road? ________________________________ 87. What can be filled in the blank in the fifth paragraph? ________________________________ 88. What do you think of the farmer? Why? ________________________________ 【答案】83. No, it wasn’t. 84. Because he was very afraid of anything that might be a sign of declining health and strength. 85. To the Obatsuyama (the mountain of the “abandoning of the aged. ”). 86. Because she wanted to leave behind marks. /Because she thought her son did not know the road very well and wanted her son to return safely. 87. They will guide you back to the familiar path below. 88. The farmer was brave and thankful because he saved his mother at the risk of being punished. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了一位贫穷的农民和他的老母亲相依为命，国王下令处死所有老人，贫农为了让母亲活下来将其送到山顶，然而母亲却担心儿子对下山的路不熟，沿途丢了树枝做记号。故事告诉我们母爱的伟大。 【83题详解】 根据第二段第四句“In those barbaric days, the custom of leaving old people out there to die was not uncommon.”（在那个野蛮的年代，把老人留在那里等死的习俗并不少见。）可知，说明这种行为常见，所以回答是否定的。故填No, it wasn’t. 【84题详解】 根据第二段第二句“He was very afraid of anything that might be a sign of declining health and strength, so he sent out a cruel order：All elderly people were to be killed immediately.”（他非常害怕任何可能是健康和体力衰退的迹象，所以他发出了一个残酷的命令：所有的老人都要立即被杀死。）可知，国王杀老人的原因是他害怕任何可能是健康和体力衰退的迹象。故填Because he was very afraid of anything that might be a sign of declining health and strength. 【85题详解】 根据第三段第一句和第二句“At sunset, after he finished his work. he lifted his helpless old mother onto his back and started on his painful journey to the Obatsuyama, the mountain of the ‘abandoning of the aged.’”（日落时分，在他完成工作之后。他把无助的老母亲背在背上，开始了他痛苦的 Obatsuyama之旅，the Obatsuyama是“弃老之山”。）可知，the Obatsuyama是农民带母亲去的地方。故填To the Obatsuyama (the mountain of the “abandoning of the aged.”). 【86题详解】 根据第四段第二句“She thought that her son did not know the mountain very well, and that his return might be full of danger.”（她想她的儿子不太熟悉这座山，他回来可能会充满危险。）可知，老母亲把小树枝扔在路上的原因是因为她想留下痕迹。/因为她认为她的儿子不太熟悉路，希望她的儿子安全返回。故填Because she wanted to leave behind marks. /Because she thought her son did not know the road very well and wanted her son to return safely. 87题详解】 根据第四段第二句“She thought that her son did not know the mountain very well, and that his return might be full of danger. ”（她想她的儿子不太熟悉这座山，他回来可能会充满危险。）以及空后“Look carefully and follow the path with the piles of twigs. ”（仔细看，沿着有成堆树枝的小路走。）可知，母亲扔树枝是为了帮助儿子安全回家，所以这里填“will guide you back to the familiar path below”比较合理。故填They will guide you back to the familiar path below. 【88题详解】 开放性题目，答案言之有理即可。从农民对母亲的爱和尊重，以及他在执行国王命令时的痛苦表现，可以看出他的善良和孝顺。故填The farmer was brave and thankful because he saved his mother at the risk of being punished. 19、2024·杨浦区统考·期中卷 D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答问题）（7分） 根据短文内容回答问题。 OBSOLETE JOBS In the past, there were lots of jobs that we don’t have anymore. Many of these jobs have been taken over by machines, but some have just disappeared altogether. Let me tell you about some of them. 1. Telegraph Operators Long ago, people used telegraphs to send messages over long distances. It was like sending an old-fashioned text message, but you needed a telegraph operator to send it using a special machine. But now, we don’t have telegraph operators anymore! 2. Lift Operators These days, when we want to go up or down in elevator, we just press a button. But a long time ago, before 1950, there were people called lift operators. They would ride in the elevator with you and operate it. Nowadays, we don’t see lift operators very often, but some still work in special places like the Eiffel Tower in Pairs. 3. Lamplighters Back at the start of the 20th century, many cities used gas street lamps, not electric ones. Lamplighters had the job of going around in the evening and lighting these lamps with a big candle on a long stick. They would light about a hundred lamps in an hour. But today, we have electric streetlights, so lamplighters are gone. 4. Typesetters Before we had computers, people used to make books and newspapers by hand. They had to arrange metal letters in wooden frames to create the pages. It was a bit like a big puzzle! Nowadays, computers help us do this work efficiently, so typesetters are not needed anymore. 5. Switchboard Operators Believe it or not, in the past, when you wanted to make a phone call, you had to talk to an operator. You had to tell them the number you wanted to call, and they would connect your call for you. This job was mostly done by women at the beginning of the 20th century. But now, we can make phone calls without operators. Will more jobs disappear in the future? It’s very likely. The world is changing so quickly that ________. That’s just how the world works! 48. Match the pictures with the job descriptions. Write the numbers 1 to 5 only. Picture A: ________ Picture B: ________ Picture C: ________ 49. There are no lift operators nowadays, are there? _________________________________________ 50. How did lamplighters light the lamps? _________________________________________ 51. What does the writer mean by saying “It was a bit like a big puzzle!”? _________________________________________ 52. What did callers have to say to switchboard operators? _________________________________________ 53. Complete the sentence. The world is changing so quickly that ____________. 20、2023·进才中学北校·期中卷 Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题） This week my dog of almost 14 years died. What I lost was not just a pet dog. She was so much more than that. I don’t even remember my life without her. My dog only cost $40. She was among hundreds of dogs at Philadelphia’s Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) . PAWS is the largest animal shelter in my city. It is also a “no-kill” shelter. Many other shelters, however, are unable to be “no-kill”because of the large number of animals they have. Nearly sixty percent of dogs that enter these shelters end up being euthanized (meaning “killed in a peaceful way”) This number could be lowered if more people decided to adopt an animal rather than purchasing one. When you adopt a pet from a shelter, you are not only giving your chosen animal a loving home. You are also saving the lives of many others as you help to free up space for them. Adopting an animal is much cheaper than buying one. Since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, many people have had lower incomes than usual. More people have turned to adopting dogs. The idea behind the adoption of a dog is good. However, some animal shelters are worried that after the pandemic is over, some of these new pet owners might become, busy again and no longer have time to care for their animals. These animals might end up back on the street and in the end being put down. So before you take in an animal, think about why you want to do so. Do you truly love it, or do you just want to save money? I like to think back to when I adopted my dog almost 14 years ago. I’m proud that I gave her the life she deserved. Pets can make wonderful additions to our lives. However, almost any pet, including those without a large price tag, can do this. We should never allow man’s best friend to be let down by a system that kills because there is no room. 58. The dog was just a pet to the writer, wasn’t she? ______________________________ 59. Where did the writer get the pet dog? ______________________________ 60. What caused many people to turn to adopting dogs? ______________________________ 61. According to the writer, what might happen to the newly adopted pets after the pandemic? ______________________________ 62. What does on the streetson the streets “this” in the last paragraph mean? ______________________________ 63. Do you agree with the writer that adopting is better than purchasing? Why?(15-20 words) ______________________________ 2 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 7 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 专题05 选词填空（精选期中真题，20篇） 选 题 来 源 1、2024·位育中学·期中卷 2、2024·上海市实验西校·期中卷 3、2024·浦东新区第四教育署四校联考·期中卷 4、2024·浦东新区22校联考·期中卷 5、2024·浦东模范中学·期中卷 6、2024·闵行区六校联考·期中卷 7、2024·协和双语培明中学·期中卷 8、2024·同济大学附属七一中学·期中卷 9、2024·金山区联考·期中卷 10、2024·川沙中学南校·期中卷 11、2024·崇明区部分学校联考·期中卷 12、2024·普陀区统考·期中卷 13、2024·奉贤区统考·期中卷 14、2024·黄浦区统考·期中卷 15、2024·骏博外国语学校（上闵外）·期中卷 16、2024·娄山中学·期中卷 17、2024·浦东新区统考·期中卷 18、2024·青浦区进修学院附属中学·期中卷 19、2024·杨浦区统考·期中卷 20、2023·进才中学北校·期中卷 1、2024·位育中学·期中卷 D. Answer the questions (12分) Allen's First Marathon (马拉松) One of Allen's ankles was injured one month before his first time to compete in a marathon. This meant he could not run or train for two weeks. Yet, Allen made up his mind to go ahead. Allen remembers back to his first year in the school. He was only seven at that time. In his first P. E. class, his teacher required them to run laps and then hit a ball. He didn't do either well. He was later told that he was "not athletic"—he had no talent in sports. The idea that he was not athletic went with him for years. When he started running in his thirties he realized running marathon was not about competition or whether he was physically strong and active. He thought that _____________63_____________. The night before his first marathon, he dreamed that he couldn't even find the finish line. He woke up sweating (冒汗) and nervous, but ready to prove something to himself. Shortly after crossing the star line, his shoe laces (鞋带) became untied. So Allen stopped to tie them. Not the start he wanted! At mile 3, Allen passed a sign: "GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!" By mile 17, he became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. When he felt the pain, he tried to slow down and walked a bit and then ran again. As Allen approached mile 25—near the finish line, he saw his wife waving a sign to encourage him. She is Allen's biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 5 a.m. or questioned his money on running. Allen was one of the final runners to finish. But he finished! And he also got a medal. In fact, he got the same medal as the one that the man who got in first place. Allen made up his mind to be himself and moved forward. He can now call himself a real winner. 63. Allen was injured a month before his first marathon, wasn't he? _______________________________ 64. What was Allen's decision after he was injured? _______________________________ 65. When did Allen know he was not good at sports? _______________________________ 66. Who waved a sign to support Allen near the finish line? _______________________________ 67. How was Allen's first marathon? _______________________________ 68. What can be filled in the blank in Paragraph 3? (No more than 15 words) _______________________________ 【答案】63. Yes, he was. 64. His decision was to go ahead. 65. When he was seven in his first P.E. class. 66. Allen’s wife. 67. He finished the marathon and got a medal. 68. it was about the spirit of never giving up .(开放性问题，答案合理即可，注意不要超过15词) 【解析】 【分析】Allen曾经被认为不适合运动，但在他30多岁时他带伤完成了人生的第一场马拉松，虽然是最后一名，但他证明了自己。 【63题详解】 根据第一段第一句“One of Allen's ankles was injured one month before his first time to compete in a marathon.”可知，Allen的脚踝在他第一场马拉松比赛前一个月受伤了，故填Yes, he was. 【64题详解】 根据第一段最后一句“Yet, Allen made up his mind to go ahead.”可知，在受伤后Allen下定决心继续前进，即继续参加比赛，故填His decision was to go ahead. 【65题详解】 根据第二段第二、三和五句“He was only seven at that time. In his first P. E. class, ... He was later told that he was "not athletic"—he had no talent in sports.”可知，Allen在他七岁第一次上体育课时被告知没有运动天赋，故填When he was seven in his first P.E. class. 【66题详解】 根据第八段第一句“As Allen approached mile 25—near the finish line, he saw his wife waving a sign to encourage him.”可知，在终点线附近Allen的妻子在举牌鼓励Allen，故填Allen’s wife. 【67题详解】 根据倒数第二段第二、三句“But he finished! And he also got a medal.”可知，Allen完成了马拉松并得到了奖牌，故填He finished the marathon and got a medal. 【68题详解】 根据倒数两段可知，Allen虽然跑了最后一名，但是他很开心，因为他带着受伤的脚踝完成了马拉松，并没有放弃，所以跑马拉松对于Allen来说表示一种“不放弃”的精神；为避免重复，用it代替跑马拉松，关于：about，关于……的精神：the spirit of，永不放弃：never giving up，故填it was about the spirit of never giving up。 2、2024·上海市实验西校·期中卷 D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答问题）（12分） The word “addiction” usually makes you think of alcohol or drugs, but in modern-day society, we are seeing some new kinds of addictions. Some people are compulsive (难以自制的) shoppers; Some find it impossible to pull themselves away from their work. Still, some spend countless hours watching TV or playing computer games. Over the years shopping has become a very common activity. Many people enjoy going to stores more and more every day, but it’s more than a common hobby for some of them. They have turned into shopaholics (购物狂). They are people who simply enjoy shopping and walking around spending money without being able to stop doing it. They are hooked on shopping and usually buy things that they don’t need. Even though they don’t have enough money, they buy everything they want. The question is: Why do they have this addiction? There isn’t a specific answer to this. Some people go shopping when they are sad, worried, upset or lonely and they want to feel better. They use this activity as a way to forget their problems. Shopaholics say they feel more important and better after they have bought something. Shopaholics seems to be a harmless addiction, but it can . Some of them can be psychological (心理上的). If this is the case, people addicted to shopping should go to a support group to help them break this habit. However, the process, like for most addictions, is long, and is one in which they can end up suffering a lot. They just think about satisfying their feelings, so they spend money they don’t have. They get deep in debt, and they can even go bankrupt and get sent to prison. 58. There isn’t a specific reason for a person to have an addiction, is there? _________________________________________________________________ 59. What does “addiction” mean? _________________________________________________________________ 60. Why are some people crazy about shopping? _________________________________________________________________ 61. Fill in the blank in paragraph 3 in no more than six words. Shopaholism seems to be a harmless addiction, but it can ___________________. 62. How can shopaholics get help? _________________________________________________________________ 63. Do you like shopping? Why or why not? (Give at least two reasons.) _________________________________________________________________ 【答案】58. No, there isn’t. 59. It means alcohol or drugs, but in modern society, we have seen some new types of addiction. 60. Because they want to use this activity as a way to forget their problems. 61. cause many problems 62. They should go to a support group to help them break this habit. 63. 开放性试题，答案合理即可。No, I don’t. Because shopping not only costs, but also wastes time. 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了一些令人上瘾的东西，其中主要列举了购物癖及其危害。 【58题详解】 根据“Why do they have this addiction? There isn’t a specific answer to this.”可知，一个人上瘾没有具体的原因。故填No, there isn’t. 【59题详解】 根据“The word “addiction” usually makes you think of alcohol or drugs, but in modern-day society, we are seeing some new kinds of addictions.”可知，“成瘾”这个词通常会让你想到酒精或毒品，但在现代社会，我们看到了一些新的成瘾类型。故填It means alcohol or drugs, but in modern society, we have seen some new types of addiction. 【60题详解】 根据“They use this activity as a way to forget their problems.”可知，他们利用这种活动来忘记自己的问题。故填Because they want to use this activity as a way to forget their problems. 【61题详解】 根据“Some of them can be psychological (心理上的).”可知，上文提到购物癖看起来是没有害处的瘾，但是……，所以要从有害的角度来说，下文也是从这个角度谈论的，即造成很多问题，cause“造成”，情态动词后加动词原形；很多问题；many problems。故填cause many problems。 【62题详解】 根据“If this is the case, people addicted to shopping should go to a support group to help them break this habit.”可知，他们应该去一个支持小组帮助他们改掉这个习惯。故填They should go to a support group to help them break this habit. 【63题详解】 开放性试题，答案合理即可。故填No, I don’t. Because shopping not only costs, but also wastes time. 3、2024·浦东新区第四教育署四校联考·期中卷 Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题） Last year a boy of four was visiting the museum named Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich with his family when he accidentally knocked the historical jug which was worth up to $2000 off a window ledge(边缘）. The jug was broken into 65 pieces and the boy was extremely upset. Later a duty officer took many hours to repair it. Is his family facing a heavy fine or needing to pay the repairs? No, the museum staff told the boy that the jug had been fixed and that all was well now. Yesterday a museum spokesman said: “We have received a call from the boy’s mother who told us the little boy and his family were delighted that the jug had been repaired but they wished to remain anonymous(匿名的）. ” Many people wrote letters to the editor to show their opinions. Below are some of them. To the editor The fault(错误）here lies with the museum. They should have made sure that the jug was in a secure place where it could not be knocked over. If they have people walking through the museum, they should set up the exhibitions in such a way that they are safe. They are being careless with important historical artifacts(人工艺术品） From Tom London, UK To the editor Parents do not teach children how to behave these days. When we were children, we weren’t allowed to touch anything. It is not the responsibility of the museum to put everything into cabinets(展览柜）. The aim of Christchurch Mansion Museum is that the items are seen where they would have been in the house as in the past. It is the PARENTS’ responsibility to teach the children what to do. The parents were lazy and careless. From Sara New York, USA To the editor How happy to read good news! A wonderful job was done repairing the jug, but even better is that museum staff cared more about the boy than the jug. How kind that they would find simply to comfort him. A little boy is worth a lot more than a jug. Hearing that all is fine will help the boy a great deal, and make sure that he isn’t left with bad feelings. From Lily Shanghai, China 58. Did the boy accidentally knock the historical jug off a window ledge or not? _______________________________________ 59. Why didn’t the boy and his family pay a fine or repairs? _______________________________________ 60. Who does Tom think is responsible for the accident? _______________________________________ 61. What’s Lily’s opinion on the way that museum dealt with the situation? _______________________________________ 62. What do you think can be done in the future to prevent an incident like this? (Give two points) _______________________________________ 【答案】58. Accidentally. 59. Because the jug had been fixed and that all was well now. 60. The museum. 61. She thinks it is kind of the museum staff to care more about the boy than the jug. 62. A wonderful/ How kind that would find simply to comfort him. 【解析】 【导语】本文是针对一个男孩在博物馆把价值不菲的罐子撞到地上的这一事件，不同人给出不同的观点。 【58题详解】 根据“Last year a boy of four was visiting the museum named Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich with his family when he accidentally knocked the historical jug which was worth up to $2000 off a window ledge(边缘)”可知，男孩不小心撞到了罐子。故填Accidentally. 【59题详解】 根据“Is his family facing a heavy fine or needing to pay the repairs? No, the museum staff told the boy that the jug had been fixed and that all was well now.”可知，博物馆的工作人员告诉男孩罐子已经修好了，现在一切都好了。故填Because the jug had been fixed and that all was well now. 【60题详解】 根据“The fault(错误）here lies with the museum.”可知，博物馆应负主要责任。故填The museum. 【61题详解】 根据“but even better is that museum staff cared more about the boy than the jug”可知，修复罐子的工作做得很好，但更好的是博物馆的工作人员更关心男孩而不是罐子。故填She thinks it is kind of the museum staff to care more about the boy than the jug. 【62题详解】 通读全文可知，为避免 类似偶然事情的发生，我们各方面都应该做好，既应该把罐子放在一个安全的地方，父母也应该负起相应的责任。故填I think the museum should put the jug into a secure place and parents should be responsible. 4、2024·浦东新区22校联考·期中卷 D. Read the passage and answer the questions: (12分) 根据短文内容回答下列问题。 Say No to Caged Birds When I was nine years old, my parents bought me cockatie (鸡尾鹦鹉) from a local pet store. I named him Bubba. Like any young kid would be, I was excited to have a new friend. After a few weeks, however, the feelings of excitement wore off. It’s no big surprise that, being a kid, I was not prepared for the huge responsibility of taking care of Bubba. Neither were my parents. Bubba had to live his entire life in a small, dirty cage. Unable to stretch his wings, he was bored out of his mind. The bird ended up living a much shorter life than be would otherwise have done in the wild. It’s a sad story, but, unfortunately, it’s a story that had been all too common. No bird was born to live in a cage, yet millions are kept behind bars. Many of these birds are improperly cared for and die young. Most people buy pet birds on an impulse, as my family did. They have no idea how much time, money and energy will be needed to care for them. When the birds that seemed so cute and beautiful in pet stores turn out to be noisy, many are abandoned. Because of the boredom and loneliness they end with, birds can go mad. They may pull out their own feathers or peck over and over again at the burs of their cage. How can you help? Well, it’s very simple. Please never buy a caged bird. Never support any businesses that keep caged birds as “Decorations.” Let more people know that birds never belong in cages. 58. How did the author feel when his parents bought him a cockatie? ________________ 59. Why did Bubba feel bored? ________________ 60. Why does the author say “It’s a sad story” in the third paragraph? ________________ 61. Why do many pet birds get abandoned in the end? ________________ 62. According to that author, what may birds do when they are feeling bored and lonely? ________________ 63. After reading the article, what do you want to say to the people who want to buy caged birds? ________________ 【答案】58. He felt excited. 59. Because he was unable to stretch his wings. 60. Many of these birds are improperly cared for and die young. 61. Because their owners become bored with them after their feelings of excitement have worn off. 62. They may pull out their own feathers or peck over and over again at the burs of their cage. 63. Please never buy a caged bird. 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要介绍了作者养鸡尾鹦鹉的经历，告诉我们不应该把鸟关在笼子里，应该给鸟自由。 【58题详解】 根据“Like any young kid would be, I was excited to have a new friend.”可知，当作者收到鸡尾鹦鹉的时候，很激动。故填He felt excited. 【59题详解】 根据“Unable to stretch his wings, he was bored out of his mind.”可知，因为不能伸展翅膀，所以感觉很无聊。故填Because he was unable to stretch his wings. 【60题详解】 根据“Many of these birds are improperly cared for and die young.”可知，很多鸟受到虐待，在很小的时候就死了。故填Many of these birds are improperly cared for and die young. 【61题详解】 根据“Most people buy pet birds on an impulse, as my family did. They have no idea how much time, money and energy will be needed to care for them. When the birds that seemed so cute and beautiful in pet stores turn out to be noisy, many are abandoned.”可知，很多人是冲动买的鸟，当新鲜感一过就会觉得很无聊。故填Because their owners become bored with them after their feelings of excitement have worn off. 【62题详解】 根据“Because of the boredom and loneliness they end with, birds can go mad. They may pull out their own feathers or peck over and over again at the burs of their cage.”可知，感到无聊或孤独的鸟，会一遍又一遍拔自己的羽毛。故填They may pull out their own feathers or peck over and over again at the burs of their cage. 【63题详解】 根据“How can you help? Well, it’s very simple. Please never buy a caged bird.”可知，可以对想买鸟的人说不要购买鸟。故填Please never buy a caged bird. 5、2024·浦东模范中学·期中卷 Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答问题) Sun Ruifeng, a mother in Beijing, changed some of her plans for her 8-year-old son’s summer vacation. She looked for an English training course, but in the end, she changed it to a swimming training class. “Due to the stricter regulations (规定) on subject-training classes, many parents like me choose sports or other projects for developing interests instead,” Sun said. Sun’s choice is part of the result of the government’s growing efforts to lighten the academic pressure (学业压力) on young students. On July 24 last year, Chinese government introduced a guideline (意见) to ease the burden (负担) of excessive homework and off-campus training for primary and junior high school students. It lists requirements in areas such as reducing the amount and the difficulty of homework and improving the quality of education and after-class services provided by schools. For example, homework for children below the third grade is not allowed, while homework for junior high school students should take no longer than 90 minutes to finish. According to the guideline, training institutions (机构) cannot teach students content that is too advanced for the school curriculum. No training courses can be taught on weekends, national holidays or during winter and summer vacations. According to Global Times, more than 75 percent of Chinese urban children, from Grade 1 to Grade 12, attend training programs. However, some training institutions take part in anxiety marketing, selling unnecessary programs that increase the burden on students. Many parents showed their support for the new moves. “Subject learning is enough at school and we hope to improve the children’s overall quality of life during holidays.” a parent surnamed (姓) Zhou in Guangzhou told Xinhua. However, there are also some concerns. A parent surnamed Chen in Shanxi said that although she agreed on new moves, she worried that/if . 58. Sun Ruifeng didn’t choose the swimming training class for her son at last, did she? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 59. What does the guideline require primary and junior high schools to do on homework? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 60. How long does it take the children in the junior high school to finish their homework? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 61. Who increases the burden on students by selling unnecessary programs? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 62. Why did many parents show their support for the new move? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 63. What might be filled in the blank in the last paragraph? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】58. Yes, she did. 59. It requires primary and junior high schools to reduce the amount and the difficulty of homework. 60. No longer than 90 minutes. 61. Some training institutions. 62. Because subject learning is enough at school and they hope to improve the children’s overall quality of life during holidays. 63. what her son would do after school if both parents have no time to be with him/if his son would go into a good high school... 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了“双减”政策落地的原因、政策规定及家长反应。 【58题详解】 根据“She looked for an English training course, but in the end, she changed it to a swimming training class.”可知，孙瑞凤最后给儿子选了游泳训练课故填Yes, she did. 【59题详解】 根据“It lists requirements in areas such as reducing the amount and the difficulty of homework and improving the quality of education and after-class services provided by schools.”可知，该指导意见要求小学和初中都要减少家庭作业的量和难度。故填It requires primary and junior high schools to reduce the amount and the difficulty of homework. 【60题详解】 根据“while homework for junior high school students should take no longer than 90 minutes to finish.”可知，初中生的家庭作业应该在90分钟内完成。故填No longer than 90 minutes. 61题详解】 根据“However, some training institutions take part in anxiety marketing, selling unnecessary programs that increase the burden on students.”可知，一些培训机构通过出售不必要的课程来增加学生的负担。故填Some training institutions. 【62题详解】 根据“Many parents showed their support for the new moves. ‘Subject learning is enough at school and we hope to improve the children’s overall quality of life during holidays.’”可知，许多家长支持这一新举措是因为学校的科目学习已经足够了，他们希望在假期期间提高孩子们的整体生活质量。故填Because subject learning is enough at school and they hope to improve the children’s overall quality of life during holidays. 【63题详解】 根据“she worried that/if”可知，此处补充出“双减”政策令家长担忧的地方即可。故填what her son would do after school if both parents have no time to be with him/if his son would go into a good high school... 6、2024·闵行区六校联考·期中卷 D.Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题) 12分 Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): Electives(选修课) are always popular with students because they offer the chance to learn something exciting, and they’re a welcome break from regular courses like maths and physics. Here are just a few of the exciting electives lucky teenagers can take in some of China’s middle schools. Self-defense skills A school from Chongqing The school offers a self-defense course — just for girls. Those who attend the lessons have the chance to study basic self-protection skills in a one-on-one practice. They learn how to get away when they need to and defend themselves against attacks. “I feel safer in myself now,” said Zhang Yi, 15, a girl student. Pottery A school from Tianjin The famous pottery scene in a movie called Ghost is a lasting memory for many movie-goers. Young artists at the school love to get their hands dirty creating beautiful pieces. Students learn how to design and make various clay projects. At the end, they have the skills to make their own clay bowls, cups, vases and pots. Horse riding A school from Beijing Equestrians(马术) can look pretty cool, can’t they? Teenagers at this school can now choose a course in riding skills. They’re taught to communicate with their horses and how to use reins. To ride a horse in the proper way, a student must hold the head forward and keep his back straight. Students come away from this elective not only knowing how to ride a horse gracefully, but also physically fitter! Couplets A school from Nanjing How many of you can write a couplet? This old literary(文学的) form is slowly disappearing, but Chinese culture lovers at the school are trying to make it alive. For their elective, teenagers study old couplets and try to rhyme(押韵) their own lines. Many of this year’s students can’t wait for the Spring Festival, when they’ll be able to show off their new skills. 58. Maths and physics are electives in middle schools of China aren’t they? ___________________________________________ 59. How many electives in Chinese middle schools are introduced in the article? ___________________________________________ 60. Which elective course is especially designed for girl students? ____________________________________________ 61. What kind of art works can students have at the end of the elective “Pottery”? _____________________________________________ 62. What are the common advantages of “Self-defense skills” and “horse riding”? Both of the electives enable students _____________________________________. 63. Whom will the elective “Couplets” probably attract? Why? ______________________________________________ 【答案】58. No, they aren’t. 59. There are four. 60. Self-defense skills. 61. They can have their own clay bowls, cups, vases and pots. 62. to become fitter, stronger and more confident 63. It will attract those who love Chinese literature (literary works), because in the course they can learn the traditional way of writing couplets and make the disappearing skill alive./ because they can try creating new couplets in the coming Spring Festival and show the beauty of traditional Chinese skill. 【解析】 【分析】本文介绍了中国中学里出现的一些选修课：防身技能课、陶艺课、马术课和对联课。 【58题详解】 细节理解题。根据第1段中“they’re a welcome break from regular courses like maths and physics”可知数学和物理不属于选修课。此处用否定回答。故答案为：No, they aren’t. 【59题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章内容可知文中介绍了防身技能课、陶艺课、马术课和对联课四个选修课。故答案为：There are four. 【60题详解】 细节理解题。根据文中信息“The school offers a self-defense course — just for girls.”可知防身技能课是特别为女学生设置的。故答案为：Self-defense skills. 【61题详解】 细节理解题。根据文中信息“At the end, they have the skills to make their own clay bowls, cups, vases and pots.”可知在陶艺课结束时学生们可以拥有自己的陶制碗、杯子、花瓶和壶。故答案为：They can have their own clay bowls, cups, vases and pots. 【62题详解】 推理判断题。防身技能课和马术课都属于运动型选修课，由此可推出它们的共同优点是：能使学生更健康、更强壮、更有自信。故答案为“to become fitter, stronger and more confident”。 【63题详解】 推理判断题。根据文中信息“This old literary form is slowly disappearing, but Chinese culture lovers at the school are trying to make it alive.”可知对联是正在慢慢消逝的中国传统文化，由此可推出对联课将吸引喜欢中国文化的人，因为可以学习传统写对联方式，并使正在消失的技能重现生机；结合文中信息“Many of this year’s students can’t wait for the Spring Festival, when they’ll be able to show off their new skills.”可知也可以是因为能在即将到来的春节中创造新对联并展示中国传统技能之美。故答案为：It will attract those who love Chinese literature (literary works), because in the course they can learn the traditional way of writing couplets and make the disappearing skill alive./ because they can try creating new couplets in the coming Spring Festival and show the beauty of traditional Chinese skill. 7、2024·协和双语培明中学·期中卷 Answer the questions Have you ever recycled? To recycle is to take rubbish and make it into something new. Recycling is good for our planet because it makes junk into something that we can use again. Recycling also helps to clean up the litter that makes our streets look dirty. All kinds of things can be recycled. The most common materials like glass, plastic, paper, metals, cloth are all recyclable. Sometimes these products are broken down to make the same kinds of products (产品). An example of this type of recycling is using paper to make more paper. Rubbish can also be broken down to make completely new items as well! Some items, like glass, can be recycled forever! We can use glass items, then break them down and use them again and again. Aluminum (铝) cans are one of the most successful recycled metals. They can be recycled again and again and nearly 60% of all aluminum cans have been recycled. The average family of four can produce nearly 2,000 pounds of rubbish each year. As time goes on, we have fewer places to put all of this rubbish in. Recycling is one way to limit (限制) the amount of rubbish we need to put into the land. The next time you toss a can or bottle into the rubbish can, look to see if there is a recycling triangle on the label. It is the international sign for recycling. It means that the item you are going to throw in the dustbin could be recycled. 63. Is recycling helpful for the environment? ________________________________________ 64. List some common materials that can be recycled. ________________________________________ 65. What can be recycled forever according to the passage? ________________________________________ 66. How many percent of Aluminum cans have been recycled? ________________________________________ 67. What does the underlined word “toss” in the passage mean? ________________________________________ 68. What is the main purpose of the passage? ________________________________________ 【答案】63. Yes, it is. 64. The most common materials like glass, plastic, paper, metals, cloth can be recycled. 65. Some items, like glass and aluminum cans, can be recycled forever. 66. Nearly 60% of all aluminum cans have been recycled. 67. It means “throw away”. 68. The main purpose of the passage is to let people know about how to recycle. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了如何进行回收利用。 【63题详解】 根据“Recycling is good for our planet because it makes junk into something that we can use again.”可知，回收利用对环境是有好处，故填Yes, it is. 【64题详解】 根据“The most common materials like glass, plastic, paper, metals, cloth are all recyclable.”可知，最常见的材料，如玻璃、塑料、纸、金属、布都是可回收的。故填The most common materials like glass, plastic, paper, metals, cloth can be recycled. 【65题详解】 根据“Some items, like glass, can be recycled forever!”和“Aluminum (铝) cans are one of the most successful recycled metals. They can be recycled again and again and nearly 60% of all aluminum cans have been recycled.”可知，玻璃和铝罐可以被永久回收，故填Some items, like glass and aluminum cans , can be recycled forever. 【66题详解】 根据“They can be recycled again and again and nearly 60% of all aluminum cans have been recycled.”可知，近60%的铝罐可以被回收利用。故填Nearly 60% of all aluminum cans have been recycled. 【67题详解】 根据“into the rubbish can”可知，此处是说将罐和瓶子仍进垃圾箱，“toss”的意思是扔掉，故填It means “throw away”. 【68题详解】 通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了如何进行回收利用。故填The main purpose of the passage is to let people know about how to recycle. 8、2024·同济大学附属七一中学·期中卷 Answer the questions I grew up in a small town in Washington, US, and I want to be like my brother, Tim. He and his friends were in a gang. They often beat up people, and they didn’t go to school much. I thought they were cool. On my thirteenth birthday, I told my brother I wanted to be in the gang with him. He said ‘no’, but I didn’t listen. I went to ask his friends. Tim’s friends took me into the back yard. They told me that if I joined the gang, I was in for life. Then, someone hit me in the face. I fell down. But I didn’t cry. Each time I got up, they hit me again. Finally, they said I could be one of them. Tim was angry when he heard about it. But I stayed with the gang. After a few months, I began to beat up other people with the gang. Sometimes I wouldn’t go home at night, and my mother would be worried. This went on for two years. I knew it was bad, but there nothing I could do. I was in for life. One day, someone hit me in the head. I spent a day in the hospital. For the first time, I wanted out of the gang. One night after my fifteenth birthday, I went home. My mother was in the hospital. She had a nervous breakdown (精神崩溃) because she was so worried about me. That made me very sad. The next day, I told the gang that I wanted out. They began to beat me up, and my brother stopped them. I got up off the floor, smiled and said goodbye. But they didn’t just stop there. Every time they saw me, they beat me up. This went on for about two months. But in the end, it stopped. I’m glad I’m out of the gang now. I don’t have to be afraid all the time. I can talk to anyone I want. And most of all, I made my mum happy again. 63. The people in the gang didn’t have to go to school did they? _____________________________________________ 64. When did the write tell his brother that he wanted to be in the gang? _____________________________________________ 65. How did the writer’s brother feel when he knew the writer was in the gang? _____________________________________________ 66. What made the writer very sad? _____________________________________________ 67. Why did the people in the gang go on beating the writer up? _____________________________________________ 68. What do you think of the people in the gang? Why? _____________________________________________ 【答案】63. No, they didn’t. 64. On his thirteenth birthday. 65. He felt angry. 66. His mother had a nervous breakdown because she was so worried about him. 67. Because he told the gang that he wanted out. 68. They are rude because they often beat up people. 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了作者在13岁那年加入帮派与别人打架斗殴的经历。 【63题详解】 根据“They often beat up people, and they didn’t go to school much.”可知，他们不上学。故填No, they didn’t. 【64题详解】 根据“On my thirteenth birthday, I told my brother I wanted to be in the gang with him.”可知，在他13岁生日那天。故填On his thirteenth birthday. 【65题详解】 根据“Tim was angry when he heard about it.”可知，他感到很生气。故填He felt angry. 【66题详解】 根据“She had a nervous breakdown (精神崩溃) because she was so worried about me. That made me very sad.”可知，他妈妈因为太担心他而精神崩溃了。故填His mother had a nervous breakdown because she was so worried about him. 【67题详解】 根据“The next day, I told the gang that I wanted out.”可知，因为他告诉那帮人他想退出。故填Because he told the gang that he wanted out. 【68题详解】 根据“They often beat up people, and they didn’t go to school much.”可知，他们很粗鲁，因为他们经常打人。故填They are rude because they often beat up people. 9、2024·金山区联考·期中卷 D. (12分) Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答问题) Born to Be a Fashion Designer Who started the world-famous fashion house Gucci? This may be a difficult question for you to answer. Most kids know little about Guccio Gucci (古驰奥·古驰), but seven-year-old Max Alexander has dreamed of becoming as great a designer as he was. Max was only four when he said he wanted to be a fashion designer. His parents were confused. They had never seen him make a dress before. The boy said that was because he didn’t have a model—if they got him one, he’d make a dress. Max’s mother, Madison, is an artist. She make her son a cardboard model of the human body. Max then pinned various materials to it to make his first dress. He asked his mom to teach him how to sew (缝纫). And in just a few weeks, the boy could sew better and faster than his mom. Max has learned almost everything else about dressmaking on his own. One of his dresses can now sell for $1,200. With the money he makes, he buys more material for dressmaking. It takes Max about a week to design and make a dress. He knows it’s finished when it “looked good”. The boy wants women of all sizes to feel beautiful and happy. He never makes menswear. Hundreds of people around the world have asked Max to make dresses for them. The boy decides for himself which task to take on. Sometimes, someone like his friend Sydney wins out over a famous person. Max’s dream is to be the head of Gucci or start his own fashion house. And if you want to get into dressmaking like him, he has a tip: Don’t be afraid to try. Remember that __________________. 83. Did Max want to be a great designer like Guccio Gucci? __________________________________ 84. Why were Max’s parents confused when he said he wanted to be a fashion designer? __________________________________ 85. How old was Max when he made his first dress? __________________________________ 86. Who taught Max to sew? __________________________________ 87. What does the underlined sentence “The boy decides for himself which task to take on.” mean? __________________________________ 88. What can be filled in the blanks in the last paragraph? __________________________ 【答案】83. Yes, he did. 84. Because they had never seen him make a dress before. 85. He was four years old. 86. His mother taught him to sew. 87. Max will decide which/whose dress to make by himself if too many people ask him to make dresses for them. 88. practice makes perfect/you’ll make your dresses perfect if you keep designing and making them 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了一个七岁男孩成为一名伟大的时装设计师的梦想，同时介绍了他的创作热情和独立的学习能力以及他的设计原则。 【83题详解】 根据“Max Alexander has dreamed of becoming as great a designer as he was.”可知，Max想要成为像Guccio Gucci一样伟大的设计师，故填Yes, he did. 【84题详解】 根据“They had never seen him make a dress before.”可知，Max的父母之所以感到困惑，是因为他们从未见过他制作过一件衣服，故填Because they had never seen him make a dress before. 【85题详解】 根据“Max was only four when he said he wanted to be a fashion designer.”和“Max then pinned various materials to it to make his first dress.”可知，Max在四岁时制作了他的第一件衣服，故填He was four years old. 【86题详解】 根据“He asked his mom to teach him how to sew (缝纫).”可知，是Max的妈妈教他如何缝纫，故填His mother taught him to sew. 【87题详解】 根据“Hundreds of people around the world have asked Max to make dresses for them.”可知，世界各地有数百人要求Max为他们制作衣服。所以划线句的意思是“如果有太多人请他做衣服，Max会自己决定做哪件/谁的衣服”，故填Max will decide which/whose dress to make by himself if too many people ask him to make dresses for them. 【88题详解】 根据上下文和Max的经历，我们可以推测这句话的意思是要勇于尝试，熟能生巧，故填practice makes perfect/you’ll make your dresses perfect if you keep designing and making them。 10、2024·川沙中学南校·期中卷 D. Answer the questions.（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分） 根据短文内容回答下列问题。 Mr. Klarke works in an agricultural college. There he taught his students how to keep the seeds and when to sow them and how to look after the plants. He knows much and makes his classes lively and interesting. So he is respected. One day he was asked to give a talk in a town. On his way there, something was wrong with his car at a foot of a hill. He tried to repair it, but he failed and he had to climb up the hill and ask the villagers there for help. It was very hot that day and soon he felt thirsty. He saw a lot of pear trees in a garden. And a young man was picking them in it. “I say, young man!” said the old man, “Could you give me some pears, please?” In fact the young man was one of his students and he recognized him at once. He wanted to have a joke with him. So he answered, “Of course, sir. Do you want the hot ones or cold ones?” It made Mr. Klarke feel strange. He thought to himself, “I’ve never heard of hot pears. Well, let me tell him I want some hot ones.” And he said as he thought. Having heard this, the young man threw some pears to the ground. Mr. Klarke picked them up, blew the dust off them and ate them up. “You said they were hot, but why were they cold?” asked the old man. “What did you blow them for, then, Mr. Klarke?” said the young man with a smile. 63. Does Mr. Klarke do something in the college? _____________________________________________________________ 64. How about his classes? They ________________________________________________________ 65. He failed to repair his car, didn’t he? _____________________________________________________________ 66. Why did he climb up the hill? _____________________________________________________________ 67. What’s the Chinese meaning for the underlined word “dust”? _____________________________________________________________ 68. Why did Mr. Klarke blow the pears? What do you think of the young man? _____________________________________________________________ 【答案】63. Yes. 64. They are lively and interesting. 65. Yes, he did. 66. Because he wanted to ask the villagers there for help. 67. 灰尘。 68. Because the pears were dirty. The young man was so clever and naughty that he played a trick on Mr. Klarke. 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了克拉克先生和他的一个学生之间的幽默故事。 【63题详解】 根据“Mr. Klarke works in an agricultural college. There he taught his students how to keep the seeds and when to sow them and how to look after the plants.”可知，克拉克先生在一所农业学院教他的学生如何保存种子、何时播种以及如何照顾植物。故填Yes. 【64题详解】 根据“He knows much and makes his classes lively and interesting.”可知，他知识渊博，他的课生动有趣。故填They are lively and interesting. 【65题详解】 根据“He tried to repair it, but he failed and he had to climb up the hill and ask the villagers there for help.”可知，他试图修理它，但他失败了，他不得不爬上小山，向那里的村民寻求帮助。故填Yes, he did. 【66题详解】 根据“…he had to climb up the hill and ask the villagers there for help.”可知，他爬上小山是因为他想向那里的村民寻求帮助。故填Because he wanted to ask the villagers there for help. 【67题详解】 根据“Having heard this, the young man threw some pears to the ground. Mr. Klarke picked them up, blew the dust off them and ate them up.”可知，年轻人把梨子扔到地上，这样梨子表面上就粘上了地面上的灰尘，由此可推断“dust”意为“灰尘”。故填：灰尘。 【68题详解】 根据语境可知，因为年轻人把梨子扔在了地上，梨子表面就粘上了灰尘，有点脏，克平克先生在吃梨子之前，就必须把梨子表面的灰尘吹掉。第二问，根据“In fact the young man was one of his students and he recognized him at once. He wanted to have a joke with him.”和“‘What did you blow them for, then, Mr. Klarke?’ said the young man with a smile.”可知，年轻人认出了老师，但面对老师的求助，他竟然开起了玩笑，说明年轻人有点淘气；后来面对老师的询问为什么梨子不是热的时，学生能机智地回答：梨子不是热的，那你为什么要吹呢？故填Because they were dirty. The young man was so clever and naughty that he played a trick on Mr. Klarke. 11、2024·崇明区部分学校联考·期中卷 D. Answer the questions.(12分) 根据短文内容回答问题。 Are you carrying too much on your back to school? You’re not alone. Back experts (专家) in the United States are worried that young students are having back and neck problems as a result of carrying too much in their schoolbags. “It hurts my back when I run,” said Oberlin Reyes, a student in Virginia. “It’s hard to go up the stairs with my schoolbag, because it’s too heavy.” Oberlin is among students whose schoolbags were weighed for a week in a recent study. They had regular schoolbags with two straps (带子) to carry them, but a number of students with heavy loads had switched to rolling schoolbags (which have wheels and can roll on the ground). Shirley Park, whose schoolbag weighed 10 kilograms, said she changed to a rolling schoolbag because she was starting to have back pain. How much is too much? Experts say students should carry no more than 10 to 15 percent of their own body weight. A few students had one suggestion to lighten the load: Less homework. 74. Students in America carry too much on their back to school, don’t they? ________________ 75. What problems may cause when students carry too much in the schoolbags? ________________ 76. Why did Shirley Park switch regular schoolbags to a rolling schoolbag? ________________ 77. What does the expression “switched to” in Paragraph 4 perhaps mean? ________________ 78. According to the experts, If a student weighs 40 kilograms, how many kilograms can he carry a schoolbag at most? ________________ 79. What are your suggestions to lighten the load? (At least 2 suggestions) ________________ 【答案】74. Yes, they do. 75. Back and neck problems./It may cause back and neck problems 76. Because she was starting to have back pain. 77. It means “started to use”./It means “changed to”. 78. 6 kilograms. 79. Student can put some books in their own book shelves at school./Student can finish some homework at school. 【解析】 【分析】本文是一篇说明文。谈论了美国学生们因为书包里的东西太多太重而引起背部和颈部的问题，文中也列举了一些能让学生减轻书包的措施。 【74题详解】 根据第一段“Are you carrying too much on your back to school? You’re not alone.”可知，很多美国学生都背了又多又重的东西去学校。故填Yes, they do. 【75题详解】 根据第一段“Back experts in the United States are worried that young students are having back and neck problems as a result of carrying too much in their schoolbags.”可知，美国学生因为书包里的东西太多太重产生了背部和颈部的问题。故填Back and neck problems./It may cause back and neck problems 【76题详解】 根据第五段“She changed to a rolling schoolbag because she was starting to have back pain.”可知，Shirley Park开始背部疼痛了。故填Because she was starting to have back pain. 【77题详解】 根据第四段“But a number of students with heavy loads had switched to rolling schoolbags.”可知，重负荷的学生已经改用了滚动的背包。所以“switched to”的意思是改用。故填It means “started to use”./It means “changed to”. 【78题详解】 根据倒数第二段“Experts say students should carry no more than 10 to 15 percent of their own body weight.”可知，学生所背东西的重量不能超过自身重量的10%~15%。所以40千克的学生最多能背的重量为6千克。故填6 kilograms. 【79题详解】 开放性作答，结合实际，言之有理即可。参考答案为Student can put some books in their own book shelves at school./Student can finish some homework at school. 12、2024·普陀区统考·期中卷 D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分） A Wonderful Christmas Gift Christmas was so close, and so was Ann’s birthday. She wished she could get a new dress with frills (荷叶边) and lace (蕾丝) as a wonderful Christmas gift. But Ann did not want to ask her mom for that. She knew how hard her mom worked to make a living. Maybe she could make a wish — maybe Santa Claus (圣诞老人) would come... At school her classmates were talking only about Christmas celebrations. “My rich aunt is surely going to give me a pretty doll again,” said Ria. “I have been hinting (暗示) about that costly watch to my parents,” told Tessie. Ann felt out of these conversations She had neither rich parents nor wealthy aunts to give her expensive gifts. It was not just the gift that worried Ann. It was her mother. Recently she was working overtime and looked pale and worn out. Soon it was Christmas Eve. In everyone’s house there was a decorated Christmas tree, but Ann’s house was cold and empty. Every child went to bed eagerly waiting for the lovely gifts. Ann went to bed, wishing that at least this time she would get a gift from Santa Claus. Ann slowly drifted off to sleep. She dreamed of Santa riding in the snow... The next morning Ann jumped up after hearing her alarm. Out of her expectation, there lay a beautiful packet tied with a red ribbon near her bed. Inside the package was a pretty white dress with fluffy frills and attractive lace! Ann checked the gift carefully to find out who had given her this beautiful dress Suddenly a small piece of paper fell out from the dress. Dear Ann, This dress is gifted to you for being a good girl. Hope you continue to do good things and help your mother. Your Loving friend, Santa Claus Ann felt that there was something familiar about this note. She looked into the note carefully. Then it struck her. She realized that _________78_________. Her mother had worked overtime to save money to buy this expensive gift. Ann was happy beyond words. She knew that she was the luckiest girl to have been given the best Christmas gift. 78. What did Ann want for Christmas? _________________________________________________________ 79. Why did Ann feel out of the conversations of her classmates? _________________________________________________________ 80. Ann was only worried about her Christmas gift, wasn’t she? _________________________________________________________ 81 How was Ann’s house different from other people’s houses on Christmas Eve? _________________________________________________________ 82. Complete the sentence in the last paragraph. She realized that ____________________________________________ 83. Why did Ann think that she had been given the best Christmas gift? _________________________________________________________ 【78~83题答案】 【答案】78. A new dress with frills and lace. 79. Because she had neither rich parents nor wealthy aunts to give her expensive gifts. 80. No, she wasn’t. 81. In everyone’s house there was a decorated Christmas tree, but Ann’s house was cold and empty.  82. this handwriting was similar to her mother’s/the note was written by her mother 83. Because she had got the gift she wanted along with the deepest love of her mother./Because she thought her mother’s deep love for her was the most precious gift of all.(Any reasonable answers are OK.) 13、2024·奉贤区统考·期中卷 D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题): (共12分) When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter（炼铜厂）. It made chemicals come out and made a beautiful forest become a wasteland. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area. Paul knocked him down angrily. From then on, something happened inside him. Years later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office. He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back. The answer from that big industry was “No”. Paul then went to college to study the science of plants. Unfortunately, his teachers said since there weren’t any birds or squirrels（松鼠） to spread the seeds, it would be a waste of his life to try to do it. He was told everyone knew that even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn't get his idea accepted. Paul later got married and had some kids. But his dream would not die. And then one night he did what he could with what he had. To bring trees back to the wasteland, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting under the cover of darkness. And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass. Slowly rabbits appeared. Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing. Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has. It took him until his hair turned white to plant trees and grass, but he managed to keep that impossible vow（誓言）he made to himself as a child. 74. What did the copper smelter do to a beautiful forest near Paul’s hometown? ______________________________________________________________________ 75. The copper smelter officer agreed to let Paul bring trees back at first, didn't he? ______________________________________________________________________ 76. Why did Paul’s teachers think it would be a waste of time to try to plant trees in that area? ______________________________________________________________________ 77. What did Paul do in order to bring trees back to the wasteland? ______________________________________________________________________ 78. How long did it take Paul to plant trees and grass? ______________________________________________________________________ 79. What can you learn from Paul’s story? ______________________________________________________________________ 【答案】74. It made chemicals come out and made a beautiful forest become a wasteland. 75. No, he didn’t. 76. Because there weren’t any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds. 77. He went secretly into the wasteland and planted trees and grass every week. 78. It took him until his hair turned white. 79. We should try our best and never give up. 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了保罗尽自己最大努力，穷尽一生也要实现小时候的誓言的故事，最后被炼铜厂污染的森林又重现绿色的生机。 【74题详解】 根据“It made chemicals come out and made a beautiful forest become a wasteland.”可知，炼铜厂出来的化学物质使漂亮的森林变成了废地。故填It made chemicals come out and made a beautiful forest become a wasteland. 【75题详解】 根据“The answer from that big industry was ‘No’.”可知，炼铜厂的厂长一开始并不同意。故填No, he didn’t. 【76题详解】 根据“Unfortunately, his teachers said since there weren’t any birds or squirrels（松鼠） to spread the seeds,”可知，因为并没有鸟和松鼠来传播种子，所以种树没有意义。故填Because there weren’t any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds. 【77题详解】 根据“he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting under the cover of darkness. And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass.”可知，他每周趁着夜色进废地，坚持种树和草。故填He went secretly into the wasteland and planted trees and grass every week. 【78题详解】 根据“It took him until his hair turned white to plant trees and grass”可知，直到头发苍白，他还在坚持。故填It took him until his hair turned white. 【79题详解】 开放题，言之有理即可。根据“but he managed to keep that impossible vow (誓言) he made to himself as a child.”可知，保罗努力去守住了他小时候所做的誓言，因此本文告诉我们，要尽我们最大的努力，而且不要放弃。故填We should try our best and never give up. 14、2024·黄浦区统考·期中卷 D. Read the passage below and answer the following questions (根据文章内容回答下列问题) (12分) 根据文章内容回答下列问题。 While carrying your schoolbag on the way to school or home does the heavy weight of your books make you less interested to learn knowledge? Don’t worry. E-readers may help you say goodbye to your heavy schoolbag. An e-reader has the memory space to hold hundreds of books. So people want to replace heavy schoolbags with small, light e-readers. For example, Cushing Academy, a high school in Massachusetts, US, got rid of most of the 20,000 books in its library last summer. The head of the library said that the school was going to replace printed books with e-books. Teachers and students will use e-readers instead. Most e-readers are thin and weigh less than 500g. They can download an e-book within 60 seconds. “It’s so convenient. You can have so many books right at your fingertips!” said Meghan Chenausky, 16. Chinese schoolchildren are also trying e-readers. At the 2020 Shanghai Book Fair, an e-schoolbag was on show. It is a special e-reader that students can use to download textbooks from the school servers. It can also send and receive homework. Some schools in Beijing and Shanghai have tried this e-schoolbag for a few years. “It’s excellent. I don’t have to carry a heavy schoolbag anymore,” said Xiao Qi, 15, Beijing. “And it’s eco-friendly because it saves paper.” New generation e-readers have many functions (功能) besides reading, such as Wi-Fi and multimedia. However, some parents worry that these functions may have a bad influence on their children’s study habits. “I think Wi-Fi is not necessary for kids,” says Zeng Wenwen, 43, Beijing. 58. Teachers and students in Cushing Academy used e-readers last summer, didn’t they? _____________________________________________________ 59. How fast can e-readers download an e-book? _____________________________________________________ 60. What are most e-readers like? _____________________________________________________ 61. What are the uses of the special e-reader for students? _____________________________________________________ 62. Why does the student Xiao Qi think the e-schoolbag is excellent? _____________________________________________________ 63. Explain the underlined sentence in the last paragraph in your own words. _____________________________________________________ 【答案】58. No, they didn’t. 59. They can download an e-book within 60 seconds. 60. Most e-readers are thin and weigh less than 500g. 61. Students can download textbooks from the school servers and send and receive homework. 62. He doesn’t have to carry a heavy schoolbag anymore and it’s eco-friendly. 63. Some parents think that the entertainment functions of e-readers are not good for students’ study habits. 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了电子阅读器的优点和人们对电子阅读器的看法。 【58题详解】 根据“For example, Cushing Academy, a high school in Massachusetts, US, got rid of most of the 20,000 books in its library last summer.”和“Teachers and students will use e-readers instead.”可知，这所高中去年夏天只是处理掉了图书馆里的大部分图书，还未开始使用电子阅读器。故填No, they didn’t. 【59题详解】 根据“They can download an e-book within 60 seconds.”可知，电子阅读器可以在60秒内下载一本电子书。故填They can download an e-book within 60 seconds. 【60题详解】 根据“Most e-readers are thin and weigh less than 500g.”可知，大多数电子阅读器外观都很薄，重量不到500克。故填Most e-readers are thin and weigh less than 500g. 【61题详解】 根据“It is a special e-reader that students can use to download textbooks from the school servers. It can also send and receive homework.”可知，学生专用的电子阅读器可以从学校服务器上下载课本，还可以收发作业。故填Students can download textbooks from the school servers and send and receive homework. 【62题详解】 根据“It’s excellent. I don’t have to carry a heavy schoolbag anymore.”和“And it’s eco-friendly because it saves paper.”可知，小齐认为电子阅读器非常好是因为他不用背着沉重的书包了，并且电子阅读器很环保，可以节省纸张。故填He doesn’t have to carry a heavy schoolbag anymore and it’s eco-friendly. 【63题详解】 根据“some parents worry that these functions may have a bad influence on their children’s study habits.”可知，一些家长担心多媒体和WIFI功能会对孩子的学习习惯产生不良影响，即一些父母认为电子阅读器的娱乐功能对学习没有好处。故填Some parents think that the entertainment functions of e-readers are not good for students’ study habits. 15、2024·骏博外国语学校（上闵外）·期中卷 Joe Hammer loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the following year. At the same time as Joe was walking to the game, Kim Glen was walking to his car. Kim felt tired. He knew it was time to stop working so hard. Kim got into his car and headed home. He was driving down Seventh Avenue when he had a heart attack. Kim’s car hit Joe so hard that Joe was thrown five feet into the air. Joe woke up in a hospital room. When he learned that both his legs were broken, he realized his college basketball dream were over. Joe did what the doctors told him, but his progress was slow. When he left the hospital, Joe was sent to a center for physical therapy(理疗). A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny had been a coach before. His legs were paralyzed(瘫痪)from a skiing accident. Although Sunny couldn’t move his legs, he coached a basketball team called the Suns. Everyone on the team played from a wheelchair. Sunny invited Joe to join them. Joe played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself. After becoming a part of the Suns Joe improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. And whenever Joe became sad or angry, Sunny was there to comfort and help him. The day before Joe left the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he managed to be so happy, confident and generous, even with his paralysis. Sunny smiled and said, “It was quite simple._______58_______” 58. Who was injured more seriously in the accident, Joe or Kim? ______________________________ 59. What was Joe’s dream before the accident? ______________________________ 60. How did Joe improve in the hospital? ______________________________ 61. What made the Suns different from ordinary basketball players? ______________________________ 62. Why did Joe stop feeling sorry for himself although he played badly? ______________________________ 63. What might be Sunny’s reply to Joe’s question? Please write two sentences. ______________________________ 【答案】58. Joe. 59. To play college basketball the following year. 60. Slowly. 61. Playing basketball from a wheelchair. 62. Because he could still play basketball. 63. Any possible answer is OK. e.g. Everyone will have health problems. If you face them bravely, you can change your life./ Everyone will have difficulties. If you overcome them in a positive way, your life will be different. / ....... 【解析】 【分析】文章的主人公Joe在一次车祸中断了腿，在他认绝望地认为篮球梦破灭时，Sunny Chen的出现给了他希望，让他认识到面对困难时，要保持积极乐观。 【58题详解】 根据文中“Kim’s car hit Joe so hard that Joe was thrown five feet into the air.”可知，Joe被Kim的车撞了。故填Joe. 【59题详解】 根据文中“ he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the following year.”可知，Joe梦想着打篮球，故填To play college basketball the following year. 【60题详解】 根据文中“Joe did what the doctors told him, but his progress was slow.”可知，Joe的伤恢复得很慢，故填Slowly. 【61题详解】 根据文中“Everyone on the team played from a wheelchair. ”可知，Sunny Chen执教得这支篮球队的特殊之处在于每个人都作者轮椅打球。故填Playing basketball from a wheelchair. 【62题详解】 根据文中“he realized his college basketball dream were over.”以及“Joe played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself.”可知，从车祸后的无法打篮球的绝望，到加入篮球队之后的停止垂头丧气，都是因为他依旧可以在轮椅上打球。故填Because he could still play basketball. 【63题详解】 通读全文可知Joe在一次车祸中断了腿，在他认绝望地认为篮球梦破灭时，Sunny Chen的出现给了他希望，让他认识到面对困难，只要积极乐观就会获得与众不同的人生。故填Everyone will have health problems. If you face them bravely, you can change your life./ Everyone will have difficulties. If you overcome them in a positive way, your life will be different. / ....... 16、2024·娄山中学·期中卷 Answer the questions （根据短文内容回答下列问题） Tommy could not wait for the break to begin. He wanted to show Jim, his best friend, the robot that his parents got him for his birthday. He lifted the robot, out from his school bag. He looked around to make sure that no one had noticed what he was doing. The bell finally rang and Tommy was the first to get in line. He made sure that the robot was covered. In this way, his teachers would not see that he had brought a toy to school. In his school, toys were not allowed and pupils could be severely punished for breaking the rule. After the pupils reached the canteen (食堂), Tommy brought Jim to a corner of the school to show off his new toy. Jim was very excited as the robot could move on his command and perform human like actions. However, as they were playing attentively with the robot. Miss Tan, their English teacher, stood behind them and said angrily, “stop what you are doing and come here. ” The boys froze in horror, but they suddenly burst into laughter. The robot had stopped what it was doing and was walking towards Miss Tan. Miss Tan also burst into laughter. “Alright boys, you have made a big mistake. As a punishment, I want you to ________. You may bring the robot along to class, but only for tomorrow, ” said Miss Tan with a smile on her face. “Yes, Miss Tan! We are sorry!” the boys said loudly. 58. Where did Tommy hide the robot? ___________________________________ 59. Why didn’t Tommy want his teachers to notice his robot? ___________________________________ 60. Did Tommy show the robot to his best friend in the school canteen? ___________________________________ 61. What could the robot do? ___________________________________ 62. Why was the robot walking towards Miss Tan? ___________________________________ 63. What can be filled in the blank? ___________________________________ 【答案】58. In his school bag. 59. Because toys were not allowed in his school and pupils could be severely punished for breaking the rule. 60. No, he didn’t. 61. The robot could move on his command and perform human like actions. 62. Because the robot moved on Miss Tan’s command. 63. stop playing with the robot 【解析】 【导语】本篇是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了Tommy把父母送给他的机器人生日礼物拿到了学校，在一个角落里他偷偷地跟好朋友炫耀，被英语老师发现了，让他们停下正在做的事，因为机器人可以按照命令执行类似人类的动作，结果机器人也停下了动作，朝老师走过去，同学和老师都大笑起来，最后，老师允许学生第二天带着机器人来上课，但是只限于一天。 【58题详解】 根据“He lifted the robot, out from his school bag.”他把机器人从书包里拿了出来，可知，他把机器人放在了书包里。故填In his school bag. 【59题详解】 根据“In his school, toys were not allowed and pupils could be severely punished for breaking the rule.” 在他学校允许拿玩具，学生违反这个规定可能会受到严厉惩罚，由此可知，Tommy不愿意让老师注意到机器人是因为学校不允许带玩具。故填Because toys were not allowed in his school and pupils could be severely punished for breaking the rule. 60题详解】 根据“After the pupils reached the canteen, Tommy brought Jim to a corner of the school to show off his new toy.”可知，Tommy把Jim带到学校的一个角落炫耀他的新玩具，不是食堂里。故填No, he didn’t. 【61题详解】 根据“Jim was very excited as the robot could move on his command and perform human like actions.”可知，Jim非常兴奋，因为机器人可以按他的命令移动并执行类似人类的动作。故填The robot could move on his command and perform human like actions. 【62题详解】 根据“Jim was very excited as the robot could move on his command and perform human like actions.”和第四段“stop what you are doing and come here.”老师让孩子们停止正在做的事，到老师身边去，机器人也听到了指令并执行，因此机器人才会朝着老师走去。故填Because the robot moved on Miss Tan’s command. 【63题详解】 根据“Alright boys, you have made a big mistake. As a punishment, I want you to …but only for tomorrow.”可知，孩子们犯了一个大错误，Miss Tan要惩罚他们，她想让他们不再与机器人玩耍，只允许明天带它过来。“stop playing with the robot.”符合题意。故填stop playing with the robot. 17、2024·浦东新区统考·期中卷 D．Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答问题) (12分) Half a year before graduating from college, my son Kevin began to seek a job and soon got an interview. There were only three people for the final interview including him. The interview was very simple, during which the interviewer only chatted with them for a while. The interviewer said to them, “All of you are very good. Please go home and wait for our response.” Three days later, Kevin received a message from the company saying that he had not been offered a job. He felt deeply disappointed. But later in the evening he told me that he had received another message saying that he had been employed by the company. Actually the first message sent to Kevin was also part of the test in the interview. The three men received the same message, but only my son’s reply satisfied the company, so he was given the job. I asked Kevin, “How did all of you reply?” He said, “One did not reply; the other said ‘goodbye’, and I said ‘thank you’.” Only then did I know that my son’s job came in that way. It also makes me know when you feel disappointed, do not forget to say “thank you” to the one who disappoints you. Saying “thank you” shows respect for others’ work and shows your grand generosity（宽宏大量）. Therefore, while under the same condition, you may get more chances than others. 58. What did the writer’s son do before he graduated from college? _________________________________________ 59. How many people got the chance for the final interview? ________________________________________. 60. How did Kevin feel when he received the first message? ________________________________________. 61. The first message wasn’t a part of the test in the interview, was it? ________, ______________. 62. What does the underlined words “in that way” in paragraph 4 mean? It means Kevin got his job by ___________________. 63. What can you learn from Kevin’s experience? If you meeting something disappointing, what will you do? (1)_____________________________________________________. (2)_____________________________________________________. 【答案】58. He began to seek a job and soon got an interview. 59. 3./Three./Three people. 60. He felt deeply disappointed. 61. ①. Yes ②. it was 62. saying “Thank you” 63. ①. When you feel disappointed, do not forget to say “thank you” to the process. ②. If I meet something disappointing, I will laugh it off and learn from it before starting over again. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了作者的儿子因为礼貌、尊重他人的美好品质，获得了工作机会的经历。 【58题详解】 根据“Half a year before graduating from college, my son Kevin began to seek a job and soon got an interview.”可知，大学毕业前半年时间，作者的儿子凯文开始找工作，很快就得到了面试。故填He began to seek a job and soon got an interview. 【59题详解】 根据“There were only three people for the final interview including him.”可知，最后的面试只有三个人，包括他。故填3./Three./Three people. 【60题详解】 根据“He felt deeply disappointed.”可知，在他收到第一条信息后，他非常失望。故填He felt deeply disappointed. 【61题详解】 根据“Actually the first message sent to Kevin was also part of the test in the interview.”可知，事实上，发给凯文的第一条信息也是面试测试的一部分。因此应作肯定回答。故填Yes；it was. 【62题详解】 根据“Only then did I know that my son’s job came in that way.”和“Saying “thank you” shows respect for others’ work and shows your grand generosity（宽宏大量）.”可知，凯文收到第一条信息后，虽然很失望，但是仍然礼貌地回复了“谢谢”，这句“谢谢”展示了他对他人劳动成果的尊重以及他自己的宽宏大量，由此可知，凯文是通过说“谢谢”得到了那份工作。介词短语by doing sth表示“通过做某事”。故填saying “Thank you”。 【63题详解】 本题为开放性题目，答案不唯一，言之有理即可。从凯文的经历可以学到：当你感到失望时，不要忘记对过程说“谢谢”。如果我遇到令我失望的事情，我会一笑置之，总结经验教训后再重新来过。故填When you feel disappointed, do not forget to say “thank you” to the process.；If I meet something disappointing, I will laugh it off and learn from it before starting over again. 18、2024·青浦区进修学院附属中学·期中卷 Answer the questions (根据以下内容回答问题) Once, at the foot of a mountain, there lived a poor farmer and his old mother. They owned a small piece of land and lived a peaceful and happy life. But their kingdom was ruled by a cruel king. He was very afraid of anything that might be a sign of declining (衰退的) health and strength, so he sent out a cruel order: All elderly people were to be killed immediately. In those barbaric (蛮荒的) days, the custom of leaving old people out there to die was not uncommon. The poor farmer loved and respected his mother very much, and the order made him very sad. But everyone obeyed the king. The poor farmer had no other way. He sighed (叹气) deeply and hopelessly many times. At sunset, after he finished his work. he lifted his helpless old mother onto his back and started on his painful journey to the Obatsuyama, the mountain of the “abandoning of the aged.” The road was long and steep, with narrow paths crossing each other. At one point the poor farmer lost his way, but he did not pay attention. He did not care which path he took. He went on and on. Tears ran down his cheeks as he climbed blindly up towards the bare (荒芜的) peak of the mountain. The old mother’s eyes were not so weak and she could see the dangerous paths around them, and her loving heart grew anxious. She thought that her son did not know the mountain very well, and that his return might be full of danger. So she reached out her hand and broke twigs (小树枝) from the bushes, and quietly dropped some every few steps along the way. At last, they reached the top of the mountain. Tired and sad, the farmer gently laid down his mother and quietly made a comfortable place for her. He wrapped her coat around her shoulders and said goodbye with tearful eyes and a heavy heart. The mother knew it was the last time to speak to her son. Her voice was trembling with unselfish love. “Be careful, my son. The mountain road is dangerous. Look carefully and follow the path with the piles of twigs. They _____5________.” the mother said in a stern (严厉的) tone. The son was surprised and deeply moved. He just couldn’t bear to leave her alone. “No, Mother. I will never leave you. We’ll follow the path of twigs together. I’ll take you home.” 83. It was unusual to leave old people out there to die in those barbaric days, wasn’t it? ________________________________ 84. Why did the bad king want to kill all the old people? ________________________________ 85. Where did the farmer take his mother at sunset? ________________________________ 86. Why did the mother drop twigs on the road? ________________________________ 87. What can be filled in the blank in the fifth paragraph? ________________________________ 88. What do you think of the farmer? Why? ________________________________ 【答案】83. No, it wasn’t. 84. Because he was very afraid of anything that might be a sign of declining health and strength. 85. To the Obatsuyama (the mountain of the “abandoning of the aged. ”). 86. Because she wanted to leave behind marks. /Because she thought her son did not know the road very well and wanted her son to return safely. 87. They will guide you back to the familiar path below. 88. The farmer was brave and thankful because he saved his mother at the risk of being punished. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了一位贫穷的农民和他的老母亲相依为命，国王下令处死所有老人，贫农为了让母亲活下来将其送到山顶，然而母亲却担心儿子对下山的路不熟，沿途丢了树枝做记号。故事告诉我们母爱的伟大。 【83题详解】 根据第二段第四句“In those barbaric days, the custom of leaving old people out there to die was not uncommon.”（在那个野蛮的年代，把老人留在那里等死的习俗并不少见。）可知，说明这种行为常见，所以回答是否定的。故填No, it wasn’t. 【84题详解】 根据第二段第二句“He was very afraid of anything that might be a sign of declining health and strength, so he sent out a cruel order：All elderly people were to be killed immediately.”（他非常害怕任何可能是健康和体力衰退的迹象，所以他发出了一个残酷的命令：所有的老人都要立即被杀死。）可知，国王杀老人的原因是他害怕任何可能是健康和体力衰退的迹象。故填Because he was very afraid of anything that might be a sign of declining health and strength. 【85题详解】 根据第三段第一句和第二句“At sunset, after he finished his work. he lifted his helpless old mother onto his back and started on his painful journey to the Obatsuyama, the mountain of the ‘abandoning of the aged.’”（日落时分，在他完成工作之后。他把无助的老母亲背在背上，开始了他痛苦的 Obatsuyama之旅，the Obatsuyama是“弃老之山”。）可知，the Obatsuyama是农民带母亲去的地方。故填To the Obatsuyama (the mountain of the “abandoning of the aged.”). 【86题详解】 根据第四段第二句“She thought that her son did not know the mountain very well, and that his return might be full of danger.”（她想她的儿子不太熟悉这座山，他回来可能会充满危险。）可知，老母亲把小树枝扔在路上的原因是因为她想留下痕迹。/因为她认为她的儿子不太熟悉路，希望她的儿子安全返回。故填Because she wanted to leave behind marks. /Because she thought her son did not know the road very well and wanted her son to return safely. 87题详解】 根据第四段第二句“She thought that her son did not know the mountain very well, and that his return might be full of danger. ”（她想她的儿子不太熟悉这座山，他回来可能会充满危险。）以及空后“Look carefully and follow the path with the piles of twigs. ”（仔细看，沿着有成堆树枝的小路走。）可知，母亲扔树枝是为了帮助儿子安全回家，所以这里填“will guide you back to the familiar path below”比较合理。故填They will guide you back to the familiar path below. 【88题详解】 开放性题目，答案言之有理即可。从农民对母亲的爱和尊重，以及他在执行国王命令时的痛苦表现，可以看出他的善良和孝顺。故填The farmer was brave and thankful because he saved his mother at the risk of being punished. 19、2024·杨浦区统考·期中卷 D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答问题）（7分） 根据短文内容回答问题。 OBSOLETE JOBS In the past, there were lots of jobs that we don’t have anymore. Many of these jobs have been taken over by machines, but some have just disappeared altogether. Let me tell you about some of them. 1. Telegraph Operators Long ago, people used telegraphs to send messages over long distances. It was like sending an old-fashioned text message, but you needed a telegraph operator to send it using a special machine. But now, we don’t have telegraph operators anymore! 2. Lift Operators These days, when we want to go up or down in elevator, we just press a button. But a long time ago, before 1950, there were people called lift operators. They would ride in the elevator with you and operate it. Nowadays, we don’t see lift operators very often, but some still work in special places like the Eiffel Tower in Pairs. 3. Lamplighters Back at the start of the 20th century, many cities used gas street lamps, not electric ones. Lamplighters had the job of going around in the evening and lighting these lamps with a big candle on a long stick. They would light about a hundred lamps in an hour. But today, we have electric streetlights, so lamplighters are gone. 4. Typesetters Before we had computers, people used to make books and newspapers by hand. They had to arrange metal letters in wooden frames to create the pages. It was a bit like a big puzzle! Nowadays, computers help us do this work efficiently, so typesetters are not needed anymore. 5. Switchboard Operators Believe it or not, in the past, when you wanted to make a phone call, you had to talk to an operator. You had to tell them the number you wanted to call, and they would connect your call for you. This job was mostly done by women at the beginning of the 20th century. But now, we can make phone calls without operators. Will more jobs disappear in the future? It’s very likely. The world is changing so quickly that ________. That’s just how the world works! 48. Match the pictures with the job descriptions. Write the numbers 1 to 5 only. Picture A: ________ Picture B: ________ Picture C: ________ 49. There are no lift operators nowadays, are there? _________________________________________ 50. How did lamplighters light the lamps? _________________________________________ 51. What does the writer mean by saying “It was a bit like a big puzzle!”? _________________________________________ 52. What did callers have to say to switchboard operators? _________________________________________ 53. Complete the sentence. The world is changing so quickly that ____________. 【答案】48. ①. 2 ②. 3 ③. 4 49. Yes, there are. 50. By going round in the evening and lighting the lamps with a big candle on a long stick. 51. Because they had to arrange metal letter in wooden frames to create the pages. 52. The number they wanted to call. 53. some traditional jobs may disappear 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了随着社会的发展已经被机器取代而消失的一些传统工作。 【48题详解】 仔细观察Picture A，发现一位女士在电梯里操作，这与选项2“Lift Operators”中“…ride in the elevator with you and operate it…”相符；观察Picture B，发现一位先生用一根长棍子上的大蜡烛点燃街灯，这与选项3“Lamplighters”中“…lighting these lamps with a big candle on a long stick…”相符；观察Picture C，发现一人正在码字，这与选项4“Typesetters”中“…arrange metal letters in wooden frames…”相符。故填2；3；4。 【49题详解】 根据“Nowadays, we don’t see lift operators very often, but some still work in special places like the Eiffel Tower in Pairs.”可知，尽管我们不经常看到电梯操作员，但有些人仍然在巴黎埃菲尔铁塔等特殊地方工作，说明仍然有电梯操作员。故填Yes, there are. 【50题详解】 根据“Lamplighters had the job of going around in the evening and lighting these lamps with a big candle on a long stick.”可知，点灯人的工作是在晚上四处走动，用一根长棍子上的大蜡烛点燃这些灯。故填By going round in the evening and lighting the lamps with a big candle on a long stick. 【51题详解】 根据上文“They had to arrange metal letters in wooden frames to create the pages.”可知，作者说“It was a bit like a big puzzle!”是因为排字工人必须将金属字母排列在木制框架中来制作页面。故填Because they had to arrange metal letter in wooden frames to create the pages. 【52题详解】 根据“You had to tell them the number you wanted to call, and they would connect your call for you.”可知，呼叫者必须向总机接线员说出他们想要拨打的号码。故填The number they wanted to call. 【53题详解】 综合全文可知，文章列举了四种消失的传统工作；在将来，随着科技的进步，社会的发展，更多的传统工作可能会消失。故填some traditional jobs may disappear。 20、2023·进才中学北校·期中卷 Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题） This week my dog of almost 14 years died. What I lost was not just a pet dog. She was so much more than that. I don’t even remember my life without her. My dog only cost $40. She was among hundreds of dogs at Philadelphia’s Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) . PAWS is the largest animal shelter in my city. It is also a “no-kill” shelter. Many other shelters, however, are unable to be “no-kill”because of the large number of animals they have. Nearly sixty percent of dogs that enter these shelters end up being euthanized (meaning “killed in a peaceful way”) This number could be lowered if more people decided to adopt an animal rather than purchasing one. When you adopt a pet from a shelter, you are not only giving your chosen animal a loving home. You are also saving the lives of many others as you help to free up space for them. Adopting an animal is much cheaper than buying one. Since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, many people have had lower incomes than usual. More people have turned to adopting dogs. The idea behind the adoption of a dog is good. However, some animal shelters are worried that after the pandemic is over, some of these new pet owners might become, busy again and no longer have time to care for their animals. These animals might end up back on the street and in the end being put down. So before you take in an animal, think about why you want to do so. Do you truly love it, or do you just want to save money? I like to think back to when I adopted my dog almost 14 years ago. I’m proud that I gave her the life she deserved. Pets can make wonderful additions to our lives. However, almost any pet, including those without a large price tag, can do this. We should never allow man’s best friend to be let down by a system that kills because there is no room. 58. The dog was just a pet to the writer, wasn’t she? ______________________________ 59. Where did the writer get the pet dog? ______________________________ 60. What caused many people to turn to adopting dogs? ______________________________ 61. According to the writer, what might happen to the newly adopted pets after the pandemic? ______________________________ 62. What does on the streetson the streets “this” in the last paragraph mean? ______________________________ 63. Do you agree with the writer that adopting is better than purchasing? Why?(15-20 words) ______________________________ 【答案】58. No, she didn’t. 59. At PAWS. 60. People’s lower incomes. 61. Some owners might become busy again and the dogs might end up back on the street. 62. Making wonderful additions to our lives. 63. No, I don’t agree. People will value the animals more when they buy them. 【解析】 【导语】本文作者主要讲述自己养狗的经历，呼吁大家真正的爱护这些动物，减少杀戮和遗弃。 【58题详解】 根据“What I lost was not just a pet dog. She was so much more than that.我失去的不只是一只宠物狗。她远不止于此。”可知，狗对作者来说不仅仅是一个宠物。故填No, she didn’t. 【59题详解】 根据“My dog only cost $40. She was among hundreds of dogs at Philadelphia’s Animal Welfare Society (PAWS). PAWS is the largest animal shelter in my city.”可知，作者的狗是从动物收容所(PAWS)买回来的。故填At PAWS. 【60题详解】 根据“Since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, many people have had lower incomes than usual. More people have turned to adopting dogs.”可知，自2019新冠爆发以来，许多人的收入比平时更低了，从而导致越来越多的人转向收养狗。由此说明，人们收入更低导致许多人转向收养狗。故填People’s lower incomes. 【61题详解】 根据“However, some animal shelters are worried that after the pandemic is over, some of these new pet owners might become, busy again and no longer have time to care for their animals. These animals might end up back on the street and in the end being put down.”可知，作者认为疫情过后，因为一些人会再次忙碌，没有时间照看动物，而把它们再次遗弃街头。故填Some owners might become busy again and the dogs might end up back on the street. 【62题详解】 根据“Pets can make wonderful additions to our lives. However, almost any pet, including those without a large price tag, can do this.”可知，几乎所有的宠物，包括那些价格不高的宠物，都可以给我们的生活增添精彩。因此this指上文提到的“给我们的生活增添精彩。”故填Making wonderful additions to our lives. 【63题详解】 开放性作答，言之有理即可，参考答案为：No, I don’t agree. People will value the animals more when they buy them. 2 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 7 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$