热点话题 04 成长变化（话题阅读精练）英语九年级通用版

热点话题04 成长变化 话题阅读精练 语篇 题型 体裁 词数 内容简介 Passage1 完形填空 记叙文 257 讲述作者对钱的观点的转变。 Passage2 阅读理解 应用文 403 讲Joe的爷爷写信告诉Joe他过去的生活是怎样的不同。 Passage3 阅读理解 记叙文 383 从教育、通讯方式、交通、居住条件等方面介绍了人们生活的变化。 Passage4 阅读还原 记叙文 263 讲述青少年现在的生活和过去的生活作对比，详细介绍了生活变化之大，同时也带来了一些问题。 Passage5 任务型阅读 记叙文 302 讲述几个世纪以来我们生活的变化。 Passage6 语法填空 记叙文 156 介绍作者的家人们对于现在和过去生活的看法。 素材积累 主题简析 本单元的话题是“成长变化”。主要描述过去经常做的事，以及自己或他人过去的外貌、性格、爱好等等；描述生活中发生的变化，以及发生变化的原因。此话题主要从以下三方面设题： ①介绍自己现在和过去的变化； ②介绍家人、同学、朋友等发生的变化； ③对于身边发生的变化给出一些评论等。 句子积累 开头： 1.I used to have no interest in...but now I have fallen in love with ...我以前对……没有兴趣，但现在我爱上了…… 2.It's hard to believe that I used to have difficulties in...难以置信的是，我曾经在……方面有困难。 3.I spent much time playing football in the past but now I prefer to listen to music to relax myself.过去我花了很多时间踢足球，但现在我喜欢听音乐来放松自己。 4. Now I'm quite interested in drawing pictures even though I didn't know much about it in the past.现在我对画画很感兴趣，尽管过去对它了解不多。 中间句 1.As time goes by, I have made great progress随着时间的推移，我取得了很大的进步。 2. Thanks to...l have the ability to ...多亏了……，我才有能力…… 3.Her face used to turn red when speaking to others. But now she dares to speak in front of the whole school.她以前和别人说话时脸会变红。但现在她在全校面前敢讲话了。 4.My English teacher was quite strict with us, but now he often tells funny stories in class.我的英语老师对我们要求很严格，但现在他经常在课堂上讲有趣的故事。 结尾 1.Time and tide wait for no man.岁月不待人。 2. No pain , no gain.不劳无获。 3. Rome wasn't built in one day.罗马不是一天建成的。 4.I have changed a lot! I was shy and quiet in the past, but now I become outgoing and active.我改变了很多！过去我很害羞，很安静，但现在我变得外向和活跃。 5.Day by day,I began to realize the importance of time , and tried to make a plan every day日复一日，我开始意识到时间的重要性，并且每天尝试制定计划。 6. Thanks to joining in the volunteer activity, my ability of caring for others has improved so much The Change Made Me Better感谢参加志愿者活动，我的关心他人的能力有了很大的提高。改变让我变得更好。 必备词块 2 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 6 / 8 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 1.good conduct良好的行为 2.grade 定义：等级，年级；评分 3.improvement 改进，进步 4.work hard at 努力工作 5.pull out all stops 竭尽全力，不遗余力 6.used to be 过去常常 7.be afraid of害怕 8.be confident in对......有信心 9.in the past 过去 10.be weak in 在某方面薄弱 11.do well in 做得好 12.ability能力 13.knowledge知识 14.value价值 15.have an influence on 对……产生影响 16.show an interest in 表现出兴趣 17.fall in love with 爱上 18.believe in 相信 19.feel like 感觉像；想要 20.make progress 取得进展 21.be sure about确信 22.be thankful to感激 23.be proud of 以……为骄傲 24.make it让它成为，使它成为 25.succeed in doing成功地做某事 26.manage to do设法做...... 实战演练 Passage1 I used to walk around the store with my parents. Every time I went to the store, I would beg my parents to buy 1 something such as chips and toys. I cannot 2 a time when I didn’t beg for anything at the store. My dad sometimes 3 my begging and said seriously, “You can waste all the money as you want when you make it by yourself.” I listened to him 4 when he said that, but I never really 5 the message Dad was trying to tell me. I decided to 6 part-time as soon as I was old enough. I took my first job as a baby-sitter. I remember the 7 of making money on my own and then 8 it within the next week. It was great! A few years later, I was a college student. One day I saw some students handing out flyers I wasn’t 9 it at first. But I changed my mind after 10 the flyer. It said “Looking for a high paying job? Be a lifeguard!” I started to think about the money I 11 make and applied for the job at once. However, as time went by, I 12 found that the more money I made, the less I wanted to spend. 13 wasting money on useless things, I started saving up. I was just the one who worked hard and got it, 14 it meant a lot to me. I finally discovered the 15 of money, and my life has changed a lot ever since. Word Bankbeg    乞求 flyer   传单 apply  申请 1．A．us B．you C．me D．them 2．A．start B．forget C．remember D．keep 3．A．put off B．turned down C．agreed with D．asked for 4．A．carefully B．finally C．sadly D．suddenly 5．A．sent B．explained C．passed D．understood 6．A．study B．cook C．travel D．work 7．A．difference B．feeling C．advantage D．difficulty 8．A．losing B．spending C．lending D．saving 9．A．known for B．proud of C．worried about D．interested in 10．A．improving B．finishing C．reading D．writing 11．A．will B．could C．should D．must 12．A．easily B．surprisingly C．luckily D．usually 13．A．Because of B．According to C．Instead of D．Thanks to 14．A．or B．but C．so D．if 15．A．value B．exchange C．waste D．importance Passage2 Dear Joe, I wrote you the letter to tell you about what the world used to be like when I was young. Life used to be very different then. We didn’t have smartphones when we wanted to talk to our friends. We didn’t have e-mails either, so we had to write letters. When we traveled from town to town, we used to walk or ride horses or take a cart (马车). Later we had buses and very few people had cars. Air travel was a luxury and we used to dream of riding on an airplane but now everyone does. It’s so common. Food is another big difference. There weren’t any supermarkets so we used to grow our own food. We would exchange some with people from other towns to buy the things we didn’t have. We didn’t have a fridge so we kept things cool in a special room downstairs. But the biggest difference is electricity. We didn’t have any in our town! At night, we used to light candles when we wanted light and we burned coal (煤) or wood to keep warm. We didn’t have TVs. In summer, we used to go swimming in the river. Life used to be very different, but we were happy. Love, Grandpa 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 1．This letter was written by ________. A．a grandfather B．a grandson C．a grandson to his grandfather D．a father to his son 2．The writer no longer ________. A．takes buses B．has a fridge C．rides horses to travel from town to town D．buys food from the supermarket 3．As there wasn’t any electricity when the writer was young, ________. A．he couldn’t keep warm B．he went swimming C．he used to write e-mails to his friends D．he used to light candles to get light 4．What does the underlined word “luxury” mean in Chinese? A．消耗 B．浪费 C．享受 D．奢侈 5．The letter talks mostly about what ________. A．the writer used to do differently B．the writer wants to do in the future C．Joe should do differently D．Joe has not done recently Passage3 Great changes have taken place in people’s lives since the reform and opening-up in 1978. China’s economy (经济) has grown rapidly. So in many ways, people live a lot better than before. In the past, every family had several children. They lived a very hard life. Most children had no chance to receive a good education. But now, people have changed their ideas. Families have fewer but healthier children. Most children can go to college by working hard. People now keep in touch with friends and relatives by WeChat or QQ online instead of writing letters. People used to listen to the radio for news and other information. But now they mainly get it from TVs, the Internet, cellphones and so on. In transportation, people have more choices to take all kinds of vehicles. People used to walk to work and children went to school on foot or by bike. It often took too much time to do so. Today it’s very easy to take buses, subways and cars. Traveling is very convenient. People can reach a place easily and they can save a lot of time for doing other things. The living conditions were poor in the 1960s. Big families were crowded into small rooms. Nowadays people have moved into big and bright apartments with several rooms. They needn’t share the same room with their sisters or brothers. 1．When did Chinese people’s lives begin to change according to the text? A．In 1960. B．In 1978. C．In 1980. D．In 1988. 2．What change of people’s lives does Paragraph 3 tell us about? A．Education. B．Transportation. C．Living conditions. D．Communication. 3．What does the underlined word “convenient” most probably mean in the text? A．烦琐的 B．方便的 C．简朴的 D．廉价的 4．How many ways of changes in China does the text talk about? A．Six. B．Five. C．Four. D．Three. 5．What’s the best tittle for the text? A．Great changes of Chinese lives B．Children’s education in China C．Chinese living conditions D．The reform and opening-up of China Passage4 Teenage Life—Better now or in the Past? Does this situation sound familiar? You are complaining to your parents about something. Maybe your computer isn’t powerful enough to play the latest games. 1 Then you hear... When I was at your age, there weren’t any computers or video games. And I didn’t get a bike until I was sixteen. It was second-hand. 27 So, is it really true that life is better for teenagers now? It is certainly true that many teenagers have got more things nowadays. 2 So parents have got more money to spend on each child. And many things are cheaper than they were when our parents were children. 3 Forty years ago, no one could imagine a world with tiny computers and amazing smartphones. And now these things are necessary—we can’t imagine living without them! However, technology often means we spend more time at home. And often it’s just us alone, with our computers or televisions. Teenagers don’t do enough exercise. 4 And, although young people still get on well with their friends, some people think teenagers today don’t have so many social activities as they did in the past. What do you think? Is teenage life better these days? A．And it was too big for me. B．A typical family is smaller now. C．It’s convenient to live such a life. D．Or your friends’ bikes are better than yours. E．So they aren’t as healthy as they were in the past. F．Technology is probably the greatest change in our life. Passage5 Over the last few centuries, there have been many changes in our lives. In the old days, planes were not very popular because they could be dangerous and too expensive. Nowadays, more people can travel by plane and get to the other side of the world in just one day. When it comes to work, people had to work much harder because they did not have the useful tools and instruments that we have now. Today, however, most of the difficult and dangerous work is done by computers and machines. Imagine people’s living conditions a few hundred years ago. There were no bathrooms or running water in many houses. People shared public bathrooms with strangers. And they had to collect water from faraway places. Nowadays, every child has the chance to get a good education. In the past, there were fewer schools and the quality of education was much poorer. Now education is free for primary and middle school students. Also, it is much easier to find the educational materials that you need on your mobile phone or your computer instead of going to the library. With the development of science and technology, our life is much better than it used to be. And we are continuing to create new things to make our lives better and easier. 1、2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。 1．Few people traveled by plane many years ago because . 2．Most of the difficult and dangerous work is done by today. 3．Where can people find educational materials easily? 4． 5． Passage6 Yesterday my family talked about 1 (change) between life today and in the past. My father said, “In the past, people 2 (main) got information from paper books. Now, people can find information much more 3 (easy) on the Internet. Computers and the Internet 4 (use) everywhere now.” My grandma said, “In the past, people went everywhere on foot or sometimes by bike. Now, people can take a bus everywhere. What’s more, 5 (travel) by air is not a dream any longer. However, too much traffic on the road uses too much oil and 6 (cause) pollution as well. Pollution is 7 danger to our health.” My mom said, “Now people work 8 (hard) than before. 9 they don’t have enough spare time.” 10 my opinion, life is better than before and we have brought many problems to the world. So we need to do something to make the world a better place to live in. $$ 热点话题04 成长变化 话题阅读精练 语篇 题型 体裁 词数 内容简介 Passage1 完形填空 记叙文 257 讲述作者对钱的观点的转变。 Passage2 阅读理解 应用文 403 讲Joe的爷爷写信告诉Joe他过去的生活是怎样的不同。 Passage3 阅读理解 记叙文 383 从教育、通讯方式、交通、居住条件等方面介绍了人们生活的变化。 Passage4 阅读还原 记叙文 263 讲述青少年现在的生活和过去的生活作对比，详细介绍了生活变化之大，同时也带来了一些问题。 Passage5 任务型阅读 记叙文 302 讲述几个世纪以来我们生活的变化。 Passage6 语法填空 记叙文 156 介绍作者的家人们对于现在和过去生活的看法。 素材积累 主题简析 本单元的话题是“成长变化”。主要描述过去经常做的事，以及自己或他人过去的外貌、性格、爱好等等；描述生活中发生的变化，以及发生变化的原因。此话题主要从以下三方面设题： ①介绍自己现在和过去的变化； ②介绍家人、同学、朋友等发生的变化； ③对于身边发生的变化给出一些评论等。 句子积累 开头： 1.I used to have no interest in...but now I have fallen in love with ...我以前对……没有兴趣，但现在我爱上了…… 2.It's hard to believe that I used to have difficulties in...难以置信的是，我曾经在……方面有困难。 3.I spent much time playing football in the past but now I prefer to listen to music to relax myself.过去我花了很多时间踢足球，但现在我喜欢听音乐来放松自己。 4. Now I'm quite interested in drawing pictures even though I didn't know much about it in the past.现在我对画画很感兴趣，尽管过去对它了解不多。 中间句 1.As time goes by, I have made great progress随着时间的推移，我取得了很大的进步。 2. Thanks to...l have the ability to ...多亏了……，我才有能力…… 3.Her face used to turn red when speaking to others. But now she dares to speak in front of the whole school.她以前和别人说话时脸会变红。但现在她在全校面前敢讲话了。 4.My English teacher was quite strict with us, but now he often tells funny stories in class.我的英语老师对我们要求很严格，但现在他经常在课堂上讲有趣的故事。 结尾 1.Time and tide wait for no man.岁月不待人。 2. No pain , no gain.不劳无获。 3. Rome wasn't built in one day.罗马不是一天建成的。 4.I have changed a lot! I was shy and quiet in the past, but now I become outgoing and active.我改变了很多！过去我很害羞，很安静，但现在我变得外向和活跃。 5.Day by day,I began to realize the importance of time , and tried to make a plan every day日复一日，我开始意识到时间的重要性，并且每天尝试制定计划。 6. Thanks to joining in the volunteer activity, my ability of caring for others has improved so much The Change Made Me Better感谢参加志愿者活动，我的关心他人的能力有了很大的提高。改变让我变得更好。 必备词块 2 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 6 / 8 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 1.good conduct良好的行为 2.grade 定义：等级，年级；评分 3.improvement 改进，进步 4.work hard at 努力工作 5.pull out all stops 竭尽全力，不遗余力 6.used to be 过去常常 7.be afraid of害怕 8.be confident in对......有信心 9.in the past 过去 10.be weak in 在某方面薄弱 11.do well in 做得好 12.ability能力 13.knowledge知识 14.value价值 15.have an influence on 对……产生影响 16.show an interest in 表现出兴趣 17.fall in love with 爱上 18.believe in 相信 19.feel like 感觉像；想要 20.make progress 取得进展 21.be sure about确信 22.be thankful to感激 23.be proud of 以……为骄傲 24.make it让它成为，使它成为 25.succeed in doing成功地做某事 26.manage to do设法做...... 实战演练 Passage1 I used to walk around the store with my parents. Every time I went to the store, I would beg my parents to buy 1 something such as chips and toys. I cannot 2 a time when I didn’t beg for anything at the store. My dad sometimes 3 my begging and said seriously, “You can waste all the money as you want when you make it by yourself.” I listened to him 4 when he said that, but I never really 5 the message Dad was trying to tell me. I decided to 6 part-time as soon as I was old enough. I took my first job as a baby-sitter. I remember the 7 of making money on my own and then 8 it within the next week. It was great! A few years later, I was a college student. One day I saw some students handing out flyers I wasn’t 9 it at first. But I changed my mind after 10 the flyer. It said “Looking for a high paying job? Be a lifeguard!” I started to think about the money I 11 make and applied for the job at once. However, as time went by, I 12 found that the more money I made, the less I wanted to spend. 13 wasting money on useless things, I started saving up. I was just the one who worked hard and got it, 14 it meant a lot to me. I finally discovered the 15 of money, and my life has changed a lot ever since. Word Bankbeg    乞求 flyer   传单 apply  申请 1．A．us B．you C．me D．them 2．A．start B．forget C．remember D．keep 3．A．put off B．turned down C．agreed with D．asked for 4．A．carefully B．finally C．sadly D．suddenly 5．A．sent B．explained C．passed D．understood 6．A．study B．cook C．travel D．work 7．A．difference B．feeling C．advantage D．difficulty 8．A．losing B．spending C．lending D．saving 9．A．known for B．proud of C．worried about D．interested in 10．A．improving B．finishing C．reading D．writing 11．A．will B．could C．should D．must 12．A．easily B．surprisingly C．luckily D．usually 13．A．Because of B．According to C．Instead of D．Thanks to 14．A．or B．but C．so D．if 15．A．value B．exchange C．waste D．importance 【答案】 1．C 2．C 3．B 4．A 5．D 6．D 7．B 8．B 9．D 10．C 11．B 12．B 13．C 14．C 15．A 【分析】本文讲述了作者对钱的观点的转变。小时候对父亲说的话“自己挣的钱可以随意花”不甚理解，长大后，做兼职，从挣多少花多少，到现在成了努力工作挣钱并懂得节省的人。 1．句意：每次我去商店，我都会乞求父母给我买些东西，比如薯片和玩具。 us我们；you你们；me我；them他们；buy sb sth“给某人买某物”；主语是I，此处指“乞求父母给我买些东西”；故选C。 2．句意：我不记得有什么时候在商店里不乞求东西。 start开始；forget忘记；remember记住；keep保持；上文“每次我去商店，我都会乞求父母给我买些东西”；可知此处双重否定表肯定，指“不能记得自己没有不乞求东西的时候”；故选C。 3．句意：我爸爸有时会拒绝我的乞求，严肃地说：“你自己挣的钱可以随意挥霍。” put off推迟；turned down拒绝；agreed with同意；asked for要求；根据下文父亲说的话“You can waste all the money as you want when you make it by yourself.”可知此处指“拒绝作者的乞求”；故选B。 4．句意：当他这么说的时候，我认真地听他说，但我从来没有真正理解过爸爸想要告诉我的要旨。 carefully仔细地；finally最后；sadly伤心地；suddenly忽然；下文“but I never really understand the message Dad was trying to tell me”根据but表句意转折，可知此处指“作者认真听，但不能真正理解爸爸的话”；故选A。 5．句意：当他这么说的时候，我认真地听他说，但我从来没有真正理解过爸爸想要告诉我的要旨。 sent发送；explained解释；passed通过；understood理解；上文“I listened to him carefully when he said that”，结合“the message Dad was trying to tell me”可知此处指“爸爸说时认真听，却没有听懂他话里真正的意思”；故选D。 6．句意：我决定当我足够大的时候就去做兼职。 study研究；cook烧饭；travel旅行；work工作；根据下文“I took my first job as a baby-sitter”可知此处指“做兼职”；故选D。 7．句意：我记得自己挣钱的感觉，然后在第二周内花掉。 difference差异；feeling感觉；advantage优势；difficulty困难；根据下文“It was great”可知此处指“自己挣钱的感觉很美好”；故选B。 8．句意：我记得自己挣钱的感觉，然后在下周内花掉。 losing失去；spending花费；lending借出；saving节省；根据下文“…the more money I made, the less I wanted to spend”作者后来钱挣得越多越不想花；可知此处指“在第二周内把钱花掉”；故选B。 9．句意：有一天，我看到一些学生在发传单，起初我对它不感兴趣。 be known for以……闻名；be proud of以……为骄傲；be worried about为……着急；be interested in对……感兴趣；下文“But I changed my mind…applied for the job at once”后来作者改变主意应聘工作；根据but表句意转折，可知此处指“起初不感兴趣”；故选D。 10．句意：但我看了传单后改变了主意。 improving改进；finishing完成；reading阅读；writing写作；根据下文“It said ‘Looking for a high paying job? Be a lifeguard!’”可知此处指“作者阅读了传单”；故选C。 11．句意：我开始考虑我能挣的钱，立刻申请了这份工作。 will将；could能，表过去的能力；should应该；must必须；根据and并列成分时态要一致的原则，可知此处用过去式，指“作者应聘救生员可以挣到的钱”；故选B。 12．句意： 然而，随着时间的流逝，我惊讶地发现，我赚的钱越多，想花的钱就越少。 easily容易地；surprisingly令人惊讶地；luckily幸运地；usually通常；上文“spending it within the next week”；结合“the more money I made, the less I wanted to spend”可知，以前挣多少花多少，现在赚的钱越多越不想花，这是让作者自己都感到惊讶；故选B。 13．句意：我开始攒钱，而不是把钱浪费在无用的东西上。 Because of由于；According to根据；Instead of而不是；Thanks to幸亏；上文“我惊奇地发现我挣的钱越多越不想花”；可知此处指“开始攒钱，而不是把钱浪费在无用的东西上”；故选C。 14．句意：我就成了努力工作挣钱的人，所以这事对我来说意义重大。 or或者；but但是；so所以；if如果；作者以前挣多少花多少，现在，成了努力工作挣钱并懂得节省的人，因此，这种转变对作者来说意义重大，所以使用so；故选C。 15．句意：我终于发现了钱的价值，从此我的生活发生了很大的变化。 value价值；exchange交换；waste废物；importance重要性；上文“作者从以前挣多少花多少，到现在成了努力工作挣钱并懂得节省的人”，可知此处作者“终于知道的钱的价值”；故选A。 Passage2 Dear Joe, I wrote you the letter to tell you about what the world used to be like when I was young. Life used to be very different then. We didn’t have smartphones when we wanted to talk to our friends. We didn’t have e-mails either, so we had to write letters. When we traveled from town to town, we used to walk or ride horses or take a cart (马车). Later we had buses and very few people had cars. Air travel was a luxury and we used to dream of riding on an airplane but now everyone does. It’s so common. Food is another big difference. There weren’t any supermarkets so we used to grow our own food. We would exchange some with people from other towns to buy the things we didn’t have. We didn’t have a fridge so we kept things cool in a special room downstairs. But the biggest difference is electricity. We didn’t have any in our town! At night, we used to light candles when we wanted light and we burned coal (煤) or wood to keep warm. We didn’t have TVs. In summer, we used to go swimming in the river. Life used to be very different, but we were happy. Love, Grandpa 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 1．This letter was written by ________. A．a grandfather B．a grandson C．a grandson to his grandfather D．a father to his son 2．The writer no longer ________. A．takes buses B．has a fridge C．rides horses to travel from town to town D．buys food from the supermarket 3．As there wasn’t any electricity when the writer was young, ________. A．he couldn’t keep warm B．he went swimming C．he used to write e-mails to his friends D．he used to light candles to get light 4．What does the underlined word “luxury” mean in Chinese? A．消耗 B．浪费 C．享受 D．奢侈 5．The letter talks mostly about what ________. A．the writer used to do differently B．the writer wants to do in the future C．Joe should do differently D．Joe has not done recently 【答案】1．A 2．C 3．D 4．D 5．A 【导语】本文是一封信，主要讲了Joe的爷爷写信告诉Joe他过去的生活是怎样的不同。 1．细节理解题。根据文章落款“Love, Grandpa”可知，这封信是一位祖父写的。故选A。 2．推理判断题。根据“When we traveled from town to town, we used to walk or ride horses or take a cart (马车). Later we had buses and very few people had cars. Air travel was a luxury and we used to dream of riding on an airplane but now everyone does. It’s so common”可知过去常常步行、骑马或乘坐马车，后来有了公共汽车，过去梦想着坐飞机，但现在很普遍，所以现在作者不再骑马从一个城镇旅行到另一个城镇。故选C。 3．细节理解题。根据“At night, we used to light candles when we wanted light and we burned coal (煤) or wood to keep warm”可知过去没有电，所以用蜡烛照明。故选D。 4．词义猜测题。根据“Air travel was a luxury and we used to dream of riding on an airplane but now everyone does”可知过去梦想着坐飞机，所以认为坐飞机是奢侈。故选D。 5．主旨大意题。本文是一封信，主要讲了Joe的爷爷写信告诉Joe他过去的生活是怎样的不同。故选A。 Passage3 Great changes have taken place in people’s lives since the reform and opening-up in 1978. China’s economy (经济) has grown rapidly. So in many ways, people live a lot better than before. In the past, every family had several children. They lived a very hard life. Most children had no chance to receive a good education. But now, people have changed their ideas. Families have fewer but healthier children. Most children can go to college by working hard. People now keep in touch with friends and relatives by WeChat or QQ online instead of writing letters. People used to listen to the radio for news and other information. But now they mainly get it from TVs, the Internet, cellphones and so on. In transportation, people have more choices to take all kinds of vehicles. People used to walk to work and children went to school on foot or by bike. It often took too much time to do so. Today it’s very easy to take buses, subways and cars. Traveling is very convenient. People can reach a place easily and they can save a lot of time for doing other things. The living conditions were poor in the 1960s. Big families were crowded into small rooms. Nowadays people have moved into big and bright apartments with several rooms. They needn’t share the same room with their sisters or brothers. 1．When did Chinese people’s lives begin to change according to the text? A．In 1960. B．In 1978. C．In 1980. D．In 1988. 2．What change of people’s lives does Paragraph 3 tell us about? A．Education. B．Transportation. C．Living conditions. D．Communication. 3．What does the underlined word “convenient” most probably mean in the text? A．烦琐的 B．方便的 C．简朴的 D．廉价的 4．How many ways of changes in China does the text talk about? A．Six. B．Five. C．Four. D．Three. 5．What’s the best tittle for the text? A．Great changes of Chinese lives B．Children’s education in China C．Chinese living conditions D．The reform and opening-up of China 【答案】1．B 2．D 3．B 4．C 5．A 【导语】本文从教育、通讯方式、交通、居住条件等方面介绍了人们生活的变化。 1．细节理解题。根据文章第一句“Great changes have taken place in people’s lives since the reform and opening-up in 1978.”可知，中国人民的生活从1978年开始发生变化。故选B。 2．细节理解题。根据“People now keep in touch with friends and relatives by WeChat or QQ online instead of writing letters.”可知，本段讲述的是人们在通讯方式上的变化。故选D。 3．词句猜测题。根据“Traveling is very convenient. People can reach a place easily and they can save a lot of time for doing other things.”可知，人们可以很容易地到达一个地方，他们可以节省很多时间做其他事情，推测convenient意为“方便的”。故选B。 4．推理判断题。文章2—5段分别讲述了教育、通讯、交通和居住条件四个方面的变化。故选C。 5．最佳标题题。根据“Great changes have taken place in people’s lives since the reform and opening-up in 1978.”以及后文可知，文章主要讲述了中国人生活的巨大变化，故最佳标题为“Great changes of Chinese lives”。故选A。 Passage4 Teenage Life—Better now or in the Past? Does this situation sound familiar? You are complaining to your parents about something. Maybe your computer isn’t powerful enough to play the latest games. 1 Then you hear... When I was at your age, there weren’t any computers or video games. And I didn’t get a bike until I was sixteen. It was second-hand. 27 So, is it really true that life is better for teenagers now? It is certainly true that many teenagers have got more things nowadays. 2 So parents have got more money to spend on each child. And many things are cheaper than they were when our parents were children. 3 Forty years ago, no one could imagine a world with tiny computers and amazing smartphones. And now these things are necessary—we can’t imagine living without them! However, technology often means we spend more time at home. And often it’s just us alone, with our computers or televisions. Teenagers don’t do enough exercise. 4 And, although young people still get on well with their friends, some people think teenagers today don’t have so many social activities as they did in the past. What do you think? Is teenage life better these days? A．And it was too big for me. B．A typical family is smaller now. C．It’s convenient to live such a life. D．Or your friends’ bikes are better than yours. E．So they aren’t as healthy as they were in the past. F．Technology is probably the greatest change in our life. 【答案】1．D 2．A 3．B 4．F 5．E 【导语】本文主要讲述了青少年现在的生活和过去的生活作对比，详细介绍了生活变化之大，同时也带来了一些问题。 1．根据“Maybe your computer isn’t powerful enough to play the latest games”可知此处是描述在抱怨某事，选项D“或者你朋友的自行车比你的好”符合语境。故选D。 2．根据“When I was at your age, there weren’t any computers or video games. And I didn’t get a bike until I was sixteen. It was second-hand. ”可知直到十六岁才有自行车，它是二手的，故此处介绍的是过去的情况，选项A“它对我来说太大了”符合语境。故选A。 3．根据“So parents have got more money to spend on each child”可知父母有更多的钱花在每个孩子身上，选项B“一个典型的家庭现在变小了”符合语境。故选B。 4．根据“Forty years ago, no one could imagine a world with tiny computers and amazing smartphones”可知40年前，没有人能想象一个拥有电脑和令人惊叹的智能手机的世界，所以科技发展很快，选项F“科技可能是我们生活中最大的变化”符合语境。故选F。 5．根据“Teenagers don’t do enough exercise”可知青少年运动量不够，选项E“所以他们不像过去那么健康了”符合语境。故选E。 Passage5 Over the last few centuries, there have been many changes in our lives. In the old days, planes were not very popular because they could be dangerous and too expensive. Nowadays, more people can travel by plane and get to the other side of the world in just one day. When it comes to work, people had to work much harder because they did not have the useful tools and instruments that we have now. Today, however, most of the difficult and dangerous work is done by computers and machines. Imagine people’s living conditions a few hundred years ago. There were no bathrooms or running water in many houses. People shared public bathrooms with strangers. And they had to collect water from faraway places. Nowadays, every child has the chance to get a good education. In the past, there were fewer schools and the quality of education was much poorer. Now education is free for primary and middle school students. Also, it is much easier to find the educational materials that you need on your mobile phone or your computer instead of going to the library. With the development of science and technology, our life is much better than it used to be. And we are continuing to create new things to make our lives better and easier. 1、2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。 1．Few people traveled by plane many years ago because . 2．Most of the difficult and dangerous work is done by today. 3．Where can people find educational materials easily? 4． 5． 【答案】 1．planes could be dangerous and too expensive 2．computers and machines 3．On the mobile phone or the computer. 4．Over the last few centuries, there have been many changes in our lives. 5．随着科技的发展，我们的生活比以前好多了。 【导语】本文主要讲述了几个世纪以来我们生活的变化。 1．根据“In the old days, planes were not very popular because they could be dangerous and too expensive.”可知，在过去，飞机不太受欢迎，因为它们可能很危险，而且太贵。故填planes could be dangerous and too expensive。 2．根据“Today, however, most of the difficult and dangerous work is done by computers and machines.”可知，大多数困难和危险的工作是由计算机和机器完成的。故填computers and machines。 3．根据“Also, it is much easier to find the educational materials that you need on your mobile phone or your computer instead of going to the library.”可知，更容易在手机或电脑上找到你需要的教育材料，故填On the mobile phone or the computer. 4．根据全文内容可知，主要讲述了我们生活的变化，故填Over the last few centuries, there have been many changes in our lives. 5．With the development of science and technology：随着科技的发展；our life：我们的生活；is much better than it used to be：比以前好多了。故填：随着科技的发展，我们的生活比以前好多了。 Passage6 Yesterday my family talked about 1 (change) between life today and in the past. My father said, “In the past, people 2 (main) got information from paper books. Now, people can find information much more 3 (easy) on the Internet. Computers and the Internet 4 (use) everywhere now.” My grandma said, “In the past, people went everywhere on foot or sometimes by bike. Now, people can take a bus everywhere. What’s more, 5 (travel) by air is not a dream any longer. However, too much traffic on the road uses too much oil and 6 (cause) pollution as well. Pollution is 7 danger to our health.” My mom said, “Now people work 8 (hard) than before. 9 they don’t have enough spare time.” 10 my opinion, life is better than before and we have brought many problems to the world. So we need to do something to make the world a better place to live in. 【答案】 1．changes 2．mainly 3．easily 4．are used 5．traveling/travelling 6．causes 7．a 8．harder 9．So 10．In 【导语】本文分享了作者的家人们对于现在和过去生活的看法。 1．句意：昨天我的家人谈到了今天的生活和过去的生活之间的变化。change“改变”，可数名词，此处需要使用复数形式表示泛指。故填changes。 2．句意：我父亲说：“在过去，人们主要从纸质书中获取信息” 。此空需用副词mainly修饰动词got。故填mainly。 3．句意：现在，人们可以更容易地在互联网上找到信息。此空需用副词easily修饰动词find。故填easily。 4．句意：现在到处都在使用电脑和互联网。主语Computers and the Internet和谓语动词use之间存在被动关系，时态为一般现在时，所以使用一般现在时的被动语态，结构：be done，主语是复数，be动词用are；use的过去分词为used。故填are used。 5．句意：而且，乘飞机旅行不再是梦想。此空需用动名词短语作主语，因此travel需用动名词形式。故填traveling/travelling。 6．句意：然而，道路上太多的车辆消耗了太多的石油，也造成了污染。根据“uses”可知，时态为一般现在时，and连接并列成分，所以cause也应使用三单形式，故填causes。 7．句意：污染对我们的健康是一种威胁。此空需用不定冠词表泛指，danger是以辅音音素开头的单词，用a。故填a。 8．句意：现在人们工作比以前更努力了。根据“than”可知此空需用比较级，hard的比较级是harder。故填harder。 9．句意：因此他们没有足够的空闲时间。根据“Now people work…than before”以及“they don’t have enough spare time.”可知前后句是因果关系，前因后果，所以用so“因此”，故填So。 10．句意：在我看来，生活比以前更好了，我们给世界带来了许多问题。in one’s opinion“在某人看来”，用于提出观点，故填In。 $$