专题11 任务型阅读（期中真题汇编）九年级英语上学期人教版

专题11 任务型阅读 主题01 人与自我——学习/语言 Passage 1 （24-25九年级上·重庆江津·期中）I’m Bob. My grandma can speak several languages well. It made me interested in language learning at the age of nine. So I learned Italian when I was ten. My grandma moved from Switzerland to England when she was young. I was always surprised that she spoke English to me, Italian to my grandpa and French or German on the phone to her relatives and friends. What was more, she learned English by herself when she came to England. As for me, although I can speak some Italian and German, I only know a little grammar and sometimes get confused (困惑的). So it’s hard for me to understand how someone can speak several languages so well. I want to know how my grandma did it! English is an international language. More and more people in the world speak English. I hardly use other languages in my own job. However, I think being able to order dishes in a restaurant in a non-English speaking country will be great. In fact, language learning is easier now than before. New technology is the reason. For example, recording your voice helps you see how well you’re doing and helps you continue to improve. There are apps to help you learn new words. However, I still think going to classes improves conversation skills quickly. So it’s better to combine (结合) methods. 1．Was Bob interested in language learning when he was ten? 2．How did Bob’s grandma learn English when she came to England? 3．What will be great for Bob in a non-English speaking country? 4．Do you agree that language learning is easier than before? Why or why not? Passage 2 （24-25九年级上·北京西城·期中）Why Learning a New Language Is Good for the Whole Family? Ever thought of making language learning part of your family’s activities? Learning a new language together can have unexpected emotional benefits for the whole family. Combining (兼顾) family time and language learning time is a great way to have more quality time with your family. Learning a new language as a family can be a fun group activity. Everyone loves a game night or movie night. You can play games like Bingo, using vocabulary from the target language. Or maybe you have a particular vacation destination (目的地) and reconnect with those you love. Language is all about communication and connection. Learning a new language brings family members closer because they talk to each other all the time when learning. All you have to do is change to your new language and practice with your family members whenever you want—no classroom needed. Telling family stories with what you have recently learned is a good place to start, which could inspire questions and additional conversations, and even create a familect—secret words and phrases shared only among the members of your family. If your family is big on gardening, make labels (标签) together for your plants and tools. Making fun labels in your target language together can also help you connect with loved family members. It opens up more opportunities like family contests. You could surprise each other with notes on pillows, inside dresser drawers—any place your family will find them. Using these words later recalls these family memories. Each family is really its own little unique social world, and that world is being built through language. The power of language learning lies in its ability to draw people together. 1．What is a great way to have more quality time with your family? 2．Why does studying a new language bring family members closer? 3．Where does the power of language learning lie? 4．Would you like to learn a new language with your family? Why or why not? (Give at least two reasons) Passage 3 （24-25九年级上·湖南长沙·期中） George is a 15-year-old middle school student. He didn’t use to be interested in English. When he started taking English seriously in Grade Nine, he noticed that his grammar was a serious problem. He couldn’t understand the sentences because of the grammar. To fix this, he created a study plan to improve his grammar. He started by reviewing the basic grammar rules. He realized that he was poor in grammar because he never really understood the rules. For example, he would often mix up verb tenses (时态). To deal with this, he spent a few weeks just going over the basics. It was a little boring at first, but it made a great difference. One of the turning points for him was when he began keeping a grammar diary. Whenever he made a mistake, he would write it down along with the correct usage. He remembers one time, he kept confusing the past perfect tense with the simple past. Writing out the differences and practicing sentences in his diary helped him internalize (内化) the rules. After a long time of hard work, George has made great progress in grammar. Now he has a better understanding of English grammar. He can understand different tenses, parts of speech and sentence structures (结构) better. He can also find out and correct the mistakes easily. He likes English a lot now and he is sure that he will get better at English. In fact, to get better at anything, one needs to find what one is not good at and deal with it head-on. Remember, challenges are also chances. They are chances for you to get better. 1．Why couldn’t George understand the sentences? 2．Was it useful for George to review the grammar rules? 3．How did George deal with the mistakes? 4．What does George think of English now? 5．What is the passage mainly about? 主题02 人与社会——传统节日 Passage 1 （24-25九年级上·黑龙江哈尔滨·期中）Festivals are celebrated all around the world. Every festival has its different customs. However, no matter how different they may seem, all over the world, the spirit of sharing joy, thanks, love, or peace is common in all festivals. Of all the traditional festivals, the harvest (丰收) festival can be found in almost every culture. People celebrate it to show that they are thankful for the year’s food. In ancient Egypt, the harvest festival was celebrated during the springtime—the Egyptian harvest season. It had a parade (游行) and a great large meal with music, dancing, and sports. In North America, Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day in October to express their thanks for the harvest and what they have got while Americans celebrate their Thanksgiving Day over a month later. 1．What is common in all festivals? 2．What festival can be found in almost every culture? 3．Why do people celebrate the harvest festival? 4．When was the harvest festival in ancient Egypt celebrated? 5．Do Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day over a month earlier than Americans? Passage 2 （24-25九年级上·甘肃陇南·期中）The Double Ninth Festival, also named the Chongyang Festival, falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. On this day, people would like to drink chrysanthemum wine. The Chinese word for wine is Jiu, a similar pronunciation of the Chinese word for “long”, which means “forever”. Another special food is chrysanthemum cakes. ①The Chinese word for cake is Gao, a similar pronunciation of the Chinese word “high”, meaning ________. ②There is a story about the festival. In the sixth century, there lived a man named Huan Jing. He was learning the magic arts from Fei Changfang. One day, the two people were climbing a mountain. Fei Changfang suddenly stopped and told Huan Jing, “③On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, a disaster will come to your hometown. You must go home at once. Remember to make a red bag for each of your family members. Then you must all tie your bags to your arms, leave home quickly and climb to the top of a mountain. Most importantly, you must all drink some chrysanthemum wine. Only by doing so can your family members be safe.” On hearing this, Huan Jing rushed home and asked his family to do as his teacher said. The whole family climbed a nearby mountain and did not return until the evening. When they got back home, they found all their animals dead, including chickens, sheep, dogs and even the ox. Since then, climbing a mountain and drinking chrysanthemum wine became the traditional activities of the Double Ninth Festival. 1．What food and drinks do the Chinese people enjoy on the Double Ninth Festival? 2．What special meaning does the chrysanthemum wine have? 3．Complete Sentence ①. (补全①句，使文意通顺、正确。) 4．What’s the function of Sentence ② in the paragraph? (用英语写出②句在文段中的作用。) 5．What does the underlined word “disaster” mean in Sentence ③ in English? 主题03 人与社会——青少年问题 Passage 1 （24-25九年级上·江苏常州·期中）In a village school in Hubei, teachers find that mobile phone addiction (瘾) has become a new problem among teenagers. Their students play games on mobile phones after returning home, and some of them don’t complete homework. When they’re in class, they still think about their games. Pan Jiani, 11, likes watching funny short videos on the phone. Her parents are working in the city. Now she lives with her grandparents. “If she stays with us, the time of playing on her mobile phone can be limited. If we’re not around, she sometimes plays for a long time,” said her grandpa. According to the teachers, boys prefer to play games. Pan Longye, 11, likes watching cartoons and playing games on the phone. His mother said, “Sometimes I give the mobile phone to him, and then I’m so busy that I forget it. In this situation, he plays for two or three hours.” Research shows that when it comes to playing on mobile phones, the city children can be controlled by their parents, while the village children can hardly be controlled by their grandparents. How can families and society help solve this problem? Since most left-behind children (留守儿童) live with their grandparents, it’s necessary for the elderly people to organize activities for children after school, like doing some housework and farm work, The Internet should also provide left-behind children with interesting learning resources, which can draw their attention and help them avoid harmful information online. 1．What’s the new problem among teenagers in the village school? 2．What does Pan Jiani often do on the mobile phone? 3．According to the passage, who are stricter, parents or grandparents? 4．As a teenager, how can you use mobile phones wisely? Passage 2 （24-25九年级上·重庆沙坪坝·期中）Video cameras are everywhere: schools, theaters and stores. But in recent years, they have entered our homes. Many parents set up cameras at home to watch their children’s online classes and homework. Are cameras really helpful? What do students think about it? Kevin Earlier last year, I liked to lie in bed and watch videos instead of studying. This affected (影响) my studies and made my grades worse. So my parents set up a camera to keep an eye on me. It worked. With the camera watching, I had to do my homework first and make plans for studying at home. When I was alone at home, the camera made me feel safe because I knew that my parents were watching on the other side. My grades improved after a year. Linda When I was in Grade 8, my parents set up a camera in my room. ________ Knowing there was a camera around when my friends came to my home, they would speak quietly and carefully. We couldn’t have pillow fights. I was sad. So I asked my parents to take the camera away. They agreed it as long as I promised to behave well. I feel happy and free now. 1．Have video cameras entered our homes in recent years? 2．When did Linda’s parents set up a camera in her room? 3．What happened to Kevin after his parents set up a camera? 4．What happened after Linda’s parents set up a camera in her room? Finish Linda’s story in about 30 words. Passage 3 （24-25九年级上·河北秦皇岛·期中）When the teacher asks a question in class, Wang Xiaobin never raises his hand and this situation is very common at middle schools. This 15-year-old boy always waits for other classmates or the teacher to give the answer. “What if my answer is wrong?” Wang asks.     Wang said only six or seven students in his class raise their hands when a question is asked. “I think it is a problem that may affect (影响) our studies, but I am afraid of making mistakes in front of my classmates,” he said. When we asked the teacher, Hu Wei, why the students didn’t raise their hands, he said, “They lack (缺乏) of confidence (自信). They are afraid of showing off, or they’re afraid of losing face by giving wrong answers.” To encourage students to raise their hands in class, Hu suggests that teachers should repeat the question, then try to guide and encourage students to offer their answers. Hu also advises students not to be shy, but brave enough to try. Sun Pin,16 of Fujian, always raises her hand as soon as she comes up with the answer, even if she isn’t sure she has got it right. Sun can’t understand why some of her classmates keep silent in class. She enjoys raising her hand a lot. “It keeps me active and confident to express my idea,” Sun said, “Raising my hand has really made me excellent.” 1．What does Wang Xiaobin never do in class? 2．How many students in Wang’s class would like to answer questions in class? 3．What does Hu suggest teachers do ? 4．What will Sun Pin probably do if she isn’t sure about her answer? 5．Will you raise your hand in class?  Why? 主题01 人与社会——科普 Passage 1 （24-25九年级上·河北石家庄·期中）Humans have tried to predict (预测) the weather. From the hunters of ancient times to today’s pilots, predicting rain or shine can shape people’s life and make a difference. Do you know how people improve their weather predicting? In 650 BC, the Babylonians tried to predict the weather based on the appearance of clouds. Around 340 B．C．, Aristotle, a famous Greek thinker and scientist, wrote Meteorology. It introduced the types of weather, such as rain, cloud and lightning. Aristotle believed that there was water, air and fire around the Earth. It was almost 2, 000 years before his ideas were replaced by new ones. By 300 BC in China, a calendar divided the year into 24 festivals gradually, each festival related to a type of weather, like the Rain Water (the start of the spring rains), the Waking of Insects (the spring thunder awakens sleeping insects) and so on. That was useful for farmers to plan when to plant and harvest (收获). People used lots of ways to predict the weather over the centuries. You might have heard the expressions like “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight”, which suggests a red sky in the evening is followed by good weather. This has a basis in science, as does telling wind direction through smoke from the fire. On the other hand, some thought that if sheep crowded together, it meant rain. But there isn’t any science behind it. The science of weather prediction really took off in the 1830s with the invention of the telegraph (电报). It sent messages over hundreds of thousands of miles, so weather maps were drawn up and storm systems were studied. The next big step came in the 1920s with the invention of the “radiosonde (无线电探空仪)”, a balloon carrying weather Instruments high above the ground to collect information. Experts took the information and built a picture of the weather over the following few days. Today, Supercomputers are used to take data (数据) from the world. And it is processed very fast to work out the weather. For example, they once helped predict where Hurricane Lee, which hit the US and Canada, would land nine days in advance (提前). 1．How did the Babylonians predict the weather? 2．Why were the 24 festivals useful for farmers? 3．What does the expression “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight” mean? 4．When did the science of weather prediction really take off? 5．The sentence “Do you know how people improve their weather predicting?” has an objective clause (宾语从句). Give another example of this kind of sentence.  (答案须与文中例句不同) Passage 2 （24-25九年级上·江苏南通·期中）Imagine you are walking through deep snow. As you walk, you leave footprints where you’ve been. That’s what happens when you are using technology equipment, such as computers and mobile phones. You leave your digital footprint and it will never disappear. Here are reasons why your digital footprint should matter to you. How people see you Of course, you have nothing to hide, but if people get information about you, they might judge you from the information you have left online. For example, you make a bad joke online. Years later, it’s found by the university you are applying to, and they don’t think it’s funny. Maybe they decide you are not the “right” kind of person for them. Your private information Not everything can be shared with everyone. For example, you might share your school reports with your parents, but keep them secret to your e-friends. If you share them on the Internet, they will not be a secret any more. Therefore, to protect your privacy (隐私), remember to put out less information online. Keeping your money safe There are plenty of people looking at information about you, and some of them want to steal it from you. So you shouldn’t write bank details, card numbers or passwords in emails or text messages. In all the message is: No one can go online without leaving his digital footprint, but with care, you can control it. 1．When do you leave digital footprint? 2．How many reasons are mentioned in the passage? 3．What should we do to protect our privacy? 4．What shouldn’t be written in emails or text messages to keep our money safe? 5．How can you go online safely? (请自拟一句话作答) Passage 3 （24-25九年级上·河北廊坊·期中）Nature has many ways to solve problems. We humans learn a lot from animals and plants in nature. There is a science about how we copy great ideas from animals and plants to create helpful products. It is called biomimetics (仿生学). Some animals such as this sugar glider have wing-like structures (结构) to help them fly from tree to tree. When they jump, they spread out their arms and legs to help them fly down easily. Wing-suits, a kind of clothes, can let people experience flying. The idea of these clothes comes from the sugar glider. Some animals have structures used for self-protection. An armadillo has a hard cover that can protect it from other dangerous animals. When an armadillo feels that it is in danger, it will change into a ball. Once the dangerous animal goes away, it comes out of the ball. The armadillo has taught people to create a backpack with a hard surface. The surface of the backpack protects things inside from being broken. Plants have helped people come up with amazing inventions, too. Perhaps the best-known example is Velcro (尼龙搭扣). It includes two pieces of cloth. They stick to (粘住) each other when they are pressed together. Velcro is used on everything from handbags to clothes. The idea of Velcro is from burrs (带芒刺的小果实) of a plant. They have special structures to allow themselves to stick to people’s clothing or hair. They are taken to other places in this way. From these examples, we can see biomimetics is widely used in our daily life. What other problems will nature help us solve in the future? Let’s wait and see! 1．Why do people copy great ideas from animals and plants? 2．How do sugar gliders fly down when they jump? 3．What will an armadillo do if it feels that it is in danger? 4．Where is Velcro used? 5．What do the kind of plant and two kinds of animals in the text have in common? （依据短文内容从两个不同的方面回答） 主题02 人与社会——发明与创造 Passage 1 （24-25九年级上·河北廊坊·期中）You may think that inventions are far away from your everyday lives. But in fact, almost everyone can invent something. It’s just that they do not tell that their ideas could be the start of an invention. When inventors see their ideas have some practical value, they don’t let them slip away (溜走) . For example, the inventor of the dishwasher (洗碗机) , American Josephine Cochrane, loved to give dinner parties. But she found it took too long to wash her dishes by hand and too many of them broke. She decided that a machine could do the job faster and with fewer mistakes. So, in 1886, she set out to make one for herself. There are the steps to create inventions. The first and most important step is to find the problem. Then you might notice situations or things in need of improvement. The next step is to work it out. An invention is a new way of solving a problem. So think of unusual ways. You can often come up with a problem to a solution (解决办法) by looking at it from a different side. And the hardest part of inventing is finding a solution. When you have an idea, you can always get help to build your invention. This problem-solving skill is very useful. It can also work in your everyday lives. So, why not try it in your study, or even in the way you look at the world? 1．Why did Josephine Cochrane decide to invent the dishwasher? 2．When did Josephine Cochrane start to make the dishwasher for herself? 3．What is the first and most important step to create inventions? 4．What is the hardest part of inventing? 5．What can you learn from the passage? How will you use it in your study? Passage 2 （24-25九年级上·山东烟台·期中） A pop-up installation (弹出式装置) that looked like a bookstore was open in Shanghai. It drew much attention because of its unusual offering. The 9-square-metre place could hold only six people at a time. The 3,000 old books on display were not for sale or loan (借出). Visitors could only read in the tiny bookstore. “Our pace (节奏) of life is getting faster. Today, we can only read books by using fragments (碎片) of time. The way we search for information has also changed from reading books to watching Tik Tok,” said Zhuang Jie, one of the five people behind the installation. “We hope to inspire visitors to rethink their way of reading while inside our bookstore. We also want to provide new option (选择) for the young generations (一代人), who have not experienced much traditional reading.” During the 15-day display, the bookstore attracted about 200 visitors every day. Zhuang said that they had never expected so many people. “People were even willing to wait in line to enter. We realized that we might all love to read but just need a window to do it.” he said. The installation also proved to be a hit online. It was among the most searched terms on social platform Sina Weibo. Famous writer, Rao Xueman also mentioned the installation on her Weibo account. She hopes to roll out (推出) a similar project in the future. Zhuang also said that more installations like this would be open soon. He mentioned these installations might have something to do with old toys and their stories. 1．Why did a pop-up installation draw much attention? 2．How can we only read books according to Zhuang Jie? 3．What do Zhuang Jie and his members hope to inspire visitors to rethink while inside their bookstore? 4．How many visitors did the bookstore attract during the 15-day display in all? 5．What may Zhuang Jie do in the future? Passage 3 （24-25九年级上·吉林长春·期中）Papermaking technology (造纸术) is one of the four great inventions in ancient China. Before papermaking technology was invented, the Chinese carved or wrote words on tortoise shells (龟甲)、animal bones (骨头), bamboo slices, wooden plates, and silk. Tortoise shells, animal bones and wooden plates were too heavy to use while silk was too expensive. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, someone used ramie (苎麻) to produce paper, which was very rough (粗糙的) and not suitable for writing. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, an official named Cai Lun created a sheet of paper using mulberry (桑树) and other fibers along with fishing net, old clothes, ramie, and other waste. He steamed and cooked all those materials with water, and changed them into pulp (纸浆), then poured the pulp out carefully on a fine screen and dried it into a kind of thin paper. The paper was suitable for writing and was also very cheap so it became very popular. Therefore, Cai Lun played a great part in papermaking technology. After the Eastern Han Dynasty, papermaking technology had been gradually improved. And then bamboo and straw could also be used as the materials for making paper. Because of different materials, many kinds of paper were produced for different uses. For example, the Xuan paper made in Xuanzhou of Anhui Province belongs to the high-quality paper used for Chinese calligraphy and painting. Papermaking technology was introduced to the Korean peninsula (半岛) and Japan in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, and later to Arabia and other countries. During the Tang Dynasty, paper was folded and sewn into square bags to preserve the flavor of tea, while the later Song Dynasty was the first government on Earth to bring out paper-printed money. The invention of paper provides a more convenient way for communication of information, and also plays an important role in the development of global civilization. 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答下列问题。 1．What was paper made from in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty? 2．Why was the paper made by Cai Lun so popular at that time? 3．When had papermaking technology been gradually improved? 4．Where was papermaking technology introduced to in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties? 5．Do you think papermaking technology is an important invention? Why or why not? 主题03 人与自我——方法/策略 （24-25九年级上·湖南长沙·期中）阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。 As I stepped into the ninth grade, I felt the weight of the world on my shoulders (肩膀). The pressure from schoolwork was like. a heavy rock for me. I was too busy with study all the time. At first, I often stayed awake at night, my mind racing with thoughts of tests. I felt stressed out. My grades began to drop, and I felt unconfident. I decided to take control of my situation. I started by creating a study timetable. It balanced (平衡) my time between schoolwork and leisure(休闲). A few days later, I reached out to my teachers for help, which was a big step for me, and it made a world of difference. Slowly, the rock of anxiety (焦虑) began to lift. I found that by breaking down my tasks into smaller, double pieces, I could get them done one by one. I learned the importance of planning time and asking for help when needed. My grades improved, and more importantly, my confidence grew. Through this experience, I’ve discovered my ability to work under pressure. I’ve come to understand that it’s okay to ask for help and that facing challenges bravely is the best way to overcome (克服) them. Now, as I look back, I see that the biggest challenge wasn’t just about my grades or my study habits. I’ve learned that with every challenge, there’s a chance for growth. And that’s a lesson I’ll carry with, not just through high school, but for the rest of my life. 1．What was the pressure from schoolwork like for the writer? 2．How did the writer start to take control of his situation? 3．Could the writer finish the tasks by breaking them down into pieces? 4．What is the best way to overcome challenges in the writer’s opinion? 5．What challenge are you facing now? / 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 专题11 任务型阅读 主题01 人与自我——学习/语言 Passage 1 （24-25九年级上·重庆江津·期中）I’m Bob. My grandma can speak several languages well. It made me interested in language learning at the age of nine. So I learned Italian when I was ten. My grandma moved from Switzerland to England when she was young. I was always surprised that she spoke English to me, Italian to my grandpa and French or German on the phone to her relatives and friends. What was more, she learned English by herself when she came to England. As for me, although I can speak some Italian and German, I only know a little grammar and sometimes get confused (困惑的). So it’s hard for me to understand how someone can speak several languages so well. I want to know how my grandma did it! English is an international language. More and more people in the world speak English. I hardly use other languages in my own job. However, I think being able to order dishes in a restaurant in a non-English speaking country will be great. In fact, language learning is easier now than before. New technology is the reason. For example, recording your voice helps you see how well you’re doing and helps you continue to improve. There are apps to help you learn new words. However, I still think going to classes improves conversation skills quickly. So it’s better to combine (结合) methods. 1．Was Bob interested in language learning when he was ten? 2．How did Bob’s grandma learn English when she came to England? 3．What will be great for Bob in a non-English speaking country? 4．Do you agree that language learning is easier than before? Why or why not? 【答案】 1．No, he wasn’t. 2．By teaching herself. 3．Being able to order delicious food in a restaurant will be great for Bob. 4．Yes. Because there are many technologies that can help with learning English now. 【解析】本文主要介绍了作者对语言学习的兴趣始于自己的祖母，他想学习更多的语言以便和世界各地的人交谈，而且由于有了新技术，现在的语言学习比以往任何时候都容易。 1．根据“It made me interested in language learning at the age of nine.”可知，Bob在九岁时就对语言学习产生了兴趣。故填No, he wasn’t. 2．根据“What was more, she learned English by herself when she came to England.”可知，奶奶来英国后是自学英语的。故填By teaching herself. 3．根据“However, I think being able to order dishes in a restaurant in a non-English speaking country will be great.”可知，我认为能够在非英语国家的餐厅点菜会很棒。故填Being able to order delicious food in a restaurant will be great for Bob. 4．开放性习题，言之有理即可。参考答案为Yes. Because there are many technologies that can help with learning English now. Passage 2 （24-25九年级上·北京西城·期中）Why Learning a New Language Is Good for the Whole Family? Ever thought of making language learning part of your family’s activities? Learning a new language together can have unexpected emotional benefits for the whole family. Combining (兼顾) family time and language learning time is a great way to have more quality time with your family. Learning a new language as a family can be a fun group activity. Everyone loves a game night or movie night. You can play games like Bingo, using vocabulary from the target language. Or maybe you have a particular vacation destination (目的地) and reconnect with those you love. Language is all about communication and connection. Learning a new language brings family members closer because they talk to each other all the time when learning. All you have to do is change to your new language and practice with your family members whenever you want—no classroom needed. Telling family stories with what you have recently learned is a good place to start, which could inspire questions and additional conversations, and even create a familect—secret words and phrases shared only among the members of your family. If your family is big on gardening, make labels (标签) together for your plants and tools. Making fun labels in your target language together can also help you connect with loved family members. It opens up more opportunities like family contests. You could surprise each other with notes on pillows, inside dresser drawers—any place your family will find them. Using these words later recalls these family memories. Each family is really its own little unique social world, and that world is being built through language. The power of language learning lies in its ability to draw people together. 1．What is a great way to have more quality time with your family? 2．Why does studying a new language bring family members closer? 3．Where does the power of language learning lie? 4．Would you like to learn a new language with your family? Why or why not? (Give at least two reasons) 【答案】 1．Combining family time and language learning time. 2．Because they talk to each other all the time when learning. 3．The power of language learning lies in its ability to draw people together. 4．Yes. Because I can stay with my families and strengthen communication with them. 【解析】本文主要讲述了学习一门新语言对整个家庭的好处，尤其是如何通过语言学习增进家庭成员之间的情感联系和互动。 1．根据“Combining family time and language learning time is a great way to have more quality time with your family.”可知，把家庭时光和语言学习时间结合，是一个与家人共度美好时光的好方法。故填Combining family time and language learning time. 2．根据“Learning a new language brings family members closer because they talk to each other all the time when learning.”可知，学习一门新语言使家庭成员更亲密，因为他们在学习的时候总是互相交谈。故填Because they talk to each other all the time when learning. 3．根据“The power of language learning lies in its ability to draw people together.”可知，语言学习的力量在于它能把人们聚集在一起。故填The power of language learning lies in its ability to draw people together. 4．开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案为：Yes. Because I can stay with my families and strengthen communication with them. Passage 3 （24-25九年级上·湖南长沙·期中） George is a 15-year-old middle school student. He didn’t use to be interested in English. When he started taking English seriously in Grade Nine, he noticed that his grammar was a serious problem. He couldn’t understand the sentences because of the grammar. To fix this, he created a study plan to improve his grammar. He started by reviewing the basic grammar rules. He realized that he was poor in grammar because he never really understood the rules. For example, he would often mix up verb tenses (时态). To deal with this, he spent a few weeks just going over the basics. It was a little boring at first, but it made a great difference. One of the turning points for him was when he began keeping a grammar diary. Whenever he made a mistake, he would write it down along with the correct usage. He remembers one time, he kept confusing the past perfect tense with the simple past. Writing out the differences and practicing sentences in his diary helped him internalize (内化) the rules. After a long time of hard work, George has made great progress in grammar. Now he has a better understanding of English grammar. He can understand different tenses, parts of speech and sentence structures (结构) better. He can also find out and correct the mistakes easily. He likes English a lot now and he is sure that he will get better at English. In fact, to get better at anything, one needs to find what one is not good at and deal with it head-on. Remember, challenges are also chances. They are chances for you to get better. 1．Why couldn’t George understand the sentences? 2．Was it useful for George to review the grammar rules? 3．How did George deal with the mistakes? 4．What does George think of English now? 5．What is the passage mainly about? 【答案】 1．Because of the grammar. 2．Yes./Yes, it was. 3．By writing them down along with the correct usage./He would write them down along with the correct usage. 4．He likes English a lot now. 5．It’s about how George improved his English grammar. 【解析】本文介绍了乔治学习英语语法的经历。 1．根据“He couldn’t understand the sentences because of the grammar.”可知因为语法所以他不理解句子，故填Because of the grammar. 2．根据“To deal with this, he spent a few weeks just going over the basics. It was a little boring at first, but it made a great difference.”可知他花了几个星期复习基础语法规则，有很大的作用，应作肯定回答。故填Yes./Yes, it was. 3．根据“Whenever he made a mistake, he would write it down along with the correct usage.”可知错误的题目他会写下来并附上正确的用法，故填By writing them down along with the correct usage./He would write them down along with the correct usage. 4．根据“He likes English a lot now and he is sure that he will get better at English.”可知现在他很喜欢英语，故填He likes English a lot now. 5．根据“To fix this, he created a study plan to improve his grammar.”及下文可知本文主要讲乔治如何提高他的英语语法，故填It’s about how George improved his English grammar. 主题02 人与社会——传统节日 Passage 1 （24-25九年级上·黑龙江哈尔滨·期中）Festivals are celebrated all around the world. Every festival has its different customs. However, no matter how different they may seem, all over the world, the spirit of sharing joy, thanks, love, or peace is common in all festivals. Of all the traditional festivals, the harvest (丰收) festival can be found in almost every culture. People celebrate it to show that they are thankful for the year’s food. In ancient Egypt, the harvest festival was celebrated during the springtime—the Egyptian harvest season. It had a parade (游行) and a great large meal with music, dancing, and sports. In North America, Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day in October to express their thanks for the harvest and what they have got while Americans celebrate their Thanksgiving Day over a month later. 1．What is common in all festivals? 2．What festival can be found in almost every culture? 3．Why do people celebrate the harvest festival? 4．When was the harvest festival in ancient Egypt celebrated? 5．Do Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day over a month earlier than Americans? 【答案】 1．The spirit of sharing joy, thanks, love or peace. 2．The harvest festival. 3．To show they are thankful for the year’s food. 4．During the springtime. 5．Yes, they do. 【解析】本文主要讲述了人们庆祝节日的共同意义以及世界各地如何庆祝丰收的节日。 1．根据“However, no matter how different they may seem, all over the world, the spirit of sharing joy, thanks, love, or peace is common in all festivals.”可知所有节日的共同之处是分享快乐、感谢、爱或者和平的精神。故填The spirit of sharing joy, thanks, love or peace. 2．根据“Of all the traditional festivals, the harvest (丰收) festival can be found in almost every culture.”可知几乎每种文化里都有庆祝丰收的节日。故填The harvest festival. 3．根据“People celebrate it to show that they are thankful for the year’s food.”可知人们庆祝丰收节是为了感恩一年的食物。故填To show they are thankful for the year’s food. 4．根据“In ancient Egypt, the harvest festival was celebrated during the springtime—the Egyptian harvest season.”可知古埃及在春天的时候庆祝丰收节。故填During the springtime. 5．根据“In North America, Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day in October to express their thanks for the harvest and what they have got while Americans celebrate their Thanksgiving Day over a month later.”可知加拿大人比美国人早一个月庆祝感恩节，因此是肯定回答。故填Yes, they do. Passage 2 （24-25九年级上·甘肃陇南·期中）The Double Ninth Festival, also named the Chongyang Festival, falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. On this day, people would like to drink chrysanthemum wine. The Chinese word for wine is Jiu, a similar pronunciation of the Chinese word for “long”, which means “forever”. Another special food is chrysanthemum cakes. ①The Chinese word for cake is Gao, a similar pronunciation of the Chinese word “high”, meaning ________. ②There is a story about the festival. In the sixth century, there lived a man named Huan Jing. He was learning the magic arts from Fei Changfang. One day, the two people were climbing a mountain. Fei Changfang suddenly stopped and told Huan Jing, “③On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, a disaster will come to your hometown. You must go home at once. Remember to make a red bag for each of your family members. Then you must all tie your bags to your arms, leave home quickly and climb to the top of a mountain. Most importantly, you must all drink some chrysanthemum wine. Only by doing so can your family members be safe.” On hearing this, Huan Jing rushed home and asked his family to do as his teacher said. The whole family climbed a nearby mountain and did not return until the evening. When they got back home, they found all their animals dead, including chickens, sheep, dogs and even the ox. Since then, climbing a mountain and drinking chrysanthemum wine became the traditional activities of the Double Ninth Festival. 1．What food and drinks do the Chinese people enjoy on the Double Ninth Festival? 2．What special meaning does the chrysanthemum wine have? 3．Complete Sentence ①. (补全①句，使文意通顺、正确。) 4．What’s the function of Sentence ② in the paragraph? (用英语写出②句在文段中的作用。) 5．What does the underlined word “disaster” mean in Sentence ③ in English? 【答案】 1．Chinese people enjoy chrysanthemum wine and chrysanthemum cakes on the Double Ninth Festival. 2．The chrysanthemum wine has the special meaning of “forever”. 3．great progress at work and in daily life 4．The central sentence serves to introduce the following text. 5．The underlined word “disaster” means “a very bad thing that happens and causes a lot of harm” in English. 【解析】本文主要介绍了中国农历九月初九的重阳节，包括节日的食物、酒的寓意、一个与节日相关的故事以及节日的传统活动。 1．根据第一段“On this day, people would like to drink chrysanthemum wine. Another special food is chrysanthemum cakes.”可知，中国人喜欢在重阳节喝菊花酒和吃菊花糕。故填Chinese people enjoy chrysanthemum wine and chrysanthemum cakes on the Double Ninth Festival. 2．根据第一段“The Chinese word for wine is Jiu, a similar pronunciation of the Chinese word for ‘long’, which means ‘forever’.”可知，菊花酒有“永远”的特殊寓意。故填The chrysanthemum wine has the special meaning of “forever”. 3．根据“The Chinese word for cake is Gao, a similar pronunciation of the Chinese word ‘high’, meaning...”可知，饼的发音是“高”，与“高”谐音，意思是“在工作和生活上都有很大的进步”。故填great progress at work and in daily life. 4．根据第二段开头“There is a story about the festival.”以及后文对故事的详细叙述可知，句子②“There is a story about the festival.”在文段中的作用是中心句，用来引出下文。故填The central sentence serves to introduce the following text. 5．根据句子③“On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, a disaster will come to your hometown.”以及后文对灾难的详细叙述可知，此处“disaster”指的是“一件非常糟糕的事情，发生后会造成很大的伤害”。故填The underlined word “disaster” means “a very bad thing that happens and causes a lot of harm” in English. 主题03 人与社会——青少年问题 Passage 1 （24-25九年级上·江苏常州·期中）In a village school in Hubei, teachers find that mobile phone addiction (瘾) has become a new problem among teenagers. Their students play games on mobile phones after returning home, and some of them don’t complete homework. When they’re in class, they still think about their games. Pan Jiani, 11, likes watching funny short videos on the phone. Her parents are working in the city. Now she lives with her grandparents. “If she stays with us, the time of playing on her mobile phone can be limited. If we’re not around, she sometimes plays for a long time,” said her grandpa. According to the teachers, boys prefer to play games. Pan Longye, 11, likes watching cartoons and playing games on the phone. His mother said, “Sometimes I give the mobile phone to him, and then I’m so busy that I forget it. In this situation, he plays for two or three hours.” Research shows that when it comes to playing on mobile phones, the city children can be controlled by their parents, while the village children can hardly be controlled by their grandparents. How can families and society help solve this problem? Since most left-behind children (留守儿童) live with their grandparents, it’s necessary for the elderly people to organize activities for children after school, like doing some housework and farm work, The Internet should also provide left-behind children with interesting learning resources, which can draw their attention and help them avoid harmful information online. 1．What’s the new problem among teenagers in the village school? 2．What does Pan Jiani often do on the mobile phone? 3．According to the passage, who are stricter, parents or grandparents? 4．As a teenager, how can you use mobile phones wisely? 【答案】 1．Mobile phone addiction. 2．She often watches funny short videos on the phone. 3．Patents. 4．I should use the mobile phone as a tool for learning, such as researching topics for school projects. 【解析】本文主要讲述了青少年的新问题——手机成瘾。 1．根据“In a village school in Hubei, teachers find that mobile phone addiction (瘾) has become a new problem among teenagers.”可知在湖北一所乡村学校，教师发现手机成瘾已经成为青少年的新问题。故填Mobile phone addiction. 2．根据“Pan Jiani, 11, likes watching funny short videos on the phone.”可知潘佳妮喜欢在手机上看有趣的短视频。故填She often watches funny short videos on the phone. 3．根据“Research shows that when it comes to playing on mobile phones, the city children can be controlled by their parents, while the village children can hardly be controlled by their grandparents.”可知父母比祖父母更严格。故填Patents. 4．开放性作答，言之有理即可。参考答案为I should use the mobile phone as a tool for learning, such as researching topics for school projects. Passage 2 （24-25九年级上·重庆沙坪坝·期中）Video cameras are everywhere: schools, theaters and stores. But in recent years, they have entered our homes. Many parents set up cameras at home to watch their children’s online classes and homework. Are cameras really helpful? What do students think about it? Kevin Earlier last year, I liked to lie in bed and watch videos instead of studying. This affected (影响) my studies and made my grades worse. So my parents set up a camera to keep an eye on me. It worked. With the camera watching, I had to do my homework first and make plans for studying at home. When I was alone at home, the camera made me feel safe because I knew that my parents were watching on the other side. My grades improved after a year. Linda When I was in Grade 8, my parents set up a camera in my room. ________ Knowing there was a camera around when my friends came to my home, they would speak quietly and carefully. We couldn’t have pillow fights. I was sad. So I asked my parents to take the camera away. They agreed it as long as I promised to behave well. I feel happy and free now. 1．Have video cameras entered our homes in recent years? 2．When did Linda’s parents set up a camera in her room? 3．What happened to Kevin after his parents set up a camera? 4．What happened after Linda’s parents set up a camera in her room? Finish Linda’s story in about 30 words. 【答案】 1．Yes, they have./Yes. 2．When she was in Grade 3. 4．He felt safe. He had to do his homework first and make plans for studying at home. And his grades improved after a year. 5．I really didn’t like it because I felt like there were always eyes watching me. I felt so uncomfortable that I couldn’t sleep well at night. 【解析】本文主要讲述了两个学生对于家里有监控摄像头的看法。 1．根据“Video cameras are everywhere: schools, theaters and stores. But in recent years, they have entered our homes.”可知，近年来，监控摄像头已经进入了我们的家庭。故填Yes, they have./Yes. 2．根据“When I was in Grade 8, my parents set up a camera in my room.”可知，当Linda在八年级的时候，她的父母在她的房间里装了一个摄像头。故填When she was in Grade 8. 3．根据“With the camera watching, I had to do my homework first and make plans for studying at home. …My grades improved after a year.”可知，家里安装监控摄像头后，Kevin必须先做作业，然后制定在家学习的计划，一年后，他的成绩提高了。故填He had to do his homework first and make plans for studying at home. And his grades improved after a year. 4．开放性作答，根据下文提示言之有理即可，根据下文“Knowing there was a camera around when my friends came to my home, they would speak quietly and carefully. We couldn’t have pillow fights. I was sad. So I asked my parents to take the camera away.”可知，Linda对家里安装的监控摄像头很反感，时常觉得有双眼睛在盯着她，这让她很不舒服。参考答案为I really didn’t like it because I felt like there were always eyes watching me. I felt so uncomfortable that I couldn’t sleep well at night. Passage 3 （24-25九年级上·河北秦皇岛·期中）When the teacher asks a question in class, Wang Xiaobin never raises his hand and this situation is very common at middle schools. This 15-year-old boy always waits for other classmates or the teacher to give the answer. “What if my answer is wrong?” Wang asks.     Wang said only six or seven students in his class raise their hands when a question is asked. “I think it is a problem that may affect (影响) our studies, but I am afraid of making mistakes in front of my classmates,” he said. When we asked the teacher, Hu Wei, why the students didn’t raise their hands, he said, “They lack (缺乏) of confidence (自信). They are afraid of showing off, or they’re afraid of losing face by giving wrong answers.” To encourage students to raise their hands in class, Hu suggests that teachers should repeat the question, then try to guide and encourage students to offer their answers. Hu also advises students not to be shy, but brave enough to try. Sun Pin,16 of Fujian, always raises her hand as soon as she comes up with the answer, even if she isn’t sure she has got it right. Sun can’t understand why some of her classmates keep silent in class. She enjoys raising her hand a lot. “It keeps me active and confident to express my idea,” Sun said, “Raising my hand has really made me excellent.” 1．What does Wang Xiaobin never do in class? 2．How many students in Wang’s class would like to answer questions in class? 3．What does Hu suggest teachers do ? 4．What will Sun Pin probably do if she isn’t sure about her answer? 5．Will you raise your hand in class?  Why? 【答案】 1．He never raises his hand to answer the teacher’s question. 2．Six or seven students. 3．Teachers should repeat the question, then try to guide and encourage students to offer their answers. 4．She will still raise her hand. 5．Yes, I will raise my hand. It keeps me active and confident.. 【解析】本文主要分析了学生上课不敢举手的原因，以及胡老师鼓励大家要上课举手回答问题。 1．根据“Wang Xiaobin never raises his hand and this situation is very common at middle schools”可知，王晓斌从不举手回答老师的问题。故填He never raises his hand to answer the teacher’s question. 2．根据“Wang said only six or seven students in his class raise their hands when a question is asked”可知，当有人提问时，他班上只有六七个学生举手。故填Six or seven students. 3．根据“Hu suggests that teachers should repeat the question, then try to guide and encourage students to offer their answers.”可知，胡老师建议老师们应该重复一下问题，然后努力引导、鼓励学生们主动回答问题。故填Teachers should repeat the question, then try to guide and encourage students to offer their answers. 4．根据“Sun Pin,16 of Fujian, always raises her hand as soon as she comes up with the answer, even if she isn’t sure she has got it right”可知，16岁的孙品来自福建，她总是一想到答案就举手，即使她不确定自己是否做对了。故填She will still raise her hand. 5．答案不唯一，合理即可。例如：是的，我会举手的。这使我保持积极和自信。故填Yes, I will raise my hand. It keeps me active and confident.. 主题01 人与社会——科普 Passage 1 （24-25九年级上·河北石家庄·期中）Humans have tried to predict (预测) the weather. From the hunters of ancient times to today’s pilots, predicting rain or shine can shape people’s life and make a difference. Do you know how people improve their weather predicting? In 650 BC, the Babylonians tried to predict the weather based on the appearance of clouds. Around 340 B．C．, Aristotle, a famous Greek thinker and scientist, wrote Meteorology. It introduced the types of weather, such as rain, cloud and lightning. Aristotle believed that there was water, air and fire around the Earth. It was almost 2, 000 years before his ideas were replaced by new ones. By 300 BC in China, a calendar divided the year into 24 festivals gradually, each festival related to a type of weather, like the Rain Water (the start of the spring rains), the Waking of Insects (the spring thunder awakens sleeping insects) and so on. That was useful for farmers to plan when to plant and harvest (收获). People used lots of ways to predict the weather over the centuries. You might have heard the expressions like “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight”, which suggests a red sky in the evening is followed by good weather. This has a basis in science, as does telling wind direction through smoke from the fire. On the other hand, some thought that if sheep crowded together, it meant rain. But there isn’t any science behind it. The science of weather prediction really took off in the 1830s with the invention of the telegraph (电报). It sent messages over hundreds of thousands of miles, so weather maps were drawn up and storm systems were studied. The next big step came in the 1920s with the invention of the “radiosonde (无线电探空仪)”, a balloon carrying weather Instruments high above the ground to collect information. Experts took the information and built a picture of the weather over the following few days. Today, Supercomputers are used to take data (数据) from the world. And it is processed very fast to work out the weather. For example, they once helped predict where Hurricane Lee, which hit the US and Canada, would land nine days in advance (提前). 1．How did the Babylonians predict the weather? 2．Why were the 24 festivals useful for farmers? 3．What does the expression “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight” mean? 4．When did the science of weather prediction really take off? 5．The sentence “Do you know how people improve their weather predicting?” has an objective clause (宾语从句). Give another example of this kind of sentence.  (答案须与文中例句不同) 【答案】 1．(They predict the weather) based on the appearance of clouds. 2．Because it was useful for farmers to plan when to plant and harvest. 3．(It means) a red sky in the evening is followed by good weather. 4．In the 1830s. 5．Do they know how people keep healthy？(造一个带宾语从句的句子即可) 【解析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了古今中外人们预测天气的方式。 1．根据“the Babylonians tried to predict the weather based on the appearance of clouds”可知，巴比伦人根据云的外观来预测天气。故填 (They predict the weather) based on the appearance of clouds. 2．根据“That was useful for farmers to plan when to plant and harvest (收获).”可知，24节气对农民规划何时播种和收获很有帮助。故填Because it was useful for farmers to plan when to plant and harvest. 3．根据“like ‘Red sky at night, sailor’s delight’, which suggests a red sky in the evening is followed by good weather. ”可知，此谚语意味着：傍晚天空泛红之后会是好天气。故填(It means) a red sky in the evening is followed by good weather. 4．根据“The science of weather prediction really took off in the 1830s with the invention of the telegraph (电报)”可知，天气预报科学在19世纪30年代兴起。故填In the 1830s. 5．此句是宾语从句，句子要符合宾语从句结构，故填：Do they know how people keep healthy？ Passage 2 （24-25九年级上·江苏南通·期中）Imagine you are walking through deep snow. As you walk, you leave footprints where you’ve been. That’s what happens when you are using technology equipment, such as computers and mobile phones. You leave your digital footprint and it will never disappear. Here are reasons why your digital footprint should matter to you. How people see you Of course, you have nothing to hide, but if people get information about you, they might judge you from the information you have left online. For example, you make a bad joke online. Years later, it’s found by the university you are applying to, and they don’t think it’s funny. Maybe they decide you are not the “right” kind of person for them. Your private information Not everything can be shared with everyone. For example, you might share your school reports with your parents, but keep them secret to your e-friends. If you share them on the Internet, they will not be a secret any more. Therefore, to protect your privacy (隐私), remember to put out less information online. Keeping your money safe There are plenty of people looking at information about you, and some of them want to steal it from you. So you shouldn’t write bank details, card numbers or passwords in emails or text messages. In all the message is: No one can go online without leaving his digital footprint, but with care, you can control it. 1．When do you leave digital footprint? 2．How many reasons are mentioned in the passage? 3．What should we do to protect our privacy? 4．What shouldn’t be written in emails or text messages to keep our money safe? 5．How can you go online safely? (请自拟一句话作答) 【答案】 1．When using technology equipment./When you are using technology equipment. 2．Three. 3．Put out less information online. 4．Bank details, card numbers or passwords. 5．We should think carefully before we click “send” or “post”. 【解析】本文主要介绍了什么是数字足迹以及数字足迹的重要性。 1．根据“That’s what happens when you are using technology equipment, such as computers and mobile phones. You leave your digital footprint and it will never disappear.”可知，当你使用电脑和手机等技术设备时，就会发生这种情况，你留下了你的数字足迹，它永远不会消失，即当你使用技术设备时。故填When using technology equipment./When you are using technology equipment. 2．根据“How people see you...Your private information...Keeping your money safe”可知，人们如何看待你，你的私人信息，保护您的资金安全，即共提到了三个原因。故填Three. 3．根据“Therefore, to protect your privacy, remember to put out less information online.”可知，为了保护您的隐私，请记住少在网上发布信息。故填Put out less information online. 4．根据“So you shouldn’t write bank details, card numbers or passwords in emails or text messages.”可知，你不应该在电子邮件或短信中写银行详细信息、卡号或密码。故填Bank details, card numbers or passwords. 5．根据全文可知，此处为开放性作答，结合实际，言之有理即可。参考答案为We should think carefully before we click “send” or “post”. Passage 3 （24-25九年级上·河北廊坊·期中）Nature has many ways to solve problems. We humans learn a lot from animals and plants in nature. There is a science about how we copy great ideas from animals and plants to create helpful products. It is called biomimetics (仿生学). Some animals such as this sugar glider have wing-like structures (结构) to help them fly from tree to tree. When they jump, they spread out their arms and legs to help them fly down easily. Wing-suits, a kind of clothes, can let people experience flying. The idea of these clothes comes from the sugar glider. Some animals have structures used for self-protection. An armadillo has a hard cover that can protect it from other dangerous animals. When an armadillo feels that it is in danger, it will change into a ball. Once the dangerous animal goes away, it comes out of the ball. The armadillo has taught people to create a backpack with a hard surface. The surface of the backpack protects things inside from being broken. Plants have helped people come up with amazing inventions, too. Perhaps the best-known example is Velcro (尼龙搭扣). It includes two pieces of cloth. They stick to (粘住) each other when they are pressed together. Velcro is used on everything from handbags to clothes. The idea of Velcro is from burrs (带芒刺的小果实) of a plant. They have special structures to allow themselves to stick to people’s clothing or hair. They are taken to other places in this way. From these examples, we can see biomimetics is widely used in our daily life. What other problems will nature help us solve in the future? Let’s wait and see! 1．Why do people copy great ideas from animals and plants? 2．How do sugar gliders fly down when they jump? 3．What will an armadillo do if it feels that it is in danger? 4．Where is Velcro used? 5．What do the kind of plant and two kinds of animals in the text have in common? （依据短文内容从两个不同的方面回答） 【答案】 1．To create helpful products. 2．By spreading out their arms and legs to help them fly down easily. 3．It will change into a ball. 4．On everything from handbags to clothes. 5．They all have special structures and they have been sources of inspiration for human inventions. 【解析】本文主要讲的是仿生学的概念及其在日常生活中的应用。 1．根据“There is a science about how we copy great ideas from animals and plants to create helpful products”可知是为了来创造有用的产品，故填To create helpful products. 2．根据“Some animals such as this sugar glider have wing-like structures (结构) to help them fly from tree to tree. When they jump, they spread out their arms and legs to help them fly down easily.”可知当它们跳跃时，它们会张开手臂和腿来帮助它们轻松地飞下来。故填By spreading out their arms and legs to help them fly down easily. 3．根据“When an armadillo feels that it is in danger, it will change into a ball.”可知当感觉自己有危险时，它就会变成球。故填It will change into a ball. 4．根据“Velcro is used on everything from handbags to clothes.”可知尼龙搭扣适用于从手袋到衣服的各种物品。故填On everything from handbags to clothes. 5．根据“Some animals such as this sugar glider have wing-like structures (结构) to help them fly from tree to tree…Wing-suits, a kind of clothes, can let people experience flying. The idea of these clothes comes from the sugar glider.”、“Some animals have structures used for self-protection.”以及“The idea of Velcro is from burrs (带芒刺的小果实) of a plant. They have special structures to allow themselves to stick to people’s clothing or hair.”可知文中提到的植物和两种动物的共同点是都有特殊结构以及它们的特点被人类用于发明创造。故填They all have special structures and they have been sources of inspiration for human inventions. 主题02 人与社会——发明与创造 Passage 1 （24-25九年级上·河北廊坊·期中）You may think that inventions are far away from your everyday lives. But in fact, almost everyone can invent something. It’s just that they do not tell that their ideas could be the start of an invention. When inventors see their ideas have some practical value, they don’t let them slip away (溜走) . For example, the inventor of the dishwasher (洗碗机) , American Josephine Cochrane, loved to give dinner parties. But she found it took too long to wash her dishes by hand and too many of them broke. She decided that a machine could do the job faster and with fewer mistakes. So, in 1886, she set out to make one for herself. There are the steps to create inventions. The first and most important step is to find the problem. Then you might notice situations or things in need of improvement. The next step is to work it out. An invention is a new way of solving a problem. So think of unusual ways. You can often come up with a problem to a solution (解决办法) by looking at it from a different side. And the hardest part of inventing is finding a solution. When you have an idea, you can always get help to build your invention. This problem-solving skill is very useful. It can also work in your everyday lives. So, why not try it in your study, or even in the way you look at the world? 1．Why did Josephine Cochrane decide to invent the dishwasher? 2．When did Josephine Cochrane start to make the dishwasher for herself? 3．What is the first and most important step to create inventions? 4．What is the hardest part of inventing? 5．What can you learn from the passage? How will you use it in your study? 【答案】 1．Because she loved to give dinner parties. But she found it took long to wash her dishes by hand and too many of them broke. 2．In 3. 4．The first and most important step is to find the problem. 5．The hardest part of inventing is finding a solution. 6．What I’ve learned is that we need to be good at spotting problems and solving them. We do the same in learning. 【解析】本文主要介绍了发明并不遥不可及，每个人都有可能成为发明家。文章通过洗碗机的发明例子，介绍了发明的步骤，并鼓励大家在生活中尝试运用发明的步骤解决问题。 1．根据“the inventor of the dishwasher (洗碗机) , American Josephine Cochrane, loved to give dinner parties. But she found it took too long to wash her dishes by hand and too many of them broke. She decided that a machine could do the job faster and with fewer mistakes.”可知，她喜欢举办晚宴。但是发现用手洗碗花了太长时间，而且太多的碗都碎了，所以她决定发明洗碗机，故填Because she loved to give dinner parties. But she found it took long to wash her dishes by hand and too many of them broke. 2．根据“So, in 1886, she set out to make one for herself.”可知约瑟芬·科克伦在1886年开始给自己做洗碗机，故填In 1886. 3．根据“The first and most important step is to find the problem.”创造发明的第一步也是最重要的一步是找到问题，故填The first and most important step is to find the problem. 4．根据“And the hardest part of inventing is finding a solution.”可知，发明最难的部分是找到解决方案，故填The hardest part of inventing is finding a solution. 5．根据短文主要介绍了发明的步骤是发现问题，解决问题，而在学习中我们也可以用这种方法来解决问题，故填What I’ve learned is that we need to be good at spotting problems and solving them. We do the same in learning. Passage 2 （24-25九年级上·山东烟台·期中） A pop-up installation (弹出式装置) that looked like a bookstore was open in Shanghai. It drew much attention because of its unusual offering. The 9-square-metre place could hold only six people at a time. The 3,000 old books on display were not for sale or loan (借出). Visitors could only read in the tiny bookstore. “Our pace (节奏) of life is getting faster. Today, we can only read books by using fragments (碎片) of time. The way we search for information has also changed from reading books to watching Tik Tok,” said Zhuang Jie, one of the five people behind the installation. “We hope to inspire visitors to rethink their way of reading while inside our bookstore. We also want to provide new option (选择) for the young generations (一代人), who have not experienced much traditional reading.” During the 15-day display, the bookstore attracted about 200 visitors every day. Zhuang said that they had never expected so many people. “People were even willing to wait in line to enter. We realized that we might all love to read but just need a window to do it.” he said. The installation also proved to be a hit online. It was among the most searched terms on social platform Sina Weibo. Famous writer, Rao Xueman also mentioned the installation on her Weibo account. She hopes to roll out (推出) a similar project in the future. Zhuang also said that more installations like this would be open soon. He mentioned these installations might have something to do with old toys and their stories. 1．Why did a pop-up installation draw much attention? 2．How can we only read books according to Zhuang Jie? 3．What do Zhuang Jie and his members hope to inspire visitors to rethink while inside their bookstore? 4．How many visitors did the bookstore attract during the 15-day display in all? 5．What may Zhuang Jie do in the future? 【答案】 1．Because of its unusual offering. 2．By using fragments of time. 3．Their way of reading. 4．About 3000 visitors. 5．He may open some installations about old toys and stories. 【解析】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章报道了在上海展出的一个快闪书店，从而引发了人们关于阅读方式的思考。 1．根据“It drew much attention because of its unusual offering.”可知，这个书店由于不同寻常的提供方式而吸引了人们的注意力。故填Because of its unusual offering. 2．根据第二段“Today, we can only read books by using fragments (碎片) of time.”可知，根据庄杰所说，我们现在只能利用碎片时间阅读书籍。故填By using fragments of time. 3．根据第二段“We hope to inspire visitors to rethink their way of reading while inside our bookstore.”可知，庄杰和他的会员们希望激发游客们在他们的书店内重新思考他们的阅读方式。故填Their way of reading. 4．根据第三段“During the 15-day display, the bookstore attracted about 200 visitors every day.”可知，在15天的展示时间内，这个书店每天大约吸引200游客，15天大约3000游客。故填About 3000 visitors. 5．根据“Zhuang also said that more installations like this would be open soon. He mentioned these installations might have something to do with old toys and their stories.”可知，庄杰未来可能会开一些关于老旧玩具和故事的装置。故填He may open some installations about old toys and stories. Passage 3 （24-25九年级上·吉林长春·期中）Papermaking technology (造纸术) is one of the four great inventions in ancient China. Before papermaking technology was invented, the Chinese carved or wrote words on tortoise shells (龟甲)、animal bones (骨头), bamboo slices, wooden plates, and silk. Tortoise shells, animal bones and wooden plates were too heavy to use while silk was too expensive. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, someone used ramie (苎麻) to produce paper, which was very rough (粗糙的) and not suitable for writing. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, an official named Cai Lun created a sheet of paper using mulberry (桑树) and other fibers along with fishing net, old clothes, ramie, and other waste. He steamed and cooked all those materials with water, and changed them into pulp (纸浆), then poured the pulp out carefully on a fine screen and dried it into a kind of thin paper. The paper was suitable for writing and was also very cheap so it became very popular. Therefore, Cai Lun played a great part in papermaking technology. After the Eastern Han Dynasty, papermaking technology had been gradually improved. And then bamboo and straw could also be used as the materials for making paper. Because of different materials, many kinds of paper were produced for different uses. For example, the Xuan paper made in Xuanzhou of Anhui Province belongs to the high-quality paper used for Chinese calligraphy and painting. Papermaking technology was introduced to the Korean peninsula (半岛) and Japan in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, and later to Arabia and other countries. During the Tang Dynasty, paper was folded and sewn into square bags to preserve the flavor of tea, while the later Song Dynasty was the first government on Earth to bring out paper-printed money. The invention of paper provides a more convenient way for communication of information, and also plays an important role in the development of global civilization. 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答下列问题。 1．What was paper made from in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty? 2．Why was the paper made by Cai Lun so popular at that time? 3．When had papermaking technology been gradually improved? 4．Where was papermaking technology introduced to in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties? 5．Do you think papermaking technology is an important invention? Why or why not? 【答案】 1．It was made from ramie. 2．Because it was suitable for writing and was also very cheap. 3．After the Eastern Han Dynasty, papermaking technology had been gradually improved. 4．Papermaking technology was introduced to the Korean peninsula and Japan in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties. 5．Yes, I do. Because it allows our civilization to be recorded. 【解析】本文主要讲述了造纸术的发展历程，及其在全球文明发展中发挥了重要作用。 1．根据第一段“In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, someone used ramie to produce paper, which was very rough and not suitable for writing.”可知，西汉初年，有人用苎麻制作纸张，非常粗糙，不适合书写。故填It was made from ramie. 2．根据第二段“The paper was suitable for writing and was also very cheap so it became very popular.”可知，这种纸适用于书写，而且非常便宜，所以很受欢迎。故填Because it was suitable for writing and was also very cheap. 3．根据第三段“After the Eastern Han Dynasty, papermaking technology had been gradually improved. And then bamboo and straw could also be used as the materials for making paper. Because of different materials, many kinds of paper were produced for different uses”可知，东汉以后造纸术逐渐完善，并且生产出多种用途的纸。故填After the Eastern Han Dynasty, papermaking technology had been gradually improved. 4．根据第四段“Papermaking technology was introduced to the Korean peninsula and Japan in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, and later to Arabia and other countries.”可知，造纸术在隋末唐初传入朝鲜半岛和日本，后来又传入阿拉伯等国。故填Papermaking technology was introduced to the Korean peninsula and Japan in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties. 5．根据第五段“The invention of paper provides a more convenient way for communication of information, and also plays an important role in the development of global civilization.”可知，纸的发明为信息交流提供了更便捷的方式，也对全球文明的发展起到了重要作用。故填Yes, I do. Because it allows our civilization to be recorded. 主题03 人与自我——方法/策略 （24-25九年级上·湖南长沙·期中）阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。 As I stepped into the ninth grade, I felt the weight of the world on my shoulders (肩膀). The pressure from schoolwork was like. a heavy rock for me. I was too busy with study all the time. At first, I often stayed awake at night, my mind racing with thoughts of tests. I felt stressed out. My grades began to drop, and I felt unconfident. I decided to take control of my situation. I started by creating a study timetable. It balanced (平衡) my time between schoolwork and leisure(休闲). A few days later, I reached out to my teachers for help, which was a big step for me, and it made a world of difference. Slowly, the rock of anxiety (焦虑) began to lift. I found that by breaking down my tasks into smaller, double pieces, I could get them done one by one. I learned the importance of planning time and asking for help when needed. My grades improved, and more importantly, my confidence grew. Through this experience, I’ve discovered my ability to work under pressure. I’ve come to understand that it’s okay to ask for help and that facing challenges bravely is the best way to overcome (克服) them. Now, as I look back, I see that the biggest challenge wasn’t just about my grades or my study habits. I’ve learned that with every challenge, there’s a chance for growth. And that’s a lesson I’ll carry with, not just through high school, but for the rest of my life. 1．What was the pressure from schoolwork like for the writer? 2．How did the writer start to take control of his situation? 3．Could the writer finish the tasks by breaking them down into pieces? 4．What is the best way to overcome challenges in the writer’s opinion? 5．What challenge are you facing now? 【答案】 1．The pressure from schoolwork was like a heavy rock for the writer. 2．The writer started by creating a study timetable to balance schoolwork and leisure. 3．Yes, the writer could finish the tasks by breaking them down into smaller pieces. 4．The best way to overcome challenges is to face them bravely and ask for help when needed. 5．At present, the learning challenge I face is effectively managing my time to find a balance between heavy schoolwork and after-school activities. 【解析】本文讲述了一名九年级学生在面临学业压力时，通过制定学习时间表和寻求老师帮助来克服困难的经历。 1．根据“The pressure from schoolwork was like a heavy rock for me.”可知，对作者来说，学业压力就像一块沉重的岩石。故填The pressure from schoolwork was like a heavy rock for the writer. 2．根据“I decided to take control of my situation. I started by creating a study timetable.”可知，作者通过制定一个学习时间表开始控制自己的处境。故填The writer started by creating a study timetable to balance schoolwork and leisure. 3．根据“I found that by breaking down my tasks into smaller, double pieces, I could get them done one by one.”可知，作者能把任务分成小块来完成。故填Yes, the writer could finish the tasks by breaking them down into smaller pieces. 4．根据“I’ve come to understand that it’s okay to ask for help and that facing challenges bravely is the best way to overcome them.”可知，想克服挑战最好的方法是寻求帮助并且勇敢的面对。故填The best way to overcome challenges is to face them bravely and ask for help when needed. 5．根据句意可知，这是一个开放性题目，要求分享自己当前面临的挑战。可以从学习、工作、人际关系或个人成长等方面进行思考，结合自己的实际情况给出具体的例子和感受。故填At present, the learning challenge I face is effectively managing my time to find a balance between heavy schoolwork and after-school activities. / 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $