专题07 阅读回答问题（期中真题汇编，吉林专用）九年级英语上学期

专题07 阅读回答问题 Passage 1 （24-25九年级上·吉林四平·期中）Little Bob was born in a poor village in New York. His father has been ill for a long time and cannot do any housework at all. Bob’s mother is very busy with the housework besides working. Bob understands how hard his mother works, and he always helps her with some housework. Though he does too much housework, his mother is still strict with him. There are some family rules for Bob. He must take good care of the things in his room and keep them tidy. If he makes them dirty, he must clean them up at once. He is allowed to keep a parrot, a cat and a dog, but he must feed them often and give them water by himself every day. After school, he is allowed to play with his pets for a short time. As for his clothes, he isn’t allowed to choose his own clothes. When his clothes are dirty, he should wash them by himself. On school nights, he can’t go out alone and only on weekends, he is allowed to watch TV. Sometimes Bob hates the rules so much that he wants to break them, but he thinks the rules his mother has made are good for him, so he follows them. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．Where was Bob born? 2．What should Bob do when his things are dirty? 3．How many pets does Bob have? 4．Who will wash Bob’s dirty clothes? 5．When is Bob allowed to watch TV? Passage 2 （24-25九年级上·吉林松原·期中）Wearing a white blouse, Ai-Da studies her subject (绘画题材) and puts pencil to paper. She looks like any artist at work. However, the “beep... beep.... beep” noise from her arm gives her away. Ai-Da is, in fact, a robot. Ai-Da has been described as the world’s “first AI robot artist”. She takes her name from Ada Lovelace, the world’s first female computer programmer. Scientists at Oxford University developed AI systems for Ai-Da. The robot has cameras in her eyeballs. After she has studied a subject, she will use her left arm to draw. Now, Ai-Da can only use a pencil for sketches (素描). The plan is for her to paint. Ai-Da is not the first AI system to produce artworks. Since 2006, scientists have been developing software to turn photos into drawings. Last year, an artwork created using AI was sold in New York for $432,500. However, Ai-Da’s human-like appearance brings something new to the field. In June, Ai-Da opened her first exhibition at Oxford. There were about 30 drawings by the robot. Ai-Da, standing next to her artworks, attracted many visitors. Ai-Da’s inventor, Aidan Meller, talked about the importance of the robot. “Ai-Da brings a new voice to the art world,” he said. “AI is going to be the big thing of the 2020s. That concerns us greatly.” Meller hopes the exhibition was just the start and that more will follow to show how AI is influencing human life. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．Who is Ada Lovelace? 2．Can Ai-Da use a brush to paint? 3．When did scientists start to develop software to turn photos into drawings? 4．How many drawings were there at Ai-Da’s first exhibition at Oxford? 5．What is Aidan Meller’s hope? Passage 3 （24-25九年级上·吉林松原·期中）Athena Capo-Battaglia who lived with her mom didn’t have a happy childhood. After her mom was seriously ill, they could not pay the rent (房租) anymore and became homeless. They moved into a shelter (收容所) when Athena was in high school. Although life was quite hard, the girl did not give up her study. She kept studying very hard. She always said, “There’s still hope. It’s not the end unless you give up.” Athena said getting a higher education could put her on a path that would change her world. Athena really started making a difference in her life. Last March, she was accepted into Harvard University. While she was applying for (申请) colleges, Athena also joined the New York Police Station. Because she liked to help people live safely. Now she still volunteers in the police station when she doesn’t have classes. And she also has a job at a care center. “I love challenging myself. That’s what I want to do my whole life,” says the girl. “I feel like I have done something. But I never really feel like the struggle (奋斗) is over.” The future is bright for Athena, and it is all because she refuses to give up hope of a better life. So never give up hope! Hope keeps us alive and moving forward. Athena hopes her story can inspire (激励) people who are trying to change their lives. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．Where did Athena live when she was in high school? 2．When was she accepted into Harvard University? 3．Why did Athena join the New York Police Station? 4．What does Athena love doing during her whole life? 5．What does the passage mainly tell us? Passage 4 （23-24九年级上·吉林四平·期中）根据短文内容, 回答下列问题。 There are some apologetic terms (表示歉意的用语) in English. It seems that they mean the same thing. They almost do. However, what’s the difference between“Pardon?” , “I’m sorry.” , “Excuse me.” and“ What?” Pardon? Americans don’t really use “Pardon?” If you do, they will probably joke that you’re trying to sound pretentious (炫耀的) or joke that you’re British. I’m sorry. We often use “I’m sorry.” for past events. That’s to say, it is generally used to apologize for something you have already done. For example, if you step on someone’s foot on a crowded bus, you would say “I’m sorry.” or “Sorry.” Excuse me. This is generally a term to ask permission (允许) for something. For example, you’re walking through a crowded space and someone is in your way. You would say “Excuse me.” to ask him/her to move out of your way. What? Americans usually use it to ask someone to repeat himself/herself. If you want to be politer, you could say, “I’m sorry, what was that?” or “Excuse me, what did you say?” or any other such thing. Most Americans just say “What?” though. In our daily life, we can also use these terms by mixing them up. You could, for example, ask someone to move by saying “Sorry, would you mind moving?” It’s an extra-polite way to make your request. 1．Who say “Pardon?” more often, Americans or the British? 2．Which term is used for future events according to the passage? 3．When do Americans usually say “What” ? 4．If you step on someone’s foot on a crowded bus, what would you say? 5．补全下面句子所缺内容： The passage is mainly about among some apologetic terms in English. Passage 5 （23-24九年级上·吉林长春·期中）Zhou, the father of a Junior 3 student in Nanjing, was sitting at home one day. All of a sudden, he realized he didn’t speak to his son’s teachers all term. He wasn’t even invited to a parents’ meeting! Zhou decided to ask his son why. The answer his son gave him was a big surprise. Zhou’s son paid a man 25 yuan and asked him to be his “father” at a parents’ meeting! “I did badly in my exams and I was afraid my father would find out,” says the boy. “I didn’t want him to be unhappy with me.” The boy is not the only student to do that. Six of his classmates have used their pocket money to do that. Most of them played the trick because they were afraid of the punishment. A few just didn’t want to make their parents feel angry. Teachers say that parents are to blame（负责）for kids’ buying “fathers”. “Parents are demanding（要求）too much of their children,” they say. “Junior students often cannot meet their demands. And they don’t know how to face their parents when they do badly.” Experts on teenagers say students should have heart-to-heart talks with their parents which will help to solve the problem. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．Did Zhou go to a parents’ meeting that term? 2．How did Zhou’s son make somebody else attend the parents’ meeting? 3．Why did most students play the trick? 4．Who do teachers think should be blamed for the trick? 5．What do experts think can help to deal with the problem? Passage 6 （23-24九年级上·吉林松原·期中）A teenage boy couldn’t stand his parents’ family rules, so he left home. He wanted to be famous, but he had a poor education. He couldn’t find a job and had to beg (乞讨) for food on the street. Years later, his mother died. Though his father was old, he was still looking for his son. He searched every corner of the city. Wherever he went, he put up a big photo of himself on the wall. On the lower part of the photo, he wrote, “I still love you, my dearest son. Please come back home!” One day, the son saw one of the photos on the wall. The face on the photo was familiar to him. “Is that my father?” He moved closer and read the words. “I still love you…” Tears (泪水) ran down his face. He made up his mind to go back and see his dad. It was early morning when he got home. He knocked on the door. Nobody answered, although the door did open. He rushed into his father’s bedroom. His father was sleeping. The boy woke his father up. “It’s me! Your son is back home!” The father and the son held each other with tears in their eyes. The son asked, “Why is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.” The father answered in a soft voice, “The door has never been locked since you left.” 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．Why did the teenage boy leave home? 2．What did the boy’s father do wherever he went? 3．Who opened the door for the young man when he went back home? 4．How did the boy and his father feel when they met again? 5．What can we learn from the passage? Passage 7 （23-24九年级上·吉林松原·期中）根据短文内容, 回答下列问题。 Many people ask me what my favorite invention is. I find it very hard to answer them, because there are so many things in my life that I can choose. However, I have chosen a pen. Don’t you think it’s surprising?    I know that to most people a pen is very boring, but, to me, it stands for possibility (可能). There are so many things you can do with a pen. You can write a novel or a song, record information, or draw a picture. A pen is like the beginning of something amazing to me. Every day, I write a new page with my pen, and I am slowly making a path (路) for my future. Maybe I will be a scientist and change the world with my discoveries. Maybe I’ll become a musician and touch people’s hearts with my music. Or perhaps I will be a writer and move people through words, or a teacher to help children grow into the kind of people that they want to be. There are so many possibilities as to what I will do with my life, but I know that with the pen in my hand, I will write a good future for myself. Tell me what future you will write for yourself. 1．What’s the writer’s favorite invention? 2．How may people feel after they know the writer’s choice? 3．What’s his favorite invention like? 4．Who does the writer think can move people through words? 5．What will the writer write for himself if he has a pen in his hand? Passage 8 （23-24九年级上·吉林松原·期中）More than 700 years ago, Scotland(苏格兰) was fighting with England. The King of England wanted to control Scotland. He had a strong army so it was difficult for the Scots to fight. They lost many times. King Robert of Scotland had to run from the English army. It was a rainy day. King Robert lay in an old house. He thought that he was not good enough to be a king. He was so worried that he didn’t even see a spider near him. He looked up when he saw the spider climbing. It was trying to climb up to its web at the top of the house but it fell down. “How sad!” thought King Robert. “The spider is like me. It’s not strong enough.” He watched while the spider climbed up again. It fell down a second time. “Be careful, little spider, or you might die,” he said. “Life is so hard. You’ll never get back to your web.” But the spider tried again and again. King Robert watched while it slowly climbed back to its web. After an hour, the spider go to the web. “You’re such a great spider,” he said. “If you can keep trying, I can too, I must keep on fighting. I won’t let the English win.” His army grew strong and they stopped the English army. Scotland was free. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题． 1．When did Robert lie in an old house and see a spider? 2．What did the spider try to do? 3．How did Robert feel about the spider at first? 4．Did the spider succeed at last? 5．What does the writer mainly want to tell us? Passage9 （23-24九年级上·吉林松原·期中） A set of photos of a boy carrying his tennis rackets in a bamboo basket has gone viral（走红）.The boy, Wang Fa, 14, is a member of the Va ethnic group（佤族）from Yunnan. After winning the under-14 champion at the ASICS Tennis Junior Tour in Guangzhou, an audience （观众）gave him the bamboo basket as a gift and the photos were taken. “We always carry bamboo baskets when we work in the field. This is a typical farming tool of the Va ethnic group. I carried my rackets in this basket to honor my hometown.” Wang said after the match. Before tennis, Wang was just an ordinary boy and lives in a village. But in 2016, he was chosen by a local club to learn professional tennis. But Wang’s parents didn’t want him to go at first because they couldn’t afford it. Luckily, the tennis club offered to teach him for free. Over the past six years, Wang has trained hard to improve his skills and physical strength. He would get up at 6: 30 a. m. and practice for more than six hours a day. Every day, he needed to swing a racket more than 7, 000 times and run 9 kilometers. “If it were not for tennis, I would still be helping out my family with farmwork back home. Winning this champion was just the beginning. I want to reach the top place on the professional stage.” Wang said. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．Where is Wang Fa from? 2．How did Wang Fa get the basket? 3．Why did Wang carry his rackets in the basket? 4．Is Wang’s family poor or rich? 5．What’s Wang’s goal? Passage 1 （24-25九年级上·吉林长春·期中）A baby snail (蜗牛) found that he had to carry a big and heavy shell (壳) at any time. He was confused (困惑的), so he went up to his mother and asked, “Why do I carry a big and heavy shell? ” His mother said, “Because we don’t have bones to hold us up. We can only move slowly, so we need a shell to protect us.” The baby snail asked again, “The caterpillar (毛毛虫) has no bones either. Why can she live without a shell?” The mother snail answered, “That’s because a caterpillar will become a butterfly. She can fly high into the sky. The sky can protect her.” The baby snail had one more question, “But the earthworm (蚯蚓) moves like us. He has no bones and he won’t turn into a butterfly. Why doesn’t be carry a hard and heavy shell?" His mother said, “He can dig a hole and hide in the ground, and then the earth can protect him.” Hearing what mom said, the baby snail was full of sadness and cried, “We are so poor! We have no protection from the sky or from the ground!” His mother smiled at him, “My dear, imagine that if we don’t have the shells, what will happen to us? We will have nowhere to sleep and die in the hot sun. How terrible it is! We don’t depend on the sky or the ground for protection. We should depend on ourselves.” 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．When did the baby snail have to carry the big and heavy shell? 2．Where can an earthworm hide? 3．How did the baby snail feel after hearing what mom said? 4．What will happen to the snails if they don’t have shells? 5．Who should snails depend on according to the baby snail’s mother? Passage 2 （24-25九年级上·吉林长春·期中）Life is hard for 16-year-old Chen Xingrong. However, the young boy has managed to become a great swimmer, thanks to his hard training and the love and support from his family. Born in Hainan, Chen could not say a word until the age of two. Soon he was found to have autism (自闭症). His parents were very worried. “We had never expected that such a thing would happen to us,” said Chen’s father. In 2021, the father learned that swimming was helpful to people with autism. So he began to learn to swim by watching videos and reading books. Then he spent three months teaching his son, but the efforts all seemed to go in vain (徒劳). He didn’t give up, though. To his surprise, after another three months, Chen had developed the ability to control his breath under water. His father was so excited that he began to work harder to train Chen. In October, 2021, Chen went to Xi’an to take part in the 11th National Paralympic Games and the 8th Special Olympics. The boy won five medals (奖牌), including a gold. “It was really exciting,” his father said. “My son looked very happy at that time!” Besides swimming, learning basic life skills is also an important part of life for a teenager with autism. “I hope that my son can live well on his own when we grow old,” said Chen’s father. Thanks to his father’s help, Chen has learned to buy things in the market. He also does voluntary work at supermarkets and restaurants. “He is part of the community, and my wife and I hope he will live a wonderful life in the future,” said Chen’s father. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．Why is life hard for Chen Xingrong? 2．How did Chen Xingrong’s father learn to swim? 3．How long did it take Chen Xingrong to learn to control his breath under water? 4．When did Chen Xingrong won five medals? 5．Who expects Chen Xingrong to live a wonderful life 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? Passage 4 （24-25九年级上·吉林长春·期中）Xu Yuanchong was born on April 18, 1921 in Jiangxi, China. He is best known for translating Chinese ancient poems into English and French. Xu took foreign language studies at Tsinghua University after he studied abroad. And after that, he became a professor in English and French. Since 1983 to now, he is a professor at Peking University. Xu’s mother was well educated and good at painting. She had great influence on Xu in his literature. His uncle Xiong Shiyi was a translator, who translated the play Wang Baochuan into English, which was a hit in the UK. Xiong’s achievement gave Xu a strong interest in learning English. In 1939, he translated his first work, Lin Huiyin’s poem Do not throw away into English, which was published in the Literary Translation News. 30 poems which were translated by him were selected（选）as teaching materials by foreign universities. In 1994, British publishing company Penguin published Xu Yuanchong’s 300 China’s immortal poems（《中国不朽诗三百首》）. That was the first time that the publishing company had published a Chinese translation. Apart from（除此之外）translating the classical Chinese poetry into foreign languages, Xu Yuanchong also translated many of the British and French classics into Chinese. Xu was awarded the “Lifetime achievements in translation” from the Translators Association of China（TAC）in 2010. Now, at the age of 97, Xu is still working hard at translating. He said, “I start my work at 3:30 in the morning because I like doing what I like. ” 根据短文内容, 回答下列问题。 1．What is Xu Yuanchong famous for? （within 8 words） 2．Who had great influence on Xu Yuanchong? （within 6 words） 3．When did Xu Yuanchong translate his first work? （within 2 words） 4．What was selected as teaching matcrials by foreign universities? （within 8 words） 5．Why is Xu Yuanchong still working hard at translating? （within 7 words） Passage 5 （24-25九年级上·吉林长春·期中）Lucy Brown, aged 12, puts smiles on the faces of kids who are going through a hard time and keeps them very warm too. She sews (缝纫) blankets (毯子) for children who are dealing with challenges such as being sick, feeling lonely, losing a family member, or getting low grades. Lucy got the idea at the age of eight. She had just learned to sew and made a blanket as a gift for her friend’s birthday. “She loved it,” Lucy says. “So, I thought maybe other kids might need that kind of love.” Her mom posted (发布) on the Internet that Lucy wanted to make a blanket tor someone who needed care. They collected the kids’ suggestions. When 20 suggestions came, Lucy didn’t just choose one but met all of their needs! She has already made more than 800 blankets for kids in countries. Her favorite part is learning about each child. “I love hearing their stories and getting to know them,” she says. She tries to design styles and match the fabric (布料) and pattern to the children’s interests. On each of the blanket. Lucy adds a hand-sewn (手工缝制的) heart. “That’s to let anyone who gets the blanket know they are loved,” she says. Many kids who have received a blanket keep in touch with Lucy. She now has friends all over the world. “I love knowing that I can have an influence on them.” Lucy says. “Everyone can do something. Even the smallest act of kindness counts. It can change lives.” 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．When did Lucy get the idea to sew blankets for other kids? 2．Who posted Lucy’s idea on the Internet? 3．What did Lucy do when 20 suggestions came in? 4．Why does Lucy add a hand-sewn heart on each of the blanket? 5．What do you learn from the story? Passage 6 （24-25九年级上·吉林长春·期中）阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容回答所提问题。 Can you cook by yourself? Do you like the homework of making a meal? These days, primary and middle school students are required to take the Practical Activity Class (实践活动课) at least one class hour every week. The topic of cooking was discussed mostly by parents and students. Learning practical skills plays an important role in shaping a person’s character for sure. Some schools and students have already practiced their practical activities. Gu Quan, 13 years old, from No.18 Middle School, used to be a lazy boy. In his own words, he hardly ever did any housework. But things have changed since No.18 Middle School made housework part of its students’ homework. Doing the dishes, cooking and making the bed... All of these tasks have become part of Gu Quan’s daily life. At the beginning of each month, every student gets a list of housework to do every weekend. Their parents help them keep a record of their performance. The tasks are common and simple in daily life, such as sweeping the floor, washing cups and cooking food. On holidays like Mother’s Day, students should prepare presents for their mothers. Huang Yixi, 14, has learned several life kills, including cooking. “I used to be afraid of fire,” she said. But she managed to overcome her fear and complete her cooking tasks. At the same time, she also learned how tired her mother gets after doing housework every day. On Mother’s Day, she made a cake for her mother to show her thanks. “I’ve begun to better understand my parents and want to help them more,” she said. 1．Who is required to take the Practical Activity Class? 2．How old is Gu Quan? 3．Do the students’ parents help them keep a record of their performance? 4．What did Huang Yixi use to be afraid of? 5．What do you think of the Practical Activity Class? / 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 专题07 阅读回答问题 Passage 1 （24-25九年级上·吉林四平·期中）Little Bob was born in a poor village in New York. His father has been ill for a long time and cannot do any housework at all. Bob’s mother is very busy with the housework besides working. Bob understands how hard his mother works, and he always helps her with some housework. Though he does too much housework, his mother is still strict with him. There are some family rules for Bob. He must take good care of the things in his room and keep them tidy. If he makes them dirty, he must clean them up at once. He is allowed to keep a parrot, a cat and a dog, but he must feed them often and give them water by himself every day. After school, he is allowed to play with his pets for a short time. As for his clothes, he isn’t allowed to choose his own clothes. When his clothes are dirty, he should wash them by himself. On school nights, he can’t go out alone and only on weekends, he is allowed to watch TV. Sometimes Bob hates the rules so much that he wants to break them, but he thinks the rules his mother has made are good for him, so he follows them. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．Where was Bob born? 2．What should Bob do when his things are dirty? 3．How many pets does Bob have? 4．Who will wash Bob’s dirty clothes? 5．When is Bob allowed to watch TV? 【答案】1．In a poor village in New York. 2．He must clean them up at once. 3．Three./3. 4．Bob himself. 5．Only on weekends. 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，文章主要介绍了Bob的家规。 1．根据“Little Bob was born in a poor village in New York.”可知，Bob出生在纽约一个贫穷的村庄。故填In a poor village in New York. 2．根据“If he makes them dirty, he must clean them up at once.”可知，Bob必须马上清理弄脏的东西。故填He must clean them up at once. 3．根据“He is allowed to keep a parrot, a cat and a dog, but he must feed them often and give them water by himself every day.”可知，Bob有三只宠物。故填Three./3. 4．根据“When his clothes are dirty, he should wash them by himself.”可知，Bob的脏衣服应该由他自己来洗。故填Bob himself. 5．根据“On school nights, he can’t go out alone and only on weekends, he is allowed to watch TV.”可知，Bob只在周末被允许看电视。故填Only on weekends. Passage 2 （24-25九年级上·吉林松原·期中）Wearing a white blouse, Ai-Da studies her subject (绘画题材) and puts pencil to paper. She looks like any artist at work. However, the “beep... beep.... beep” noise from her arm gives her away. Ai-Da is, in fact, a robot. Ai-Da has been described as the world’s “first AI robot artist”. She takes her name from Ada Lovelace, the world’s first female computer programmer. Scientists at Oxford University developed AI systems for Ai-Da. The robot has cameras in her eyeballs. After she has studied a subject, she will use her left arm to draw. Now, Ai-Da can only use a pencil for sketches (素描). The plan is for her to paint. Ai-Da is not the first AI system to produce artworks. Since 2006, scientists have been developing software to turn photos into drawings. Last year, an artwork created using AI was sold in New York for $432,500. However, Ai-Da’s human-like appearance brings something new to the field. In June, Ai-Da opened her first exhibition at Oxford. There were about 30 drawings by the robot. Ai-Da, standing next to her artworks, attracted many visitors. Ai-Da’s inventor, Aidan Meller, talked about the importance of the robot. “Ai-Da brings a new voice to the art world,” he said. “AI is going to be the big thing of the 2020s. That concerns us greatly.” Meller hopes the exhibition was just the start and that more will follow to show how AI is influencing human life. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．Who is Ada Lovelace? 2．Can Ai-Da use a brush to paint? 3．When did scientists start to develop software to turn photos into drawings? 4．How many drawings were there at Ai-Da’s first exhibition at Oxford? 5．What is Aidan Meller’s hope? 【答案】1．She’s the world’s first female computer programmer. 2．No, she can’t. 3．Since 2006. 4．About 30 drawings. 5．He hopes the exhibition was just the start and that more will follow to show how AI is influencing human life. 【导语】本文介绍了世界上第一位人工智能机器人艺术家。 1．根据“She takes her name from Ada Lovelace, the world’s first female computer programmer.”可知她是世界上第一位女性计算机程序员。故填She’s the world’s first female computer programmer. 2．根据“Now, Ai-Da can only use a pencil for sketches”可知现在，Ai-Da只能用铅笔画草图。故填No, she can’t. 3．根据“Since 2006, scientists have been developing software to turn photos into drawings”可知自2006年以来，科学家们一直在开发将照片转化为图画的软件。故填Since 2006. 4．根据“There were about 30 drawings by the robot”可知机器人画了大约30幅画。故填About 30 drawings. 5．根据“Meller hopes the exhibition was just the start and that more will follow to show how AI is influencing human life.”可知他希望这次展览只是一个开始，接下来会有更多的展览来展示人工智能是如何影响人类生活的。故填He hopes the exhibition was just the start and that more will follow to show how AI is influencing human life. Passage 3 （24-25九年级上·吉林松原·期中）Athena Capo-Battaglia who lived with her mom didn’t have a happy childhood. After her mom was seriously ill, they could not pay the rent (房租) anymore and became homeless. They moved into a shelter (收容所) when Athena was in high school. Although life was quite hard, the girl did not give up her study. She kept studying very hard. She always said, “There’s still hope. It’s not the end unless you give up.” Athena said getting a higher education could put her on a path that would change her world. Athena really started making a difference in her life. Last March, she was accepted into Harvard University. While she was applying for (申请) colleges, Athena also joined the New York Police Station. Because she liked to help people live safely. Now she still volunteers in the police station when she doesn’t have classes. And she also has a job at a care center. “I love challenging myself. That’s what I want to do my whole life,” says the girl. “I feel like I have done something. But I never really feel like the struggle (奋斗) is over.” The future is bright for Athena, and it is all because she refuses to give up hope of a better life. So never give up hope! Hope keeps us alive and moving forward. Athena hopes her story can inspire (激励) people who are trying to change their lives. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．Where did Athena live when she was in high school? 2．When was she accepted into Harvard University? 3．Why did Athena join the New York Police Station? 4．What does Athena love doing during her whole life? 5．What does the passage mainly tell us? 【答案】1．In a shelter. 2．Last March. 3．Because she liked to help people live safely. 4．Challenging herself. 5．Never give up hope! 【导语】本文通过讲述Athena的故事，主要想告诉我们不要放弃希望。 1．根据“They moved into a shelter (收容所) when Athena was in high school.”可知，Athena上高中后，她在收容所生活。故填In a shelter. 2．根据“Last March, she was accepted into Harvard University.”可知，去年三月，Athena被哈佛大学录取了。故填Last March. 3．根据“While she was applying for (申请) colleges, Athena also joined the New York Police Station. Because she liked to help people live safely.”可知，Athena加入了纽约警察局，是因为她喜欢帮助人们安全地生活。故填Because she liked to help people live safely. 4．根据“I love challenging myself. That’s what I want to do my whole life,”可知，Athena在一生中喜欢挑战自己，故填Challenging herself. 5．阅读全文并根据“The future is bright for Athena, and it is all because she refuses to give up hope of a better life. So never give up hope!”可知，本文主要想告诉我们不要放弃希望。故填Never give up hope! Passage 4 （23-24九年级上·吉林四平·期中）根据短文内容, 回答下列问题。 There are some apologetic terms (表示歉意的用语) in English. It seems that they mean the same thing. They almost do. However, what’s the difference between“Pardon?” , “I’m sorry.” , “Excuse me.” and“ What?” Pardon? Americans don’t really use “Pardon?” If you do, they will probably joke that you’re trying to sound pretentious (炫耀的) or joke that you’re British. I’m sorry. We often use “I’m sorry.” for past events. That’s to say, it is generally used to apologize for something you have already done. For example, if you step on someone’s foot on a crowded bus, you would say “I’m sorry.” or “Sorry.” Excuse me. This is generally a term to ask permission (允许) for something. For example, you’re walking through a crowded space and someone is in your way. You would say “Excuse me.” to ask him/her to move out of your way. What? Americans usually use it to ask someone to repeat himself/herself. If you want to be politer, you could say, “I’m sorry, what was that?” or “Excuse me, what did you say?” or any other such thing. Most Americans just say “What?” though. In our daily life, we can also use these terms by mixing them up. You could, for example, ask someone to move by saying “Sorry, would you mind moving?” It’s an extra-polite way to make your request. 1．Who say “Pardon?” more often, Americans or the British? 2．Which term is used for future events according to the passage? 3．When do Americans usually say “What” ? 4．If you step on someone’s foot on a crowded bus, what would you say? 5．补全下面句子所缺内容： The passage is mainly about among some apologetic terms in English. 【答案】1．The British. 2．“Excuse me” is used for future events. 3．They want someone to repeat himself/herself. 4．If I step on someone’s foot on a crowded bus, I would say “I’m sorry” to him. 5．the differences 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了英语中一些表示歉意的用语的区别。 1．根据“Americans don’t really use ‘Pardon?’ If you do, they will probably ... joke that you’re British.”可知，美国人不使用“Pardon?”。故填The British. 2．根据文中“For example, you’re walking through a crowded space and someone is in your way. You would say ‘Excuse me’ to ask him/her to move out of your way.”可知，“Excuse me”被用在未来的事件中。故填“Excuse me” is used for future events. 3．根据“Americans usually use it to ask someone to repeat himself/herself.”可知，当他们想要别人重复他/她的话的时候，通常会说“What”。故填They want someone to repeat himself/herself. 4．根据“For example, if you step on someone’s foot on a crowded bus, you would say ‘I’m sorry.’ or ‘Sorry.’”可知，如果我在拥挤的公交车上踩了某人的脚，你将说对不起。故填If I step on someone’s foot on a crowded bus, I would say “I’m sorry” to him. 5．通读全文，主要介绍了“Pardon?”“I’m sorry.”“Excuse me.”“What?”区别。故填the differences。 Passage 5 （23-24九年级上·吉林长春·期中）Zhou, the father of a Junior 3 student in Nanjing, was sitting at home one day. All of a sudden, he realized he didn’t speak to his son’s teachers all term. He wasn’t even invited to a parents’ meeting! Zhou decided to ask his son why. The answer his son gave him was a big surprise. Zhou’s son paid a man 25 yuan and asked him to be his “father” at a parents’ meeting! “I did badly in my exams and I was afraid my father would find out,” says the boy. “I didn’t want him to be unhappy with me.” The boy is not the only student to do that. Six of his classmates have used their pocket money to do that. Most of them played the trick because they were afraid of the punishment. A few just didn’t want to make their parents feel angry. Teachers say that parents are to blame（负责）for kids’ buying “fathers”. “Parents are demanding（要求）too much of their children,” they say. “Junior students often cannot meet their demands. And they don’t know how to face their parents when they do badly.” Experts on teenagers say students should have heart-to-heart talks with their parents which will help to solve the problem. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．Did Zhou go to a parents’ meeting that term? 2．How did Zhou’s son make somebody else attend the parents’ meeting? 3．Why did most students play the trick? 4．Who do teachers think should be blamed for the trick? 5．What do experts think can help to deal with the problem? 【答案】1．No, he didn’t. 2．By paying a man 25 yuan. 3．Because they were afraid of the punishment. 4．Parents. 5．Having heart-to-heart talks. 【分析】本文讲述了很多青少年的问题，就是考试考得不好，不知道如何面对父母，所以宁愿拿钱去雇一个陌生人充当自己的家长去开家长会，专家建议学生应该与父母进行坦诚的交谈，这将有助于解决问题。 1．根据“All of a sudden, he realized he didn’t speak to his son’s teachers all term. He wasn’t even invited to a parents’ meeting”可知，那个学期，周没有去参加家长会了，故填No, he didn’t. 2．根据“Zhou’s son paid a man 25 yuan and asked him to be his “father” at a parents’ meeting”可知，儿子给一个男人25元让他参加家长会，故填By paying a man 25 yuan. 3．根据“Most of them played the trick because they were afraid of the punishment”可知，大多数学生玩这个把戏是因为他们害怕惩罚，故填Because they were afraid of the punishment. 4．根据“Teachers say that parents are to blame（负责）for kids’ buying “fathers””可知，老师说这个行为应该归咎于父母，故填Parents. 5．根据“Experts on teenagers say students should have heart-to-heart talks with their parents which will help to solve the problem.”可知，专家建议学生应该与父母进行坦诚的交谈，这将有助于解决问题，故填Having heart-to-heart talks. Passage 6 （23-24九年级上·吉林松原·期中）A teenage boy couldn’t stand his parents’ family rules, so he left home. He wanted to be famous, but he had a poor education. He couldn’t find a job and had to beg (乞讨) for food on the street. Years later, his mother died. Though his father was old, he was still looking for his son. He searched every corner of the city. Wherever he went, he put up a big photo of himself on the wall. On the lower part of the photo, he wrote, “I still love you, my dearest son. Please come back home!” One day, the son saw one of the photos on the wall. The face on the photo was familiar to him. “Is that my father?” He moved closer and read the words. “I still love you…” Tears (泪水) ran down his face. He made up his mind to go back and see his dad. It was early morning when he got home. He knocked on the door. Nobody answered, although the door did open. He rushed into his father’s bedroom. His father was sleeping. The boy woke his father up. “It’s me! Your son is back home!” The father and the son held each other with tears in their eyes. The son asked, “Why is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.” The father answered in a soft voice, “The door has never been locked since you left.” 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．Why did the teenage boy leave home? 2．What did the boy’s father do wherever he went? 3．Who opened the door for the young man when he went back home? 4．How did the boy and his father feel when they met again? 5．What can we learn from the passage? 【答案】1．Because he couldn’t stand his parents’ family rules. 2．He put up a big photo of himself on the wall. 3．Nobody. 4．They felt happy. 5．The door of parents’ love for their children will never be closed./ Parents love their children forever. 【导语】本文讲述了一个十几岁的男孩受不了父母的家规，所以他离家出走了，详细地介绍了父亲是如何寻找他的，告诉我们无论何时“家的大门永远为儿女敞开着”。 1．根据“A teenage boy couldn’t stand his parents’ family rules, so he left home.”可知，一个十几岁的男孩不能忍受父母的家规所以他离开家。故填Because he couldn’t stand his parents’ family rules. 2．根据“Wherever he went, he put up a big photo of himself on the wall.”可知，无论父亲去哪里都在墙上挂一张自己的大照片。故填He put up a big photo of himself on the wall. 3．根据“He knocked on the door. Nobody answered, although the door did open. He rushed into his father’s bedroom.”可知，当他回家的时候没人给他开门。故填Nobody. 4．根据“The father and the son held each other with tears in their eyes.”可知，当父亲和男孩见面的时候两个人都感到非常高兴。故填They felt happy. 5．开放性试题，答案不唯一，合理即可。根据“The door has never been locked since you left.”可知，父母对孩子的爱之门永远不会关闭。参考答案为The door of parents’ love for their children will never be closed./ Parents love their children forever. Passage 7 （23-24九年级上·吉林松原·期中）根据短文内容, 回答下列问题。 Many people ask me what my favorite invention is. I find it very hard to answer them, because there are so many things in my life that I can choose. However, I have chosen a pen. Don’t you think it’s surprising?    I know that to most people a pen is very boring, but, to me, it stands for possibility (可能). There are so many things you can do with a pen. You can write a novel or a song, record information, or draw a picture. A pen is like the beginning of something amazing to me. Every day, I write a new page with my pen, and I am slowly making a path (路) for my future. Maybe I will be a scientist and change the world with my discoveries. Maybe I’ll become a musician and touch people’s hearts with my music. Or perhaps I will be a writer and move people through words, or a teacher to help children grow into the kind of people that they want to be. There are so many possibilities as to what I will do with my life, but I know that with the pen in my hand, I will write a good future for myself. Tell me what future you will write for yourself. 1．What’s the writer’s favorite invention? 2．How may people feel after they know the writer’s choice? 3．What’s his favorite invention like? 4．Who does the writer think can move people through words? 5．What will the writer write for himself if he has a pen in his hand? 【答案】1．A pen. 2．They may feel surprised. 3．The beginning of something amazing. 4．A writer. 5．The writer will write a good future for himself. 【导语】本文介绍了作者最喜欢的发明——钢笔。 1．根据“However, I have chosen a pen.”可知，作者最喜欢的发明是钢笔。故填A pen. 2．根据“Don’t you think it’s surprising?”可知，人们得知作者的选择后可能会觉得惊讶。故填They may feel surprised. 3．根据“A pen is like the beginning of something amazing to me.”可知，对作者来说，一支钢笔就像是一件奇妙的事情的开始。故填The beginning of something amazing. 4．根据“Or perhaps I will be a writer and move people through words”可知，作者认为作家可以通过文字感动人们。故填A writer. 5．根据“but I know that with the pen in my hand, I will write a good future for myself.”可知，作者会用手中的笔为自己书写一个美好的未来。故填The writer will write a good future for himself. Passage 8 （23-24九年级上·吉林松原·期中）More than 700 years ago, Scotland(苏格兰) was fighting with England. The King of England wanted to control Scotland. He had a strong army so it was difficult for the Scots to fight. They lost many times. King Robert of Scotland had to run from the English army. It was a rainy day. King Robert lay in an old house. He thought that he was not good enough to be a king. He was so worried that he didn’t even see a spider near him. He looked up when he saw the spider climbing. It was trying to climb up to its web at the top of the house but it fell down. “How sad!” thought King Robert. “The spider is like me. It’s not strong enough.” He watched while the spider climbed up again. It fell down a second time. “Be careful, little spider, or you might die,” he said. “Life is so hard. You’ll never get back to your web.” But the spider tried again and again. King Robert watched while it slowly climbed back to its web. After an hour, the spider go to the web. “You’re such a great spider,” he said. “If you can keep trying, I can too, I must keep on fighting. I won’t let the English win.” His army grew strong and they stopped the English army. Scotland was free. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题． 1．When did Robert lie in an old house and see a spider? 2．What did the spider try to do? 3．How did Robert feel about the spider at first? 4．Did the spider succeed at last? 5．What does the writer mainly want to tell us? 【答案】1．A rainy day. 2．It was trying to climb up to its web at the top of the house. 3．sad 4．Yes, it did./Yes. 5．Work hard /never give up/ Got the success by working word ... 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了700多年前，苏格兰与英国打仗期间，由于英格兰一直战败，苏格兰国王在躲避英国军队的时候，遇到了一只通过不懈努力重新回到自己蜘蛛网的小蜘蛛，苏格兰国王由此得到启发，没有放弃，最终他们的军队阻止了英国得到了独立。 1．根据“It was a rainy day. King Robert lay in an old house.”可知，那是个雨天。故填A rainy day. 2．根据“It was trying to climb up to its web at the top of the house but it fell down.”可知，当时那只蜘蛛正在努力向上爬回到在房顶的自己的蜘蛛网。故填It was trying to climb up to its web at the top of the house. 3．根据“‘How sad!’ thought King Robert.”可知，苏格兰国王觉得很伤心。故填He felt sad. 4．根据“ After an hour, the spider go to the web.”可知，这只蜘蛛最后成功回到了蜘蛛网。故填Yes, it did./Yes. 5．根据全文内容可知，作者主要想告诉我们在逆境中不轻言放弃，要努力坚持到底。只要符合意思即可。故填Work hard /never give up/Got the success by working word ... Passage9 （23-24九年级上·吉林松原·期中） A set of photos of a boy carrying his tennis rackets in a bamboo basket has gone viral（走红）.The boy, Wang Fa, 14, is a member of the Va ethnic group（佤族）from Yunnan. After winning the under-14 champion at the ASICS Tennis Junior Tour in Guangzhou, an audience （观众）gave him the bamboo basket as a gift and the photos were taken. “We always carry bamboo baskets when we work in the field. This is a typical farming tool of the Va ethnic group. I carried my rackets in this basket to honor my hometown.” Wang said after the match. Before tennis, Wang was just an ordinary boy and lives in a village. But in 2016, he was chosen by a local club to learn professional tennis. But Wang’s parents didn’t want him to go at first because they couldn’t afford it. Luckily, the tennis club offered to teach him for free. Over the past six years, Wang has trained hard to improve his skills and physical strength. He would get up at 6: 30 a. m. and practice for more than six hours a day. Every day, he needed to swing a racket more than 7, 000 times and run 9 kilometers. “If it were not for tennis, I would still be helping out my family with farmwork back home. Winning this champion was just the beginning. I want to reach the top place on the professional stage.” Wang said. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．Where is Wang Fa from? 2．How did Wang Fa get the basket? 3．Why did Wang carry his rackets in the basket? 4．Is Wang’s family poor or rich? 5．What’s Wang’s goal? 【答案】1．He is from Va ethnic group in Yunnan. 2．An audience gave him the bamboo basket as a gift. 3．To honor his hometown. 4．His family is poor. 5．He wants to reach the top place on the professional stage. 【导语】本文介绍了“背篓网球少年”王发。 1．根据“The boy, Wang Fa, 14, is a member of the Va ethnic group（佤族）from Yunnan.”可知，王发来自云南佤族。故填He is from Va ethnic group in Yunnan. 2．根据“an audience （观众）gave him the bamboo basket as a gift and the photos were taken.”可知，这个背篓是一位观众作为礼物送给王发的。故填An audience gave him the bamboo basket as a gift. 3．根据“This is a typical farming tool of the Va ethnic group. I carried my rackets in this basket to honor my hometown.”可知，王发把球拍放在竹篮里是为了纪念他的家乡。故填To honor his hometown. 4．根据“But Wang’s parents didn’t want him to go at first because they couldn’t afford it.”可知，王发的家庭负担不起他的学习费用，可知他的家庭是贫穷的。故填His family is poor. 5．根据“I want to reach the top place on the professional stage.”可知，王发的目标是在职业舞台上登顶。故填He wants to reach the top place on the professional stage. Passage 1 （24-25九年级上·吉林长春·期中）A baby snail (蜗牛) found that he had to carry a big and heavy shell (壳) at any time. He was confused (困惑的), so he went up to his mother and asked, “Why do I carry a big and heavy shell? ” His mother said, “Because we don’t have bones to hold us up. We can only move slowly, so we need a shell to protect us.” The baby snail asked again, “The caterpillar (毛毛虫) has no bones either. Why can she live without a shell?” The mother snail answered, “That’s because a caterpillar will become a butterfly. She can fly high into the sky. The sky can protect her.” The baby snail had one more question, “But the earthworm (蚯蚓) moves like us. He has no bones and he won’t turn into a butterfly. Why doesn’t be carry a hard and heavy shell?" His mother said, “He can dig a hole and hide in the ground, and then the earth can protect him.” Hearing what mom said, the baby snail was full of sadness and cried, “We are so poor! We have no protection from the sky or from the ground!” His mother smiled at him, “My dear, imagine that if we don’t have the shells, what will happen to us? We will have nowhere to sleep and die in the hot sun. How terrible it is! We don’t depend on the sky or the ground for protection. We should depend on ourselves.” 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．When did the baby snail have to carry the big and heavy shell? 2．Where can an earthworm hide? 3．How did the baby snail feel after hearing what mom said? 4．What will happen to the snails if they don’t have shells? 5．Who should snails depend on according to the baby snail’s mother? 【答案】1．At any time. 2．It can hide in the ground. 3．It felt sad. 4．They have nowhere to sleep and die in the hot sun. 5．They should depend on themselves. 【导语】本文讲述了一只小蜗牛通过与母亲的对话，明白了自己携带沉重壳的重要性以及自我保护的重要意义。 1．根据“A baby snail (蜗牛) found that he had to carry a big and heavy shell (壳) at any time.”可知小蜗牛得随时携带一个又大又重的壳。故填At any time. 2．根据“He can dig a hole and hide in the ground”可知蚯蚓可以藏在地下。故填It can hide in the ground. 3．根据“Hearing what mom said, the baby snail was full of sadness”可知小蜗牛感到很伤心。故填It felt sad. 4．根据“We will have nowhere to sleep and die in the hot sun.”可知如果没有壳，它们将无处睡觉，死在烈日下。故填They have nowhere to sleep and die in the hot sun. 5．根据“We don’t depend on the sky or the ground for protection. We should depend on ourselves.”可知它们应该靠它们自己。故填They should depend on themselves. Passage 2 （24-25九年级上·吉林长春·期中）Life is hard for 16-year-old Chen Xingrong. However, the young boy has managed to become a great swimmer, thanks to his hard training and the love and support from his family. Born in Hainan, Chen could not say a word until the age of two. Soon he was found to have autism (自闭症). His parents were very worried. “We had never expected that such a thing would happen to us,” said Chen’s father. In 2021, the father learned that swimming was helpful to people with autism. So he began to learn to swim by watching videos and reading books. Then he spent three months teaching his son, but the efforts all seemed to go in vain (徒劳). He didn’t give up, though. To his surprise, after another three months, Chen had developed the ability to control his breath under water. His father was so excited that he began to work harder to train Chen. In October, 2021, Chen went to Xi’an to take part in the 11th National Paralympic Games and the 8th Special Olympics. The boy won five medals (奖牌), including a gold. “It was really exciting,” his father said. “My son looked very happy at that time!” Besides swimming, learning basic life skills is also an important part of life for a teenager with autism. “I hope that my son can live well on his own when we grow old,” said Chen’s father. Thanks to his father’s help, Chen has learned to buy things in the market. He also does voluntary work at supermarkets and restaurants. “He is part of the community, and my wife and I hope he will live a wonderful life in the future,” said Chen’s father. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．Why is life hard for Chen Xingrong? 2．How did Chen Xingrong’s father learn to swim? 3．How long did it take Chen Xingrong to learn to control his breath under water? 4．When did Chen Xingrong won five medals? 5．Who expects Chen Xingrong to live a wonderful life in the future? 【答案】1．Because he has autism. 2．By watching videos and reading books. 3．Six months. 4．In October 2021. 5．His parents. 【导语】本文讲述了自闭症少年陈兴融在父亲严格的训练下成为一名出色的游泳运动员，并在特奥会上获得奖牌的事情。 1． 根据“Soon he was found to have autism (自闭症).”可知，陈兴融生活困难是因为他患有自闭症。故填Because he has autism. 2．根据“In 2021, the father learned that swimming was helpful to people with autism. So he began to learn to swim by watching videos and reading books.”可知，陈兴融的父亲通过看视频和读书学习游泳。故填By watching videos and reading books. 3．根据“Then he spent three months teaching his son, but the efforts all seemed to go in vain (徒劳).”以及“To his surprise, after another three months, Chen had developed the ability to control his breath under water.”可知，陈兴融花了六个月学会在水下控制呼吸。故填Six months. 4．根据“In October, 2021, Chen went to Xi’an to take part in the 11th National Paralympic Games and the 8th Special Olympics. The boy won five medals (奖牌), including a gold.”可知，陈兴融在2021年10月赢得了五枚奖牌。故填In October 2021. 5．根据陈兴融的父亲说的“He is part of the community, and my wife and I hope he will live a wonderful life in the future,”可知，陈兴融的父母希望他将来能过上美好的生活。故填His parents. 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. 【导语】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. Passage 4 （24-25九年级上·吉林长春·期中）Xu Yuanchong was born on April 18, 1921 in Jiangxi, China. He is best known for translating Chinese ancient poems into English and French. Xu took foreign language studies at Tsinghua University after he studied abroad. And after that, he became a professor in English and French. Since 1983 to now, he is a professor at Peking University. Xu’s mother was well educated and good at painting. She had great influence on Xu in his literature. His uncle Xiong Shiyi was a translator, who translated the play Wang Baochuan into English, which was a hit in the UK. Xiong’s achievement gave Xu a strong interest in learning English. In 1939, he translated his first work, Lin Huiyin’s poem Do not throw away into English, which was published in the Literary Translation News. 30 poems which were translated by him were selected（选）as teaching materials by foreign universities. In 1994, British publishing company Penguin published Xu Yuanchong’s 300 China’s immortal poems（《中国不朽诗三百首》）. That was the first time that the publishing company had published a Chinese translation. Apart from（除此之外）translating the classical Chinese poetry into foreign languages, Xu Yuanchong also translated many of the British and French classics into Chinese. Xu was awarded the “Lifetime achievements in translation” from the Translators Association of China（TAC）in 2010. Now, at the age of 97, Xu is still working hard at translating. He said, “I start my work at 3:30 in the morning because I like doing what I like. ” 根据短文内容, 回答下列问题。 1．What is Xu Yuanchong famous for? （within 8 words） 2．Who had great influence on Xu Yuanchong? （within 6 words） 3．When did Xu Yuanchong translate his first work? （within 2 words） 4．What was selected as teaching matcrials by foreign universities? （within 8 words） 5．Why is Xu Yuanchong still working hard at translating? （within 7 words） 【答案】1．Translating Chinese ancient poems into English and French. 2．His mother and uncle Xiong Shiyi. 3．In 1939. 4．30 poems which were translated by Xu Yuanchong. 5．Because he likes doing what he likes. /Because it's his favourite. /Because translating is what he likes doing. 【导语】本文主要讲著名翻译家许渊冲的翻译之路。 1．根据“He is best known for translating Chinese ancient poems into English and French.”可知他是因把中国古诗翻译成英语和法语而著名，故填Translating Chinese ancient poems into English and French. 2．根据“Xu’s mother was well educated and good at painting. She had great influence on Xu in his literature. His uncle Xiong Shiyi was a translator, who translated the play Wang Baochuan into English, which was a hit in the UK. Xiong’s achievement gave Xu a strong interest in learning English.”可知文章提到许渊冲的妈妈和叔叔都对他有很大的影响，故填His mother and uncle Xiong Shiyi. 3．根据“1939, he translated his first work, Lin Huiyin’s poem Do not throw away into English, which was published in the Literary Translation News.”可知在1939年，许第一次翻译出作品。故填In 1939. 4．根据“30 poems which were translated by him were selected（选）as teaching materials by foreign universities.”可知30首诗歌被外国大学选作教学材料。故填30 poems which were translated by Xu Yuanchong. 5．根据“I start my work at 3:30 in the morning because I like doing what I like.”可知是因为热爱才会在97岁高龄仍然做翻译。故填Because he likes doing what he likes. /Because it's his favourite. /Because translating is what he likes doing. Passage 5 （24-25九年级上·吉林长春·期中）Lucy Brown, aged 12, puts smiles on the faces of kids who are going through a hard time and keeps them very warm too. She sews (缝纫) blankets (毯子) for children who are dealing with challenges such as being sick, feeling lonely, losing a family member, or getting low grades. Lucy got the idea at the age of eight. She had just learned to sew and made a blanket as a gift for her friend’s birthday. “She loved it,” Lucy says. “So, I thought maybe other kids might need that kind of love.” Her mom posted (发布) on the Internet that Lucy wanted to make a blanket tor someone who needed care. They collected the kids’ suggestions. When 20 suggestions came, Lucy didn’t just choose one but met all of their needs! She has already made more than 800 blankets for kids in countries. Her favorite part is learning about each child. “I love hearing their stories and getting to know them,” she says. She tries to design styles and match the fabric (布料) and pattern to the children’s interests. On each of the blanket. Lucy adds a hand-sewn (手工缝制的) heart. “That’s to let anyone who gets the blanket know they are loved,” she says. Many kids who have received a blanket keep in touch with Lucy. She now has friends all over the world. “I love knowing that I can have an influence on them.” Lucy says. “Everyone can do something. Even the smallest act of kindness counts. It can change lives.” 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1．When did Lucy get the idea to sew blankets for other kids? 2．Who posted Lucy’s idea on the Internet? 3．What did Lucy do when 20 suggestions came in? 4．Why does Lucy add a hand-sewn heart on each of the blanket? 5．What do you learn from the story? 【答案】1．Lucy got the idea to sew blankets for other kids at the age of eight. 2．Lucy’s mother. 3．When 20 suggestions came in, Lucy met all of their needs and made blankets for all of them. 4．Lucy adds a hand-sewn heart on each of the blanket to let anyone who gets the blanket know they are loved. 5．The story teaches us that even the smallest act of kindness can make a difference in someone’s life. 【导语】本文主要讲述了Lucy为那些生病、感到孤独、失去家人的孩子缝毯子的善行义举。 1．根据“Lucy got the idea at the age of eight. She had just learned to sew and made a blanket as a gift for her friend’s birthday.…”可知，Lucy在八岁时有了为其他孩子缝制毯子的想法。故填Lucy got the idea to sew blankets for other kids at the age of eight. 2．根据“Her mom posted (发布) on the Internet that Lucy wanted to make a blanket tor someone who needed care.”可知，是Lucy的母亲在网上发布了她想为其他孩子缝制毯子的想法。故填Lucy’s mother. 3．根据“When 20 suggestions came, Lucy didn’t just choose one but met all of their needs!”可知，当20个建议出现时，Lucy没有只选择一个，而是满足了所有孩子的需求。故填When 20 suggestions came in, Lucy met all of their needs and made blankets for all of them. 4．根据“Lucy adds a hand-sewn (手工缝制的) heart. ‘That’s to let anyone who gets the blanket know they are loved,’ she says.”可知，缝制爱心是为了让得到毯子的人知道他们是被爱的。故填Lucy adds a hand-sewn heart on each of the blanket to let anyone who gets the blanket know they are loved. 5．开放性作答，言之有理即可，根据“Everyone can do something. Even the smallest act of kindness counts. It can change lives.”可知，即使是最小的善举也能对他人生活产生重大影响。参考答案为The story teaches us that even the smallest act of kindness can make a difference in someone’s life. Passage 6 （24-25九年级上·吉林长春·期中）阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容回答所提问题。 Can you cook by yourself? Do you like the homework of making a meal? These days, primary and middle school students are required to take the Practical Activity Class (实践活动课) at least one class hour every week. The topic of cooking was discussed mostly by parents and students. Learning practical skills plays an important role in shaping a person’s character for sure. Some schools and students have already practiced their practical activities. Gu Quan, 13 years old, from No.18 Middle School, used to be a lazy boy. In his own words, he hardly ever did any housework. But things have changed since No.18 Middle School made housework part of its students’ homework. Doing the dishes, cooking and making the bed... All of these tasks have become part of Gu Quan’s daily life. At the beginning of each month, every student gets a list of housework to do every weekend. Their parents help them keep a record of their performance. The tasks are common and simple in daily life, such as sweeping the floor, washing cups and cooking food. On holidays like Mother’s Day, students should prepare presents for their mothers. Huang Yixi, 14, has learned several life kills, including cooking. “I used to be afraid of fire,” she said. But she managed to overcome her fear and complete her cooking tasks. At the same time, she also learned how tired her mother gets after doing housework every day. On Mother’s Day, she made a cake for her mother to show her thanks. “I’ve begun to better understand my parents and want to help them more,” she said. 1．Who is required to take the Practical Activity Class? 2．How old is Gu Quan? 3．Do the students’ parents help them keep a record of their performance? 4．What did Huang Yixi use to be afraid of? 5．What do you think of the Practical Activity Class? 【答案】1．Primary and middle school students. 2．13 years old. 3．Yes, they do. 4．Fire. 5．Good./Wonderful./Useful.... 【导语】本文主要介绍了最近中小学的学生被要求每周至少上一课时的实践活动课，分享了学生们对此的看法以及他们所得到的收获。 1．根据“These days, primary and middle school students are required to take the Practical Activity Class (实践活动课) at least one class hour every week”可知，中小学生被要求参加实践活动课，故填Primary and middle school students. 2．根据“Gu Quan, 13 years old”可知，他13岁，故填13 years old. 3．根据“At the beginning of each month, every student gets a list of housework to do every weekend. Their parents help them keep a record of their performance”可知，他们的父母帮助他们记录他们的表现，故填Yes, they do. 4．根据“Huang Yixi, 14, has learned several life kills, including cooking. ‘I used to be afraid of fire.’”可知，以前害怕火，故填Fire. 5．开放性题，答案合理即可。参考答案为Good./Wonderful./Useful... / 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $