期中复习之任务型阅读15篇（上海专用）-2025-2026学年九年级英语上学期期中复习（牛津上海版）

期中复习之任务型阅读15篇 （期中考试单元话题） 本资料共15篇专题训练，从上到下按照难度分层训练 题号 难度 知识点 1 较易 城市,记叙文,叙事忆旧 2 较易 锻炼/健身（个人）,科普知识,说明文 3 较易 情绪,疾病,科普知识,说明文,意见/建议 4 较易 哲理感悟,竞技/比赛,其他语篇,个人经历 5 较易 学校人员,记叙文,幽默故事 6 适中 个人经历,记叙文 7 适中 哲理感悟,记叙文 8 适中 环境保护,食物,说明文 9 适中 科学技术,记叙文 10 适中 科普知识,常见动物,说明文 11 较难 人与动植物,记叙文 12 较难 叙事忆旧,记叙文 13 较难 哲理感悟,其他著名人物,其他语篇,中华文化 14 较难 人与动植物,记叙文,叙事忆旧 15 较难 哲理感悟,家人和亲人,记叙文 基础语篇巩固练10篇 Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) Before moving to Xiamen in 1988, the American man William Brown had already lived in over 30 cities around the world. At that time, he had no thought that he would spend the rest of his life in Xiamen and enjoyed his life there so much. Now as a professor of management at Xiamen University, William has been teaching business studies since 1989. In 1988, William arrived in Xiamen with his family—his wife and two sons. Xiamen in the 1980s was not a nice place to live in. People burned coal and the air was polluted. Besides, the electricity was awful. William said what made him stay in Xiamen was the people there. “In the 1980s, Chinese people used food coupons (粮票) to get meat, vegetables and oil.” But foreigners had no such tickets, and we could not use cash, either,” William said. “Many Chinese teachers sold their tickets to me, not to make money, but to offer a little kind help to a foreigner.” “During such festivals as the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chinese teachers would invite my family to their homes. Even though they were not rich, they shared everything with us. Just once a year later, I decided to live here permanently (永久地).” Looking back, William said the improvements in Xiamen were great. “I knew the difficult time would pass, but I didn’t expect that the city would improve so fast. The city now has good transportation and wonderful nightlife similar to Las Vegas.” Over the past years, William has taken his family travelling across China. They are surprised at the variety of China’s natural beauty. But in William’s eyes, nowhere is more beautiful than his hometown in China—Xiamen. Once, William made a speech in Xiamen Tourism Festival. When he was asked to say something to this city, “________” William said proudly. 1．William Brown moved to Xiamen in 1988, didn’t he? 2．What is William Brown’s job in Xiamen? 3．How could people get meat, vegetables and oil in 1980s China? 4．What made William decide to stay in Xiamen permanently? 5．How is the city Xiamen now in William Brown’s eyes? 6．What can probably be filled in the blank? Read the passage and answer the following questions. (根据短文内容回答下列问题) For skydivers, the sky isn’t the limit. It’s just the beginning. Thousands of people try skydiving each year. Some only jump once, while others go on to experience lifelong adventures, flying and turning over through the air. Skydiving is a method of leaving an airplane and returning to the earth with the help of gravity (重力), then slowing down by using a parachute (降落伞). It may include more or less free-fall, a time during which the parachute has not been used and the body gradually accelerates (加速) to the highest speed. There are three choices for the beginners. However, before you try skydiving, a ground course on safety is required. The first method is accelerated free-fall. You jump out of the plane while being held by two coaches, one on either side. They hold onto you until you open your parachute. The second method is called static line. After jumping out, you will experience free-fall for a second or two. Then the weight of your body will pull the line tight, opening the parachute. Tandem (串联) is the most popular because it is the easiest. You and the coach are tied together, the coach behind, with you in front. You jump out of the plane together, and the coach takes care of opening the parachute. For each of these three methods, the coaches give instructions in the air with hand signals or a radio. If you want to try something challenging and would love to feel the freedom of flying, skydiving might be an adventure for you. Who knows? With risk and excitement mixed together, skydiving might just change your life. 1．Do thousands of people try skydiving each year, don’t they? 2．For the beginners, how many methods can they choose? 3．Why do most of the beginners choose tandem? 4．How do the coaches give instructions in the air? 5．What does the writer want to tell us in the passage? 6．What do you think of skydiving? Why do you think so? Doctors say anger can be very dangerous. We have to learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and even cancer. Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a peaceful and reasonable way. Some people are so angry that they shout or cry to show their anger. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing (压抑性的) anger. In the past many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain produces the same hormones (荷尔蒙). Their hearts beat faster and blood pressure goes up. In general the person feels excited and ready to act. Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe if you express anger with strong emotion, you may develop heart disease, and they believe if you keep the anger inside, you may face a greater danger of high blood pressure. Doctors say we have to learn how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to agree that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “Do not express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself peacefully and reasonably.” Doctors say that the best way to deal with anger is to find humour in the situation that has made you angry. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger. 1．Anger can’t lead to some disease, can it? . 2．How many ways do people usually react (反应) if they are angry? . 3．Why do some people shout and cry? . 4．What may happen to you if you express anger with strong emotion? . 5．What is the best way to deal with anger? . 6．How do you deal with anger? (List one way of dealing with anger and give your reasons) . Anything is Possible We caught up with 16-year-old Australian world champion climber Angie Scarth-Johnson to find out how she had gotten to this point in her life. Q: What got you into climbing? A: It was my mum’s fear of me hurting myself. Like many kids, I was always climbing trees. From the age of three, I thought anything that looked climbable needed to be climbed. I started to have accidents that sometimes led to me making hospital visits. Then when I was seven, mum finally found the solution to my strange climbing addiction (嗜好)—a climbing gym. And it changed my life. Q: You were only nine when you climbed a grade (攀岩难度路线) . What do you make of that? A: That’s one of the most memorable moments of my life. It’s hard to explain how significant (意义重大的) achieving a grade 31 at nine is. It requires physical strength kids rarely have. Now, as an experienced climber, I know how difficult it was to believe a nine-year-old could do it. When I climbed as grade 31, I never thought of it as being unachievable — it was just a challenge. And it was the moment in which I felt anything was possible. I reflect on this when something starts to feel impossible now. Q: 5 ? A: I tried many sports but I never got that feeling of freedom that climbing can give to me. I’m in complete control of my mind. I know what I must do and during that period of time, my surroundings disappear. I can only feel the movement of my body; the only sounds I’m aware of are the birds, my steady breath and maybe a slight breeze. When I’m finally able to reach the top, it is a feeling like no other. Q: What advice do you have for new climbers? A: Make an ambitious goal and just go for it. I’d never be in this position if I held back. Go beyond expectations and continue to believe it’s possible even if it’s never been done before. And this mindset (思维模式) can be used throughout all aspects of your life. 1．What did Angie like to do when she was a kid? 2．What does the underlined word “it” refer to? 3．Why does achieving a grade 31 seem impossible for a nine-year-old? 4．How did Angie feel after she had successfully climbed a grade 31? 5．Fill in the blank in the article. 6．Why did Angie become successful? (give at least 2 reasons) 根据短文内容回答下列问题。 Mr. Klarke works in an agricultural college. There he taught his students how to keep the seeds and when to sow them and how to look after the plants. He knows much and makes his classes lively and interesting. So he is respected. One day he was asked to give a talk in a town. On his way there, something was wrong with his car at a foot of a hill. He tried to repair it, but he failed and he had to climb up the hill and ask the villagers there for help. It was very hot that day and soon he felt thirsty. He saw a lot of pear trees in a garden. And a young man was picking them in it. “I say, young man!” said the old man, “Could you give me some pears, please?” In fact the young man was one of his students and he recognized him at once. He wanted to have a joke with him. So he answered, “Of course, sir. Do you want the hot ones or cold ones?” It made Mr. Klarke feel strange. He thought to himself, “I’ve never heard of hot pears. Well, let me tell him I want some hot ones.” And he said as he thought. Having heard this, the young man threw some pears to the ground. Mr. Klarke picked them up, blew the dust off them and ate them up. “You said they were hot, but why were they cold?” asked the old man. “What did you blow them for, then, Mr. Klarke?” said the young man with a smile. 1．Does Mr. Klarke do something in the college? 2．How about his classes? They 3．He failed to repair his car, didn’t he? 4．Why did he climb up the hill? 5．What’s the Chinese meaning for the underlined word “dust”? 6．Why did Mr. Klarke blow the pears? What do you think of the young man? Answer the questions I grew up in a small town in Washington, US, and I want to be like my brother, Tim. He and his friends were in a gang. They often beat up people, and they didn’t go to school much. I thought they were cool. On my thirteenth birthday, I told my brother I wanted to be in the gang with him. He said ‘no’, but I didn’t listen. I went to ask his friends. Tim’s friends took me into the back yard. They told me that if I joined the gang, I was in for life. Then, someone hit me in the face. I fell down. But I didn’t cry. Each time I got up, they hit me again. Finally, they said I could be one of them. Tim was angry when he heard about it. But I stayed with the gang. After a few months, I began to beat up other people with the gang. Sometimes I wouldn’t go home at night, and my mother would be worried. This went on for two years. I knew it was bad, but there nothing I could do. I was in for life. One day, someone hit me in the head. I spent a day in the hospital. For the first time, I wanted out of the gang. One night after my fifteenth birthday, I went home. My mother was in the hospital. She had a nervous breakdown (精神崩溃) because she was so worried about me. That made me very sad. The next day, I told the gang that I wanted out. They began to beat me up, and my brother stopped them. I got up off the floor, smiled and said goodbye. But they didn’t just stop there. Every time they saw me, they beat me up. This went on for about two months. But in the end, it stopped. I’m glad I’m out of the gang now. I don’t have to be afraid all the time. I can talk to anyone I want. And most of all, I made my mum happy again. 1．The people in the gang didn’t have to go to school, did they? 2．When did the write tell his brother that he wanted to be in the gang? 3．How did the writer’s brother feel when he knew the writer was in the gang? 4．What made the writer very sad? 5．Why did the people in the gang go on beating the writer up? 6．What do you think of the people in the gang? Why? I have too much stuff. My bedroom is often very messy. I have many books I never read and CDs I don’t listen to. My drawers are full of clothes I never wear. I was getting disappointed because I never had any space in my bedroom. Then I read about minimalism(极简主义). Minimalism is a style of living where you only keep the most important items and you keep off everything else. After reading about minimalism, I felt encouraged to solve my problem. Minimalism advises that you only keep the necessaries for living, so I started clearing out the things I didn’t use. I collected bags of clothes to give to charities. I sold some of my CDs and books online. After a while of clearing, it became quite exciting to get things out of my room and create some fresh space. They say that a clear, organized bedroom means you will have a clear and organized mind! The main idea behind minimalism is to reduce what you own, and by doing this you can really appreciate the things you have. It’s not easy to live this lifestyle. We are often told that it is better to have more things. Advertisements try to convince(使确信) us that we will only be happy by spending more money buying more stuff. Of course, I’m not a perfect minimalist — I’ve only just started. I still own a lot of things which I don’t really need, but I think this was a positive (积极的) start to own less stuff.  In the future, I will 83 . 1．How is the writer’s bedroom?     2．What was the writer’s feeling after reading about minimalism? 3．Why did the writer start clearing out the things he didn’t use? 4．What does the underlined part “by doing this” in Paragraph 4 refer to? 5．Are we often told by advertisements to have more things or fewer things? 6．What can be filled in the blank in the last paragraph? Answer the questions. (根据短文内容回答问题) Do you know where your food comes from? How far do the milk, apples, coffee beans and other items you eat travel to reach you? What we eat shapes us. But the decisions we make on what we eat can also shape the world around us. Starting to check your food miles is an important step to saving the Earth. Food miles refer to the distance your food travels before it reaches you. From farm to fork, the shorter the distance, the better the food will be for your health and the environment. Food miles are a rather modern idea. Throughout most of human history, people have eaten food grown locally. But over the past few decades (十年), the world has become highly connected. We have become used to having a wide range of global foods. We buy tropical fruits rather than those grown in our local climate. We expect fresh, green products (尤指农产品) even when there is snow on the ground. When we calculate food miles, we shouldn’t just think about the exact number of miles. It depends on many factors (因素), such as how damaging these miles can be. For one thing, the mode of transportation is important. Air travel, for example, allows food to travel quickly. However, this speedy delivery system causes a carbon footprint about 50 times bigger than that of the much slower transportation of food by sea. Working out the environmental cost of what we eat can be hard. The simple truth is that most of us can do far better than what we do now. Whenever you can, buy food from local farmers and eat in-season fruits and vegetables. 1．People have been talking about food miles for the past few centuries, haven’t they? 2．According to the author, what are food miles? 3．What examples did the author use to show people’s habit of buying global food?  (Give 1 example.) 4．What are the advantage and disadvantage of transporting food by air? 5．According to the author, how can we reduce our food miles? 6．Apart from the author’s suggestions, what do you think we can do to reduce our food miles? (Give at least 2 examples.) Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)     It was 10 p.m. on a Wednesday night. Fourteen-year-old Li Gong sat at his desk and stared at a blank sheet of paper. Li had to write a 600-word book report and it was due the next day. The problem? He hadn’t read the book. Li opened an AI app on his computer and typed in “Book report, 600 words, The Old Man and the Sea.” In less than a minute, the boy had his book report. Several days later, Li was called into his teacher’s office. Unfortunately, his teacher was very familiar with computers and AI apps. One of the apps scanned (扫描) his students’ writing to detect cheating. Li had been caught! But his teacher was kind. Instead of punishing the boy, he explained that although AI apps were a helpful shortcut for some things, there was no shortcut to learning. Learning how to write well is valuable to understanding a subject and expressing your own ideas about it. An AI app depends on a collection of information that someone has uploaded onto a computer system. A specially trained algorithm (算法) processes the information to produce the type of writing someone might need. It’s useful for writing business emails, legal documents (法律文件) and even news reports, but it’s not useful for expressing your personal ideas and thoughts. Writing is the most difficult of all the language skills. You need to be good at grammar and have a good vocabulary. Writing also requires you to think clearly. For example, Li Gong was supposed to read Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea and find out what it was about. It’s the story of a poor fisherman who catches a big fish one day. It’s too big to put in his boat, so he drags it behind him in the water. When he reaches the shore, all that is left is the fish’s skeleton. It’s a sad story, but what does it all mean? If Li had read the book and written the book report, he would have learned a lot and had the satisfaction of expressing his own ideas about the story. That’s something AI cannot do. 1．Li Gong finished his book report on The Old Man and the Sea on his own, didn’t he? 2．How does an AI app produce a piece of writing? 3．What do you need to do in order to be able to write well? 4．Who wrote the book The Old Man and the Sea? 5．According to the author, what is AI unable to do? 6．Now that AI can “write”, do you think it is still necessary for students to learn how to write well? Give your reason(s). As a younger man, Joe saw thousands of fireflies (萤火虫) every summer in southern Arizona. The sight was so magical that he was inspired to become an insect expert and, ever since, the study of the lightning bugs has become his life’s work. Four decades later, Joe still goes back to those woodlands. Today, though, they’re mostly dark. The fireflies have been disappearing, Joe said. “Down to just a very few compared to the big population they had back then.” Nearly one in three firefly species in the United States and Canada may die out in the future, scientists say. Studies also show a fall in their numbers from forests in Malaysia to grasslands in England. The biggest problem facing fireflies today is the loss of their habitats. Fireflies spend most of their lives in their larval (幼虫的) state. But much of the wet soil that young fireflies need to grow is being destroyed. Instead, the lands are used to build houses, golf courses, and for other types of development. The rising sea level has made matters worse. Now it has nowhere else to go. When the time is right in spring, a young firefly turns into an adult. The adults live for only a few weeks. During this period, they have only one thing on their minds: to find their mates. Fireflies often flicker (闪烁) at each other as night falls. Others wait until midnight to turn on the lights. However, the light we pour into the night makes it harder for them to see each other. For ordinary people, saving fireflies from climate change and other environmental threats is difficult. But we can help to protect them from light pollution. We should turn off the lights. 1．Joe wants to be an insect expert in the future, doesn’t he? ________________________ 2．In the US and Canada, how much percent of firefly species may disappear in the future? ________________________ 3．In which countries did the study find out the fall in the numbers of fireflies? ________________________ 4．What is the biggest problem for fireflies today? The biggest problem is that fireflies . 5．What has the land of fireflies’ home been changed into?(List two examples) ________________________ 6．What can we do to save fireflies? Why is it so important to them? ________________________ 重难语篇提升练5篇 Answer the questions (根据以下内容回答问题) Life with Loneliness and Love At Fenghuang Mountain Zoo one can only find old rusty (生锈的) cages, weak animals and one man. Having run this small zoo alone for 34 years, Luo Yingjiu, 83, serves as director, cleaner, caretaker (管理员) and vet himself. All animals here have nicknames, like Guai Guai, Qiu Qiu and Shan Shan, which were given by Luo. The zoo used to be an attraction among local people with some large animals such as lions and tigers. However, as they passed away years ago, now there only lives a bear and 20 kinds of small animals in it, including 20 homeless dogs Luo adopted. Every day is hard. Luo rises before sunrise and cleans the houses of all animals. After that, the old man with all - white hair has to travel downhill to purchase food for the animals. Local people often see Luo struggling to climb the mountain back to the zoo, with heavy bags of food. At night, Luo also needs to keep a close eye on animals, especially those old ones. Guai Guai, a 20 - year - old black bear, gets the most attention from Luo because of her age. Saved by Luo, the bear has spent 18 years in the zoo. When Luo first saw her in a local restaurant, she lay in the corner of the cage, crying out in fright and anger, with one of her paws (爪子) hurt by humans. Although a ticket only costs 10 yuan per person and it’s free for children, the number of visitors has fallen to just several people a day. To keep animals alive, Luo has spent all his savings and even borrowed money from others. “Many people advise me to close the zoo, but 5. ________,” says Luo. The good news is that starting from 2024, Luo’s granddaughter began to post short videos of him looking after these animals online, which attracted over 375,000 fans. Moved by Luo’s kindness, some encourage him with warm words and others send animal food to the zoo. This is China’s loneliest zoo. Yet, this is also China’s most loving zoo! 1．Luo is the only person working for the zoo, isn’t he? . 2．Why is the zoo no longer an attraction? . 3．Why is every day hard for Luo? . 4．How old was Guai Guai when Luo saved her? . 5．Fill in the blank to make the sentence complete. . 6．Do you agree that Fenghuang Mountain Zoo is the most loving one? Explain why. . Long long ago, just as Santa Claus was ready to start on his yearly trip, a fairy came to tell him of three little children who lived beneath an old tent on a broad plain where there were no trees whatsoever. These poor babies were miserable and unhappy, for their parents were not responsible ones, Santa decided to visit these children before he returned home, and during his ride he picked up the bushy top of a pine tree which the wind had broken off and placed it in his sledge (雪橇). It was nearly morning when Santa stopped before the lonely tent where the poor children lay asleep. Santa at once planted the bit of pine tree in the sand and stuck many candles on the branches. Then he hung some pretty toys on the tree, as well as several bags of candies. When all was ready he lighted the candles and shouted: “Merry Christmas, little ones!” With that he jumped into his sledge and was out of sight before the children, rubbing the sleep from their eyes, could come out to see who had called them. You can imagine the wonder and joy of those little ones, who had never in their lives known real pleasure before, when they saw the tree, sparkling with lights that shone brilliantly in the gray dawn and hung with toys enough to make them happy for years to come! They joined hands and danced around the tree, shouting and laughing, until they had to pause for breath. And their parents, also, came out to look and wonder, and thereafter changed their ways to treat their children. The idea of the Christmas tree pleased Santa, and so the following year he carried many of them in his sledge and set them up in the homes of poor people who seldom saw trees, and placed candles and toys on the branches. 1．Who came to see Santa Claus before he was ready to start on his yearly trip? 2．Why were the three little children miserable and unhappy? 3．What were hung on the trees by Santa Claus for the three little children? 4．Could the children see Santa Claus after they heard the shout “Merry Christmas, little ones”? 5．How did the children feel when they saw the tree sparkling with lights? 6．How do you think the three children’s parents will treat them thereafter? Ne Zha: Birth of the Demon Child is extremely popular both in China and around the world. This animated movie brings traditional Chinese stories to life in a new way. Its cool fight scenes, funny plots and vivid characters make people of all ages love it. Jiaozi, the director of the movie, was interviewed by a local TV journalist after the movie became a huge hit. (H= host, J= Jiaozi) H: What inspired you to create Ne Zha? J: I loved Ne Zha stories when I was young. This time, I wanted to show a new side of Ne Zha. He doesn't care much about what others think of him and tries his best to change his fate (命运). Even when life is tough, he changes his own story with strong wills. I hope that young people today ________ . H: How did you make the movie? J: First, we studied old Ne Zha stories carefully to keep the good parts and add new ideas. Then, our team started drawing pictures of the characters. We changed the designs many times to make them look cool. After that, we wrote the story and made storyboards. We worked day and night to make the characters move like real ones. We also picked great music to make the movie even more exciting. After five years of hard work. the movie met the audience! H: Could you share some of the difficulties while making the movie? J: Special effects were a huge challenge. There are a lot of action scenes with fire, water, and magical powers in the movie. Making these effects look real was no easy task. Our team had to learn new software skills. For example, creating the fire effects in Ne Zha’s battles required advanced particle simulation (粒子模拟). We tested and changed details many times to perfect them. H: Then do you have any plans for the future? J: I’m excited to continue exploring new stories and characters. We’re thinking about broadening the “Ne Zha” world. with more plots and characters. I hope we can keep breaking the limits of animation and storytelling, so fans can enjoy something fresh and exciting. 1．How long did it take to complete the animated movie, Ne Zha: Birth of the Demon Child? 2．What makes the animated movie popular among people of all ages? 3．How did Jiaozi’s team deal with the challenge while making the effects of the movie? 4．What can be filled in the blank? I hope that young people today 5．Why does Jiaozi keep breaking the limits of animation and storytelling? 6．What good qualities can you learn from Jiaozi and his team? Give reasons.（at least 2 points） All year, I’d been wishing to be part of the pet-care team, and last month, my wish finally came true! Along with Mike and Linda, I was responsible for taking care of our class pet. We took turns giving Larry the Lizard fresh water and food, cleaning his terrarium and singing him songs. But one morning when we came into the classroom, Larry was nowhere to be seen. As soon as we told Mr. Jones, he called for everyone’s attention. “Let’s take a 10-minute break for Operation Lizard Hunt. Leave no stone or notebook unturned!” Even with our whole class searching, we did not find Larry. My mind turned into a worry machine, thinking of all the disasters that might happen to Larry. I felt my heart racing and my brain was a mess. After school, Mr. Jones agreed to let our pet-care team do one last search. “You know,” said Mike, “it might be a good idea to try putting ourselves in Larry’s shoes.” We laughed. “Those would be some tiny shoes,” I said. “But it is a good idea. Let’s have a try.” The laughter made me feel better. Mike thought for a minute. “If I were Larry, I’d probably be hungry. Maybe we should make a trail of snacks leading to his house.” “Good idea,” I said. “If I were Larry, I’d probably be getting a bit cold. We could make a warm spot outside his terrarium to invite him home.” “Good idea,” said Linda. “And since Larry always gets excited when we sing to him, a special song might remind him to come back.” That’s what we did. And then we took turns making up a funny song. This is how our “Come Back, Larry” song went: Are you having an adventure in space, Larry? Did you become a tiny cowboy in the west? Or did you join a lizard circus? Walking on a tightrope (绳索) in the sky? Just as Linda sang the word “sky”, she looked up and found Larry was high on the ceiling. The next thing we knew, our little escape artist was back in his terrarium. Next time when worries stop me from solving a problem, I know there are two steps to follow: First, ___________. Next, ___________. 1．What was Larry the Lizard? 2．Why did Mr. Jones ask students to take a 10-minute break? 3．What did Mike mean by saying “putting ourselves in Larry’s shoes”? 4．What did Linda suggest doing to invite Larry to go home? 5．Where was Larry found, on the ceiling or on a tightrope? 6．What can the writer learn from this experience? Complete the sentences. Answer the questions. Loves-agna Lucy dreamed of hosting her own cooking show. Every day, she practiced making up recipes (食谱), hoping to make her brother Leo and mother smile with her dishes. Yet, she could never cook right one particular meal: Lasagna (千层面). Or should she say, Grandpa’s Famous loves-agna. Each time Lucy tried the dish, Leo would spit (吐) it out or her mother would push it around her plate. People used to line up outside of Grandpa’s restaurant just to get a piece of it. Grandpa didn’t have a restaurant anymore, but he had given Lucy his recipe...without, however, telling her his secret ingredient (原料). He always said she had to figure it out by herself. What was the secret ingredient? Grandpa always told Lucy the same story she had already heard hundreds of times, “When you were very little, you tried my Lasagna. I turned my back for one minute...and you were covered in sauce and cheese! You threw a handful at me and yelled, ‘loves-on-yah! loves-on-yah’ I liked your name for it so much that I’ve called the recipe loves-agna ever since.” For Grandpa’s birthday, Lucy decided to give him a surprise by making a perfect loves-agna. She followed the recipe carefully, but she failed again and again—too salty, too sweet, or too spicy. Frustrated, Lucy threw her chef’s hat down and left the kitchen. Lying on her bed, she suddenly had an idea. Back in the kitchen, Lucy tore up the old recipe and put away her measuring spoons. Then she listened to her heart when cooking. Soon, the kitchen smelled wonderful. The doorbell rang. Lucy hung up her apron (围裙). Leo set the table. Mom answered the door. The family sat down to eat, but everyone hesitated. “Come on, everyone, eat,” Lucy said. “Don’t worry, it’s a new recipe.” Relieved, Mom, Leo and Grandpa slowly started eating their food. “It was delicious,” Mom said. “I loved it,” Leo yelled, reaching for a second piece “You’ve found the secret ingredient, Lucy,” Grandpa said. “But I didn’t even follow the recipe this time. I tore it up.” “I never really followed the recipe either, Lucy,” Grandpa patted his chest and took another slice, “I always listen to my heart and cook with love, just like you did this time. When you use this special ingredient, loves-agna always turns out perfect.” After hearing the words, Lucy felt ________ and learned that ________. 1．Lucy’s brother and mom didn’t love the Lasagna cooked by Lucy at first, did they? 2．Why didn’t Grandpa tell Lucy the secret ingredient of his lasagna? 3．Who called the recipe loves-agna? 4．What does the underlined word “an idea” in paragraph 4 refer to? 5．How did Lucy finally cook the delicious lasagna for her family? 6．Complete the blank in the last paragraph. After hearing the words, Lucy felt and learned that . 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 期中复习之任务型阅读15篇 （期中考试单元话题） 本资料共15篇专题训练，从上到下按照难度分层训练 题号 难度 知识点 1 较易 城市,记叙文,叙事忆旧 2 较易 锻炼/健身（个人）,科普知识,说明文 3 较易 情绪,疾病,科普知识,说明文,意见/建议 4 较易 哲理感悟,竞技/比赛,其他语篇,个人经历 5 较易 学校人员,记叙文,幽默故事 6 适中 个人经历,记叙文 7 适中 哲理感悟,记叙文 8 适中 环境保护,食物,说明文 9 适中 科学技术,记叙文 10 适中 科普知识,常见动物,说明文 11 较难 人与动植物,记叙文 12 较难 叙事忆旧,记叙文 13 较难 哲理感悟,其他著名人物,其他语篇,中华文化 14 较难 人与动植物,记叙文,叙事忆旧 15 较难 哲理感悟,家人和亲人,记叙文 基础语篇巩固练10篇 Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) Before moving to Xiamen in 1988, the American man William Brown had already lived in over 30 cities around the world. At that time, he had no thought that he would spend the rest of his life in Xiamen and enjoyed his life there so much. Now as a professor of management at Xiamen University, William has been teaching business studies since 1989. In 1988, William arrived in Xiamen with his family—his wife and two sons. Xiamen in the 1980s was not a nice place to live in. People burned coal and the air was polluted. Besides, the electricity was awful. William said what made him stay in Xiamen was the people there. “In the 1980s, Chinese people used food coupons (粮票) to get meat, vegetables and oil.” But foreigners had no such tickets, and we could not use cash, either,” William said. “Many Chinese teachers sold their tickets to me, not to make money, but to offer a little kind help to a foreigner.” “During such festivals as the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chinese teachers would invite my family to their homes. Even though they were not rich, they shared everything with us. Just once a year later, I decided to live here permanently (永久地).” Looking back, William said the improvements in Xiamen were great. “I knew the difficult time would pass, but I didn’t expect that the city would improve so fast. The city now has good transportation and wonderful nightlife similar to Las Vegas.” Over the past years, William has taken his family travelling across China. They are surprised at the variety of China’s natural beauty. But in William’s eyes, nowhere is more beautiful than his hometown in China—Xiamen. Once, William made a speech in Xiamen Tourism Festival. When he was asked to say something to this city, “________” William said proudly. 1．William Brown moved to Xiamen in 1988, didn’t he? 2．What is William Brown’s job in Xiamen? 3．How could people get meat, vegetables and oil in 1980s China? 4．What made William decide to stay in Xiamen permanently? 5．How is the city Xiamen now in William Brown’s eyes? 6．What can probably be filled in the blank? 【答案】1．Yes, he did. 2．He works as a professor of management at Xiamen University and teaches there. 3．In China, people used coupons to get meat,vegetables and oil in 1980s. 4．It’s people’s kindness that made William decide to stay in Xiamen permanently. 5．It has great improvements with good transportation and wonderful nightlife. 6．I have been dreaming of Xiamen becoming an international city and I will live here forever./ I will never leave here./ I will build it with my heart. 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了美国人William Brown在1988年搬到厦门后的生活经历，以及他对厦门这座城市的热爱和感受。 1．根据“Before moving to Xiamen in 1988, the American man William Brown had already lived in over 30 cities around the world.”可知，William Brown是在1988年搬到了厦门。故填Yes, he did. 2．根据“Now as a professor of management at Xiamen University, William has been teaching business studies since 1989.”可知，他的职业是厦门大学的管理学教授。故填He works as a professor of management at Xiamen University and teaches there. 3．根据“In the 1980s, Chinese people used food coupons (粮票) to get meat, vegetables and oil.”可知，当时人们通过粮票获取这些生活必需品。故填In China, people used coupons to get meat,vegetables and oil in 1980s. 4．根据“William said what made him stay in Xiamen was the people there.”和“Even though they were not rich, they shared everything with us. Just once a year later, I decided to live here permanently (永久地).”可知，是中国人的善良让他决定永久留在厦门。故填It’s people’s kindness that made William decide to stay in Xiamen permanently. 5．根据“ I knew the difficult time would pass, but I didn’t expect that the city would improve so fast. The city now has good transportation and wonderful nightlife similar to Las Vegas”和“ Looking back, William said the improvements in Xiamen were great.”可知，厦门有很大的改进，交通便利，夜生活丰富。故填It has great improvements with good transportation and wonderful nightlife. 6．根据文章内容可知，William Brown对厦门充满热爱，把厦门当作自己的家乡，所以要填写表达对厦门热爱、以厦门为傲之类的话语。开放性题目，答案合理即可，参考答案为I have been dreaming of Xiamen becoming an international city and I will live here forever./ I will never leave here./ I will build it with my heart. Read the passage and answer the following questions. (根据短文内容回答下列问题) For skydivers, the sky isn’t the limit. It’s just the beginning. Thousands of people try skydiving each year. Some only jump once, while others go on to experience lifelong adventures, flying and turning over through the air. Skydiving is a method of leaving an airplane and returning to the earth with the help of gravity (重力), then slowing down by using a parachute (降落伞). It may include more or less free-fall, a time during which the parachute has not been used and the body gradually accelerates (加速) to the highest speed. There are three choices for the beginners. However, before you try skydiving, a ground course on safety is required. The first method is accelerated free-fall. You jump out of the plane while being held by two coaches, one on either side. They hold onto you until you open your parachute. The second method is called static line. After jumping out, you will experience free-fall for a second or two. Then the weight of your body will pull the line tight, opening the parachute. Tandem (串联) is the most popular because it is the easiest. You and the coach are tied together, the coach behind, with you in front. You jump out of the plane together, and the coach takes care of opening the parachute. For each of these three methods, the coaches give instructions in the air with hand signals or a radio. If you want to try something challenging and would love to feel the freedom of flying, skydiving might be an adventure for you. Who knows? With risk and excitement mixed together, skydiving might just change your life. 1．Do thousands of people try skydiving each year, don’t they? 2．For the beginners, how many methods can they choose? 3．Why do most of the beginners choose tandem? 4．How do the coaches give instructions in the air? 5．What does the writer want to tell us in the passage? 6．What do you think of skydiving? Why do you think so? 【答案】1．Yes, they do. 2．Three. 3．Because it is the easiest. 4．With hand signals or a radio. 5．The writer wants to tell us something about skydiving. 6．I think skydiving is very exciting. Because it allows people to experience the feeling of flying and freedom in the air. 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了跳伞这项运动。 1．根据“thousands of people try skydiving each year.”可知，每年有成千上万的人尝试跳伞，故填Yes, they do. 2．根据“There are three choices for the beginners.”可知，初学者可以选择三种方法，故填Three. 3．根据“Tandem (串联) is the most popular because it is the easiest.”可知，大多数初学者选择串联是因为它最简单，故填Because it is the easiest. 4．根据“For each of these three methods, the coaches give instructions in the air with hand signals or a radio.”可知，教练在空中用手势或无线电发出指令，故填With hand signals or a radio. 5．文章介绍了跳伞运动的相关情况，包括尝试人数、跳伞方式、教练指导等，旨在告诉读者跳伞运动的一些信息，故填The writer wants to tell us something about skydiving. 6．开放性问题，言之有理即可。例如，我认为跳伞非常令人兴奋。因为它让人们在空中体验飞行和自由的感觉。故填I think skydiving is very exciting. Because it allows people to experience the feeling of flying and freedom in the air.（答案不唯一） Doctors say anger can be very dangerous. We have to learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and even cancer. Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a peaceful and reasonable way. Some people are so angry that they shout or cry to show their anger. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing (压抑性的) anger. In the past many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain produces the same hormones (荷尔蒙). Their hearts beat faster and blood pressure goes up. In general the person feels excited and ready to act. Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe if you express anger with strong emotion, you may develop heart disease, and they believe if you keep the anger inside, you may face a greater danger of high blood pressure. Doctors say we have to learn how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to agree that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “Do not express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself peacefully and reasonably.” Doctors say that the best way to deal with anger is to find humour in the situation that has made you angry. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger. 1．Anger can’t lead to some disease, can it? . 2．How many ways do people usually react (反应) if they are angry? . 3．Why do some people shout and cry? . 4．What may happen to you if you express anger with strong emotion? . 5．What is the best way to deal with anger? . 6．How do you deal with anger? (List one way of dealing with anger and give your reasons) . 【答案】1．Yes, it can. 2．Three ways. 3．To show their anger. 4．It may develop heart disease. 5．To find humour in the situation that has made you angry. 6．By watching a funny movie. Because it can make me laugh. Because it can make me forget the anger. (Any reasonable answer is OK.) 【导语】本文讲述了愤怒对人的不好的影响，教育人们如何来处理愤怒。 1．根据第一段第二句“They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and even cancer.”可知，生气会导致一些疾病。故填Yes, it can.。 2．根据第二段“Some people express anger openly in a peaceful and reasonable way. Some people are so angry that they shout or cry to show their anger. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing (压抑性的) anger.”可知，人们在愤怒时通常有三种反应方式：一是以平和合理的方式公开表达愤怒；二是通过喊叫或哭泣来展示愤怒；三是压抑内心的愤怒。故填Three ways。 3．根据第二段第三句“Some people are so angry that they shout or cry to show their anger.”可知，有些人通过喊叫或哭泣来表达自己的愤怒。故填To show their anger。 4．根据第五段第二句“They believe if you express anger with strong emotion, you may develop heart disease...”可知，如果以强烈的情绪表达愤怒，你可能会患上心脏病。故填It may develop heart disease。 5．根据最后一段第一句“Doctors say that the best way to deal with anger is to find humour in the situation that has made you angry.”可知，医生认为，处理愤怒的最佳方式是在让你愤怒的情况中找到幽默感。故填To find humour in the situation that has made you angry。 6．言之有理即可。参考答案：By watching a funny movie. Because it can make me laugh. Because it can make me forget the anger。 Anything is Possible We caught up with 16-year-old Australian world champion climber Angie Scarth-Johnson to find out how she had gotten to this point in her life. Q: What got you into climbing? A: It was my mum’s fear of me hurting myself. Like many kids, I was always climbing trees. From the age of three, I thought anything that looked climbable needed to be climbed. I started to have accidents that sometimes led to me making hospital visits. Then when I was seven, mum finally found the solution to my strange climbing addiction (嗜好)—a climbing gym. And it changed my life. Q: You were only nine when you climbed a grade (攀岩难度路线) . What do you make of that? A: That’s one of the most memorable moments of my life. It’s hard to explain how significant (意义重大的) achieving a grade 31 at nine is. It requires physical strength kids rarely have. Now, as an experienced climber, I know how difficult it was to believe a nine-year-old could do it. When I climbed as grade 31, I never thought of it as being unachievable — it was just a challenge. And it was the moment in which I felt anything was possible. I reflect on this when something starts to feel impossible now. Q: 5 ? A: I tried many sports but I never got that feeling of freedom that climbing can give to me. I’m in complete control of my mind. I know what I must do and during that period of time, my surroundings disappear. I can only feel the movement of my body; the only sounds I’m aware of are the birds, my steady breath and maybe a slight breeze. When I’m finally able to reach the top, it is a feeling like no other. Q: What advice do you have for new climbers? A: Make an ambitious goal and just go for it. I’d never be in this position if I held back. Go beyond expectations and continue to believe it’s possible even if it’s never been done before. And this mindset (思维模式) can be used throughout all aspects of your life. 1．What did Angie like to do when she was a kid? 2．What does the underlined word “it” refer to? 3．Why does achieving a grade 31 seem impossible for a nine-year-old? 4．How did Angie feel after she had successfully climbed a grade 31? 5．Fill in the blank in the article. 6．Why did Angie become successful? (give at least 2 reasons) 【答案】1．She liked to climb trees. 2．A climbing gym. 3．Because it requires physical strength kids rarely have. 4．She felt anything was possible. 5．Why do you like climbing? 6．Because she made an ambitious goal and never held back. She believes anything is possible even if it’s never been done before. 【导语】本文是记者对澳大利亚攀岩运动员Angie Scarth-Johnson的采访，文中该运动员讲述了自己对攀岩的热爱以及攀岩运动带给她的感悟。 1．根据“Like many kids, I was always climbing trees.”可知，她小时候喜欢爬树。故填She liked to climb trees. 2．根据“Mum finally found the solution to my strange climbing addiction (嗜好)—a climbing gym.”可知，妈妈找的一家攀岩馆改变了她的生活。故填A climbing gym. 3．根据“It requires physical strength kids rarely have. Now, as an experienced climber, I know how difficult it was to believe a nine-year-old could do it.”可知，完成31级难度的攀岩路线需要很大的体力，这是一个九岁的孩子很少能拥有的。故填Because it requires physical strength kids rarely have. 4．根据“And it was the moment in which I felt anything was possible.”可知，成功完成31级难度后，她觉得一切皆有可能。故填She felt anything was possible. 5．根据“I never got that feeling of freedom that climbing can give to me.”和后文可知，本段回答她热爱攀岩的原因。故填Why do you like climbing? 6．根据“Make an ambitious goal and just go for it...it’s possible even if it’s never been done before.”可知，她能成功是因为她制定了雄心勃勃的目标，从不退缩。她相信一切皆有可能，即使是以前从未做过的事情。故填Because she made an ambitious goal and never held back. She believes anything is possible even if it’s never been done before. 根据短文内容回答下列问题。 Mr. Klarke works in an agricultural college. There he taught his students how to keep the seeds and when to sow them and how to look after the plants. He knows much and makes his classes lively and interesting. So he is respected. One day he was asked to give a talk in a town. On his way there, something was wrong with his car at a foot of a hill. He tried to repair it, but he failed and he had to climb up the hill and ask the villagers there for help. It was very hot that day and soon he felt thirsty. He saw a lot of pear trees in a garden. And a young man was picking them in it. “I say, young man!” said the old man, “Could you give me some pears, please?” In fact the young man was one of his students and he recognized him at once. He wanted to have a joke with him. So he answered, “Of course, sir. Do you want the hot ones or cold ones?” It made Mr. Klarke feel strange. He thought to himself, “I’ve never heard of hot pears. Well, let me tell him I want some hot ones.” And he said as he thought. Having heard this, the young man threw some pears to the ground. Mr. Klarke picked them up, blew the dust off them and ate them up. “You said they were hot, but why were they cold?” asked the old man. “What did you blow them for, then, Mr. Klarke?” said the young man with a smile. 1．Does Mr. Klarke do something in the college? 2．How about his classes? They 3．He failed to repair his car, didn’t he? 4．Why did he climb up the hill? 5．What’s the Chinese meaning for the underlined word “dust”? 6．Why did Mr. Klarke blow the pears? What do you think of the young man? 【答案】1．Yes. 2．They are lively and interesting. 3．Yes, he did. 4．Because he wanted to ask the villagers there for help. 5．灰尘。 6．Because the pears were dirty. The young man was so clever and naughty that he played a trick on Mr. Klarke. 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了克拉克先生和他的一个学生之间的幽默故事。 1．根据“Mr. Klarke works in an agricultural college. There he taught his students how to keep the seeds and when to sow them and how to look after the plants.”可知，克拉克先生在一所农业学院教他的学生如何保存种子、何时播种以及如何照顾植物。故填Yes. 2．根据“He knows much and makes his classes lively and interesting.”可知，他知识渊博，他的课生动有趣。故填They are lively and interesting. 3．根据“He tried to repair it, but he failed and he had to climb up the hill and ask the villagers there for help.”可知，他试图修理它，但他失败了，他不得不爬上小山，向那里的村民寻求帮助。故填Yes, he did. 4．根据“…he had to climb up the hill and ask the villagers there for help.”可知，他爬上小山是因为他想向那里的村民寻求帮助。故填Because he wanted to ask the villagers there for help. 5．根据“Having heard this, the young man threw some pears to the ground. Mr. Klarke picked them up, blew the dust off them and ate them up.”可知，年轻人把梨子扔到地上，这样梨子表面上就粘上了地面上的灰尘，由此可推断“dust”意为“灰尘”。故填：灰尘。 6．根据语境可知，因为年轻人把梨子扔在了地上，梨子表面就粘上了灰尘，有点脏，克平克先生在吃梨子之前，就必须把梨子表面的灰尘吹掉。第二问，根据“In fact the young man was one of his students and he recognized him at once. He wanted to have a joke with him.”和“‘What did you blow them for, then, Mr. Klarke?’ said the young man with a smile.”可知，年轻人认出了老师，但面对老师的求助，他竟然开起了玩笑，说明年轻人有点淘气；后来面对老师的询问为什么梨子不是热的时，学生能机智地回答：梨子不是热的，那你为什么要吹呢？故填Because they were dirty. The young man was so clever and naughty that he played a trick on Mr. Klarke. Answer the questions I grew up in a small town in Washington, US, and I want to be like my brother, Tim. He and his friends were in a gang. They often beat up people, and they didn’t go to school much. I thought they were cool. On my thirteenth birthday, I told my brother I wanted to be in the gang with him. He said ‘no’, but I didn’t listen. I went to ask his friends. Tim’s friends took me into the back yard. They told me that if I joined the gang, I was in for life. Then, someone hit me in the face. I fell down. But I didn’t cry. Each time I got up, they hit me again. Finally, they said I could be one of them. Tim was angry when he heard about it. But I stayed with the gang. After a few months, I began to beat up other people with the gang. Sometimes I wouldn’t go home at night, and my mother would be worried. This went on for two years. I knew it was bad, but there nothing I could do. I was in for life. One day, someone hit me in the head. I spent a day in the hospital. For the first time, I wanted out of the gang. One night after my fifteenth birthday, I went home. My mother was in the hospital. She had a nervous breakdown (精神崩溃) because she was so worried about me. That made me very sad. The next day, I told the gang that I wanted out. They began to beat me up, and my brother stopped them. I got up off the floor, smiled and said goodbye. But they didn’t just stop there. Every time they saw me, they beat me up. This went on for about two months. But in the end, it stopped. I’m glad I’m out of the gang now. I don’t have to be afraid all the time. I can talk to anyone I want. And most of all, I made my mum happy again. 1．The people in the gang didn’t have to go to school, did they? 2．When did the write tell his brother that he wanted to be in the gang? 3．How did the writer’s brother feel when he knew the writer was in the gang? 4．What made the writer very sad? 5．Why did the people in the gang go on beating the writer up? 6．What do you think of the people in the gang? Why? 【答案】1．No, they didn’t. 2．On his thirteenth birthday. 3．He felt angry. 4．His mother had a nervous breakdown because she was so worried about him. 5．Because he told the gang that he wanted out. 6．They are rude because they often beat up people. 【导语】本文讲述了作者在13岁那年加入帮派与别人打架斗殴的经历。 1．根据“They often beat up people, and they didn’t go to school much.”可知，他们不上学。故填No, they didn’t. 2．根据“On my thirteenth birthday, I told my brother I wanted to be in the gang with him.”可知，在他13岁生日那天。故填On his thirteenth birthday. 3．根据“Tim was angry when he heard about it.”可知，他感到很生气。故填He felt angry. 4．根据“She had a nervous breakdown (精神崩溃) because she was so worried about me. That made me very sad.”可知，他妈妈因为太担心他而精神崩溃了。故填His mother had a nervous breakdown because she was so worried about him. 5．根据“The next day, I told the gang that I wanted out.”可知，因为他告诉那帮人他想退出。故填Because he told the gang that he wanted out. 6．根据“They often beat up people, and they didn’t go to school much.”可知，他们很粗鲁，因为他们经常打人。故填They are rude because they often beat up people. I have too much stuff. My bedroom is often very messy. I have many books I never read and CDs I don’t listen to. My drawers are full of clothes I never wear. I was getting disappointed because I never had any space in my bedroom. Then I read about minimalism(极简主义). Minimalism is a style of living where you only keep the most important items and you keep off everything else. After reading about minimalism, I felt encouraged to solve my problem. Minimalism advises that you only keep the necessaries for living, so I started clearing out the things I didn’t use. I collected bags of clothes to give to charities. I sold some of my CDs and books online. After a while of clearing, it became quite exciting to get things out of my room and create some fresh space. They say that a clear, organized bedroom means you will have a clear and organized mind! The main idea behind minimalism is to reduce what you own, and by doing this you can really appreciate the things you have. It’s not easy to live this lifestyle. We are often told that it is better to have more things. Advertisements try to convince(使确信) us that we will only be happy by spending more money buying more stuff. Of course, I’m not a perfect minimalist — I’ve only just started. I still own a lot of things which I don’t really need, but I think this was a positive (积极的) start to own less stuff.  In the future, I will 83 . 1．How is the writer’s bedroom?     2．What was the writer’s feeling after reading about minimalism? 3．Why did the writer start clearing out the things he didn’t use? 4．What does the underlined part “by doing this” in Paragraph 4 refer to? 5．Are we often told by advertisements to have more things or fewer things? 6．What can be filled in the blank in the last paragraph? 【答案】1．(Very) messy. 2．(He felt) encouraged. 3．Because Minimalism advises that you/we only keep the necessaries for living./Because he wanted to create/have some fresh space in the room. 1．By reducing what you own. 2．(We are told to have) more things. 3．continue to try to keep off/clear what I don’t need. 【导语】本文主要讲述了作者的房间很乱，在看了关于极简主义的文章后开始清理自己不需要的东西。 1．根据“My bedroom is often very messy”可知作者卧室很乱。故填(Very) messy. 2．根据“After reading about minimalism, I felt encouraged to solve my problem.”可知作者在阅读了关于极简主义的文章后，深感鼓舞。故填(He felt) encouraged. 3．根据“Minimalism advises that you only keep the necessaries for living, so I started clearing out the things I didn’t use.”以及“After a while of clearing, it became quite exciting to get things out of my room and create some fresh space. ”可知因为极简主义建议你/我们只保留生活必需品/因为他想在房间里创造一些新鲜的空间。故填Because Minimalism advises that you/we only keep the necessaries for living. /Because he wanted to create/have some fresh space in the room. 4．根据“The main idea behind minimalism is to reduce what you own, and by doing this you can really appreciate the things you have”可知极简主义背后的主要思想是减少你拥有的东西，通过这样做，你可以真正欣赏你所拥有的东西。所以“by doing this”指的是“减少你拥有的东西”。故填By reducing what you own. 5．根据“We are often told that it is better to have more things. Advertisements try to convince(使确信) us that we will only be happy by spending more money buying more stuff.”可知我们经常被广告告知拥有更多的东西更好。故填(We are told to have) more things. 6．开放性作答，结合文章，言之有理即可。根据“Of course, I’m not a perfect minimalist— I’ve only just started. I still own a lot of things which I don’t really need, but I think this was a positive (积极的) start to own less stuff”可知，作者将来可能会继续设法避开/清除他不需要的东西。故填continue to try to keep off/clear what I don’t need. Answer the questions. (根据短文内容回答问题) Do you know where your food comes from? How far do the milk, apples, coffee beans and other items you eat travel to reach you? What we eat shapes us. But the decisions we make on what we eat can also shape the world around us. Starting to check your food miles is an important step to saving the Earth. Food miles refer to the distance your food travels before it reaches you. From farm to fork, the shorter the distance, the better the food will be for your health and the environment. Food miles are a rather modern idea. Throughout most of human history, people have eaten food grown locally. But over the past few decades (十年), the world has become highly connected. We have become used to having a wide range of global foods. We buy tropical fruits rather than those grown in our local climate. We expect fresh, green products (尤指农产品) even when there is snow on the ground. When we calculate food miles, we shouldn’t just think about the exact number of miles. It depends on many factors (因素), such as how damaging these miles can be. For one thing, the mode of transportation is important. Air travel, for example, allows food to travel quickly. However, this speedy delivery system causes a carbon footprint about 50 times bigger than that of the much slower transportation of food by sea. Working out the environmental cost of what we eat can be hard. The simple truth is that most of us can do far better than what we do now. Whenever you can, buy food from local farmers and eat in-season fruits and vegetables. 1．People have been talking about food miles for the past few centuries, haven’t they? 2．According to the author, what are food miles? 3．What examples did the author use to show people’s habit of buying global food?  (Give 1 example.) 4．What are the advantage and disadvantage of transporting food by air? 5．According to the author, how can we reduce our food miles? 6．Apart from the author’s suggestions, what do you think we can do to reduce our food miles? (Give at least 2 examples.) 【答案】1．No, they haven’t. 2．The distance your food travels before it reaches you. 3．Buying tropical fruits rather than those grown in our local climate. 4．The advantage is that it allows food to travel quickly. And the disadvantage is that it causes a carbon footprint about 50 times bigger than that of the much slower transportation of food by sea. 5．We can reduce our food miles by buying food from local farmers and eating in-season fruits and vegetables. 6．We can eat less imported food and grow vegetables at home. 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了“食物里程”的概念及其对环境的影响，并提出了减少食物里程的建议。 1．根据第三段“Food miles are a rather modern idea.”可知，食物里程这一理念属于现代产物，并非过去几个世纪就存在。故填No, they haven’t. 2．根据第二段“Food miles refer to the distance your food travels before it reaches you.”可知，食物里程指的是食物从产地到消费者手中的运输距离。故填The distance your food travels before it reaches you. 3．根据第三段“We buy tropical fruits rather than those grown in our local climate.”可知，作者用购买热带水果的例子来说明人们购买全球食物的习惯。故填Buying tropical fruits rather than those grown in our local climate. 4．根据第四段“Air travel, for example, allows food to travel quickly. However, this speedy delivery system causes a carbon footprint about 50 times bigger than that of the much slower transportation of food by sea.”可知，航空运输的优势是快速，劣势是碳足迹约为海运的50倍。故填The advantage is that it allows food to travel quickly. And the disadvantage is that it causes a carbon footprint about 50 times bigger than that of the much slower transportation of food by sea. 5．根据最后一段“Whenever you can, buy food from local farmers and eat in-season fruits and vegetables.”可知，作者建议通过购买本地食物和食用当季水果蔬果来减少食物里程。故填We can reduce our food miles by buying food from local farmers and eating in-season fruits and vegetables. 6．开放性作答，结合实际情况，言之成理即可。参考答案为We can eat less imported food and grow vegetables at home. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)     It was 10 p.m. on a Wednesday night. Fourteen-year-old Li Gong sat at his desk and stared at a blank sheet of paper. Li had to write a 600-word book report and it was due the next day. The problem? He hadn’t read the book. Li opened an AI app on his computer and typed in “Book report, 600 words, The Old Man and the Sea.” In less than a minute, the boy had his book report. Several days later, Li was called into his teacher’s office. Unfortunately, his teacher was very familiar with computers and AI apps. One of the apps scanned (扫描) his students’ writing to detect cheating. Li had been caught! But his teacher was kind. Instead of punishing the boy, he explained that although AI apps were a helpful shortcut for some things, there was no shortcut to learning. Learning how to write well is valuable to understanding a subject and expressing your own ideas about it. An AI app depends on a collection of information that someone has uploaded onto a computer system. A specially trained algorithm (算法) processes the information to produce the type of writing someone might need. It’s useful for writing business emails, legal documents (法律文件) and even news reports, but it’s not useful for expressing your personal ideas and thoughts. Writing is the most difficult of all the language skills. You need to be good at grammar and have a good vocabulary. Writing also requires you to think clearly. For example, Li Gong was supposed to read Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea and find out what it was about. It’s the story of a poor fisherman who catches a big fish one day. It’s too big to put in his boat, so he drags it behind him in the water. When he reaches the shore, all that is left is the fish’s skeleton. It’s a sad story, but what does it all mean? If Li had read the book and written the book report, he would have learned a lot and had the satisfaction of expressing his own ideas about the story. That’s something AI cannot do. 1．Li Gong finished his book report on The Old Man and the Sea on his own, didn’t he? 2．How does an AI app produce a piece of writing? 3．What do you need to do in order to be able to write well? 4．Who wrote the book The Old Man and the Sea? 5．According to the author, what is AI unable to do? 6．Now that AI can “write”, do you think it is still necessary for students to learn how to write well? Give your reason(s). 【答案】1．No, he didn’t. 2．By using a specially trained algorithm to process the information. 3．I need to be good at grammar, have a good vocabulary and think clearly. 4．Ernest Hemingway. 5．Express personal ideas and thoughts. 6．Yes. Because learning how to write requires me to think deeply, organize my thoughts and try to communicate those thoughts clearly and effectively. Learning how to write well is valuable to understanding a subject and expressing my own ideas about it. Writing can help me to become a better thinker and communicator. 【导语】本文通过讲述李工的故事告诉我们人工智能并不能代替人类表达个人想法和观点。 1．根据“Li opened an AI app on his computer and typed in ‘Book report, 600 words, The Old Man and the Sea.’ In less than a minute, the boy had his book report.”可知李工是用AI写的《老人与海》读书报告，并不是他独立完成的。故填No, he didn’t. 2．根据“A specially trained algorithm (算法) processes the information to produce the type of writing someone might need.”可知一种经过专门训练的算法会处理这些信息，生成某人可能需要的写作内容。故填By using a specially trained algorithm to process the information. 3．根据“Writing is the most difficult of all the language skills. You need to be good at grammar and have a good vocabulary. Writing also requires you to think clearly.”可知写作需要掌握扎实的语法知识，并拥有丰富的词汇量，此外还需要具备清晰的思维能力。故填I need to be good at grammar, have a good vocabulary and think clearly. 4．根据“For example, Li Gong was supposed to read Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea and find out what it was about.”可知《老人与海》是海明威写的。故填Ernest Hemingway. 5．根据“It’s useful for writing business emails, legal documents (法律文件) and even news reports, but it’s not useful for expressing your personal ideas and thoughts.”可知人工智能不能表达个人想法和观点。故填Express personal ideas and thoughts. 6．开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案为Yes. Because learning how to write requires me to think deeply, organize my thoughts and try to communicate those thoughts clearly and effectively. Learning how to write well is valuable to understanding a subject and expressing my own ideas about it. Writing can help me to become a better thinker and communicator. Answer the questions（根据以下内容回答问题） As a younger man, Joe saw thousands of fireflies (萤火虫) every summer in southern Arizona. The sight was so magical that he was inspired to become an insect expert and, ever since, the study of the lightning bugs has become his life’s work. Four decades later, Joe still goes back to those woodlands. Today, though, they’re mostly dark. The fireflies have been disappearing, Joe said. “Down to just a very few compared to the big population they had back then.” Nearly one in three firefly species in the United States and Canada may die out in the future, scientists say. Studies also show a fall in their numbers from forests in Malaysia to grasslands in England. The biggest problem facing fireflies today is the loss of their habitats. Fireflies spend most of their lives in their larval (幼虫的) state. But much of the wet soil that young fireflies need to grow is being destroyed. Instead, the lands are used to build houses, golf courses, and for other types of development. The rising sea level has made matters worse. Now it has nowhere else to go. When the time is right in spring, a young firefly turns into an adult. The adults live for only a few weeks. During this period, they have only one thing on their minds: to find their mates. Fireflies often flicker (闪烁) at each other as night falls. Others wait until midnight to turn on the lights. However, the light we pour into the night makes it harder for them to see each other. For ordinary people, saving fireflies from climate change and other environmental threats is difficult. But we can help to protect them from light pollution. We should turn off the lights. 1．Joe wants to be an insect expert in the future, doesn’t he? ________________________ 2．In the US and Canada, how much percent of firefly species may disappear in the future? ________________________ 3．In which countries did the study find out the fall in the numbers of fireflies? ________________________ 4．What is the biggest problem for fireflies today? The biggest problem is that fireflies . 5．What has the land of fireflies’ home been changed into?(List two examples) ________________________ 6．What can we do to save fireflies? Why is it so important to them? ________________________ 【答案】1．Yes, he does. 2．Nearly one in three. 3．The United States, Canada, Malaysia, and England. 4．lose their habitats/are losing their habitats 5．Houses and golf courses. 6．We can turn off the lights, because fireflies need to find their mates by flickering at each other. 【导语】本文主要讲述萤火虫数量减少现状，涉及研究、面临问题及保护措施。 1．根据“As a younger man...his life’s work.”可知，Joe想成为昆虫专家。故填Yes, he does. 2．根据“Nearly one in three...cientists say.”可知，美加未来约三分之一萤火虫物种可能消失。故填Nearly one in three. 3．根据“Nearly one in three...grasslands in England.”可知，萤火虫数量减少的情况涉及美国、加拿大、马来西亚和英国这些国家。故填The United States, Canada, Malaysia, and England. 4．根据“The biggest problem...of their habitats.”可知，萤火虫最大的问题是失去栖息地。故填lose their habitatsa/are losing their habitats. 5．根据“Instead, the lands are...types of development.”可知，萤火虫的栖息地变为房屋和高尔夫球场。故填Houses and golf courses. 6．根据“When the time is right...to find their mates.”及“But we can help to...off the lights.”可知，可关灯保护萤火虫，因其需闪烁找配偶。故填We can turn off the lights, because fireflies need to find their mates by flickering at each other. 重难语篇提升练5篇 Answer the questions (根据以下内容回答问题) Life with Loneliness and Love At Fenghuang Mountain Zoo one can only find old rusty (生锈的) cages, weak animals and one man. Having run this small zoo alone for 34 years, Luo Yingjiu, 83, serves as director, cleaner, caretaker (管理员) and vet himself. All animals here have nicknames, like Guai Guai, Qiu Qiu and Shan Shan, which were given by Luo. The zoo used to be an attraction among local people with some large animals such as lions and tigers. However, as they passed away years ago, now there only lives a bear and 20 kinds of small animals in it, including 20 homeless dogs Luo adopted. Every day is hard. Luo rises before sunrise and cleans the houses of all animals. After that, the old man with all - white hair has to travel downhill to purchase food for the animals. Local people often see Luo struggling to climb the mountain back to the zoo, with heavy bags of food. At night, Luo also needs to keep a close eye on animals, especially those old ones. Guai Guai, a 20 - year - old black bear, gets the most attention from Luo because of her age. Saved by Luo, the bear has spent 18 years in the zoo. When Luo first saw her in a local restaurant, she lay in the corner of the cage, crying out in fright and anger, with one of her paws (爪子) hurt by humans. Although a ticket only costs 10 yuan per person and it’s free for children, the number of visitors has fallen to just several people a day. To keep animals alive, Luo has spent all his savings and even borrowed money from others. “Many people advise me to close the zoo, but 5. ________,” says Luo. The good news is that starting from 2024, Luo’s granddaughter began to post short videos of him looking after these animals online, which attracted over 375,000 fans. Moved by Luo’s kindness, some encourage him with warm words and others send animal food to the zoo. This is China’s loneliest zoo. Yet, this is also China’s most loving zoo! 1．Luo is the only person working for the zoo, isn’t he? . 2．Why is the zoo no longer an attraction? . 3．Why is every day hard for Luo? . 4．How old was Guai Guai when Luo saved her? . 5．Fill in the blank to make the sentence complete. . 6．Do you agree that Fenghuang Mountain Zoo is the most loving one? Explain why. . 【答案】1．Yes, he is. 2．Because the big animals passed away. 3．Because Luo needs to look after animals day by day. 4．2 years old. 5．I hope to keep it all my heart until my last day 6．Yes, it is. Because Luo gave everything he has to take care of animals. 【导语】本文讲了83岁的罗应久独自经营凤凰山动物园多年，克服重重困难悉心照料动物，其孙女发视频引关注，这是座充满爱的动物园。 1．根据“Having run this small zoo alone for 34 years, Luo Yingjiu, 83, serves as director, cleaner, caretaker (管理员) and vet himself.”可知，罗应久独自经营这家小动物园，他身兼数职，是唯一为动物园工作的人。故填Yes, he is. 2．根据“The zoo used to be an attraction among local people with some large animals such as lions and tigers. However, as they passed away years ago, now there only lives a bear and 20 kinds of small animals in it”可知，因为那些大型动物几年前就去世了，所以动物园不再有吸引力了。故填Because the big animals passed away. 3．根据“Every day is hard. Luo rises before sunrise and cleans the houses of all animals. After that, the old man with all - white hair has to travel downhill to purchase food for the animals. Local people often see Luo struggling to climb the mountain back to the zoo, with heavy bags of food. At night, Luo also needs to keep a close eye on animals, especially those old ones.”可知，罗每天早起打扫动物住所、去买食物、艰难爬山回动物园，晚上还要密切关注动物，所以他每天都过得很艰难是因为他要日复一日地照顾动物。故填Because Luo needs to look after animals day by day. 4．根据“Saved by Luo, the bear has spent 18 years in the zoo. When Luo first saw her in a local restaurant, she lay in the corner of the cage, crying out in fright and anger, with one of her paws (爪子) hurt by humans.”以及“Guai Guai, a 20 - year - old black bear”可知，现在乖乖20岁，在动物园待了18年，所以罗救它的时候它是2岁。故填2 years old. 5．根据“Although a ticket only costs 10 yuan per person and it’s free for children, the number of visitors has fallen to just several people a day. To keep animals alive, Luo has spent all his savings and even borrowed money from others.”可知，虽然参观人数少且经营困难，但罗希望一直把动物园经营下去。故可填I hope to keep it all my heart until my last day. 6．开放式试题，答案合理即可。参考答案为：Yes, it is. Because Luo gave everything he has to take care of animals. Long long ago, just as Santa Claus was ready to start on his yearly trip, a fairy came to tell him of three little children who lived beneath an old tent on a broad plain where there were no trees whatsoever. These poor babies were miserable and unhappy, for their parents were not responsible ones, Santa decided to visit these children before he returned home, and during his ride he picked up the bushy top of a pine tree which the wind had broken off and placed it in his sledge (雪橇). It was nearly morning when Santa stopped before the lonely tent where the poor children lay asleep. Santa at once planted the bit of pine tree in the sand and stuck many candles on the branches. Then he hung some pretty toys on the tree, as well as several bags of candies. When all was ready he lighted the candles and shouted: “Merry Christmas, little ones!” With that he jumped into his sledge and was out of sight before the children, rubbing the sleep from their eyes, could come out to see who had called them. You can imagine the wonder and joy of those little ones, who had never in their lives known real pleasure before, when they saw the tree, sparkling with lights that shone brilliantly in the gray dawn and hung with toys enough to make them happy for years to come! They joined hands and danced around the tree, shouting and laughing, until they had to pause for breath. And their parents, also, came out to look and wonder, and thereafter changed their ways to treat their children. The idea of the Christmas tree pleased Santa, and so the following year he carried many of them in his sledge and set them up in the homes of poor people who seldom saw trees, and placed candles and toys on the branches. 1．Who came to see Santa Claus before he was ready to start on his yearly trip? 2．Why were the three little children miserable and unhappy? 3．What were hung on the trees by Santa Claus for the three little children? 4．Could the children see Santa Claus after they heard the shout “Merry Christmas, little ones”? 5．How did the children feel when they saw the tree sparkling with lights? 6．How do you think the three children’s parents will treat them thereafter? 【答案】1．A fairy. 2．Because their parents were not responsible ones. 3．Some pretty toys and several bags of candies. 4．No, they couldn’t. 5．They felt amazed (surprised) and joyful. 6．They will take care of/ look after/ care for the three children. 或者 They will take responsibilities and raise their children with care. (合理即可) 【导语】本文讲述了一个关于圣诞树起源的温馨故事。 1．根据“a fairy came to tell him of three little children”可知，在圣诞老人出发前，一位仙女来告诉他关于三个孩子的事。故填A fairy. 2．根据“These poor babies were miserable and unhappy, for their parents were not responsible ones”可知，孩子们不快乐的原因是他们的父母不负责任。故填Because their parents were not responsible ones. 3．根据“Then he hung some pretty toys on the tree, as well as several bags of candies”可知，圣诞老人为孩子们在树上挂了玩具和糖果。故填Some pretty toys and several bags of candies. 4．根据“was out of sight before the children…could come out to see who had called them”可知，孩子们没能看到圣诞老人。故填No, they couldn’t. 5．根据“ You can imagine the wonder and joy of those little ones, who had never in their lives known real pleasure before, when they saw the tree, sparkling with lights that shone brilliantly in the gray dawn and hung with toys enough to make them happy for years to come! ”可知，孩子们看到闪闪发光的树时感到惊奇和快乐。故填They felt amazed (surprised) and joyful. 6．开放性试题，合理即可。参考答案为：They will take care of/ look after/ care for the three children. 或者 They will take responsibilities and raise their children with care. Ne Zha: Birth of the Demon Child is extremely popular both in China and around the world. This animated movie brings traditional Chinese stories to life in a new way. Its cool fight scenes, funny plots and vivid characters make people of all ages love it. Jiaozi, the director of the movie, was interviewed by a local TV journalist after the movie became a huge hit. (H= host, J= Jiaozi) H: What inspired you to create Ne Zha? J: I loved Ne Zha stories when I was young. This time, I wanted to show a new side of Ne Zha. He doesn't care much about what others think of him and tries his best to change his fate (命运). Even when life is tough, he changes his own story with strong wills. I hope that young people today ________ . H: How did you make the movie? J: First, we studied old Ne Zha stories carefully to keep the good parts and add new ideas. Then, our team started drawing pictures of the characters. We changed the designs many times to make them look cool. After that, we wrote the story and made storyboards. We worked day and night to make the characters move like real ones. We also picked great music to make the movie even more exciting. After five years of hard work. the movie met the audience! H: Could you share some of the difficulties while making the movie? J: Special effects were a huge challenge. There are a lot of action scenes with fire, water, and magical powers in the movie. Making these effects look real was no easy task. Our team had to learn new software skills. For example, creating the fire effects in Ne Zha’s battles required advanced particle simulation (粒子模拟). We tested and changed details many times to perfect them. H: Then do you have any plans for the future? J: I’m excited to continue exploring new stories and characters. We’re thinking about broadening the “Ne Zha” world. with more plots and characters. I hope we can keep breaking the limits of animation and storytelling, so fans can enjoy something fresh and exciting. 1．How long did it take to complete the animated movie, Ne Zha: Birth of the Demon Child? 2．What makes the animated movie popular among people of all ages? 3．How did Jiaozi’s team deal with the challenge while making the effects of the movie? 4．What can be filled in the blank? I hope that young people today 5．Why does Jiaozi keep breaking the limits of animation and storytelling? 6．What good qualities can you learn from Jiaozi and his team? Give reasons.（at least 2 points） 【答案】1．It took five years to complete the movie. 2．Its cool fight scenes, funny plots and vivid characters make the animated movie popular among people of all ages. 3．They learned new software skills and tested and changed details repeatedly. 4．can learn to face challenges bravely and change their own fate like Ne Zha./can be as brave as Ne Zha and have the courage to change their fate with strong wills no matter what difficulties they face. (答案不唯一，合理即可) 5．To let fans enjoy fresh and exciting stories and animation./ Jiaozi keeps breaking the limits of animation and storytelling so that fans can enjoy something fresh and exciting. 6．Persistence (they worked for five yeas) and attention to detail (tested effects many times). (答案不唯一，合理即可) 【导语】本文是主持人对《哪吒之魔童降世》的导演饺子进行访谈。饺子介绍了创作灵感是想展现哪吒新的一面，希望年轻人能像哪吒一样勇敢改变命运。 1．根据“After five years of hard work, the movie met the audience!”可知，完成电影用了五年时间。故填It took five years to complete the movie. 2．根据“Its cool fight scenes, funny plots and vivid characters make people of all ages love it.”可知，是它炫酷的打斗场景、有趣的情节和生动的角色让这部动画电影受到各年龄段人们的喜爱。故填Its cool fight scenes, funny plots and vivid characters make the animated movie popular among people of all ages. 3．根据“Our team had to learn new software skills... We tested and changed details many times to perfect them.”可知，团队通过学习新软件技能并反复测试细节来应对特效挑战。故填They learned new software skills and tested and changed details repeatedly. 4．根据“He tries his best to change his fate... with strong wills”可知，空白处应表达希望年轻人学习哪吒的精神。故填can learn to face challenges bravely and change their own fate like Ne Zha./can be as brave as Ne Zha and have the courage to change their fate with strong wills no matter what difficulties they face. (答案不唯一，合理即可) 5．根据“I hope we can keep breaking the limits... enjoy something fresh and exciting”可知，突破限制是为提供新鲜内容。故填To let fans enjoy fresh and exciting stories and animation./Jiaozi keeps breaking the limits of animation and storytelling so that fans can enjoy something fresh and exciting. 6．根据“five years of hard work”和“studied old stories to add new ideas”可知，团队具备坚持与创新品质。故填Persistence (they worked for five yeas) and attention to detail (tested effects many times). (答案不唯一，合理即可) All year, I’d been wishing to be part of the pet-care team, and last month, my wish finally came true! Along with Mike and Linda, I was responsible for taking care of our class pet. We took turns giving Larry the Lizard fresh water and food, cleaning his terrarium and singing him songs. But one morning when we came into the classroom, Larry was nowhere to be seen. As soon as we told Mr. Jones, he called for everyone’s attention. “Let’s take a 10-minute break for Operation Lizard Hunt. Leave no stone or notebook unturned!” Even with our whole class searching, we did not find Larry. My mind turned into a worry machine, thinking of all the disasters that might happen to Larry. I felt my heart racing and my brain was a mess. After school, Mr. Jones agreed to let our pet-care team do one last search. “You know,” said Mike, “it might be a good idea to try putting ourselves in Larry’s shoes.” We laughed. “Those would be some tiny shoes,” I said. “But it is a good idea. Let’s have a try.” The laughter made me feel better. Mike thought for a minute. “If I were Larry, I’d probably be hungry. Maybe we should make a trail of snacks leading to his house.” “Good idea,” I said. “If I were Larry, I’d probably be getting a bit cold. We could make a warm spot outside his terrarium to invite him home.” “Good idea,” said Linda. “And since Larry always gets excited when we sing to him, a special song might remind him to come back.” That’s what we did. And then we took turns making up a funny song. This is how our “Come Back, Larry” song went: Are you having an adventure in space, Larry? Did you become a tiny cowboy in the west? Or did you join a lizard circus? Walking on a tightrope (绳索) in the sky? Just as Linda sang the word “sky”, she looked up and found Larry was high on the ceiling. The next thing we knew, our little escape artist was back in his terrarium. Next time when worries stop me from solving a problem, I know there are two steps to follow: First, ___________. Next, ___________. 1．What was Larry the Lizard? 2．Why did Mr. Jones ask students to take a 10-minute break? 3．What did Mike mean by saying “putting ourselves in Larry’s shoes”? 4．What did Linda suggest doing to invite Larry to go home? 5．Where was Larry found, on the ceiling or on a tightrope? 6．What can the writer learn from this experience? Complete the sentences. 【答案】1．Larry was the class pet. 2．To let students search for Larry during “Operation Lizard Hunt”. 3．To think from Larry’s perspective. 4．Singing a special song to remind Larry to come back. 5．On the ceiling. 6．First, calm down. Next, think creatively. 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了班级宠物Larry的丢失，在大家齐心协力，共同出谋划策最终将Larry找到的故事。 1．根据“Along with Mike and Linda, I was responsible for taking care of our class pet. We took turns giving Larry the Lizard fresh water and food, cleaning his terrarium and singing him songs.”可知，Larry是一只班级宠物。故填Larry was the class pet. 2．根据“Let’s take a 10-minute break for Operation Lizard Hunt. Leave no stone or notebook unturned!”可知，因为Larry不见了，Mr. Jones让大家休息10分钟去寻找Larry。故填To let students search for Larry during “Operation Lizard Hunt”. 3．根据“‘You know,’ said Mike, ‘it might be a good idea to try putting ourselves in Larry’s shoes.’ We laughed. “Those would be some tiny shoes,” I said. ‘But it is a good idea. Let’s have a try.’ The laughter made me feel better.”以及后面大家的讨论可知，Mike的意思是站在Larry的角度思考问题，想象Larry可能会做什么。故填<>To think from Larry’s perspective. 4．根据“And since Larry always gets excited when we sing to him, a special song might remind him to come back.”可知，Linda建议唱一首特别的歌来吸引Larry回家。故填Singing a special song to remind Larry to come back. 5．根据“Just as Linda sang the word…she looked up and found Larry was high on the ceiling.”可知，Larry被发现在天花板上。故填On the ceiling. 6．根据文章内容可知，大家一起去寻找丢失的Larry，团队协作并没有慌乱，冷静的想出唱歌吸引Larry回家。故填First, calm down. Next, think creatively. Answer the questions. Loves-agna Lucy dreamed of hosting her own cooking show. Every day, she practiced making up recipes (食谱), hoping to make her brother Leo and mother smile with her dishes. Yet, she could never cook right one particular meal: Lasagna (千层面). Or should she say, Grandpa’s Famous loves-agna. Each time Lucy tried the dish, Leo would spit (吐) it out or her mother would push it around her plate. People used to line up outside of Grandpa’s restaurant just to get a piece of it. Grandpa didn’t have a restaurant anymore, but he had given Lucy his recipe...without, however, telling her his secret ingredient (原料). He always said she had to figure it out by herself. What was the secret ingredient? Grandpa always told Lucy the same story she had already heard hundreds of times, “When you were very little, you tried my Lasagna. I turned my back for one minute...and you were covered in sauce and cheese! You threw a handful at me and yelled, ‘loves-on-yah! loves-on-yah’ I liked your name for it so much that I’ve called the recipe loves-agna ever since.” For Grandpa’s birthday, Lucy decided to give him a surprise by making a perfect loves-agna. She followed the recipe carefully, but she failed again and again—too salty, too sweet, or too spicy. Frustrated, Lucy threw her chef’s hat down and left the kitchen. Lying on her bed, she suddenly had an idea. Back in the kitchen, Lucy tore up the old recipe and put away her measuring spoons. Then she listened to her heart when cooking. Soon, the kitchen smelled wonderful. The doorbell rang. Lucy hung up her apron (围裙). Leo set the table. Mom answered the door. The family sat down to eat, but everyone hesitated. “Come on, everyone, eat,” Lucy said. “Don’t worry, it’s a new recipe.” Relieved, Mom, Leo and Grandpa slowly started eating their food. “It was delicious,” Mom said. “I loved it,” Leo yelled, reaching for a second piece “You’ve found the secret ingredient, Lucy,” Grandpa said. “But I didn’t even follow the recipe this time. I tore it up.” “I never really followed the recipe either, Lucy,” Grandpa patted his chest and took another slice, “I always listen to my heart and cook with love, just like you did this time. When you use this special ingredient, loves-agna always turns out perfect.” After hearing the words, Lucy felt ________ and learned that ________. 1．Lucy’s brother and mom didn’t love the Lasagna cooked by Lucy at first, did they? 2．Why didn’t Grandpa tell Lucy the secret ingredient of his lasagna? 3．Who called the recipe loves-agna? 4．What does the underlined word “an idea” in paragraph 4 refer to? 5．How did Lucy finally cook the delicious lasagna for her family? 6．Complete the blank in the last paragraph. After hearing the words, Lucy felt and learned that . 【答案】265．No, they didn’t. 266．Because he wanted Lucy to figure it out by herself. 267．Grandpa. 268．It refers to listening to her heart when cooking instead of following the old recipe. 269．She tore up the old recipe, put away her measuring spoons and listened to her heart when cooking. 270． happy the importance of cooking with love and heart.（回答合理即可） 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了露西起初按照爷爷给的食谱却做不好千层面，最后通过用心去做成功做出美味千层面的经历，传达了烹饪时爱和用心是关键，能让食物变得完美的主题。 1．根据“Each time Lucy tried the dish, Leo would spit (吐) it out or her mother would push it around her plate.”可知，露西的哥哥和妈妈一开始不喜欢露西做的千层面，故填No, they didn’t. 2．根据“He always said she had to figure it out by herself.”可知，爷爷不告诉露西千层面的秘密原料是因为他想让露西自己弄明白，故填Because he wanted Lucy to figure it out by herself. 3．根据“I liked your name for it so much that I’ve called the recipe loves-agna ever since.”可知，是爷爷叫这个食谱为“loves-agna”，故填Grandpa. 4．根据“Back in the kitchen, Lucy tore up the old recipe and put away her measuring spoons. Then she listened to her heart when cooking.”可知，“an idea”指的是不再遵循旧食谱，而是用心去烹饪，故填It refers to listening to her heart when cooking instead of following the old recipe. 5．根据“Back in the kitchen, Lucy tore up the old recipe and put away her measuring spoons. Then she listened to her heart when cooking.”可知，露西最后是通过不再遵循旧食谱，用心去烹饪才做出了美味的千层面，故填She tore up the old recipe, put away her measuring spoons and listened to her heart when cooking. 6．根据“‘You’ve found the secret ingredient, Lucy’ Grandpa said.”、“I always listen to my heart and cook with love, just like you did this time.”和前文露西成功做出美味千层面，以及爷爷告知“用爱烹饪”是秘方可知，露西听完会感到“开心”，并且学到了烹饪时爱和用心的重要性，故填happy；the importance of cooking with love and heart.（回答合理即可） 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $