2010-2023历年江苏省无锡市惠山区九年级下学期期中考试英语卷（带解析）.docxVIP

2010-2023历年江苏省无锡市惠山区九年级下学期期中考试英语卷（带解析）

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一.参考题库(共25题)

1.Bringingagiraffeintotheworldisatallorder.Ababygiraffeisborn10feethighandusuallylandsonitsback.Withinsecondsitrollsoveritslegsunderitsbody.Thenthemothergirafferudelyintroducesitschildrentotherealityoflife.

Inhisbook,AViewfromtheZoo,GaryRichmonddescribeshowanew-borngiraffelearnsitsfirstlesson.

Themothergiraffelowersherheadlongenoughtotakeaquicklook.Thensheputsherselfdirectlyoverherchild.Shewaitsforaboutaminute,andthenshedoesthemostunreasonablething.Shethrowsherlonglegandkicksherbaby,sothatit’ssentsprawling(四脚朝天).

Whenitdoesn’tgetup,theprocessisrepeatedagainandagain.Thestruggletoriseisimportant.Asthebabygiraffegrowstired,themotherkicksitagain.Finally,itstandsforthefirsttimeonitsshakylegs.Thenthemothergiraffekicksitoffitsfeetagain.Why?Shewantsittorememberhowitgotup.Inthewild,ababygiraffemustbeabletogetupasquicklyaspossibletostaywithitsgroup,wherethere’ssafety.

AnotherwriternamedIrvingStoneunderstoodthis.Hespentalifetimestudyinggreatness,writingstoriesaboutsuchmenasMichelangelo,VincentvanGogh,SigmundFreud,andCharlesDarwin.

Stonewasonceaskedifhehadfoundsomethingthatrunsthroughthelivesofallthesegreatpeople.Hesaid,“Iwriteaboutpeoplewhosometimeintheirlifehaveadreamofsomething.They’rebeatenoverthehead,knockeddownandforyearstheygetnowhere.Buteverytimetheystandupagain.Andattheendoftheirlivesthey’verealizedsomesmallpartsofwhattheysetouttodo.”

【小题1】Whatdoestheunderlinedpart“atallorder”inParagraph1mean?

A．Ahappything.

B．Adifficulttask.

C．Abigdream.

D．Abeautifulscene.

【小题2】WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTrueaccordingtothepassage?

A．Thispassageisadescriptionofgiraffes’livinghabits.

B．Babygiraffes