一、语法选择
Lee Ching loved tennis. He hoped he would become 1 excellent player one day. However, Lee’s family was very poor. He couldn’t afford to pay for tennis lessons. Lee played with 2 players on the courts in his team, but they just made fun of his old racket and old clothes. So, Lee 3 his time watching them play, and then just practicing what he had seen them do.
The boss of the tennis courts, Mr. Song, heard 4 story. He gave Lee a job sweeping the tennis courts every day. Instead of paying him, he offered to give Lee tennis lessons.
Through the lessons, Mr. Song realized that Lee knew a lot about tennis, 5 he asked him to coach the younger children’s tennis class; this time Lee got 6 for his job. He was able to buy new clothes and a new racket and soon people were asking him 7 their games.
Lee became a very good tennis player. He played in a competition once. The world-class tennis coach, Mr. Wei, watched Lee play. Lee 8 very well and won all his matches. Mr. Wei was so impressed that he offered Lee a place at his tennis school. There Lee would receive the 9 coaching.
For many years, Lee worked hard at his tennis. When he played in tennis competitions, he 10 lost a match. He was on the road to becoming a famous player.
1．A．a B．an C．the
2．A．others B．the other C．another
3．A．spent B．cost C．took
4．A．him B．he C．his
5．A．so B．and C．but
6．A．field B．chance C．money
7．A．joining B．joined C．to join
8．A．played B．plays C．was playing
9．A．good B．better C．best
10．A．sometimes B．hardly C．always
二、完形填空
Wood-block（木版）printing was invented sometime between the 4th and the 7th century in China. The earliest book that we have 11 in 868 and was discovered in a Dunhuang cave. Wood-block printing took a long time because a new block was needed for every s.b.polo 12 in a book. By the 11th century printed books appeared all over China. They 13 books of Confucius’ thoughts, dictionaries, and books on maths. In 1340, books could be printed using two 14 , black and red.
Although the Chinese learnt about printing so 15 , printing was not introduced into othe
r parts of the world for hundreds of years. It is thought that when the great Italian traveler Marco Polo 16 China in the 13th century, he saw printed books. It is possible that Marco Polo brought that 17 to Europe. But printed books did not come to Europe 18 1450 when a German called Johann Gutenberg invented a printing machine. Twenty-four years 19 , in 1474, an Englishman called William Caxton printed the 20 printed book in English. His second book was about the game of chess. Caxton printed about a hundred books, and some can still be seen today in museums.
11．A．was bought B．was printed C．was written D．was returned
12．A．page B．letter C．paper D．line
13．A．marked B．added C．included D．placed
14．A．types B．factories C．tastes D．colours
15．A．new B．early C．young D．slow
16．A．stored B．controlled C．visited D．wrote
17．A．tool B．machine C．book D．technology
18．A．until B．while C．after D．since
19．A．forward B．later C．back D．ago
20．A．same B．exciting C．first D．last
三、阅读单选
Classic Chinese cartoons bring joy to most of us. Last year, six classic Chinese cartoons came out on the video platform again. Let’s see how old artists put Chinese culture and art into the cartoons to make them classic.
The Legend of Sealed Book tells the story of the boy Dansheng. He practices great tricks from the book to help people. The film uses face makeup from the Peking Opera. It helps to show the characters’ personalities. Lovely Dansheng looks like wawasheng, roles for kids in Peking Opera. A bad person looks like a clown, with a large white part in the center of his face. | |
Little Tadpole Looking for Mummy is China’s first ink wash cartoon. Artists drew all the animals, plants and rocks with ink and brush. They learned from the great artist Qi Baishi. Though it’s only about 15 minutes long, it took lots of work. Artists drew everything by hand. One second of the cartoon needed 24 pictures! The 2020 cartoon series Fog Hills of Five Element also uses this style. | |
Pigsy Eats Watermelon is China’s first paper cutting cartoon. This 15-minute cartoon came out in 1958. Artists cut Zhu Bajie out of colored paper. Then they moved its body parts and let it eat the watermelon. Making a paper cutting cartoon was not easy. The artists failed at first. The characters’ moves were not stable (平稳的). After more work, they tried again and finally did it! | |
21．What kind of traditional art form is mixed in The Legend of Sealed Book?
A．paper cutting B．shadow puppet play C．Peking Opera D．ink wash painting
22．What can we learn about Little Tadpole Looking for Mummy?
A．It is the only ink wash cartoon in China.
B．Artists did lots of work to make this cartoon.
C．Artists finished this 15-minute cartoon quickly.
D．Qi Baishi helped draw some of the pictures in cartoon.
23．Why did the artists fail to make the paper cutting at first?
A．It was hard to make the characters’ moves stable.
B．Artists couldn’t cut out the paper in the correct form.
C．They didn’t have enough time to check the paper cutting.
D．They didn’t know how to stop their characters from moving.
24．What do these cartoons have in common?
A．They are all 15-minute cartoons.
B．All of them are stories about animals.
C．They all use the style of traditional Chinese art.
D．The characters in these cartoons have same personalities.
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