UNIT 2 The Virtues of Growing Older
Key to the Exercises
Text Comprehension
I. Decide which of the following best states the author’s purpose of writing.
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II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.
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IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences.
1. I am embarrassed to admit that women are less capable than men of resisting the temptation of fashion.
2. It means that you make friends with different people in order to find a new identity for yourself.
Structural analysis of the text
1. see III.
2.
2. Paragraph 3: the last sentence; Paragraph 4: the second sentence; Paragraph 5: the first sentence.
Vocabulary
I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.
1. be apt to: be likely to 易于……，有……的倾向
2. fall apart: break up, disintegrate
3. in general: as a whole 通常，大体上；总的来说，从总体上看
4. at the mercy of: powerless against; completely controlled by 对……无能为力；任……处置，任由……摆布
5. no wonder: not surprising / only too natural 不足为奇，并不奇怪
II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.
1. delay
2. Feverishly
3. fa?ade
4. confronted
5. premise
6. dreaded
7. automatically
8. awaiting
III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
1. obsessive
2. moodiness
3. tolerable
4. beneficial
5. satisfying
6. hidden
7. preference
8. criticisms
IV. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part in each sentence.
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V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.
1. Synonym: conceal, disguise
2. Antonym: narrow
3. Synonym: satisfaction, happiness, joy
4. Synonym: merits, advantages
5. Synonym: fat, plump
6. Synonym: well-built
7. Antonym: old-fashioned, outdated
8. Synonym: clearly, evidently
VI. Write in each space one word that has the same prefix as underlined in each given word.
1. preface prepare 5. periphery perimeter
2. prologue progress 6. dialogue diameter
3. foresight foresee 7. semifinal semiconductor
4. paralysis parallel 8. devaluate decelerate
Grammar
I. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate forms of the nouns given.
1. agony
2. agonies
3. experience
4. experiences
5. youth
6. a youth
7. a great help
8. a good knowledge
9. a gray hair 10. work
II. Complete the following sentences with quantifiers & determiners.
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. C
III. Complete the reading.
a lot of, a little, some, a few, A, some, some, a lot of, x, many, x, a lot of
IV. Complete the following with every, each, everyone, every one, all.
1. all, every one
2. each
3. every
4. each
5. everyone
6. each
7. everyone, everyone
8. each
V. Correct errors in the following sentences.
1. you must take care
2. Though he received the document late at night; it
3. When you fell
4. When you read
5. I became clear about what he meant
6. We saw the first star shining in the sky
7. who were eating
8. he was cleaning
Translation
I. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1.许多中年人去健身房锻炼，到街上跑步，为的是延缓衰老。
2.青年人最不稳定的因素就是，他们对价值观、人生目标和梦想还犹豫不定。
3.镇上开会我可以大胆发言，在商店里购物我也敢投诉，因为我不再害怕人们会笑我，也
不再渴望人人都喜欢我。
4.我不再因为自己个性方面的缺陷责怪父母，也不会对他们在养育我的过程中所犯的种种
过失耿耿于怀。
II. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and phrases given in brackets.
1. Many vain young people are obsessed with fancy cars despite the fact that they are not yet rich enough to afford them.
2. Their marriage finally fell apart when his affair with another woman was found out by his wife.
3. For artistic inspiration, the artist lived in the country for three years, where he denied himself many comforts of life.
4. I’m not sure if we can have the excursion to Chongming Island tomorrow. It is at the mercy of the weather.
5. When he was young he went to Japan to learn medicine, but after he returned to China he changed his mind and pursued a career as a writer all his life.
6. She’s taken up with a man old enough to be her father, which is a disgrace to her parents.
7. Since 1978, our economy has witnessed a rapid development; in contrast that of some developed countries have declined.
8. The earthquake isolated this city from other areas. I’m afraid their food supplies will not hold out through the winter.
Exercises for integrated skills
I. Dictation
I think / that a successful old age is easiest for those / who have strong impersonal
interests / leading to suitable activities. / It is in these activities / that long experience is really fruitful, / and that the wisdom born of experience / can be used / without becoming a burden. / It is no use telling grown-up children / not to make mistakes, / both because they will not believe you, / and because mistakes are an essential part of education. / But if you are one of those / who are incapable of / impersonal interests, / you may find that / your life will be empty / unless you concern yourself / with your children and grandchildren. / In that case / you must realize / that while you can still help them / in material ways, / you must not expect / that they will enjoy your company.
II. Cloze
(1) against (2) for (3) future (4) done (5) other
(6) of (7) their (8) likely (9) if (10) themselves
Writing Practice
Paragraph development — the topic sentence
1. Write a topic sentence to sum up the following details.
A. Topic sentence: Many American cities are named after important people who are or were locally or nationally famous.
B. Topic sentence: Happiness means different things to different people.
2. For each of the following two paragraphs, the topic sentence has been taken out. Read them carefully and work out for each paragraph a topic sentence that you think can hold all the following details together.
A. Topic sentence: The problem isn’t that there’s no interest in teaching.
B. Topic sentence: It means paying teachers what they’re worth.
Unit 9 How to Grow Old Bertrand A. Russell 1. In spite of the title, this article will really be on how not to grow old, which, at my time of life, is a much more important subject. My first advice would be, to choose your ancestors carefully. Although both my parents died young, I have done well in this respect as regards my other ancestors. My maternal grandfather, it is true, was cut off in the flower of his youth at the age of sixty-seven, but my other three grandparents all lived to be over eighty. Of remoter ancestors I can only discover one who did not live to a great age, and he died of a disease which is now rare, namely, having his head cut off. A great-grandmother of mine, who was a friend of Gibbon, lived to the age of ninety-two, and to her last day remained a terror to all her descendants. My maternal grandmother, after having nine children who survived, one who died in infancy, and many miscarriages, as soon as she became a widow devoted herself to women’s higher education. She was one of the founders of Girton College, and worked hard at opening the medical profession to women. She used to relate how she met in Italy an elderly gentleman who was looking very sad. She inquired the cause of his melancholy and he said that he had just parted fro m his two grandchildren. “Good gracious,” she exclaimed, “I have seventy-two grandchildren, and if I were sad each time I parted from one of them, I should have a dismal existence!” “Madre snaturale,” he replied. But speaking as one of the seventy-two, I prefer her recipe. After the age of eighty she found she had some difficulty in getting to sleep, so she habitually spent the hours from midnight to 3 a.m. in reading popular science. I do not believe that she ever had time to notice that she was growing old. This, I think, is the proper recipe for remaining young. If you have wide and keen interests and activities in which you can still be effective, you will have no reason to think about the merely statistical fact of the number of years you have already lived, still less of the probable brevity of your future. 2. As regards health, I have nothing useful to say since I have little experience of illness. I eat and drink whatever I like, and sleep when I cannot keep awake. I never do anything whatever on the ground that it is good for health, though in actual fact the things I like doing are mostly wholesome. 3. Psychologically there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. One of these is undue absorption in the past. It does not do to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in sadness about friends who are dead. One’s thoughts must be directed to
人教版九年级语文上册期末测试题附答案 一、积累与运用（23分） 1．给下面加点的字注音，根据拼音写出汉字（3分） 烦恼忧愁时，不妨读读唐诗宋词。这样，春风秋雨会渐渐冷却你急zào ( )的情绪；小桥流水能慢慢松弛你的神经。那溪头卧剥莲蓬的小儿，那因辛苦而恣睢（）的村姑，无不使你 yí（）然自得，超然物外。 2．依次填入下列横线处的词语，恰当的一组是( )（2分） ①这部著作由于具有创新性，因此受到了学术界的_______。 ②她_______嗓子不好，怎么也不肯唱歌。 ③汽车在四川的北部山区奔驰，只见奇峰异岭扑面而来，令人_______ 。 A．推重推脱目不暇接B．推崇推脱应接不暇 C．推重推托目不暇接D．推崇推托应接不暇 3．下列词语中加点成语运用有误的一项是（）（2分） A．今年“五、一”黄金周期间，清秀旖旎的瘦西湖风光令国内外游人流连忘返。 B．为了在科技比赛中体现创新精神，许多同学处心积虑，设计了各种造型的航空模型。 C．为了纪念安徒生诞辰200周年，国家邮政局发行了一套令人赏心悦目的《安徒生童话》邮票。 D．在纪念反法西斯战争胜利60周年之际，有识之士提醒人们，要警惕日本军国主义死灰复燃。 4．读下面的语段，在横线上填写恰当的词语。(2分) 人生需要理想的呼唤。你慵懒时，它呼唤你勤奋；你昏睡时，它呼唤 你；你高傲时，它呼唤你；你莽撞时，它呼唤你；你跌倒时，它呼唤
你。 5、名著阅读：下列人物均出自我国四大古典名著，请选择其中的一位，写出与他有关的一个故事的名称、书名和作者。人物：林冲、诸葛亮、贾宝玉、孙悟空、鲁智深、曹操。（3 分） 。 6.语言运用：（2分） 赠言是给别人留下的美好祝愿或真诚的希望。在这即将毕业离别之际，请你给在你心中留下过深刻印象的某位同学拟写一条富有文采的赠言（30字左右，至少使用一种修辞方法） 7.根据提示默写(6分) ①、《左迁至蓝关示侄孙湘》中表达诗人为国家利益而甘愿献身的诗句 是：， 。 ②“愁”历来都是文人墨客重要的思想元素。愁是温庭筠笔下 “_____________________”的殷切盼望（《望江南》）；愁是范仲淹笔下 “_____________________”的夜深霜浓，胡笛悠悠的睹物感怀（《渔家傲秋思》）；愁是李清照笔下“____________________”的千钧重量（《武陵春》）；愁是辛弃疾笔下“_______________________”的壮志不遂的抑郁和愤慨（破阵子））。 ③、，寤寐求之。（《诗经·关雎》） 8、阅读诗歌，回答问题（3分） 春日偶成（程颢） 云淡风轻近午天，傍花随柳过前川。 时人不识余心乐，将谓偷闲学少年。 ①春日里诗人被什么景色所感染？（1分）
Unit 1 A CLASS ACT Florence Cartlidge 1. Growing up in bomb-blitzed Manchester during the Second World War meant times were tough, money was short, anxiety was rife and the pawnshop was a familiar destination for many families, including mine. 2. Yet I could not have asked for more enterprising and optimistic parents. They held our family together with hard work, dignity and bucketloads of cheer. My sturdy and ingenious father could turn his hand to almost anything and was never short of carpentry and handyman work. He even participated in the odd bout of backstreet boxing to make ends meet. For her part, our mum was thrifty and meticulously clean, and her five children were always sent to school well fed, very clean, and attired spotlessly, despite the hard conditions. 3. The trouble was, although my clothes were ironed to a knife-edge, and shoes polished to a gleam, not every item was standard school uniform issue. While Mum had scrimped and saved to obtain most of the gear, I still didn’t have the pres cribed blue blazer and hatband. 4. Because of the war, rationing was in place and most schools had relaxed their attitude towards proper uniforms, knowing how hard it was to obtain clothes. Nevertheless, the girls’ school I attended made it strict policy that each of its students was properly attired, and the deputy headmistress who ran the daily assembly made it her mission to teach me a lesson. 5. Despite my attempts at explaining why I couldn’t comply, and despite the fact that I was making slow progress towards the full uniform, every day I would be pulled out of line and made to stand on the stage as a shining example of what not to wear to school. 6. Every day I would battle back tears as I stood in front of my peers, embarrassed and, most often, alone. My punishment also extended to being barred from the gym team or to not taking part in the weekly ballroom dancing classes, which I adored. I desperately
The Chaser John Collier Alan Auste n, as n ervous as a kitte n, went up certa in dark and creaky stairs in the n eighborhood of Pell Street , and peered about for a long time on the dim landing before he found the n ame he wan ted writte n obscurely on one of the doors. He pushed ope n this door, as he had bee n told to do, and found himself in a tiny room, which contained no furn iture but a pla in kitche n table, a rock in g-chair, and an ordinary chair. On one of the dirty buff-colored walls were a couple of shelves, containing in all perhaps a doze n bottles and jars. An old man sat in the rock in g-chair, read ing a n ewspaper. Ala n, without a word, handed him the card he had been given. 人Sit down, Mr. Austen, said the old man very politely. 人I am glad to make your acqua intance. 人Is it true, asked Alan, 人that you have a certain mixture that has ! er ! quite extraordinary effects? 人My dear sir, replied the old man, 人my stock in trade is not very large ! I don …t deal in laxatives and teething mixtures ! but such as it is, it is varied. I think nothing I sell has effects which could be precisely described as ordin ary. 人Well, the fact is ! began Alan. 人Here, for example, interrupted the old man, reaching for a bottle from the shelf. 人Here is a liquid as colorless as water, almost tasteless, quite imperceptible in coffee, wine, or any other beverage. It is also quite imperceptible to any known method of autopsy. 人Do you mean it is a poison? cried Alan, very much horrified. 人Call it a glove-cleaner if you like, said the old man indifferently. 人Maybe it will clean gloves. I have never tried. One might call it a life-cleaner. Lives need cleaning sometimes. 人I want nothing of that sort, said Alan. 人Probably it is just as well, said the old man. 人Do you know the price of this? For one teaspoonful, which is sufficient, I ask five thousa nd dollars. Never less. Not a penny less. 人I hope all your mixtures are not as expensive, said Alan apprehe nsively. 人Oh dear, no, said the old man. 人It would be no good charg ing that sort of price for a love poti on, for example. Young people who n eed a love poti on very seldom have five thousa nd dollars. Otherwise they would not n eed a love poti on. 人I am glad to hear that, said Alan. 人I look at it like this, said the old man. 人Please a customer with one article, and he will come back whe n he n eeds another. Even if it is more costly. He will save up for it, if n ecessary. 人So, said Alan, 人you really do sell love potions? 人If I did not sell love potions, said the old man, reaching for another bottle, 人I should not have mentioned the other matter to you. It is only whe n one is in a positi on to oblige that one can afford to be so con fide ntial. 人And these potions, said Alan. 人They are not just ! just ! er ! 人Oh, no, said the old man. 人Their effects are permanent, and exte nd far bey ond casual impulse. But they in clude it. Boun tifully, in siste ntly. Everlast in gly. 人Dear me! said Alan, attempting a look of scientific detachme nt. "How very in teresti ng! 人But consider the spiritual side, said the old man.
九年级上册语文期末检测试卷附答案 A卷（100分） 一、语文基础知识积累（30分） 1.下列加点字注音完全正确的一项是（）（3分） A、汲．取(jí) 阴晦．(huǐ) 徒跣．(xiǎn) 孜孜 ．．不倦(zīzī) B、愕．然(è) 滞．碍(zhì) 缟．素(gǎo) 咨诹．善道(zōu) C、惘．然(wǎng) 拮据．(jū) 牡蛎．(lì) 舴．艋舟(zhà) D、发窘．(jiǒng) 恣睢 ．．(zìsuì) 鸿鹄．(hú) 一抔．黄土(bēi) 2.下列词语的书写完全正确的一项是（）（3分） A、弥足珍贵涕泗横流精血诚聚万罐家私 B、媚上欺下无与伦比怒不可恶狗血喷头 C、饱食终日登峰造极恃才放旷刻骨铭心 D、郑重其是袖手旁观高谈阔论面面相觑 3.下列加点的成语使用不当的一项是（）（2分） A、妄自菲薄 ．．．．，能使我们认识到自己的不足，有助于我们取得更大的进步。 B、就冲着你三顾茅庐 ．．．．的这番情意，明天的宴会我是去定了。 C、唐雎这种凛然不可侵犯的独立人格和自强的精神，在历史的长河中一 直熠熠生辉。 ．．．．． D、“为中华之崛起而读书”，这是周恩来少年时就立下的鸿鹄之志 ．．．．。 4.对下列句子的修辞手法及其表达作用理解错误的一项是（）（2分）比喻，表现了水多、柔的特点。） B、四月的风慢慢地吹着，像用蒲公英的绒线球挠着你的脸，像展开柳丝的枝条，搂着你的脖子，然后在你的面前，打开一瓶淡淡的蜜酒。（运用比喻和拟人，生动地写了的春天的温柔、甜美。） C、身居斗室，即知天下事；足不出户，饱览各地风光。谁说多看电视有害无益？（运用对比和设问，说明了多看电视有好处。） D、标题为文章之冠。读书作文不可不正冠，因为它直接影响到文章的“形象”。（运用比喻，说明了文章标题的重要。） 5.依次填入下文中横线上的词语，最恰当的一项是（）（2分） 野草是这个世界上最为平凡和普通的植物，但却具有最顽强的生命力。野草 是有灵性的，有春的绚丽，有夏的，有秋的，更有冬的。 A、泼辣蕴蓄丰硕 B、丰硕蕴蓄泼辣 C、蕴蓄泼辣丰硕 D、泼辣丰硕蕴蓄
Unit 7 The Chaser John Henry Collier 1 Alan Austen, as nervous as a kitten, went up certain dark and creaky stairs in the neighborhood of Pell Street, and peered about for a long time on the dim hallway before he found the name he wanted written obscurely on one of the doors. 2 He pushed open this door, as he had been told to do, and found himself in a tiny room, which contained no furniture but a plain kitchen table, a rocking-chair, and an ordinary chair. On one of the dirty buff-coloured walls were a couple of shelves, containing in all perhaps a dozen bottles and jars. 3 An old man sat in the rocking-chair, reading a newspaper. Alan, without a word, handed him the card he had been given. “Sit down, Mr. Austen,” said the old man very politely. “I am glad to make your acquaintance.” 4 “Is it true,” asked Alan, “that you have a certain mixture that has … er … quite extraordinary effects?” 5 “My dear sir,” replied the old man, “my sto ck in trade is not very large — I don’t deal in laxatives and teething mixtures —but such as it is, it is varied. I think nothing I sell has effects which could be precisely described as ordinary.” 6 “Well, the fact is …” began Alan. 7 “Here, for example,” interrupted the old man, reaching for a bottle from the shelf. “Here is a liquid as colourless as water, almost tasteless, quite imperceptible in coffee, wine, or any other beverage. It is also quite imperceptible to any known method of autopsy.” 8 “Do you mean it is a poison?” cried Alan, very much horrified. 9 “Call it a glove-cleaner if you like,” said the old man indifferently. “Maybe it will clean gloves. I have never tried. One might call it a life-cleaner. Lives need cleaning sometimes.” 10 “I want nothing of that sort,” said Alan. 11 “Probably it is just as well,” said the old man. “Do you know the price of this? For one teaspoonful, which is sufficient, I ask five thousand dollars. Never less. Not a penny less.” 12 “I hope all your mixtures are not as expensive,” said Alan apprehensively.
九年级上册语文期末试卷 （考试时间100分钟，满分100分） 班级姓名 一、本大题共5小题，共15分。 1、下列加点字注音完全正确的一项是（）（3分） A、汲．取(jí) 阴晦．(huǐ) 徒跣．(xiǎn) 孜孜 ．．不倦(zīzī) B、愕．然(è) 滞．碍(zhì) 缟．素(gǎo) 咨诹．善道(zōu) C、惘．然(wǎng) 拮据．(jū) 牡蛎．(lì) 舴．艋舟(zhà) D、发窘．(jiǒng) 恣睢 ．．(zìsuì) 鸿鹄．(hú) 一抔．黄土(bēi) 2、下列词语的书写完全正确的一项是（）（3分） A、弥足珍贵涕泗横流精血诚聚万罐家私 B、媚上欺下无与伦比怒不可恶狗血喷头 C、饱食终日登峰造极恃才放旷刻骨铭心 D、郑重其是袖手旁观高谈阔论面面相觑 3、下列加点的成语使用不当的一项是（）（3分） A、妄自菲薄 ．．．．，能使我们认识到自己的不足，有助于我们取得更大的进步。 B、就冲着你三．顾茅庐 ．．．的这番情意，明天的宴会我是去定了。 C、唐雎这种凛然不可侵犯的独立人格和自强的精神，在历史的长河中一直 熠熠生辉。 ．．．．． D、“为中华之崛起而读书”，这是周恩来少年时就立下的鸿鹄之志 ．．．．。 4、对下列句子的修辞手法及其表达作用理解错误的一项是（）（3分） A、石间细流脉脉，如线如缕；林中碧波闪闪，如锦如缎。（运用对偶和比喻，表现了水多、柔的特点。） B、四月的风慢慢地吹着，像用蒲公英的绒线球挠着你的脸，像展开柳丝的枝条，搂着你的脖子，然后在你的面前，打开一瓶淡淡的蜜酒。（运用比喻和拟人，生动地写了的春天的温柔、甜美。） C、身居斗室，即知天下事；足不出户，饱览各地风光。谁说多看电视有害 无益？（运用对比和设问，说明了多看电视有好处。） D、标题为文章之冠。读书作文不可不正冠，因为它直接影响到文章的“形象”。（运用比喻，说明了文章标题的重要。） 5、下列各句中，没有语病的一句是（）(3分) A、那烟雨中的柳叶湖，恰如一幅淡雅而隽永的水墨画，展现出她别样的风姿。 B、在即将举行的广州亚运会上，体育健儿们纷纷表示一定充分发扬自身水平。 C、为了防止甲型H1N1流感病毒不再蔓延，我国政府采取了强有力的应对措施。 D、我永远不会忘记老师耐心细致地纠正并指出我考试中的问题的情景。 第二部分非选择题（5—18） 二、本大题共1小题，每空1分，共15分 6．请在下面的横线上填写正确的句子。 （1）军听了军愁，民听了民怕。？(王磐《朝天子咏喇叭》） （2）骊山四顾，阿房一炬，?（张养浩《山坡羊骊山怀古》 （3），帘卷西风，。（李清照《醉花阴》） （4）诗词中运用典故，使得诗词语言既含蓄又能表明作者的用意，从而起到一箭双雕的作用。如苏轼在《江城子·密州出猎》就运用“，。”这一典故含蓄地表达自己渴望被重用的心情。 （5）亲贤臣，远小人，；亲小人，远贤臣，。 （6）过尽千帆皆不是，。 （7），虫声新透绿窗纱。(刘方平《月夜》)
Unit 1 1 A CLASS ACT 2 3 Florence Cartlidge 4 5 1. Growing up in bomb-blitzed Manchester during the Second World War 6 meant times were tough, money was short, anxiety was rife and the pawnshop was a familiar destination for many families, including mine. 7 8 9 2. Yet I could not have asked for more enterprising and optimistic 10 parents. They held our family together with hard work, dignity and 11 bucketloads of cheer. My sturdy and ingenious father could turn his hand 12 to almost anything and was never short of carpentry and handyman work. 13 He even participated in the odd bout of backstreet boxing to make ends 14 meet. For her part, our mum was thrifty and meticulously clean, and her 15 five children were always sent to school well fed, very clean, and attired 16 spotlessly, despite the hard conditions. 17 18 3. The trouble was, although my clothes were ironed to a knife-edge, 19 and shoes polished to a gleam, not every item was standard school uniform 20 issue. While Mum had scrimped and saved to obtain most of the gear, I 21 still didn’t have the pres cribed blue blazer and hatband. 22 23 4. Because of the war, rationing was in place and most schools had 24 relaxed their attitude towards proper uniforms, knowing how hard it was
Unit 7 The Chaser Key to the Exercises Text comprehension I. Decide which of the following is likely to happen after the story. C II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false. 1. F (Refer to Paragraph 5. The old man says that his stock in trade is not very large, but it is varied and has extraordinary effects.) 2. F (Refer to Paragraphs 11 and 1 3. The price of a glove-cleaner, as he calls it, is very high, five thousand dollars for a teaspoonful, but the love potion is very cheap.) 3. F (Refer to Paragraph 19. The old man claims that the effects of love potions are permanent.) 4. T (Refer to Paragraphs 24 and 28. Austen says that Diana is fond of parties and, although she is everything to him already, she does not care about his love at all. That is why he decides to go to the old man for the love potion and whenever the old man mentions the magic of his potion, he can't help "crying." From that, we can see the man loves the girl very much.) 5. F (The old man sells the love potions almost for nothing because by doing so his customers will come back for a much dearer commodity, the glove-cleaner, to help them out. It is the "death potion" that the old man makes most of his profits from, and intends to sell to his customers.) III. Answer the following questions. 1. What the old man means is that a young man who falls in love one-sidedly is seldom rich enough to win a girl's heart. His words imply that money is one of the crucial factors for love. If a man is not rich, he can rarely expect to be loved by a girl. 2. Refer to Paragraphs 19 to 37. The love potion has powerful, everlasting effects. To begin with, it may produce sexual desire in the person who takes it. And on the spiritual side, it can replace indifference with devotion and scorn with adoration. It will make a gay girl want nothing but solitude and her lover's company. She will feel jealous of him when her lover is with other girls; she will want to be everything to him. She will be only interested in her lover and take every concern of him. Even if he slips a bit, she will forgive him though terribly hurt. In a word, she will fall in love with him if she drinks the love potion. 3. Refer to Paragraphs 39 to 43. It is an irony, by which the author seems to imply that love is far from being precious or desirable. It is easy for a man to fall in love, yet it is hard
人教版九年级语文上册期末试题及答案（汇编） 满分：120分考试时间：120分钟 一、语言的积累与运用。（35分） 1、下列加点字注音完全正确的一项是（） A．惩．(chěnɡ)罚虐．(nüè)待憎．(zènɡ)恶越俎．(zǔ)代庖B．券．(xuàn)门踮．(diǎn)脚叱咤．(zhà) 半身不遂．(suí) C．不禁．(jìn) 笨拙．(zhuó) 累．(léi)赘深恶．(wù)痛疾D．嘈．(cáo)杂明晃．(huànɡ)晃星宿．(sù) 如丧．(sānɡ)考妣 2、下列词语书写完全正确的一项是（） A．玷污笨拙嘎然而止一代天骄 B．喧闹惘然斟酌损益重蹈复辙 C．蓬蒿濒临恪尽职守言行相顾 D．恣睢拮据换然一新格物致知 3、下列加点成语使用不正确的一项是（） A．粉丝们对这场演出如痴如醉，歌手的表演堪称天衣无缝 ．．．．。 B．企业家们将要开发新项目，附近的村民对此望眼欲穿 ．．．．。 C．小明被评为“市级三好学生”，这个称号当之无愧 ．．．．。 D．小明在市里取得了作文大赛一等奖，他重蹈覆辙 ．．．．，又在省里面得了大奖。 4、下列句子中没有语病的一项是（） A．随着我市水质量的明显增加，全市上下居民治水的信心更加果断了。B．随着共享单车的广泛使用，怎样规范停放成为群众谈论热议的话题。C．来自中国、加拿大和美国的科学家团队首次在琥珀中发现了雏鸟标本。D．在深圳国际会展中心建成后，将成为世界上最大的会展中心。 5、下列诗句没有运用修辞手法的一项是（） A．假如我是一只鸟，/我也应该用嘶哑的喉咙歌唱！ B．小时候/乡愁是一枚小小的邮票/我在这头/母亲在那头。 C．我看飞鸟平展着翅翼/静静吸入深远的晴空里。
Unit 1 A Class Act 1. 二战时，曼彻斯特饱受空袭之苦。成长在那里，意味着岁月艰难、钱财短缺、心情焦虑，也意味着许多家庭都是当铺的常客，包括我家。 2. 不过，我的父母最是乐观向上。他们用勤劳、自尊和满屋子的欢笑撑起了这个家。我父亲身体结实，心灵手巧，他那双手几乎无所不能，从不缺木匠和手工活儿。他甚至偶尔还会参加偏僻街道的拳击比赛，补贴家用。我母亲勤俭节约，把家收拾得干净利落。尽管条件艰苦，但她总能让自己的五个孩子吃得饱饱、穿得整整齐齐、干干净净地上学去。 3. 问题是：虽说我的衣服熨得有棱有角，皮鞋擦得铮亮铮亮的，可总有些地方不符合标准校服的要求。尽管母亲缩衣节食为我筹到了大部分装束，但我仍然没能凑齐学校指定的蓝色运动上衣和帽圈。 4. 由于战争影响，开始实施配给制度，大部分学校也放宽了对正规校服的要求，因为学校明白能有衣服穿已属不易。然而，我就读的女子学校却严格规定，每位学生必须穿正规的校服。于是那位负责每天集合的副校长就将训斥我视为她的任务来做。 5. 尽管我试图去解释我为何没能按规定着装，尽管我也正逐渐向全套校服靠近，我每天依然会被揪出队列，在台上罚站，作为对违反校服规定者的警戒。 6. 我每天站在同学面前，只能强忍泪水，不仅羞愧难耐，而且常常只有我一人挨罚。对我的惩罚还扩大到不能上体操课或者我钟爱的每周一次的交谊舞课。我多么希望在这所可怕的学校里，哪怕只有一位老师能睁开双眼看看我能够做什么，而不是不停地告诉我不能做什么啊！ 7. 不过，12岁的我在心里也毫无选择，只有眼睁睁地挨受惩罚。我明白不能让仁厚的母亲知道我所遭受的这种习惯性羞辱，这点非常重要。我也不敢冒险让她到学校替我求情，因为我知道那些心胸狭隘、不讲情面的教员们也同样会令她难堪，这意味着到时我们母女俩都要伤心、愤怒。老天！要是母亲再告诉父亲的话，他立马会大发雷霆，冲到学校来保护我。 8. 一天，我们全家在一家报纸举办的不收取费用的肖像模特摄影比赛中获了奖。我为此兴奋不已：那些好莱坞女星魅力四射的照片更令我想入非非。我迫不及待地想把这个激动人心的消息告诉朋友们。 9. 在那之前，母亲告诉我必须穿那件绿色蕾丝镶边裙——我最好的服装——去上学，因为摄影比赛正好安排在放学之后。她丝毫没有意识到我所要面临的痛苦。 10. 那天，我没有往常穿上这件心爱衣服时的喜悦。我心情郁闷地拖着沉重的步伐来到学校，发现自己成为了蓝色海洋中的一颗绿宝石。集合的时候，我没等人下命令就慢步走上台，去承受其他女生的窃笑和副校长那尖刻的眼神。 11. 当我第无数次想到，这位老师怎么会如此麻木不仁，竟然从未透过我的着装，看看这