() 7. The Wright brothers are the of the airplane, but their first flight lasted 12 seconds.

A.owners
B.planners
C.winners
D.inventors

7. D

【分析】这道题考查名词词义辨析，解题思路是先明确每个选项的含义，再结合句子语境和常识判断。句子表达的是莱特兄弟与飞机的关系，需要选择符合该关系的名词。
【解析】A选项owners意为“主人；物主”，不符合莱特兄弟和飞机的关系；B选项planners意为“计划者”，侧重计划安排，不符合语境；C选项winners意为“赢家；获胜者”，与飞机的发明无关；D选项inventors意为“发明者”，莱特兄弟是飞机的发明者，符合常识和句子语境，因此选D。
【答案】D
【知识点】名词词义辨析；词汇运用
【点评】本题结合常识考查名词词义，难度适中，掌握各选项词义并了解莱特兄弟的贡献即可作答。
【难度系数】0.4

() 8. — Should I read English every morning to learn English well?
— Of course.

A.It’s never too old to learn.
B.Practice makes perfect.
C.Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
D.All things are difficult before they’re easy.

8. B

【分析】
本题为情景交际题，需结合对话语境及各选项谚语的含义进行判断。对话中一方询问“为了学好英语是否该每天早上读英语”，另一方肯定了该做法，需要选择符合“练习对学习的重要性”的谚语。
【解析】
逐一分析选项：
A项“It’s never too old to learn.”意为“活到老，学到老”，强调学习的持续性，与对话语境无关；
B项“Practice makes perfect.”意为“熟能生巧”，突出练习的重要性，契合“每天读英语（练习）来学好英语”的语境；
C项“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”意为“不要孤注一掷”，与学习方法无关；
D项“All things are difficult before they’re easy.”意为“万事开头难”，强调初期的困难，不符合语境。因此选B。
【答案】
B
【知识点】
情景交际；英语谚语辨析
【点评】
本题考查英语谚语在日常对话中的运用，要求学生掌握常见英语谚语的含义，并能结合具体语境选择合适表达，属于基础题型，难度较低。
【难度系数】
0.8

四、完成句子
1. 为了尽快完成这项艰难的任务，这些工人们夜以继日地干活。
To finish the hard task , these workers worked around the clock.
2. 这个计划总体上是好的，但仍存在一些小问题。
The plan , but there are still some problems.
3. 如果我们按照正确的方式学习英语,学习会变得更简单。
If we learn English , it will be .
4. 我们接着讨论了更难的议题。
We topic.

1. as soon as possible/they could
2. is good as a whole
3. the right way; a lot/much/far easier
4. moved on to the more difficult

【分析】本题为英语完成句子题，需结合中文句意，匹配对应的英语固定短语、搭配及句式来补全空格。第1题根据“尽快”的含义，联想英语中表“尽快”的常用表达；第2题根据“总体上”的意思，找到对应的固定短语；第3题需对应“按照正确方式”和“更简单”的英语表达，注意介词搭配和形容词比较级；第4题根据“接着讨论”和“更难的议题”，匹配对应的动词短语和名词结构。
【解析】1. 中文“尽快”可译为as soon as possible或they could，符合语境；2. “总体上”对应短语as a whole，故填is good as a whole；3. “按照正确方式”译为the right way，“更简单”用easy的比较级easier，前面加程度副词a lot/much/far；4. “接着讨论”用动词短语move on to，结合时态用过去式moved on to，“更难的议题”译为the more difficult。
【答案】1. as soon as possible/they could；2. is good as a whole；3. the right way; a lot/much/far easier；4. moved on to the more difficult
【知识点】英语固定短语、形容词比较级、介词搭配
【点评】本题为基础英语完成句子题，考查常用短语和固定表达，侧重学生对核心词汇及搭配的掌握，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6

五、阅读表达 阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题，每小题答案不超过5个单词 (除第3小题外）。
Have you ever heard of leaf painting? It has a history of more than 2,000 years in China.
Ding Li is 27 years old. He comes from Xianning, Hubei Province. He has spent many years learning leaf art and has opened his own workshop in his hometown.
Ding Li started to learn painting at the age of five. At age 12, he began to learn carving. When he first found out about leaf painting at the age of thirteen, he fell in love with the art.
Making leaf paintings is quite complicated (复杂的). First, Ding Li needs to choose fine leaves from mountains in Yunnan. Then, he goes through over 60 steps such as cutting and drying (晾干). It takes about two to three months to finish all of these steps.
Ding Li has spent one year making the ancient painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival. He painted it on ten leaves.
Before Ding Li makes each painting, he first learns its history to make his artwork more detailed. “I want to tell stories through my leaf paintings,” he says.
Ding Li’s works are very popular and he has won many prizes.
1. When did Ding Li fall in love with leaf painting?

2. What does Ding Li do before he makes each painting?

3. What kind of person do you think Ding Li is?

1. At (the age of ) thirteen/13/when he was 13.
2. He first learns its history.
3. (I think) (Ding Li is very) patient and hard-working. (答案不唯一，言之有理即可)

【分析】
本题为阅读表达题，第1、2题是细节查找题，需根据问题关键词定位短文对应段落；第3题是开放性评价题，需结合短文对丁力的描述总结其品质。解题时先定位问题对应的原文内容，再提炼符合要求的答案，注意第1、2题答案不超5个单词，第3题言之有理即可。
【解析】
1. 问题问丁力何时爱上叶画，定位短文第三段最后一句“When he first found out about leaf painting at the age of thirteen, he fell in love with the art.”，提炼答案为At thirteen/13；
2. 问题问创作每幅画前做什么，定位短文倒数第二段第一句“Before Ding Li makes each painting, he first learns its history...”，提炼答案为He first learns its history；
3. 结合短文，丁力花多年学习叶画、创作《清明上河图》耗时一年，可总结其品质为耐心且勤奋，答案为(I think) Ding Li is patient and hard-working.
【答案】
1. At thirteen/13.
2. He first learns its history.
3. (I think) Ding Li is patient and hard-working.
【知识点】
阅读理解、细节理解、开放性评价
【点评】
本题考查学生的阅读信息提取与综合评价能力，前两题侧重细节定位，难度较低；第三题需结合文本总结人物品质，开放性较强，整体符合初中英语阅读表达的考查要求。
【难度系数】
0.6