五、阅读短文，根据句意或括号内单词的正确形式填空，每空一词(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)
If you want to study abroad, have you thought about where to live? As you are still 61 young to rent an apartment by yourself, you should live with a homestay family and you will find there are a lot of 62 (advantage).
I’ve been studying in Canada for about nine months when I was in Grade 8. The first time I had a homestay was in 2019. During that time, I 63 (stay) in Ajax, a town in Canada, for a week and lived with a homestay family. Carlton drove me to school every morning, and picked me 64 in the afternoons. The meals he made for me were delicious and when I got 65 (bore) with study, we usually watched a film together. We got along 66 (good) with each other. So living with a homestay family will give you an unforgettable experience.
I’m now living with another family with 67 (other) Chinese boy. There is a couple—Mr and Mrs Perger. I have been deeply moved by many things they’ve done. Once, my roommate went running and didn’t come back for quite a long time. Mrs Perger began to worry about 68 (he), and even cancelled their plan to visit a friend. It turned out that my roommate mistook the road to our house for another one.
However, living with a homestay family also has its disadvantages, especially when you are living with a foreign family. The 69 (big) challenge for you will be the different lifestyles, which usually takes you a long time to get used to.
Living with a homestay family has taught me 70 to communicate with different people. Moreover, when different lifestyles and cultures meet together, the sparks(火花) they make are spectacular(壮观的).
61. __________ 62. __________ 63. __________ 64. __________ 65. __________
66. __________ 67. __________ 68. __________ 69. __________ 70. __________
If you want to study abroad, have you thought about where to live? As you are still 61 young to rent an apartment by yourself, you should live with a homestay family and you will find there are a lot of 62 (advantage).
I’ve been studying in Canada for about nine months when I was in Grade 8. The first time I had a homestay was in 2019. During that time, I 63 (stay) in Ajax, a town in Canada, for a week and lived with a homestay family. Carlton drove me to school every morning, and picked me 64 in the afternoons. The meals he made for me were delicious and when I got 65 (bore) with study, we usually watched a film together. We got along 66 (good) with each other. So living with a homestay family will give you an unforgettable experience.
I’m now living with another family with 67 (other) Chinese boy. There is a couple—Mr and Mrs Perger. I have been deeply moved by many things they’ve done. Once, my roommate went running and didn’t come back for quite a long time. Mrs Perger began to worry about 68 (he), and even cancelled their plan to visit a friend. It turned out that my roommate mistook the road to our house for another one.
However, living with a homestay family also has its disadvantages, especially when you are living with a foreign family. The 69 (big) challenge for you will be the different lifestyles, which usually takes you a long time to get used to.
Living with a homestay family has taught me 70 to communicate with different people. Moreover, when different lifestyles and cultures meet together, the sparks(火花) they make are spectacular(壮观的).
61. __________ 62. __________ 63. __________ 64. __________ 65. __________
66. __________ 67. __________ 68. __________ 69. __________ 70. __________
答案
61. too 62. advantages 63. stayed 64. up 65. bored 66. well 67. another 68. him 69. biggest 70. how
六、阅读与回答问题(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
About the horse
The horse has played an important role throughout human history all over the world. It was used for thousands of years as a way of transport, a weapon in the war and a plougher(耕地者) of fields, but it is more than a vehicle. It has more characters than a car, a tank and a tractor.
In the Middle Ages in Western societies, the horse was a symbol of upper class. But now, people are less likely to see or ride horses. People living in cities, in particular, hardly ever experience horses except through movies, paintings or books. However, horse racing and betting(下赌注) money on horse races are still popular.
In China, the Year of the Horse comes after the Snake. Since the horse is a symbol of strength, honesty, persistence(毅力) and cleverness, people born in the Year of the Horse are said to share such good qualities.
The importance of the horse in the past appears in idioms that are still used in English today. For example, people still say “to hold your horses” to mean “to slow down”. If someone seems too proud, people might tell him or her “to get off his or her high horse”. Since horses are strong and energetic, there are expressions such as “as strong as a horse”, “workhorse” and “horsing around”.
Besides its physical strengths, the horse also has a powerful brain and an excellent memory. Maybe that’s why the Chinese idiom says, “An old horse never gets lost.”
71. What was the horse used for in the past?
______________________________
72. What does the horse symbolize(象征) for the Chinese?
______________________________
73. What does the saying “to hold your horses” mean?
______________________________
74. Why does the Chinese idiom say “An old horse never gets lost”?
______________________________
75. Do you like to see or ride a horse? Why? (请自拟一句话作答)
______________________________
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
About the horse
The horse has played an important role throughout human history all over the world. It was used for thousands of years as a way of transport, a weapon in the war and a plougher(耕地者) of fields, but it is more than a vehicle. It has more characters than a car, a tank and a tractor.
In the Middle Ages in Western societies, the horse was a symbol of upper class. But now, people are less likely to see or ride horses. People living in cities, in particular, hardly ever experience horses except through movies, paintings or books. However, horse racing and betting(下赌注) money on horse races are still popular.
In China, the Year of the Horse comes after the Snake. Since the horse is a symbol of strength, honesty, persistence(毅力) and cleverness, people born in the Year of the Horse are said to share such good qualities.
The importance of the horse in the past appears in idioms that are still used in English today. For example, people still say “to hold your horses” to mean “to slow down”. If someone seems too proud, people might tell him or her “to get off his or her high horse”. Since horses are strong and energetic, there are expressions such as “as strong as a horse”, “workhorse” and “horsing around”.
Besides its physical strengths, the horse also has a powerful brain and an excellent memory. Maybe that’s why the Chinese idiom says, “An old horse never gets lost.”
71. What was the horse used for in the past?
______________________________
72. What does the horse symbolize(象征) for the Chinese?
______________________________
73. What does the saying “to hold your horses” mean?
______________________________
74. Why does the Chinese idiom say “An old horse never gets lost”?
______________________________
75. Do you like to see or ride a horse? Why? (请自拟一句话作答)
______________________________
答案
71. The horse was used as a way of transport, a weapon in the war and a plougher of fields in the past.
72. The horse is a symbol of strength, honesty, persistence and cleverness in China.
73. It means "to slow down".
74. Because the horse has a powerful brain and an excellent memory.
75. Yes, because I think horses are smart and beautiful. (言之有理即可)
72. The horse is a symbol of strength, honesty, persistence and cleverness in China.
73. It means "to slow down".
74. Because the horse has a powerful brain and an excellent memory.
75. Yes, because I think horses are smart and beautiful. (言之有理即可)
