2019浙江省杭州市中考英语复习同步训练：八年级下册 Units9～10语文

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(2019·山东济宁中考)There was once a King and he wanted to find out who could paint the best picture of peace. And he would offer a prize to the artist. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a calm(平静的) lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white soft clouds. Everyone thought that was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had mountains too. But these were rugged(崎岖的) and bare(无 遮蔽的)．

Above was an angry sky, and it was raining and lightening. Down the side of the mountain, a waterfall fell quickly. This did not look peaceful at all.

But when the King looked carefully, he saw behind the waterfall a bush(矮树丛) growing in a crack(裂缝) in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest(巢；窝), There, she sat on her nest... in perfect peace. Which picture do you think won the prize?

The King chose the second picture.“Because，” said the King, “peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the middle of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”

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1．What did the King want the artists to do? (no more than 10 words) 2．What did everyone think of the 1st picture? (no more than 7 words) 3．Why did the King choose the 2nd picture？(no more than 11 words) 4．请将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。 5．请给短文拟一个适当的英文题目。

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参考答案

一、 【主旨大意】 文章讲述了作者去给奶奶买酵母，然后偷偷用零钱买了两块糖，没有告诉奶奶，后来因为对奶奶撒谎感觉愧疚，终于告诉奶奶真相，奶奶原谅了他，他感觉心里一块石头落了地。

1．C 句意：从我零钱包里拿两角五分。handbag手提包；coat外套；wallet 钱包；pocket口袋。根据I found Grandma's wallet可知是钱包，故选C。 2．B 句意：我很快进了服务我们农场社区的那个小杂货店。give 给；serve 服务；offer提供；buy买。根据our farming community可知是服务，故选B。 3．C 句意：他的眼睛闪烁着，冲我微笑。laugh笑；shout大声喊；smile微笑；point指着。根据 His eyes shone和And what else do you need？可知是对“我”微笑。故选C。

4．D 句意：从这两角五分里我还有多少零钱？dollar美元；pound 英镑；cent分；change零钱。根据how much修饰不可数名词，排除A、C。根据 from a quarter可知是零钱，故选D。

5．D 句意：我很快考虑一下。think about意为“考虑”，故选D。

6．A 句意：我确信我花一美分，奶奶不在意。care 关心；use 使用；think想；like喜欢。根据 if she were here, she might even say I could have them both.可知是不在意，故选A。

7．B 句意：我看那陈列的糖果时间越长，我就认为那两美分作为我独自来商店的奖励越应该。根据文意可知作者因为纠结是否买糖，所以应是看得时间越长，故选B。

8．B 句意：当我把酵母放在桌子上…… lied 撒谎(过去式)；laid 放置(过去式)；lay 躺(过去式)；lain躺(过去分词)。根据the yeast on the table可知是放

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置，故选B。

9．A 句意：我把我有的所有零钱都放回去了。 put back 放回；put in 放进；put out 熄灭；put up举起。根据Did you put the change back in my wallet？可知是放回零钱，故选A。

10．C 句意：但是没经过奶奶允许我花了两美分。find发现；cost花费，主语是物；spent 花费，主语是人；took花费，通常用于“It takes sb. some time/money to do sth.”结构；根据two pennies可知选C。

【点睛】 spend/cost/take/pay都可以表示“花费”。spend主语是人， spend time/money on sth.在某物上花时间、金钱；spend time/money (in) doing sth.花费时间或金钱做某事；cost主语是物或某种活动，sth. cost some money某物花了多少钱；take通常是一个固定结构It takes sb. some time to do sth.做某事花了某人多长时间；pay主语是人，pay some money for sth.买某物花了多少钱。 11．B 句意：关于这件事我不开心。glad 高兴；unhappy不高兴；relaxed 放松；surprised惊讶。根据The second piece of candy in my pocket didn't sound like a good idea any more. I knew I had lied to Grandma及下文可知对奶奶撒谎，让作者不高兴，故选B。

12．B 句意：当奶奶拿出热蛋糕时…… since自从；when 当……时候；if 如果，是否；though尽管。根据Grandma took the hot cakes from the oven, I told her about the candy.可知，是当奶奶拿出蛋糕时，我告诉了她，故选B。

13．D 句意：她点点头。 shake摇晃；refuse拒绝；agree同意；nod点头。根据“I know just 14 you feel，” she said. “We all feel like that when we've done 15 deceitful. I'm glad you told me about the pennies, and of course I'll forgive you.” Grandma hugged me tight可知是奶奶点点头，故选D。

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