1、外研版英语九年级上学期重点专项突破-专项二 语篇填空一、选词填空areaset uptouchonetravelA picture of 17-year-old Zhang Guimei has been widely spread on Chinas social media. People are deeply 1 by the fresh-faced girl in the picture, which is very different from Zhangs aged face people know very well. It tells a story of a woman wh
2、o has devoted (奉献) her life to pushing the development of education and fighting poverty (贫困) in the countryside. Born in Heilongjiang Province in 1957, Zhang 2 to Yunnan at the age of 17. She has been helping girls from poor 3 get education for many years. With the support of the Party and the gove
3、rnment, she helped 4 the countrys 5 senior high school to offer free education to girls from poor families.sendshoulderspendtryseriousAlthough she had 6 health problems, Zhang Guimei took morning classes with students for 12 years. She has also added up 110,000 kilometres visiting her students famil
4、ies over the years. Most of her money 7 on students. Since the school opened in 2008, it 8 more than 1,800 students to attend universities and colleges. “I was built to be a mountain, not a creek (小溪), rising to the high peaks (山峰) with the small valleys at my feet. I was born to be great, not worth
5、less, standing on the 9 of the giants with the petty cowards (卑微的懦夫) below me.” The motto (座右铭) of Huaping High School for Girls is also what Zhang Guimei always 10 to follow. Zhang Guimei received an award for being one of Chinas inspiring role models by TV programme Touching China. And then Presid
6、ent Xi presented an award to Zhang Guimei. She is a common person but she is also a national hero.be able to;many;classroom;Internet;experienceLife has gone mostly online for many people around the world. With 11 people going online during the pandemic, global (全球的) Internet traffic has become a big
7、 problem. Between January and late March in 2020, a quarter of major cities 12 an increase in Internet traffic, according to The Verge. Video meetings (视频会议), online 13 and stay-at-home entertainment have become a lifeline to the outside world. This increase in traffic is testing the 14 strength (强度
8、). In March, major phone networks in the UK experienced mass outages (断供). People 15 take calls, receive texts or use mobile data, according to The Guardian.reducecompared todevelopcompanytechnologyIn 2020, the US major telecommunications (电信) 16 like AT&T said traffic was up 21 percent month ov
9、er month. Video streaming services like YouTube, Netflix and Facebook have cut their picture qualities (质量) and download speeds. This is being done 17 network traffic jams. China has seen an Internet traffic during the 2020 epidemic period with an increase of around 50 percent 18 the end of 2019. Th
10、e countrys network speeds went down sharply in early February, reported Xinhua. However, they returned to normal soon afterwards and have been working well. This is due to Chinas work in building network infrastructure (基础设施), especially 5G 19 . By the end of 2020, over 718, 000 5G base stations had
11、 been built nationwide. This has given Chinese networks the power to withstand (承受) increased traffic, China Daily said. “If there was no such 20 in the Internet network field, people could hardly enjoy such a colourful life at home. Online working and teaching could never be realised so smoothly (连
12、续而顺畅地) ,” an official of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, told Xinhua.knowhangdeepwork onworldOne winter morning, Tapiwa Chiwewe was driving to work in Johannesburg, South Africa. He noticed a haze (薄雾) 21 over the city and it didnt take long for him to realise that it was an eno
13、rmous cloud of air pollution. At that moment, Chiwewe felt an urge to do something about it, but he 22 what to do. He was a computer engineer and knew little about environmental science. He first did research on air pollution and found that it is the 23 biggest environmental health risk. He decided
14、24 it in a cooperative (合作的) way. He talked to scientists, officials, and engineers who helped him develop a much 25 understanding of the situation, as well as an idea to improve it.solvegoodyeargo aheadsystemThrough 26 of work, Chiwewe and his coworkers from South Africa and China created an online
15、 air quality decision support system (系统). Based on historical and real-time data, the 27 can accurately (精确地) predict air pollution and air quality, which can help people make 28 decisions about their daily movements, as well as help officials better manage their operations. Chiwewe learned an impo
16、rtant lessona lesson we all need to take into heart if we want to work towards a better future. “Even if youre not an expert in a particular field, your outside expertise (专业知识) may hold the key to 29 problems within that field,” he said. What if Chiwewe hadnt bothered to research the problem and do
17、 something about it? What if he had just hoped that someone, somewhere, was taking care of the matter? As Chiwewe said, “Why not just 30 and deal with the problem as well as you can in your own way? You may be pleasantly surprised.”A kid heroallowaffordamazingworkcome true“If you could have any thre
18、e things, what would you want?”Eleven-year-old Ruby Chitsey loves asking that question, but its not a game she plays. She asks the seniors (老年人) at nursing homes in Arkansas where she lives. Even 31 , she then sets out to make their wishes 32 .Ruby has long been close to the elder. Her mother 33 in
19、nursing homes for many years. Ruby often stays with her in summer and asks the seniors if they need anything. Last May, Ruby noticed an old lady named Pearl staring (凝视) out a window. She seemed sad. “What are you looking at?” Ruby asked. Pearl said she was watching her dog being led away by his new
20、 owner. Ruby asked around and discovered that the nursing home 34 the seniors to have dogs and Pearl couldnt 35 to pay anyone to look after her dog. Ruby also heard many stories about Pearls friends there and found that they were unable to afford life costs. That was when she decided to do something
21、 about it.be able tobuytheyaskpeopleShe started by 36 the seniors what three things they wanted most in the world. Her mother worried that people would ask for cars and other things that an 11-year-old girl wouldnt 37 provide. Instead, they asked for chocolate, fries, and even just pants that fit pr
22、operly. “I felt really upset,” Ruby said. “We left the nursing home that day and went straight to a store and 38 as many things as we could.”Using their own money, Ruby and her mother helped about 100 39 in three months. Then, they started asking for donations (捐款). The good people in Arkansas stron
23、gly supported 40 , so Ruby and her mother set up a GoFundMe pageThree Wishes for Rubys Residents. After GoFundMe named Ruby a Kid Hero and spread her story internationally, Three Wishes for Rubys Residents raised more than $250,000 in five months. One of Rubys new goals is to set up a shared compute
24、r in one nursing home in each state.hourlongcarefulgirlreplybeMy friend, Robert, has a twin sister named Amanda. Though they get along well, there 41 some things about Amanda and her friends that puzzle (迷惑) Robert. He cant understand how girls can talk for so 42 . For example, sometimes when he lea
25、ves home to play football, Amanda and her friend, Sharon, are sitting on the sofa, talking. When he comes back two and a half 43 later, theyre still staying in the same place, continuing the same conversation on the same topic. One day Robert was so curious (好奇的) that he asked Amanda what they talke
26、d about, but she 44 , “Were best friends. We talk about almost everythingfilm stars, pop songs, recipes, everything!Boys and girls have different attitudes (态度) towards friendship. Friendships between girls are usually based on shared feelings and support (支持), but friendships between boys are based
27、 on shared activities or interests. A boy might be 45 about sharing his feelings with his close friends. A 46 closest friend, however, might be eager (热切的) to tell her about something that has happened in her life.immediatelyactivityaskthink aboutMany studies worldwide show that girls have more frie
28、ndships than boys. In fact, many teenage boys cant name a single best friend. When they 47 , they often think for a while before answering, “My best friend? I cant 48 that. I am busy with my homework, and I have so many different friends that it is hard to choose just one best friend.”Girls, however
29、, can usually answer the question 49 , “A best friend? Of course. We have a lot to share with each other. We get much more pleasure from talking and daydreaming.”We have to realise: boys share 50 , while girls share feelings. The qualities (品质) that boys and girls consider important in a friend seem
30、 to be the same, regardless of (无论) the basis of these friendships. The important thing to remember is that both of them are friendships. We all need friends in our lives.countryturn intochooseasksuccessfulWhats the most popular Olympic Winter Games design (设计) with kids? It must be the mascot (吉祥物)
31、. Bing Dwen Dwen, a panda in an ice shell (壳), 51 as the mascot for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in 2019. Now it has been made into fluffy (毛茸茸的) toys with plastic shells, as well as printed on notebooks and bags. “The International Olympic Committee (国际奥委会) has found that 52 mascots had to be cudd
32、ly (令人想拥抱的) and liked by 9-year-old children,” said Cao Xue, the designer of Bing Dwen Dwen. “And I knew Bing Dwen Dwen would be.” Caos team was from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. They once made three designs. Cao 53 his 9-year-old son to pick his favourite one. “When he first saw them, he chose B
33、ing Dwen Dwen, which was the final mascot,” Cao noted. According to Cao, Bing Dwen Dwen was chosen from 5, 816 designs from thirty-eight 54 and areas. The idea first came from the traditional Chinese snack, bingtanghuluthe sugar coat later 55 the ice shell in his design.wantpandawellitstandHowever,
34、a simple snack cannot stand for a country by itself. Caos team then tried many plants and animals, finally going with a panda. “What can 56 stand for China than our national treasure?” said Cao. “We dont need to explain anything to have it understood across different cultures.”They faced a problem,
35、though there were already too many cartoon pandas. Caos team looked at panda designs from around the world. They 57 to make the same panda. For this reason, Cao decided it should be a baby panda. This is how they got Bing Dwen Dwens body shape. Its body is as long as 58 head. For new ideas, the team
36、 visited 59 home in Wolong, Sichuan. They saw that baby pandas are pigeon-toed (内八字的) and often lean (倾斜) in while 60 . “When we finally got Bing Dwen Dwen, our whole team was over the moon,” said Cao. Exactly as they expected, Bing Dwen Dwen became the super star and won the top popularity both home and abroad during the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.试卷第7页，共7页
