2022年中考英語復(fù)習(xí)訓(xùn)練題（含解析）-閱讀表達(dá)

2022年中考英語復(fù)習(xí)新題速遞之閱讀表達(dá)（2022年5月）

一.閱讀表達(dá)（共18小題）

1.Itiseveryone'sdutytohelpanimalstostopextinction（滅絕）.Asastudent,therearesomany

thingsyoucandoyourselftoo!Pleaselookatthefollowingtips（建議）tohelpthe

endangeredanimals.

Sendalettertoyourlocalenvironmentprotectioncenterandshowhowyoufeelaboutthe

quickextinctionofanimals.Usethefactstowritewhatyouhavefound.Givesomeadvicetothe

officerswhomakethestrongrulestosaveanimals.

Drawpicturesandmakeaposter.Putthispostersomewhereatschoolorwherepeoplewill

usuallyseeit.Addsometextsinthesigntomakeitclearwhyyoucareabouttheloss（喪失）

ofanimals.ltmayencouragepeopletodosomethingtoprotecttheanimals.

Avoidbuyingthingsthatcomefromendangeredspecies（物種）.Whenyoutravel,be

carefulaboutwhatyoubuy.Youshouldn'tbuythingsmadefromendangeredanimalsor

endangeredtreespeciesfromforeststhattheanimalsliveon.

Watchyourdiet.Beforeeatingmeals,youshouldseeifyouwillbreakafoodchain.Ifyou

seesomebodydoingsomethingbadforthefoodchain,pleasestophimatonce.

（1）Whomakerulestosavetheendangeredanimals?

（2）Whereshouldweputtheposter?

（3）Isitrighttobuyagiftmadeofivory（象牙）whiletravelling?

（4）Whyshouldwewatchourdiet?

（5）Whatisthewriter'spurposeaccordingtothepassage?

2.Thankstoaprogram,99yearoldMaryMacdonaldandhighschoolstudentJaneBrowngotto

knoweachotherandbecamefriends.

COVID-19haschangedpeople'slivesinmanycountries,andCanadaisoneofthem.In

thecountry,someoldpeopleareunabletomeetwithfamiliesasoftenandstudentshave

difficultiesgettingthevolunteerhourstheyneedforgraduation.That'swhytheprogramthat

connectstheelderlywithyoungpeoplewasbom.Forstudentstakingpartintheprogram,they

canspendtimewitholdpeopleandcountitasvolunteerhours,buttheymusttalktotheelderly

overtheInternetorphoneforatleast30minuteseachweek.

WhenMarylearnedoftheprogram,shesignedup(報(bào)名).Marywaspairedupwith17

-year-oldJanebecausetheysharedacommoninterest--nursing.Maryusedtobea

nurseandspentmostofherlifelivinginotherpartsoftheworldtohelpthoseininneed.She

toldJanemanystoriesaboutherworkaroundtheworld,whichencouragedJanetoachieveher

dreamofbecominganurseandseeingothercountries.

Theprogramisawin-winforthem.Janeenjoystalkingwithhernewfriendandthey

haveevenmetinperson."Ifeelluckytobefriendswithsomeonewhohas99,almost100,

yearsofexperience,"saidJane."IlovetotalktoMaryeveryweek.ItmakesmerealizeIdon't

havetolimit(限制)myselftoonething.Andwithoutdoubt,Maryisaninspirationtome."

"WellleamfromeachotherandIhopetokeepthefriendshipgoing,"Marysaid.

(1)HowmanyyearsolderisMarythanJane?

(2)HasCOVID-19changedpeople'slivesinCanada?

(3)HowlongmuststudentsspendtalkingtotheelderlyovertheInternetorphoneeach

week?

(4)What'sJane'sdream?

(5)Whatcanyouinfer(推斷)aboutMaryandJanefromthelastparagraph?

3.

ALetterfrom

LiHua

DearMike,

Iamfeelingunhappythesedays.Iamwritingtoaskyouforhelp.Relationsbetweenmy

parentsandmebecomeverydifficult.!thinktheypushmetoohard.Theyarealways

complainingaboutmystudy.TheysayIspendtoomuchtimeplayingonthephone.ButIam

tiredafterawholeday*scourse.Ijustwanttorelaxmyselfabitbywatchingfunny

videos.WhatcanIdo?

Yours，

LiHua

LiHuaisnotalone.Therearesomestudentslikehim.AccordingtoasurveyaboutLiHuaand

hisclassmates,studentshavefourmainproblemswhentheyarehomeschooled.First,30%of

thestudentshaveproblemsgettingalongwiththeirfamily.Second,25%ofthestudentshave

difficultiesmanagingtheirtime.And28%findithardtofullthemselvestogethertoworkon

theirsubjects.Lastbutnotleast,33%aredependentonplayingonlinegamesorwatching

videos.

However,thereisalwaysasolutiontoaproblem.Takecommunicationproblemfor

example.HuangLihasdiscoveredanewwaytounderstandhermom."Don'tkeepyoureyeson

yourphonefbralongtime'*isactuallysaying“Iamworriedaboutyoureyes"；"Haveyou

finishedyourhomework?"means"Ihopeyoucanbeyourownmasterinstudy."HuangLi

saysourparentsloveus.Ifwecanreallygetthetruemeaningofwhattheysay,wewon'tfindit

sohardtolistentothem.

(1)WhatisLiHua'sproblem?

(2)WhydoesLiHuawatchfunnyvideos?

(3)Whoisthesurveyabout?

(4)Isittruethat33%ofthestudentshavetime-managementproblems?

(5)HowdoesHuangLifinditnotsohardtolistentohermom?

4.TherewasonceaboycalledJosephWebbwhoalwayslovedtoshowoffhowmanyfriendshe

hadatschool.Onedayhisgrandfathersaidtohim,"Joseph,Ibet(打賭)youabigbagof

popcornthatyoudon'thaveasmanyfriendsasyouthink.Fmsuremanyofthemarenothing

morethancompanions.M

Josephacceptedthebetatonce.However,hewasn'tsurehowtotestwhetherhis

schoolmateswererealfriendsornot,soheaskedhisgrandfather.Theoldmananswered,

"Waitaminute."Thenheleftandreturnedsoonasifcarryingsomethinginhishands,but

Josephcouldseenothingthere.

“Takeit.Ifsaveryspecialchairbecauseit'sinvisible(看不見).Itsratherdifficulttosit

on,butifyoulakeittoschoolandmanagetositonit,it'llbeabletotellwhoareyourreal

friendsn

Joseph,braveanddetermined,setofffbrschoolwiththestrangeandinvisiblechair.At

breaktimeheaskedeveryonetoformacircle,andheputhimselfinthemiddle,withhis

chair.Havingdifficultyseeingit,Josephtriedtositonitbuthemissedtheseatandfellstraight

ontohisbackside.Everyonearoundhimhadaprettygoodlaugh.

"Wait!Letmetryagain,“Josephsaid.Butagain,hemissedtheseat,causingmore

surprisedlooksandafewcatcalls(尖叫，喝倒彩).Josephdidn'tgiveupandkepttryingtosit

onthemagicchair.Buthekeptfallingtotheground...until,suddenlyhetriedagainbutdidn't

fall.Lookingaround,Josephsawthreeofhisbestfriendsholdinghimup.However,many

othershehadthoughtofasfriendshaddonenothingbutmadefunofhim.

Andthere,theshowcametoanend.Josephunderstoodthattruefriendswerethosewho

caredabouthim.

(1)WhohadabetwithJoseph?(不超過7個(gè)詞)

(2)WhydidnftJosephfallatlast?(不超過10個(gè)詞)

(3)Whatcanwelearnfromthestory?(不超過10個(gè)詞)

5.Goodevening,everyone!MynameisWangLinghui.Fmgladtogiveaspeechintheschool

hall.Mytopicis"Say'No'tojunkfood".

Doyoulikefriedchicken,hamburgersoricecream?Youmayanswer,"Yes,Ilikethem

verymuch.Theyaredelicious!nButifItellyouthesefoodsarealljunkfood,doyoubelieveit?

Yes,theyarereallyjunkfood.Theyarenothealthyfood.Ifweofteneatthem,wemaybecome

unhealthyandevenill.ButIfindmanystudentsinourschoollikeeatingjunkfood.Idon'tthink

it'sagoodeatinghabitsoweshouldgiveitup.

Inordertokeephealthy,weshouldnleatjunkfood.Weshouldeatmorehealthyfood,for

example,eggs,meat,fruitandvegetables.Onlyhealthyfoodcanhelpuskeephealthyandhave

agoodlife.Lefseatmorehealthyfood.Tojunkfood,weshouldsay"Nou!

(1)Wheredoesthespeakergivethespeech?

(2)Whydostudentslikejunkfood?

(3)Whatcanhelpuskeephealthyandhaveagoodlife?

(4)Theunderlinedword"them"refersto(指的是).

(5)Doyoulikeeatingjunkfood?Whyorwhynot?(不超過20個(gè)詞)

6.回答問題，請(qǐng)閱讀下面這篇文章，根據(jù)所提供的信息，回答5個(gè)問題。要求所寫答案語

法正確、語義完整，并將答案寫在答題卡指定的位置。

Manyschoolsbegantoprovideatleasttwohoursofafter-schoolservicesforstudents

onweekdaysinSeptember2021.Insteadofgoingtodifferentsubject-trainingclassesoutside

school,studentscanstayatschooltogetafter-schoolservicesincludinghomeworktutoring

(輔導(dǎo))，sportsandinterestactivities.Studentscanchooseoneortwoactivitiestheylike.After

-schoolservicesnotonlymakestudentslearnbetterandlivemorehealthily,butalsomakeit

easierforparentstopickuptheirchildren.Moreparentscanpickuptheirchildrenthemselves

insteadofgrandparents.Inthepastwhenschoolsclosedat4pm,manyparentswerestillat

workandcouldn'tcollecttheirchildren.However,someparentsexpressedtheirworries.They

reallywanttolearnhowtheycanhelpmanagetheirchildren'sstudyandlifereasonably.Here

aresometips.

?Formgoodhabits.Becauseofhavingmoretime,childrenaresupposedtogetintomore

goodhabits.Goodhabitscanmakeallthingseasy.

?Makeplans.Makingplanscanhelpchildrenmanagetheirtimebetter.Putasidetheir

pleasuresuntiltheirplansarefinished.

?Makefulluseofthetimeatschool.Childrenshouldfinishalltheirhomeworkatschool

andsolvealltheproblemsintime.Don^leavetoday'sworkfortomoiTOw.

?Helparoundthehouseorinthecommunity.Properhouseworkathomeandmore

volunteerjobsinthecommunitycanhelpchildrenimprovetheirsenseofdutyaswellastheir

confidence.

?Setagoal(目標(biāo)).Withoutagoal,thereisnocleardirection；Withoutdirection,there

isnolife.

(1)Whendidmanyschoolsbegintoprovideafter-schoolservicesforstudents?

（2）Whatdoafter-schoolservicesinclude?

（3）Whycouldn'tmanyparentspickuptheirchildreninthepast?

（4）Whereshouldchildrenhelpdomorevolunteerjobs?

（5）Howmanytipsarementionedinthepassage?

7.AyoungChineseillustrator（插圖畫家）,wholovestraditionalChineseculture,hascreated

manyinterestingdrawings.Theartist'sonlinenameisJiaoXiangyue.Sheoftenpostsherworks

ontheInternetandthecreativeillustrationshavewonhermorethan300,000fans.

Jiao'sbook,DaTangFengSuZhi,cameoutinOctober2018.Thebook,withbeautiful

picturesandwritings,showsinterestingdailylivesofpeopleintheTangDynasty.Onthelast

dayof2019,Jiaopostedthedrawingsshehadcreatedduringthepastyearonline.Sincethen,

theillustratorandherworkshavecaughttheattentionofthepublic.

"I'mdeeplyimpressedbythepeople,cultureandartoftheTangDynasty,"Jiaosays.In

herdrawings,mostpeoplehaveroundfaces.Herbest-knownseries（系歹U）includedrawings

ofwomenfromtheTangDynastyandclassicimages（形象）fromDunhuangart.Infact,many

ofherdrawingsarebasedonclassicpaintingsfromtheTangDynasty,asJiaohopesherworks

willhelpdeveloppeople'sinterestinChinesehistoryandtraditionalartinthisway.

Jiaopaysalotofattentiontodetails（細(xì)節(jié)）.Shehasboughtlotsofbooksandstudied

ancientpaintingstomakesureshecandrawthingscorrectly.MOnceapersontoldmethatthe

pipaofTangDynastyhadfourorfivestrings（弦）whilethepipaoftodayhasonlyfour,“she

says.Throughherworks,peoplewillrealizethatimagesfromancienttimescanalsobecool

andcute.

(1)HowmanyfanshasJiaoXiangyuereceivedsofar?

(2)Whatisthebook,DaTangFengSuZhimainlyabout?

(3)WhyaremanyofJiao'sdrawingsbasedonclassicpaintingsfromtheTangDynasty?

(4)AreTangpipaandtoday'spipadifferentorthesame?

(5)WhatdoyouthinkofJiaoXiangyue'sdrawings?

8.Thousandsofyearsago,therelivedaking.Hispeoplelovedhimsincehelookedaftertheir

needswelLHewouldofteninvitesomesmartpeopletolookathisworkandgivehimadvice.

Thekingbuiltmanythings.Ashegrewold,thekingthought,"Iwillbuildaperfectpalace

toremembermywholelife.ltwillbethebestonenotonlyinmykingdom(王國(guó)).butalsoin

neighboringstates.u

Ittookthekingamonthtoworkoutaperfectdesign(設(shè)計(jì))forhispalace.Heinvitedhis

advisers(諫言官)，aswellassmartpeoplefromneighboringstates,togettheirideasaboutthe

design.

"Unbelievable!Itwillbeaperfectpalace,"alltheadviserssaid,exceptforanoldman

standinginthecorner.

Thekingturnedtotheoldmanandasked,"Whyareyousilent?Don'tyouthinkthatmy

palacewillbeaperfectone?”

Theoldmanrepliedinacalmvoice,"Dearking!Yourpalacewillbestrongandlast

forever.ltwillbebeautifulbutnotperfect.ltmaytaketensofthousandsofworkersawhole

lifetimetobuildit,workingdayandnight.Yourpalacewillcostalotofmoney,whichmust

comefromthepeople.Ifyourpeoplewillliveworseduetothisbuilding,howperfectcanitbe?

Thekingthoughtforawhileandthankedtheoldmanforhiswords.Hedecidedtogiveup

hisplanandcaremoreaboutpeople'slives.

Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothepassage.

(1)Whatwasthekinglikefromthefirstparagraph?

(2)Whydidthekingwanttobuildaperfectpalace?

(3)Howlongdidittakethekingtoworkoutthedesign?

(4)Alltheadviserssaidthedesignwasperfect,didn'tthey?

(5)Whatmadethekinggiveuphisplantobuildapalace?

9.閱讀下面短文，并用英語回答問題(請(qǐng)注意每小題后面的詞數(shù)要求)。

Johnisalittlemonkey.Helivesinadeepforest.Helikesjumpingandclimbingtrees.Heis

happyeverydayandinterestedineverything.

Onedayanoldmangoesbytheforest.Hecarriesalotofhats.Johnseestheman,andthe

manseesJohn,too.Themansaystohimself,"Whatalovelymonkey!!willcatchhim.Iwill

takehimhome.”

Themansitsdownandthinksover.Johnseesandalsositsdown.Themanhasanidea.He

putsahatonhishead,andputsotherhatsontheground.Thenhepretends(假裝)tosleep.

Johnlooksatthehatsandthinks,"IwillbeniceifIputahatonmyhead."Thenhe

climbsdownfromthetree,picksupahatandputsiton.Thehatistoobig,andcoversJohn's

eyes.Hecan'tseeanything.Andthemangetsupatonce,rushesoutandcatcheshimquickly.

(1)WhatisJohnlike?(不超過10個(gè)詞)

(2)Whatdoesthemanthinkofthemonkey?(不超過10個(gè)詞)

（3）WhydoesJohnwanttoputonthehat?（不超過15個(gè)詞）

10.IfyouhaveeverseenacelebrationoftheChineseNewYear,youmayhaveseenalarge,

colorfulliondancetothesoundsofdrums.Ofcourse,itisnotareallion.Ifsactuallyskilled

dancersincostume,performingaliondance.

TheliondanceisatraditionalpartofChineseculture.ltisoftenperformedontheeveof

theChineseNewYear.I'salsoperformedonotherspecialoccasions,likeweddings.Thedance

isthoughttobringgoodluckandsuccess.

Whiletherearemanydifferentstoriesofhowtheliondancebegan,onestorytracesback

toavillageinChinahundredsofyearsago.Thestorysaysthatthevillagerswereattackedbya

monster（'怪獸）calledNian.AlionscaredtheNianaway.Butayearlater,theNianreturned,

andthistimethelionwasunabletohelp.Sothevillagerscreatedthelioncostumeoftheir

own.Thefake（假的）liondanced,andscaredtheNianaway.Forthisreason,peopleperform

theliondanceonthenightbeforetheChineseNewYear.

Therearetwodifferentstylesoftheliondance.Inasouthernliondance,thedancersbase

theirperformanceonalion'sbehavior.Thelionmayscratch（撓）orshakeitsbody.Thedance

canbefunny.Theotherstyleisthenorthernliondance.Thisstyleiscloselyrelatedtothe

martialart.Itincludesrollingandjumping.Bothstylesrequireskillandpracticetoperfbrm.And

bothareveryinterestingtowatch!

（1）WhatistheChineseliondancethoughttobringpeople?（不超過5個(gè)詞）

（2）WhatarethetwodifferentstylesofChineseliondance?（不i超過10個(gè)詞）

（3）Whatdothedancersbasetheirperformanceoninasouthernliondance?（不超過5個(gè)

詞）_______

H.根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答文后所給出的問題，并按要求將答案填寫在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。

Resultsofaninternationalresearchofeducationalachievementin2018cameouton

Tuesdaythisweek.StudentsfromChinaandSingaporecameoutontop.

Thetestisgiveneverythreeyearsto15-year-oldsaroundtheworld.ltteststheir

knowledgeinreading,scienceandmath.ThetestisheldbytheOrganizationforEconomic

CooperationandDevelopment(OECD).It*sreportedthatabout600,000studentsin79nations

andeducationalsystemstookpartinthetwo-hourcomputer-basedexamlastyear.Theysaid

schoolsineachcountyarecarefullychosentomakesurethatstudentscomefromawidemix

ofbackgroundsandabilities.

Thetestscoresarewatchedcloselybytheleadersofeverycountry.Theresultsshow

AmericanstudentsareOKinreadingandscience,butweakinmath.Singaporefinishedinfifth

placeinthestudy.Thebest-performingstudentsinallthreesubjectswereinChina.Theyare

fromBeijingandShanghai,andtwootherprovinces：JiangsuandZhejiang.

(1)Howoftenisthetestgiven?

(2)Whatknowledgeisthetestabout?

(3)Whydotheresearcherscarefullychooseschools?

(4)DoAmericanstudentsdowellinmath?

(5)Studentsfromwhichcountriesarethebestintheresearchof2018?

12.Afriendgavemearestaurantgiftcard,andIpickedasunnySundayafternoontouseit.ltfelt

goodtakingmyfamilytoanicerestaurant.Themealwasdelicious,andweallhadagoodtime

together.Thegiftcardcoveredalmostallofthecheck(帳單).1reachedintomywallettoget

enoughcashtocovertherest.Isawtwobillsinside.Thefirstwouldcovertherestofthe

check.Thesecondwouldcoverthecheckandgivethewaitressanicetip.Ireacheddownto

pickthefirstone.

Atthatmoment,mymindflashedbackto30yearsago.Iwasworkingasabusboy(餐

廳勤雜工)inarestaurantmuchliketheonewewerein.Itwashardworkforlowpay.I

rememberedseeingthewaitressesworryingabouthowtheyweregoingtopaytherent.I

rememberedthepainintheireyesandthesadnessintheirfacesattheendoftheday.

Iblinked(眨眼睛)andwasbackinthepresentagain,withmyfingerstouchingthe

smallerbillinmywallet.Ismiled,pusheditbackdownandpickedoutthelargerbill.Ifoldedit

aroundthegiftcardandcoveredbothofthemwiththecheck.Asweallgotupfromthetable,I

handedthemtothehardworkingwaitress."Youkeepthechange,“Isaidwithasmileanda

happyheart.

Weareallonefamilyinthisworld.Doyourbesttobekind.Doyourbesttobeagood

personandreplacesuiferingwithjoy.

回答下面5個(gè)問題，每題答案不超過6個(gè)詞。

(1)Whendidthewritertakehisfamilytotherestaurant?

(2)Whatwasthewritersjobwhenheworkedattherestaurant?

(3)Whatwasthatrestaurantjoblike?

(4)Whichbilldidthewriterusetopayforthecheckintheend?

(5)Howdidthewriterfeelaftergivingatiptothewaitress?

13.Itmightbefuntouseyoursmartphone.Butbecarefulthattoomuchscreentimemaybe

harmfultoyourhealth.

First,itisbadforyoureyes.AresearchercalledSarahHinkleysaystheproblemcomes

fromthebluelightthatthescreengivesout.Lookingatasmartphoneforalongtimecancause

eyestrain,headachesanddryeyes.Soitisagoodideatotakeabreakevery15minuteswhen

youareworkingatacomputerorusingasmartphone.

Second,screenusecandoharmtochildren'sbrains.Anewstudyshowsthatusingscreens

toomuchcaninfluencehowchildren'sbrainsgrow.Ifchildrenusescreensformorethanone

houraday,theymighthavelowerlevelsofwhitematterintheirbrains,whichisakeytothe

developmentoflanguageandreadingskills.Soitiswisetocutdownthetimeofchildrenusing

allkindsofscreens.

Third,usingscreenstoomuchwillinfluenceyoursleep.Accordingtoastudy,about95%

ofthepeoplebetweentheagesof13and64useelectronicsbeforebed,especiallytheyoung

peopleunder20.Doctorssaythatthelightfromthoseelectronicsatnightmaymakeyou

excitedbeforeyougotobed.Thenit'shardtoryoutogetenoughsleep.Soyou'dbetterturnoff

smartphones,TVs,andallotherscreensanhourbeforeyourbedtime.

Tokeephealthy,doctorsandresearchersstronglyadvisethatyoushouldn'tusescreensfor

longhours.

(1)Whatcanthebluelightfromyourscreencause?

(2)Howoftenshouldyoutakeabreakwhenworkingatacomputerorusingasmartphone?

(3)Howcanparentspreventlevelsofwhitemattergettinglowerintheirchildren'sbrains?

(4)Whatisthereasonthatyoucan*tsleepwellaccordingtothepassage?

(5)Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?(請(qǐng)自擬一句話作答)

14.Severalyearsago,Mrs.WangworkedinatraditionalChinesemedicinestore.Businesswasnot

bad.Everydayshemixedmedicinalherbs(草藥)forpatients,sothestorewasalwaysfullof

astrongherbalsmell.

Aftershehadworkedthereforatime,aboyof13or14startedcomingandsittingonthe

stairsoutsidethestoreforawhileeveryday.Itseemedstrangetoher.

"Doyouliketheherbalsmell?”sheaskedhimoneday.

"Igrewupwiththiskindofsmell."hesaid.Hetoldherthathismothertookherbal

medicineforyears,sohecouldmixherbsforhismotherwhenhewasveryyoung.Hemixed

theherbswithdeeplove,hopinghismotherwouldgetbetterassoonaspossible.

"Isyourmotherwellnow?”sheasked.

Heshookhishead."Mymotherdiedthreeyearsago."Lookingupintothesky,hewenton,

"WhenIfirstpassedbyhereandsmelledtheherbs,Ithoughtofmymother.ltiscomfortingto

rememberthosedayswhenshewasalive.SoIcomehereeverydaytositfbramoment.WhenI

sitaroundthissmell,Ifeelasifmymotherisstillaliveandiswaitingforhermedicineinher

room.'1

Answerthequestionsaccordingtothepassage.

(1)DidMrs.WangworkinatraditionalChinesemedicinestoreorahospitalseveralyears

ago?

(2)WhatdidMrs.Wangdoeverydayinherworkplace?

(3)WhatinterestedtheboytocomeandsitonthestairsoutsideMrs.Wang*sworkplace?

(4)Whatcouldtheboydoforhismotherwhenhismotherwasill?

(5)Theboymissedhismotherverymuchaftershedied,didn'the?

15.回答問題，請(qǐng)閱讀下面這篇文章，根據(jù)所提供的信息，回答5個(gè)問題，要求所寫答案語

法正確、語義完整，并把答案寫在答題卡指定的位置。

Knownasthebirthplaceofkites,WeifanginShangdongprovincehasalonghistoryof

makingkites.MadefrombambooandfeaturingtraditionalChinesepaintings,Weifangkite-

makingwasincludedinthenational-levelintangible(非物質(zhì)的)culturalheritagelistsin

2OO6.TheInternationalKiteFestivalhasbeenheldinWeifangeveryyearsince1984.

YangHongwei,56,isaninheritor(傳承人)ofWeifangkite-makingskill.Shewas

borninakite-makingfamily.Yangoftensawkiteswithbrightcoloursanddifferentshapesin

hergrandfather'sworkshop.

Havingaspecialconnectionwithkites,Yanglearnedtheskillfromhergrandfatheratthe

ageof16.Afterpractisingtheskillfor10years,shestartedherownshopin1992.

Inhersparetime,shealsotravelstodifferentcountriesincludingGermany,Australia,

theUSandNewZealandtotellpeopleaboutChinesestoriesseenonkitesandthetraditional

waysofmakingkites."I'maninheritoroftheculture.ltisalsoanimportantjobofmineto

spreadtheChineseculturearoundtheworld/*shesaid.

(1)Whereisthebirthplaceofkites?

(2)HowlonghastheInternationalKiteFestivalbeenheld?

(3)WhatdidYangHongweiseeinhergrandfathersworkshop?

(4)HowoldwasYangHongweiwhensheopenedherownshop?

(5)AccordingtoYangHongwei,whatisanimportantjobofhers?

16.Ifirstbegantogetstressedoutattheageof14afterbeingbullied(欺凌)atschoolfor

years.Anditbecameapartofmylifeintheend.AlthoughItriedeverything,IstillfeltIhadn't

evencomeclosetomanagingtheproblem.

Butoneafternoon,Ireadanarticleinamagazinethattalkedabouthowdogswereableto

helppeoplewithstress.Thenextday,Idecidedtogetadog—acorgi(柯基犬).WhenI

broughtmylittlecorgi,Buddy,home,Ididn'trealizehowmuchhewouldchangemylife.lt

didn'thappenrightaway,however.

Onemorning,Iwokeupwithmystressbackagain.Ididn*twanttogetoutofbed.Iturned

topullthequiltbackovermyheadandgaveup.That'swhenIsawBuddy.Buddystarted

jumpingalloverme,lettingmeknowthatitwastimetogooutside.Andforthefirsttimeinmy

life,onadaywhenmystresswasstrong,Igotoutofbed.

Ifsbeenmorethanayearsincethatday,andI'veneverspentanothermorningunableto

getoutofbed.Sure,IstillhavedayswhenIfeelsad.ButwithBuddybymyside,I'vefinally

learnedhowtomanagethesefeelings.

(1)Whendidtheauthorfirstbegintogetstressedout?

(2)Didtheauthormanagethestressproblembeforemeetingthecorgi?

(3)Whatdidthearticleinthemagazinetalkabout?

(4)Whydidn'ttheauthorgetoutofbedonemorning?

(5)Whathastheauthorlearnedfromthecorgi?

17.Eventhemostconfidentperformerscansufferfromstagefright（怯場(chǎng)）.Stagefrightis

commonforeveryonefromBroadwayactorstoexperiencedpresenters.Ifyouhavestagefright,

thenyoumaystarttofeelnervous,shaky,orevencompletelyfrightenedatthethoughtof

performinginfrontofanaudience.Butdon'tworry--youcandealwithyourstagefrightby

trainingyourbodyandmindtorelaxandtryingafewtips.

①Fake（假裝）confidence.Evenifyourheartisracing,justactlikethecoolestpersoninthe

world.Walkwithyourheadhighandabigsmileonyourface,anddon'ttellanyonehow

nervousyouare.Keepthisposture（姿勢(shì)）whenyougetonthestageandyou'llactuallystart

tofeelconfident.

②Createaritual（儀式）.Comeupwithaneffectiveritualfbrthedayofyour

performance.Thiscouldbeafive-kilometerjogonthemorningofyourperformance,the