《2025年启东中学作业本九年级英语下册译林版徐州专版》

A
Leonardo da Vinci began painting The Mona Lisa，one of the most famous paintings of all time，in 1503. He was working on a special painting for a church at the time，but it was not going 1 （ ）. The woman who can be seen in The Mona Lisa is said to be Madonna Lisa del Giocondo. She was the wife of an Italian businessman. Her husband asked da Vinci 2 （ ） a portrait(肖像) of her.
After da Vinci finished the painting in 1506，he was invited by the French King to visit France. 3 he took the painting with him. Today The Mona Lisa is kept in the Louvre，an art museum in Paris，and it is seen by about six million 4 （ ） a year.
The painting measures(测量为) only 77 centimetres by 53 centimetres and is painted 5 oil on wood. In 1911，Vincenzo Peruggia，a worker at the Louvre，stole the painting. He took it out of the museum by hiding it under 6 （ ） coat. Two years later，police officers found 7 painting when he tried to sell it.
In 1962，The Mona Lisa was 8 （ ） to Washington and New York for artwork shows. For the journey，the museum 9 （ ） to insure(给……投保) the painting. The insurance company set the value of it at 100 million dollars，making it the most 10 （ ） painting ever! Today，the value of the painting would be over 700 million dollars.
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________
6. ____________ 7. ____________ 8. ____________ 9. ____________ 10. ____________

答案： 1. well 2. to paint 3. And 4. visitors 5. with 6. his
7. the 8. taken 9. wanted 10. valuable

B(2024·江苏泰州兴化一模)
29 - year - old Yang Xu has a new hobby：seal carving(篆刻). He 1 （ ） classes at a local night school since a week ago. “I used to spend my free time staring at my smartphone，” Yang said.
“Now，I spend one and 2 half hours at the seal cutting class every day，finding achievement and peace in it. ”
Night classes were very popular in the 1980s，when many young Chinese people were learning new skills 3 （ ） a living. Today，4 they now serve a new purpose of enriching cultural needs，these classes are becoming popular among young people again.
The night art school Yang attends 5 （ ） up by the local government in 2016. For those who are interested in art，the school provides twelve 90 - minute classes which cost 500 yuan. On average，the price for each hour of class is 6 （ ） the same as a bubble tea.
Before the night school was opened，young people had trouble 7 （ ） classes in traditional art. Today，the night school provides all these classes 8 a reasonable price，and the classes are taught by celebrated teachers and artists.
For many young people，night classes are a 9 （ ） choice to escape from the busy city life than electronic products. “The stress in city creates a lot of 10 （ ），” Yang said. “People need a place to rest their minds，and night art classes can be that one. ”
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________
6. ____________ 7. ____________ 8. ____________ 9. ____________ 10. ____________

答案： 1. has taken 2. a 3. to make 4. though/although
5. was set 6. nearly 7. finding 8. at 9. wiser
10. worries