《2025年真题圈九年级英语全一册冀教版河北专版》

Ⅸ. 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，简略回答71~75题。
Pity the Farmer
—by Li Shen (772 - 846)
The farmer hoes grain in the noonday sun,
With sweat dripping onto the field.
Who realizes that the food on their plate—
Every grain—comes from bitter suffering?
The Rice Farmer
—by Saoirse McCann
The Sun is setting low, the red sky a welcoming sight;
The farmer stands silently in the fading light.
The fields are watered and planted, the buffaloes are fed;
The only thing he thinks of now is finding home and bed.
A gentle wind is whispering of hope and dreams of life;
Every grain of rice requires such effort and such strife.
Remember, when you sit and eat with family or friends.
All the many hours he works, as his fields he tends.
71. Who is the writer of Pity the Farmer?
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72. What time is it in the first poem?
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73. Where does the food on people’s plate come from in Li Shen’s opinion?
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74. Why is the rice farmer now thinking only of home and bed?
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75. Do you eat up all the food in the bowls? Why or why not?
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答案： 71. Li Shen. 72. At noon. 73. Bitter suffering. 74. Because it was night, and he might be tired. 75. Yes, I do. Because food is hard won, we must cherish it.(答案不唯一,言之有理即可。)