《2025年暑假衔接起跑线八升九年级英语人教版》

Do you know Xihaigu in Ningxia? It was known as “the 1worst(bad) place for humans to live” fifty years ago because of its terrible environment. The land(土地) there 2provided(provide) people with little food or water at that time. 3Things(thing) started to change when people moved to Minning Town near the Yellow River in the late 1990s.
Wu Juan was one of those people. 4Compared(compare) with the life in Xihaigu, life in Minning Town was much better. When she was 5achild, the Spring Festival was the happiest time for Wu, 6becauseit was the only time in a year that her parents would return from the city with candies and new clothes.
One day, Wu's English teacher found her interest in speaking English. “It's 7enjoyable(enjoy) to listen to you speak English,” the teacher said, and that made Wu love English more. She worked hard and 8finally(final) went to Shandong University to learn English.
Wu went back to Ningxia in 2016 to work at a museum. In her free time, Wu offered 9to teach(teach) children English. “If the children in Ningxia can speak good English, they can see the world better and communicate 10withforeigners,” she said.

答案： 1. worst 2. provided 3. Things 4. Compared 5. a 6. because 7. enjoyable 8. finally 9. to teach 10. with

My grandma used to be a woman who could win anyone with her love. She was the 1oldest of a big family with seven girls and one boy.
At the age of 20, my grandma married a 40-year-old man. But she lost her husband one year later. 2Luckily, she had a son. But that didn't last, as the son died soon! Completely, by the age of 25, she lost her whole family!
3However, she didn't lose hope. She focused her life on 4taking care of every homeless child. This was the 5reason she was loved and respected by everyone in our family.

答案： 1. oldest 2. Luckily 3. However 4. taking 5. reason