《2025年通城学典初中英语阅读组合训练九年级英语苏州专版》

Big or small,cute or scary,there are many kinds of pets.Some 1.families keep soft,furry guinea pigs(豚鼠)as pets.How can pigs be soft and furry?Guinea pigs are not really pigs.They are cousins of hamsters and gerbils.
Guinea pigs like to live together,so families usually keep two 2.instead of one.New people make guinea pigs nervous,but 3.once they get to know somebody,they like quiet voices and gentle touches.If you want to spend time with a guinea pig,make sure an adult is nearby to help.
Guinea pigs are very chatty(爱闲聊的)!They can coo with contentment and purr when they are stroked.They whistle when they are 4.excited or looking for a friend.If a guinea pig wants to be left alone,it can rumble like a tiny motorboat.When you listen 5.closely to a guinea pig,it might tell you something.

答案： 1.families 2.instead of 3.once 4.excited 5.closely

Like most of her schoolmates in Zimbabwe,12-year-old Melisa has just one type of food in the meal box she brings from her home.Today she finds boiled sweet potatoes.Her friend Nyarai only 1.has(have)rice.Others' boxes hold dried fish,or boiled corn.
“We bring different foods,but nobody has a complete meal,”explains Melisa.Kids 2.with too little food felt weak in class or even dropped out of school.
But now Melisa and her schoolmates are getting 3.different(difference)foods—and kids with too little food are getting more—because they are sharing what's in their 4.boxes(box).At lunch,students gather around the schoolyard in small groups that they call “lunch box clubs”.With their parents' agreement,they share their food.Nyarai finds her rice tastier 5.when she shares it with Farisai and Linnet,who share their drink or dried piece of meat with her.“Sharing brings 6.us(we)different foods,”Farisai says.“And it is good for our health too.”
The clubs also help 7.(to) form(form)new friendships.Although Dennis and Prince live near each other and are classmates,they hardly ever talked or played together before.Now,Prince says,“We are 8.really(real)good friends at school and at home.”
Irene,a teacher,sees another advantage of the clubs.Kids now freely share school supplies without quarreling.9.The school does not have enough for everyone,so two kids may sit on one chair,and four may use the same book.Irene says,“If you can share food,it becomes much 10.easier(easy)to share many other things.”

答案： 1.has 2.with 3.different 4.boxes 5.when 6.us 7.(to) form 8.really 9.The 10.easier