《2025年夺冠课课练九年级英语上册译林版》

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Alex Brychta is a very successful illustrator(插画师). He draws and paints pictures for stories. Alex was born in 1956 in Czechoslovakia. His parents were 1A, so Alex showed great talent in art at an early age and learned from them. When he was older, he drew cartoons and 2A different art shows.
However, a war broke out in Czechoslovakia soon, so Alex had to 3C his hometown with his family. After a long 4B, the family got to England to start a new life.
At first, life was not easy for Alex. He could not understand 5B in class and had no friends at school. However, he kept on drawing. When the teacher looked at Alex's 6A, he said, “Alex, these are very good and look like book illustrations.” Alex was 7D and worked harder on it. When he was 16, Alex got his first job 8A a book illustrator.
In 1984, the writer Rod Hunt wanted an illustrator for his books. He liked Alex's illustrations. He asked Alex to 9D the characters of his new books: Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy. Alex agreed and soon in July, he illustrated the 10D story about them called A New Dog.
Next he illustrated more stories by Rod. In 1986, 24 stories 11B and were sold to schools. The books were popular and 12C by children in the UK. Later, children in lots of countries started reading Rod and Alex's books. The stories were greatly welcomed, 13C Rod and Alex were asked to write lots of new stories.
In 2012, Alex and Rod were each given a special 14C by Queen Elizabeth of the UK. Alex was very proud of this prize and he said, “The 15B thing is that all over the world millions of children enjoy reading our books.”
1. A. artists
B. engineers
C. scientists
D. pianists
2. A. attended
B. avoided
C. improved
D. missed
3. A. develop
B. build
C. leave
D. reach
4. A. celebration
B. journey
C. progress
D. training
5. A. Chinese
B. English
C. French
D. Japanese
6. A. pictures
B. passages
C. shows
D. stories
7. A. tested
B. protected
C. thanked
D. encouraged
8. A. as
B. for
C. like
D. with
9. A. write
B. read
C. act
D. draw
10. A. last
B. next
C. second
D. first
11. A. blew out
B. came out
C. ran out
D. set out
12. A. offered
B. made
C. enjoyed
D. produced
13. A. because
B. but
C. so
D. though
14. A. gift
B. lesson
C. prize
D. book
15. A. funniest
B. best
C. strangest
D. easiest

答案： 1.A 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.B 6.A 7.D 8.A 9.D 10.D 11.B 12.C 13.C 14.C 15.B