《2025年新编基础训练九年级英语全一册人教版》

Ⅳ. 任务型阅读。
Mr. Reynolds, my teacher, handed us a list of thoughts, and asked us to write a paper on one of those thoughts. I chose the topic “I wonder why things are the way they are.”
I wrote down all the questions that puzzled (困扰) me about life. I realized that many of them were hard to answer, and perhaps others could not be answered at all. When I handed in my paper, I was afraid that I might fail because I did not answer the questions.
The next day, Mr. Reynolds handed me the paper and asked me to read it for the class. The other students became quiet as I began to read my story:
Mom, why are the roses red? Why is the grass green and the sky blue? Why do I have to graduate (毕业)? Why do I have to grow up? Why do I have to be called “Grandma” one day...
Dad, why can't I stay out until 12:00? Why do I miss my old friends? Why do I miss being at home? Why do you love me so much? ...
Mom, Dad, why did you have to leave me? I need you.
At the end of my story, I looked at Mr. Reynolds, and I saw a tear slowly coming down his face. Then I realized that life is not built on the answers we receive, but on the questions we ask.
14. Why was the writer afraid that she might fail? (不超过 10 个词)Because she did not answer the questions.
15. What did the teacher ask the writer to do for the class? (不超过 15 个词)To read her paper for the class.
16. What did the writer realize at the end of the story? (不超过 15 个词)Life is built on the questions we ask.

答案： 14. Because she did not answer the questions (she wrote down). 15. The teacher asked her to read her paper for the class. /To read her paper for the class. 16. The writer realized that life is built on the questions we ask. / Life is not built on the answers we receive，but on the questions we ask.