《2025年多维互动提优课堂九年级英语上册译林版提升版》

七、短文填空(10 分)
One day,a baby snail found that he had to carry a big and heavy shell at any time. He asked his mother,“Why was I born with a shell? It 1. grows (grow) so hard and heavy.” His mother said,“Because we don't have bones 2. to support (support) us. We move slowly,so we need a shell to protect us.”
The baby snail asked again,“The caterpillar(毛毛虫) has no bones either,and she can't move quickly. Why can she live 3. without a shell?” The mother snail answered 4. patiently (patient),“That's because she will become a butterfly. She can fly high into 5. the sky which can protect her.”
The baby snail then 6. cried (cry),“We are so poor! We have no protection like that!”
His mother smiled at him,“That's why we have a shell. My dear,imagine 7. if we don't have the shell,what will happen to us? Our bodies 8. will be hurt (hurt) by the hot sun and we'll have nowhere to sleep. What's 9. worse (bad),we'll die in the heavy rain. We don't depend on the sky. We should depend on 10. ourselves (we).”

答案： 1. grows
2. to support
3. without
4. patiently
5. the
6. cried
7. if
8. will be hurt
9. worse
10. ourselves

八、阅读表达(10 分)
Another rich man in Venice was Shylock. He became rich by lending money to others and making them pay interest(利息),while Antonio thought it wrong to make people pay interest. He said the rich should help the poor. Shylock was very angry about this because many people went to borrow money from Antonio instead of borrowing from him. This meant that Shylock earned less money.
When Bassanio visited Shylock,he asked Shylock to lend him three thousand gold coins and said he would pay it back in three months. “How do I know you can pay it back?” asked Shylock. “My friend Antonio will help me. If I do not pay you in three months,he will do it for me,” Bassanio said. Shylock turned to smile. Perhaps this would be a chance.
So Shylock went to visit Antonio at once. When seeing him,Shylock couldn't help thinking how much he hated him. However,he did not show his hatred. He tried to be friendly. “It's three thousand gold coins for three months,isn't it?” Antonio and Bassanio agreed. “What interest will you pay?” Shylock asked. Before long,Antonio and Shylock were arguing about interest. Antonio called Shylock some bad names. Bassanio was worried and stopped Antonio.
Antonio said sorry to Shylock. “If you lend us this money,I will not call you bad names.”
Shylock pretended to be surprised. “Come with me to the judge,” said Shylock,“so that he can write the contract. I will lend you the money for three months. You will pay no interest. Just for fun,however,let's agree that if you do not pay me on time,you will give me one pound of your flesh from wherever I choose to take it!”
Antonio agreed. He was certain that he was able to pay back the money on time. “My ships come back a whole month before we have to pay the money.”
1. How did Shylock become rich? He became rich by lending money to others and making them pay interest.
2. Who did many people prefer to go to borrow money from? Antonio.
3. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to? Pay back the three thousand gold coins.
4. In how many months would Antonio's ships come back as planned? Two months.
5. What do you think of Shylock? He is greedy and vengeful.

答案： 1. He became rich by lending money to others and making them pay interest.
2. Antonio.
3. Pay back the three thousand gold coins.
4. Two months.
5. He is greedy and vengeful.