《2025年学习之友九年级英语上册人教版》

B
China has built more than 90,000 bridges and broken many world records since 2013. And it is now running ahead of the US, Europe and Japan in the construction (建筑) of long bridges.
China has taken 8 seats of the world's top 10 highest bridges. Beipanjiang Bridge was completed in 2016. It holds the record for the highest bridge in the world. This bridge crosses a canyon (峡谷) between Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces. How high is it? It sits over 565 meters above the river which is as high as a 200-floor building!
As for the longest cross-sea bridge, China has kept breaking this world record, too. The country now has 6 of the world's longest cross-sea bridges. Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge opened to the public on October 24, 2018. How much do you know about it? Here are some facts about it. The bridge is 55km long and it is the world's longest cross-sea bridge. It took nine years to complete this bridge. The bridge cost over 100 billion yuan and will last for 120 years. The bridge makes it faster to drive from Hong Kong to Zhuhai, Macao, It used to take three hours, but now it takes only 25 minutes.
With more bridges built around China, people of different places are getting much closer than before. We will see a rich and more colorful China thanks to the construction of wonderful bridges.
(B)5. What does the underlined word “holds” mean in the passage?
A. 举办
B. 保持
C. 握住
D. 抓住
(A)6. What is the highest bridge in China?
A. Beipanjiang Bridge.
B. Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.
C. Zhangjiajie Glass Footbridge.
D. Zhaozhou Bridge.
(D)7. Which of the following isn't mentioned about Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge?
A. The length of it.
B. The cost of building it.
C. The time of finishing building it.
D. The material of it.
(C)8. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Beipanjiang Bridge was completed in 2018.
B. Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge opened to the public in 2016.
C. China is now running ahead of the US, Europe and Japan in the construction of long bridges.
D. The bridge makes it slower to drive from Hong Kong to Zhuhai, Macao.

答案： 5. B
6. A
7. D
8. C