《2025年自主学习能力测评单元测试九年级英语全一册外研版》

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Many Chinese students know the name Li Hua. He is a made-up student who students pretend to be when they write English letters for tests. The letters Li Hua writes change every year. They show how English learning in China has changed over time.
Tian Lijun is from Dalian, Liaoning. She learnt English in middle school in the 1990s.
"At first, we learnt letters and sounds, then words," she remembers. "I didn't think we would learn to make sentences."
Dalian is a coastal city, so English was added to the school subjects soon.
"I wanted to learn English because I saw changes all around," Tian says.
Later on, English classes began in earlier grades and became more interesting. Zhang Zhibin is an English teacher in Beijing. He started learning English in sixth grade. Students like Wang Mengqi, born in the 2000s, started learning English even before first grade.
"We had fun books with pictures and colourful letters in kindergarten," Wang says.
The ways teachers teach and the tools they use have changed a lot since the 1980s. Tian's first English teacher taught in Chinese, but Wang says that nowadays, teachers encourage students to speak only English during class. Previously, teachers relied on blackboards. Nowadays, students use computers to practise listening and speaking English.
Chinese students are improving their English skills thanks to updated textbooks and lessons that include current events and global issues. "New events can be in the next book. The lessons are connected to real life," says high school student Lei Chenxiang.
The topics for English essays (文章) are changing too. Students have been telling stories about China to their foreign friends in the name of Li Hua. Wang believes these changes reflect China's growing confidence in the culture. "China's growing role in the world is important," she says.
根据语篇内容,按要求回答问题。
41. Who is Li Hua?A made-up student used in English tests.
42. Why did Tian Lijun want to learn English?Because she saw changes all around her.
43. When did Wang Mengqi start learning English?Before first grade.
44. What is a current trend in English textbooks in China?They include current events and global issues.
45. What do the changes in the topics for English essays reflect about China?China's growing confidence in the culture.

答案： 41. A made-up student used in English tests. 42. Because she saw changes all around her. 43. Before first grade. 44. They include current events and global issues. 45. China's growing confidence in the culture.