《2025年卓越英语九年级上册译林版》

四、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文,然后根据短文内容,在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。(本大题共14小题,每小题2分,共28分)
A
Sing a Song of People
by Lois Lenski
Sing a song of people
Walking fast or slow;
People in the city
Up and down they go.
5 People on the sidewalk,
People on the bus;
People passing, passing,
In back and front of us.
People on the subway
10 Underneath the ground.
People riding taxis
Round and round and round.
People with their hats on,
Going in the doors;
15 People with umbrellas
When it rains and pours.
People in tall buildings
And in stores below;
Riding elevators
20 Up and down they go.
People walking singly,
People in a crowd(人群);
People saying nothing,
People talking loud.
25 People laughing, smiling,
Grumpy people too;
People who just hurry
And never look at you!
30 Who like to come and go;
Sing of city people
You see but never ______!
(B)41. The poem is about a ______ city.
A. beautiful B. busy C. rainy D. small
(A)42. In Line 21, the word “singly” means ______.
A. alone B. fast C. slowly D. quietly
(C)43. According to the poem, the best word for the blank is ______.
A. borrow B. throw C. know D. allow

答案： 41.B 42.A 43.C

B
In a few hours Sam would be flying to Germany. We looked at each other but no sound broke the silence of my beach-side house.
Such a moment was not the first time for me. On Sam’s first day of kindergarten, I felt his stress when holding his hand. He looked at me—as he did now. But I said nothing till the school bus came. About ten years later, I drove him to the college. He was sick but I didn’t know then. I thought he was just too tired. I tried to think of something to say as he would start a new period of life. Again, ▲.
Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those moments we parents all let pass. A boy graduates from school, a daughter gets married. We seldom find a quiet moment to tell them what they have meant to us. Or what they may face in the future.
Sam was weak when he was born but grew into a strong boy. Then he became the best baseball player in high school. His finest moment came when he got the first prize at a science fair. I was sorry he gave up his athletic talent, but proud that later he chose English literature. One day, I told Sam I regretted(后悔) never traveling abroad to know better about the world before working. Sam decided to learn German in Berlin, even though his friends thought it meaningless.
The night before he was to leave, I failed to say any words again. Maybe, I thought, it wasn’t necessary to say anything.
What does it matter if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him? But as I stood before Sam, I knew it does matter.
“Sam, ” I said, “if I could have picked, I would have picked you. ” I wasn’t sure he understood what I meant.
Sam came towards me and threw his arms around me, saying “thank you”. My eyes misted over(模糊). Then, the moment ended, and Sam left home.
That was seven weeks ago, and now I think about him when I walk along the beach near my home on weekends. Thousands of miles away, Sam may be busy walking in the street of Berlin.
What I had said to Sam was not new. It was everything.
(Taken from Words from a Father)
(C)44. Which of the following can be put at the end of Paragraph 2?
A. his illness worried me
B. I couldn’t help crying
C. I failed to say a word
D. I thought of his childhood
(B)45. When Sam heard “if I could have picked, I would have picked you. ”, he might feel ______.
A. sad B. excited C. stressed D. calm
(D)46. What does the writer mean by writing the last sentence “But, it was everything. ”?
A. A son should tell everything to his son.
B. A father should care about his son’s growth.
C. A son should understand his father’s love.
D. A father should express deep love to his son.

答案： 44.C 45.B 46.D