《2025年名校课堂九年级英语全一册人教版贵州专版》

四、阅读理解。
阅读下面短文，根据其内容填空和回答问题。(21 至 24 每题答案不超过 3 个词，25 题需用完整句子回答。)
Life always becomes different. The change becomes clear when you look at how the kids have changed.
Tom，a 16-year-old boy，comes from a medical(医学的)family. He used to play the computer at home. Last month，he visited his mother’s hospital. After seeing many patients who needed help there，he changed a lot. Now he is a volunteer in the hospital，and becomes outgoing and warm-hearted. His parents take pride in him a lot.
Kevin，a boy from Wenchuan，was born in an artist family. He liked playing basketball and drawing pictures. In a serious earthquake(地震)，his parents died. After that，he became silent and afraid to stay alone. His relatives are worried about him. They are trying their best to help him.
Kitty lived with her parents on a farm. She helped them with farm work. She was a little shy and she didn’t dare to communicate with strangers. A lesson about “Speak Up” helped her. Now her face never turns red when she talks to others. She even dares to make a speech to the whole school. It’s really a big change and her parents are excited.
David’s parents do a restaurant business. He was really a good student in the past. He often studied hard in the library and got good scores on his exams. This year he has changed. His parents left home and went to the city. He is sad and now he doesn’t go to school. The teacher asks his parents to do something helpful.

答案： 21. Changes 22. proud of 23. earthquake 24. make a speech 25. This year I read more and exercised more. My teachers' advice and a magazine article about a cyclist's healthy habits made me change. / ...