《2025年中学英语听读导航八年级上册译林版》

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When the Dragon Boat Festival comes,many Chinese like to watch or take part in dragon boat races. They are fun and exciting. However,in a small village in Fuzhou,people are busy making dragon boats instead of rowing them during the festival.
Fangzhuang,known as the "Dragon Boat Village",has a history of more than 700 years of boat-making. It is the biggest dragon boat-making place in China. There are four main factories in the village,including Fang Shaohuang's.
Fang Shaohuang,a 72-year-old man,has a boat-making factory in Fangzhuang. He began to learn the skill 58 years ago. It is not easy to build a dragon boat because workers need to use many tools and finish all the work by hand,from carving to painting.
"The materials for making the boat are crucial," Fang said. "We often choose trees over 40 years old. And the wood must be hard and waterproof(防水的),or the boat can't be used for a long time."
In Fang's factory,the boats are 18 metres long,and each of them can carry as many as 34 people. It usually takes one worker over 20 days to complete a boat. This year,the four main factories in Fangzhuang made about 200 boats before the festival.
Besides making boats,the factory also welcomes visitors. A number of primary school students and college students come to learn about the traditional boat-making skills. "My nephew(侄子) says he hopes to build a hall for showing our boats so that more young people are able to know the dragon boat culture," Fang said.
( A)9. Why is Fangzhuang known as the "Dragon Boat Village"?
A. Because it's famous for dragon boat making.
B. Because people living there are good at rowing boats.
C. Because the biggest dragon boat race takes place there.
D. Because it has a long history of dragon boat races.
( D)10. The underlined word "crucial" probably means " ".
A. very clean
B. very terrible
C. very meaningful
D. very important
( B)11. Which of the following is TRUE about the boats in Fang's factory?
A. They are small but heavy.
B. Workers make them by hand.
C. They are made of expensive materials.
D. Each of them can carry over 200 people.
( A)12. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Many students pay a visit to Fang's factory.
B. Fang hopes to build a hall on the dragon boat.
C. There is a hall for showing dragon boats in Fang's factory.
D. Few people would like to learn about the boat-making skills now.

答案： 9. A
10. D
11. B
12. A