《2025年绩优课堂高效提升满分备考八年级英语上册冀教版》

Ⅲ. 阅读表达
阅读下面短文，简略回答问题。
(跨学科·语文) Lord Pingyuan was from the State of Zhao(赵国). At that time, Zhao was weaker than Qin, so Qin wanted to control (控制) Zhao. Lord Pingyuan decided to ask the State of Chu for some help. He planned to pick twenty talented people to go with him. But he could only find nineteen people. Where was the twentieth person? Soon, a man called Mao Sui was very confident and said, “Please believe in me.” Finally, Lord Pingyuan let Mao Sui join them.
Lord Pingyuan led these twenty men to the State of Chu. However, the king didn’t want to help Zhao. Mao Sui acted bravely. He walked to the king with a sword(剑) in his hand. The king was very surprised and had to listen to Mao Sui. Mao Sui described the importance of the friendship between Chu and Zhao. The king agreed to help Zhao. After that, people considered Mao Sui as a hero of the state.
The story tells us that we should always believe in ourselves like Mao Sui. Don’t be shy to show our talents.
16. What did Lord Pingyuan decide to do to save Zhao?
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17. How many talented people did Lord Pingyuan plan to pick?
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18. Why did Lord Pingyuan let Mao Sui join them?
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19. How did people like Mao Sui after he came back from the State of Chu?
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20. (新考法·开放性设问) What can you learn from the story? What will you do to be a confident person?
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答案： Ⅲ. 16. He decided to ask the State of Chu for some help.
17. Twenty.
18. Because Mao Sui was confident.
19. They considered Mao Sui as a hero of the state.
20. I should always believe in myself. /I shouldn’t be shy to show my talents.
I will learn from my mistakes instead of being afraid of them.
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