《2026年启东中学作业本九年级英语下册译林版徐州专版》

五、阅读与表达。(共 5 小题,每小题 2 分,满分 10 分)
阅读下面的短文,按要求回答问题。(2025·江苏盐城大丰区一模)
Hi, I'm David House, a Teens writer from the UK. I help solve teenage problems. I hope I can help with yours.

While keeping good health, taking regular exercise and eating right—fiber, vegetables, fruit and meat may help, and you may have to learn to live with your height and accept it. The thing is, I look back on my brother's and others' comments(评价)with humour now. In the end, it was all character building. Everyone has something about them that they don't like, or want to change, and that others will exploit(利用). But it's who we are. Don't let these comments get to you. Laugh them off and stand proud. And honestly, people who try to make others small are really small people. Bigness comes from inside, not from outside.
David
注:每题答案不超过 6 个词。
1. How has Antares been feeling about himself in the past few months?
Upset and bad.
2. Why do Antares' classmates laugh at him?
Because he's short and chubby.
3. What does David suggest for keeping good health?
Regular exercise and healthy diet.
4. Where does "bigness" come from, according to David?
From inside.
5. When people laugh at you, what should you do?
Laugh them off.

答案： 1. Upset and bad.
2. Because he's short and chubby.
3. Regular exercise and healthy diet.
4. From inside.
5. Laugh them off.（言之有理即可）