《2026年启东中学作业本九年级英语下册译林版徐州专版》

D(2024·江苏南通启东调研)
I’m Black Beauty, a male horse. Before I was taken to Mr Gordon, my mother Duchess spoke to me, “All young horses have to leave mothers. Whatever happens, try to be gentle and stay away from bad behaviours.”
Then I came to Mr Gordon’s house. In the stable(马厩)next to mine was a little fat grey horse. I put my head up and said, “Nice to meet you! What’s your name?” He seemed unhappy. “I’m Merrylegs. You are my neighbour?”
I said yes.
“Well,” he continued, “I hope you are well-behaved. I don’t like anyone who bites(咬)people.” Then he went on, “Mr Gordon should be the best owner!”
A tall brown female horse shouted at him, “No one knows how long a good home will last!”
Merrylegs lowered his voice and whispered, “She’s Ginger with a bad habit of biting people.”
The angry voice came again, “You don’t know anything! you would bite too.”
“Poor Ginger! What made her so unhappy?” I thought to myself.
The next day when I worked with Ginger, she told the whole story.
“I was taken away early from Mother and there was no kind master to look after me. My training started with several men forcing me against a wall. One held my nose and another pulled my mouth open to put a bit(马嚼子)in. They never gave me a chance to understand what they wanted.”
“How could that be?” I said.
“After the training, I was sold to a man in London, who drove me with a bearing rein(缰绳). It is a kind of rein that pulls your neck all the way back. Imagine your neck on fire with pain?”
“Horrible!” I cried.
“After that, a gentleman found me and he thought that it was wrong for a fine horse to go bad like that. So I was brought here, not long before you came. We are lucky here, at least they treat us gently,” Ginger said.
I felt sorry about her painful experiences which showed exactly why she bit people. “She was rude to people but she couldn’t be that way always. What can I do for her? I couldn’t stop thinking about it.”
—Adapted from Black Beauty
(A)12. Who seems friendly in the story?
A. Black Beauty. B. Duchess.
C. Merrylegs. D. Ginger.
(C)13. According to the story, Ginger her training.
A. doubted B. enjoyed
C. hated D. worried about
(C)14. 新考法 Which can be put in “” in the story?
A. If you had a master like Mr Gordon
B. If you had no food to eat
C. If you went through my life
D. If you were a female horse
(D)15. 新考法 What might the writer write about after this part of the story?
A. How Ginger met Black Beauty.
B. When Ginger would leave this home.
C. Where Black Beauty would go next.
D. How Black Beauty helped Ginger.

答案： 12. A 【点拨】根据“I put my head up and said，‘Nice to meet you! What's your name?’”可知，Black Beauty 友善地和别的马打招呼。由此推知 Black Beauty 可能是温柔的。故选 A。
13. C 【点拨】根据“My training started with several men forcing me against a wall. One held my nose and another pulled my mouth open to put a bit(马嚼子) in.”可知，Ginger 的训练始于几个人把她逼到墙边，一个捏住她的鼻子，另一个把她的嘴拉开，往嘴里塞马嚼子。由此推知，Ginger 很讨厌她的训练。故选 C。
14. C 【点拨】联系后文内容可知，Ginger 讲述了自己的经历，说明自己为什么会咬人，选项 C“如果你经历我的生活”符合语境。故选 C。
15. D 【点拨】根据“What can I do for her? I couldn't stop thinking about it.”可知，Black Beauty 一直在想能为 Ginger 做些什么，由此推知，接下来作者可能会写 Black Beauty 是如何帮助 Ginger 的。故选 D。