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九年级英语每周阅读训练

AfirstforChina

——曹文轩：我讲地道的中国故事，也是全人类的故事。

Whataresomeofthebeststoriesyouhaveeverread?

FairytalesfromDanishwriterHansChristianAndersen,

ortheSherlockHolmesserieswrittenbyScottishwriter

ArthurConanDoyle?Now,youcanaddanotherpersontoyour

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listoffavoriteauthors.HisnameisCaoWenxuan,andhe

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isaChinesewriterwhoiswellknownforwriting

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children,sfiction.,

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OnApril4,Caowonthe2016HansChristianAndersen.

Prize（国际安徒生奖）inItaly.HeisthefirstChinese

writertoeverwinthisimportantawardforchildren's

literature（文学）.

“Theunanimous（全体一致的）choiceofthejury（评委会）,Caowritesbeautifullyaboutthe

complex（复杂的）livesofchildrenfacinggreatchallenges,“PatriciaAldana,the2016Hans

ChristianAndersenjurypresident,saidtoXinhua.

IfyoureadCao'sstories,youwillfindmanybeautifulandpoetic（诗意的）descriptions

ofscenery,uForexample,inTheGrassHouse（1997,《草房子》），Caowrites,a（Thegrass）grows

tough（坚强）.Whenthesunshines,thegrassshineslikecopperwire（铜线）.Whenthewindblows

fromthesea,thegrassmakessurprisinglymetal-likesounds.”

Caoalsousesloveasathemeinhisstories,andhedescribesitwithgreatbeauty.You

canfindthisthemeinBronzeandSunflower（2005,《青铜与葵花》）.AcountryboynamedBronze

whocannotspeakmeetsacitygirlnamedSunflower.HetakesSunflowerashislittlesisterafter

herfatherdiesinanaccident.BronzedoeseverythinghecantomakeSunflowerhappy:Heleaves

schooltomakesurethereismoneyforSunflower?sstudies,hecatchesfireflies（萤火虫）for

herandhemakesalighttohelpSunflowerdoherhomework.Butitseemstheyaredoomed（命

中注定的）tobepulledapart（分离）…

Thoughtheendingissad,ithelpsmakethestorymorerealistic（现实的）.“Sadnessisa

beautifulemotion（情感）.Ithelpskidsunderstandtherealworldwhenitisexpressedproperly,“

CaooncetoldtheWenHuiDaily.

WhenCaocreatesastory,hedoesnotwritespecifically（明确地）forsomeone.Adultscan

findbeautyinhisstories,andtheplots（情节）heinventstendtoimpresschildren."Itell

authentic（地道的）Chinesestories,buttheyarestoriesthatallhumanscanrelateto（关联）.

ThismightbeakeyreasonwhyIwonthisaward,“hesaid.21ST

----Cao'sfamousstories

TheGrassHouse（1997）《草房子》

SangSangisaprimaryschoolstudent.Heisimaginativeandkind.Whenhemovestoanew

placewithhisparents,hemeetsmanyfriends.Hesellshispetpigeons（鸽子）andgivesthe

moneytooneofhisfriends,DuXiaokang,whosefamilyisindecline（衰落）.Healsomakesfriends

withLuHe,whoisoftenlaughedatforhisbald（秃的）head.Butfate（命运）presentsSangSang

withadifficulttest:Hebecomesseriouslysick.Willherecover?It'syourturntofindout.

RedTilesandBlackTiles（1997）《红瓦黑瓦》

ThisstorycontinuesthetaletoldinTheGrassHouse.Itdescribesthehighschoollife

ofLinBing.Inthestory,youcanseefriendshipdevelopbetweenLinBingandhisclassmates.

Youalsowitnesshowthesechildrengrowup.Andyoulearnaboutateacher'sloveforhisstudents.

Thesecharactersaresimilartopeoplewefindinoureverydaylives.

TheBird（1999）《根鸟》

Oneday,GenNiaohasadream:Agirlpickingflowersonacliff（悬崖）fallsovertheedge.

Then,GenNiaostartshisjourneytolookforthegirl.Hefacesmanychallenges.Buthenever

givesup.Ontheway,helosessomethingpreciousandbeginstogrowup.

----AboutCaoWenxuan

Caowasbornin1954.HegraduatedfromPekingUniversity,andnowheteachesthere.Hestarted

towritechildren'sfictionin1979.TheGrassHouseisoneofhismostfamousbooks.Ithas

beenprintedabout300timesandpublishedinabout10millionvolumes（册）ontheChinesemainland.

ManyofhisnovelshavebeentranslatedintoEnglish,French,JapaneseandKorean.

1.TheHansChristianAndersenPrizeisanawardfor.

A.detectivestoriesB.historicalstories

C.children,sliteratureD.foreignliterature

2.CaodescribesthefollowinginhisstoriesEXCEPT.

A.thecomplexlivesofchildrenB.beautifulscenery

C.thethemeofloveD.thechallengesadultsface

3.Whatcanwelearnfromthelasttwoparagraphs?

A.Cao'sstoriesdon,thaveahappyending.

B.Caothinkssadnesshelpskidstogrow.

C.Caowritesstoriesforsomeone.

D.Adultscan'tfindbeautyinCao,sstories.

Karateplayerrisestotop

Iamakarateplayer.Istillremembermyfirstkarate

competition.Likeotherparticipants,Iwasveryexcitedaboutmy

event.IwatchedeveryparticipantstechniquessothatIcould

carefullydodgetheirmoves.

SomehowIgotintothesemifinals.Inthesemifinals,Igot

injured.Istilldidn,tgiveup,andIfoughtbackandgotinto

finals.Afterall,gettingthegoldmedalwasmydream.

Inthefinalcompetition,therewerenosupportersonmyside,

asIwasanewface.Instead,thecrowdwascheeringformyopponent.

Icouldhearonlymyopponentysname.

IignoredthecrowdJscheering.Ikeptonethinginmind:focus,

waitandattack.Ihadconfidenceinmyself,andIknewthatnomatterhowstrongmyopponent

was,Ihadtogiveitmybestshotandfightwell.

Whenthetimewasup,Iwasleadingwitha3-0score.OnethingIlearnedfromthatevent

is,nomatterhowstrongyouropponentis,don,tthinkyouareweakorstrong.Justgiveyour

bestshot,andyouwillmakeyourwaytosuccess.

Winorlose,youwillgainimportantexperiences.Learnfromeverystepyoutake.

----Shareyourthoughts:

Don'tfocustoomuchontheoutcome.Justtryyourbest,andenjoytheprocess.

----Wordsinfocus:

1.dodgev.movequicklytoavoidsb.orsth.

Luckily,shedodgedthefallingrock.

2.opponentn,someonewhomyoutrytodefeatinacompetition,game,fight

Heropponenthurthislegandhadtogiveup.

3.ignorev.notlistenorgiveattentiontosth

Thephonerang,butsheignoredit.

4.attackv.moveforwardandtrytoscoregoalsorwinpoints

Brazilbegantoattackmoreinthesecondhalfofthematch.

5.leadv.bewinningagame,competition,etc.

With15lapstogo,Schumacherledtherace.

----Thinkabout:

1.Whatdoestheunderlinedpartmeaninthewholesentence?

A.Ifyougiveyourbestshot,

B.Althoughyougiveyourbestshot,

C.Beforeyougiveyourbestshot,

2.Comparethetwosentencesbelow:

A.Useyourhead,andyouwillfindaway.B.Hurryup,oryouwillbelateforschool.

Question:WhatdoessentenceBmean?

Ifyoudon'thurryup,you'11belateforschool.

3.—Doctor,I'vegotaheadache.

一Don,tworry.Justtakesomemedicine,_____you'11beOK

again.(2015Taizhou,Jiangsu)

A.andB.butC.soD.or

4.Lookatthepictureandguesswhattheteacherissayingtoher

student.

,andyouwill.

----Choosetheanswer:

1.Howdidthewriterfeelabouthisfirstkaratecompetition?

A.scaredB.sillyC.worriedD.confident

2.Duringthesemifinals,thewriter.

A.gotinjuredB.gaveup

C.wonagoldmedalD.hadlotsofsupporters

3.Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase“giveitmybestshot"mean?

A.domybestB.beconfidentC.holdonD.challengesomeone

4.Whatisthemainthingthestorytel.us?

A.Learnfromyourfailures,B.Keepontryingevenwhenyouare

injured.

C.Don,tlookdownuponyouroppon（.D.Successcomestothosewhoworkhard.

Giftforlanguage

----LimYoon-aspeaksfluentChinese.韩国明

星林允儿学习中文有秘诀。

Whenanactortriestodevelopacareerin

aforeigncountry,languageisusuallythe

biggestbarrier（障碍）.ButforSouthKorean

singerandactressLimYoon-a,itdoesnotseem

likeaproblem.

Afewweeksago,theGirls,Generation

memberandactressimpressedherfansby

speakingfluentMandarinonaChinesevariety

show（综艺节目），whilepromotinghernewTV

drama.GodofWarZhaoYun（《武神赵子龙》）,whichstartedairingonHunanTVonApril3,is

Lim'sfirstChinesedrama.IttellsthestoryofthehistoricalheroZhaoZilongfromtheChinese

novelRomanceoftheThreeKingdoms（《三国演义》）.Lim,25,playsXiahouQingyi,aprincess

thatZhaomeets.

LimsaidsheusedtolearnChineseassecondlanguageinjuniorhighschool.Butitwasduring

theeightmonthsshe