2024年山东省潍坊市中考英语试卷（含答案）

2024年潍坊市初中学业水平考试（中考）

英语试题

2024.6

注意事项：

1.本试题满分no分,考试时间为90分钟；

2.答卷前务必将试题密封线内及答题卡上面的项目填涂清楚。所有答案都必须涂、写在

答题卡相应位置，答在本试卷上一律无效。

一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列语篇，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Pete:Goodbook?

Debbie:Yeah,itis,andatthesametimeithelpsyoufind

outmoreaboutyourself.

Pete:Oh,oneofthose.Ineverreadthatkindofthing.It's

notworthit.

Debbie:No,sometimesthey5rereallygood.Thisquestionnaire,for

example.It'saboutyourhiddentalents（才能）.

Pete:Hiddentalents?That5sridiculous.

Debbie:Well,Pete.Ithinkit'sashamethat,youfeelthatway,

Pete:Well,OK.Letmehavealook.

Pete:Sorry,Debbie.It'snogood.

Debbie:Why?

Pete:Itsays,"You'reexcellentatdes

ignandatmanualthings,“Me

rmnotexcellentatall.Itjust

goestoshow.

Debbie:What?Thatschooldoesn51helpyoudiscooveryourrealtalent?

Pete:No,thatyouoan，tjudge（判断）abookbyitscover,

1.Debbieisreadingabookabouthowto.

A.chooseabook

B.makeaquestionnaire

C.discoverthehiddentalents

D.beexcellentatmanualthings

2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“ridiculous“inPicture2probablymean?

A.Silly.B.Harmful.C.Fantastic.D.Interesting.

3.WhichisTRUEaccordingtotheconversation?

A.Peteisgoodatdesign.

B.Petethinksthebookuseless.

C、Debbiegoestoshowherself.

D.Debbiejudgesthebookbyitscover.

B

Flemingsawmanysoldiersdiefrominfections（感染）intheirwoundsasheworkedinahospital

duringWorldWarI.ThismadeFlemingdecidetofindawaytohelpthebodyfightinfections.

InSeptember1928,Flemingleftsomeglassdishesonabenchinhislaboratoryfortwoweeks.

Whenhecameback,henoticedsomethingpuzzling.Bacteria（细菌）weregrowingonalltheglassdi

shesexceptone.Onthisdishmould（霉菌）hadstartedtogrow一thekindfoundonoldbread.The

mouldseemedtobegivingoffsomethingthatstoppedthebacteriafromgrowing.Flemingcalledit

“mouldjuice”.Hetrieditonotherbacteria,anditkilledthem,tooFlemingbecamewildwithjoy

andnameditpenicillin.

Unfortunately,Fleming，sbossthoughthewaswastinghistimeanditwasimpossibletokillbact

eriaatthattime.Flemingdidafewmoreexperimentswithpenicillin,andhealsowroteaboutitso

otherscientistscouldlearnaboutit.However,becausenooneseemedinterestedinhisdiscovery,he

forgotaboutpenicillinandstartedtoworkonotherthings.

In1939,ErnestChain,ascientist,andhisboss,HowardFlorey,werelookingformedicinestha

tcouldkillbacteria.TheydiscoveredFleming，snotesanddecidedtotestpenioillin.In1940,theyga

vepenicillintosomesickmice,whosurvivedlater.Butthosewhodidn'tgetitdied.Floreydeclare

d:“Itlooksbikeamiracle!By1943,thefinaltestsonhumanswerefinishedsuonsfullyandthe

worldhaditsfirstantibiotie（抗生素）medioine.

4.Whydidbacteriastopgrowingononeafthedishes?

A.Themouldjuioekilledthem.

B.Someoldbreadwasonthedish.

C.Therewassomethingspecialinthelab.

D.Thedishwasonthebenchfortwoweeks.

5.Fleminghadtogiveuphisstudyonpenicillinbecause

A.somethingelsewasworthdoing

B.doingexperimentscostmuchmoney

C.noscientistsshowedaninterestinit

D.hisbossdidn'tbelievehisnewdiscovery

6.WhatisParagraph4mainlyabout?

A.Thediscoveryofpenicillin.

B.ThegreatworkofChainandFlorey.

C.Thetestsonsickmiceandhumans.

D.ThevalueofFleming'snotesaboutpenicillin.

7.Whichmightbethebesttitleofthetext?

A.ThelifeofFleming

B.ThestoryofErnestChain

C.Thescienceoffightinginfections

D.Thebirthoftheworld，sfirstantibioticmedicine

C

Atthebeginningoftheschoolyear,eachstudentwouldbegiven

ecialjobforwhichtheywouldberesponsible（负责任的）forthewhole

Rita,aquietandhardworkinggirl,hopedforanexcitingtask,liketak

areoftheclassplants.Instead,shereceivedasmallboxwithsandand

mallant.

Eventhoughtheteacherexplainedthatthistaskwasveryspecial,Ritacouldnothelpfeeling

disappointed.However,shedecidedtodoherbestwithhernewjob.Shebegantostudyandcar

efortheant,learningaboutitshabitat（栖息地）andneeds.Shemadetheboxacomfortablehom

efortheant,anditgrewmuchbiggerthananyoneexpected.

Rita5seffortseaughttheattentionofherscienceteacher,Mr.Thompson.Heturnedherwork

intoaclassproject,andRitabecametheclassexpert（专家）onants.Herhardworkhelpedthe

wholeclasslearnaboutantbehaviorandhabitats.Theyevenbuiltasmallantfarmintheclassro

omtoobservetheantclosely,

Gradually,Rita5sclassmatesbecamemoreandmoreinterestedintheantproject.Theystarte

daskingherquestionsandobservingtheant'sbehaviorthemselves.Ritaorganizedapresentation

whereshesharedherfindingswiththewholeschoolduringthesciencefair.

Attheendoftheyear,Rita'sclasswasrecognizedasthebestofthe

year.Ritawasaswellpraisedforherhardworkandhowsheturnedasmalltaskintosomething

big.Ritalearnedthateverytask,nomatterhowsmall,couldmakeabigdifference.Shealso1

earnedthatsometimesthemostunexpectedthingscanleadtogreatsuccess.

8.WhatwasRita，sjobthisterm?

A.Tolookafterplants.

B.Toraiseanant.

C.Tobecomeanexpert.

D.Tobuildanantfarm.

9.HowdidRitafeelaboutreceivingthetaskatfirst?

A.Cool.B,Bored.

C.Angry.D.Unhappy.

10.WhatwasthefinalresultofRita，sspecialjob?

A.HerclassbecameNo.1oftheyear.

B.Shegaveareporttothewholeschool.

C.Theclasslearnedmuchknowledgeaboutants.

D.Shecaughttheattentionofthescienceteacher.

11.WhatcanwelearnfromRita'sstory?

A.Actionsspeaklouderthanwords.

B.Theharderyouwork,theluckieryou'llbe.

C.Asmalltaskcouldmakeabigdifference.

D.Greatsuccessdependsonthemostunexpectedthings.

Afriendadvisesmetosaynomoreoftensolcanfixmyeyesonwhatmattersmost.Personal

ly,lyeusedhisadvicetogreatadvantage,12I'venoticedafeware

Theartef

aswherepeoplehesitate（犹豫）tosayyes,Here'swhatIsuggestyo飙YingusayY

ESto;

Sayyestochallenge（挑战），

13Whyaddunymorechallengetoyourlifethanyoualreadyhave?Althoughthereare

afewchallengesyoumighthavegoodreasonstosaynoto,sayyestothechallengesthatstretoh

andgrowyou.MydadhaswiselypointedoutthatImaydobestwheninachallengingsituation.

Challengecanbringoutthebestinyou.

14

It'struethattoomuchfuncanbefrivolous（无聊的）.However,in

somecases,itisalsoeasytogetsofocusedonourworkthatweforgettoenjoyitandhavefun.S

ometimesyoucanhavefun,butyoucanmakethesituationfunbytheattitudeandenergyyoubring

toit.

Sayyestoopportunity（机会）.

Putyourselfintheplacefullofopportunities.Sometimesopportunityfindsyou,butmoreoften

youhavetosearchforit.15Communicatewithpeoplewhoaremakingthingshappen.Andwhe

nyoudofindopportunity,don'tpassitbybecauseoflaziness.

根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。

A.Sayyestofun.

B.Sayingnoisaskillbutso18sayingyes.

C.Joingroupsthatchallengeandencourageyou.

D.It'seasytothinkyou'renotabletodealwithit.

E.Improvingrelationshipsisalwayssomethinggoodtosayyesto.

二、语言知识运用（共20小题；满分35分）

A

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

（每小题1.5分，满分15分）

Thereareoverfiftydifferenttypesofplastics.Manyofthemareused16packaging（包装）.

Mostplasticsdonotbreakdownandalotofthemarenotrecyclable.Whentheyare17,theyc

anpollutetheairandmakeitverydangerous.

OneofthemostpopularplasticsusedinmakingbottlesiscalledPET.Thiscanberecycled.Pla

sties18PETneedtobelabeledsotheyeanbecollectedeasilyforrecyoling.InAmerica,PET

isrecycledandusedtomake19things,suchasflowerpotsandmilkcrates.InGermanysomeb

ottlesaremadefromatypeofplastiowhichbreaksdowninstrong20orwhenburied.4th

isisexpensiveandthebottlesmightbreakwhiletheyarebeingneed.

Nearlyallthethingsyoubuyfromthesupermarketarewrappedinsomething.22_fruitandve

getablesarewrappedinplaatioorinplasticbags.Whenweusethesethings,weusually23the

packaging.Packagingkeepsfood24.Itprotectsthefoodandalsogivesusinformationaboutthe

product.Butisitallneoessary?Ifyouaddupallthepackaging,itcomestoalot.

Trynottobuythingsthatusealotofplastic.You'dbetter25youroldplasticcontaine

rs:forkeepingthings.

16.A.atB.onC.toD.for

17.A.burntB.heatedC.boughtD.used

18.A.asB.byC.likeD.with

19.A.dryB.newC.heavyD.natural

20.A.windB.smellC.stormD.sunlight

21.A.OrB.SoC.ButD.And

22.A.YetB.EvenC.StillD.Always

23.A.putupB.pickupC.giveawayD.throwaway

24.A.warmB.clearC.freshD.delicious

25.A.reuseB.returnC.repairD.reduce

B

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。（每小题2分，满分

20分)

TheElmoreBankhadjustputinanewsafeandvault(金库).MrAd

amswasvery26(pride)ofit.Hegladlyexplaineditsworkingst

oeveryone.RalphSpencerlistened27(polite),butdidnotseemve

ryinterested.Thetwochildren,MayandAgatha,werevery28(ex

cite)toseetheseshiningthings.

Atthistime,BenPrice,apolicemanfromLittleRock,walkedinsidethebankhall.Het

oldtheclerkthathewasjustwaitingforamanhe29(know).

Suddenlytherewasascream(尖叫).MaylockedAgathainthevault.Theoldbankercried,

“Oh,thedoarcan，t30(open),AndtheclockIhadn'tstartedyet.〃Duringthefollowing

silencetheycouldjusthearthegirlwildly31(shout)inthedarkvault."OnlyonemaninL

ittleRockcanopenthisdoor,〃saidMr.Adams."Ralph,thechildcan，tstanditlonginthere.

Thereisn51enoughair,andbesides,she

Ralphthrewoffhiscoatandpulleduphisshirtsleeves.WiththatactRalphSpenoerdisapp

earedandJimmyValentinetook33(he)place."Getawayfromthedoor,allofyou,“hesai

d.Thenhesethissuitcaseonthefloorandlaidoutallthetools.Intenminutes,breakinghis

own

burglarious(入室盗窃的)record,heopenedthedoor.

Jimmyputonhiscoatandwalkedtowardsthefrontdoor.Abigmanstoodinhis

way."Hello,Ben!”saidJimmy,withastrangesmile."Well,let's34(go).”

AndthenBenPrioeactedratherstrangely."Guessyou'remistaken,sir,"hesaid."I

don'tthinkwe'vemeteachotherbefore.Yourcarriage35(wait)foryou,isn'tit?”

三、翻译句子(共3小题；每小题3分，满分9分)

用括号内所给的单词或短语，将下列句子翻译成英语。

36.人们常说，众口难调。(it's..。；satisfy)

37.自从两千多年前，诗歌就已经是中国文化的一部分了。(beapartof)

38.艾灸(moxibustion)简单、有效(effective),很多人能自己在家做。(so..,that.)

四、阅读表达(共5小题，满分16分；其中第43小题4分，其余每小题3分)

阅读下面短文，根据短文后的要求答题。

Inavillagenearadesertlivedayoungandsuccessfulbusinessman,namedJames.

Butheoftenfeltunhappybecauseoftheendlesschallengeshefaced.

Oneday,awiseoldmancametothevillagewith100camels.Jameswenttosee

himandsaid,“Ialwayshavebusinessworries,familytroublesandhealthproblems.P

leasetellmehowtomakethemdisappear."Theoldmansmiledandsaid,“T11give

youananswertomorrowmorning.Butfirst,canyoudoasmallthingforme?”James

agreed.Theoldmanaskedhimtotakecareofthe100camelsforthenight,makings

urethattheyallsatdownandrestedbeforehecouldgotosleep.

Thenextmorning,theoldmanaskedJameshowhisnightwent.Jamessaidsadly,

“Ididn'tsleepatall.NomatterhowhardItried,Icouldn，tgetallthecamelstosit

together.EvenifImanagedtogetsome

camelstositononeside,afewotherswouldstandontheotherside.”

"That'strue.Asnoticedlastnight,somecamelssatdownontheirown,while

othersrequiredsomeeffort,andyetmanycamelsdidnotsitevenafterlotsofeffort.

Ifyouhadcomebacklater,youwouldhaveseenthatsomeofthecamels,eventhou

ghtheydidn，tsitatfirst,finallysatdownontheirown,“theoldmansaid.

Jamesnodded.Theoldmancontinued,“Problemsarejustlikecamels-somepr

oblemsgetsolvedbythemselves,somegetsolvedwhenyouputinsomeeffort,ands

omedonotgetsolvedevenafteryouhavetriedyourbest.Leavesuchproblemstotim

e.Attherighttime,theseproblemsthemselveswillcometoanend.”

Jamesfeltasenseofunderstanding.Itcompletelychangedthewayhesawlife's

challenges.

根据短文内容回答第39一一41小题。

39.WhatwasJameslike?

Hewas,.but.（每空一词）

40.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"them"inParagraph2referto?

41.DidJamesfinishthesmallthing?Whydoyouthinkso?（15词以内）

42.TranslatetheunderlinedsentenceintoChinese.（将文中划线句子翻译成汉语）

43.CompletethemindmapacecordingtoParagraph5.（根据第5段内容，完成思维导图;

用自己的话概括，照抄原文原句不得分）

五、写作（满分20分）

TeensAroundtheWorld是一个国际青少年交流网站，近日有人发了一个帖子。假设你是李华，请阅

读原帖后，结合自己的经历，用英语跟帖。

注意：（1）80词左右；

（2）不要出现考生本人信息；

（3）禁止抄袭本试卷中所有语篇内容。

TeensAroundtheWorld

Subject:problemsandsolutions

Hey,guys!Wehavetofaceallkindsofproblemsinourdailylife.However,diff

erentproblemshavedifferentsolutions.Whatproblemdidyoumeetandhowdidyousolv

eit?Pleaseshareyourstorywithus.

Harry,Australia

LiHua,China

潍坊市二。二四年初中学业水平考试

英语试题答案

一、阅读理解（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列语篇，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项.

A

【1〜3题答案】

【答案】LC2.A3,B

B

【4〜7题答案】

【答案】4.A5,D6.B7,D

C

【8〜11题答案】

【答案】8.B9,D10.A11,C

D

【12〜15题答案】

【答案】12.B13.C14.A15,D

二、语言知识运用（共20小题;满分35分）

A

[16-25题答案】

【答案】16,D17.A18.C19.B20.D21.C22.B23.D24.C25,A

B

【26〜35题答案】

【答案】26.proud

27.politely

28.excited

29.knew30.beopened

31.shouting

32.willdie

33his34.go

35.iswaiting

三、翻译句子（共3小题;每小题3分，满分9分）

用括号内所给的单词或短语，将下列句子翻译成英语.

【36题答案】

【答案】Peopleoftensayit'shardtosatisfyeveryone.

[37题答案】

【答案】PoetryhasbeenpartofChineseculturesincemorethantwothousandyearsago.

【38题答案】

【答案】

Moxibustionissosimpleandeffectivethatmanypeoplecandoitathome.

四、阅读表达（共5小题，满分16分;其中第43小题4分，其余每小题3分）

【39〜43题答案】

【答案】39.①.young（2）.successful③.unhappy

40.businessworries,familytroublesandhealthproblems

41.No,becausehecouldn'tgetallthecamelstosittogether.

42.这完全改变了他看待生活挑战的方式

43.①.Weshouldn'tpayattentiontothem.②.Weshouldputmoreeffortandtryourbest.

五、写作（满分20分）

【44题答案】

【答案】

例文

IoncefacedabigproblemwithmyEnglishpronunciation.Ifounditdifficulttospeakclearlyandconfidently.

Tosolvethis,Istartedpracticingeveryday.IlistenedtoEnglishsongs,watchedEnglishmovies,andimitatedthe

pronunciationofnativespeakers.Additionally,IjoinedanEnglishclubatschoolwhereIcouldpracticespeaking

withmyclassmates.Overtime,mypronunciationimprovedsignificantly,andIbecamemoreconfidentinspeaking

English.Thisexperiencetaughtmetheimportanceofpersistenceandpractice.

试卷类型：A

潍坊市二。二四年初中学业水平考试

英语试题解析

一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列语篇，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项.

A

Pete:Goodbook?

Debbie:Yeah,itis,andatthesametimeithelpsyoufindoutmoreaboutyourself.

Pete:Oh,oneofthose.Ineverreadthatkindofthing.It'snotworthit.

Debbie:No,sometimesthey，rereallygood.Thisquestionnaire,forexample.It，saboutyourhidd

entalents（才能）.

Pete:Hiddentalents?That'sridiculous.

Debbie:Well,Pete.Ithinkit'sashamethatyoufeelthatway.

Pete:Well,OK.Letmehavealook.

Pete:Sorry,Debbie.It'snogood.

Debbie:Why?

Pete:Itsays,"You'reexcellentatdesignandatmanualthings."Me!I'mnotexcellentat

all.Itjustgoestoshow.

Debbie:What?Thatschooldoesn，thelpyoudiscoveryourrealtalent?

Pete:No,thatyoucan，tjudge（判断）abookbyitscover.

1.Debbieisreadingabookabouthowto.

A.chooseabookB.makeaquestionnaireC.discoverthehiddentalentsD.beexcellentat

manualthings

2Whatdoestheunderlinedword“ridiculousinPicture2probablymean?

A.Silly.B.Harmful.C.Fantastic.D.Interest

ing.

3.WhichisTRUEaccordingtotheconversation?

A.Peteisgoodatdesign.B.Petethinksthebookuseless.

C.Debbiegoestoshowherself.D.Debbiejudgesthebookbyitscover.

【答案】1.C2.A3.B

【解析】

【导语】本文主要讲述了Debbie在读一本好书，但是Pete不认同他的看法，Pete认为自己并没有什么

突出的才能。

[1题详解】

推理判断题。根据"Debbie:No,sometimesthey'rereallygood.Thisquestionnaire,forexample.I

t'saboutyourhiddentalents可知，正在读一本关于如何发现隐藏才能的书，故选C。

[2题详解】

词义猜测题。根据“Well,Pete.Ithinkit'sashamethatyoufeelthatway”及对话的内容可知，Pete

认为隐藏才能是荒谬的，因此“ridiculous”在这里的意思是“silly”，故选A。

[3题详解】

推理判断题。根据You'reexcellentatdesignandatmanualthings.?Me!I'mnotexcellentata

11.Itjustgoestoshow.”可推断，他不认为自己在设计和手工方面很优秀，因此他认为这本书没有价

值。故选Bo

B

Flemingsawmanysoldiersdiefrominfections（感染）intheirwoundsasheworkedinahospi

taiduringWorldWarI.ThismadeFlemingdecidetofindawaytohelpthebodyfightinfections.

InSeptember1928,Flemingleftsomeglassdishesonabenchinhislaboratoryfortwoweeks.W

henhecameback,henoticedsomethingpuzzling.Bacteria（细菌）weregrowingonalltheglassdishese

xceptone.Onthisdishmould（霉菌）hadstartedtogrow------thekindfoundonoldbread.Themould

seemedtobegivingoffsomethingthatstoppedthebacteriafromgrowing.Flemingcalledit“mouldju

ice”.Hetrieditonotherbacteria,anditkilledthem,too.Flemingbecamewildwithjoyandnamedi

tpenicillin.

Unfortunately,FlemingJsbossthoughthewaswastinghistimeanditwasimpossibletokillbacteri

aatthattime.Flemingdidafewmoreexperimentswithpenicillin,andhealsowroteaboutitsoother

scientistscouldlearnaboutit.However,becausenooneseemedinterestedinhisdiscovery,heforgotab

outpenicillinandstartedtoworkonotherthings.

In1939,ErnestChain,ascientist,andhisboss,HowardFlorey,werelookingformedicinesthat

couldkillbacteria.TheydiscoveredFleming，snotesanddecidedtotestpenicillin.In1940,theygave

penicillintosomesickmice,whosurvivedlater.Butthosewhodidn'tgetitdied.Floreydeclared:"I

tlookslikeamiracle!By1943,thefinaltestsonhumanswerefinishedsuccessfullyandtheworldh

aditsfirstantibiotic（抗生素）medicine.

4.Whydidbacteriastopgrowingononeofthedishes?

A.Themouldjuicekilledthem.B.Someoldbreadwasonthedish.

C.Therewassomethingspecialinthelab.D.Thedishwasonthebenchfortwoweek

5Fleminghadtogiveuphisstudyonpenicillinbecause.

A.somethingelsewasworthdoingB.doingexperimentscostmuchmoney

C.noscientistsshowedaninterestinitD.hisbossdidn'tbelievehisnewdiscovery

6.WhatisParagraph4mainlyabout?

A.Thediscoveryofpenicillin.B.ThegreatworkofChainandFlorey.

C.Thetestsonsickmiceandhumans.D.ThevalueofFleming'snotesaboutpe

nicillin.

7.Whichmightbethebesttitleofthetext?

A.ThelifeofFlemingB.ThestoryofErnestChain

C.ThescienceoffightinginfectionsD.Thebirthoftheworld'sfirstantibioticme

dicine

【答案】4.A5.D6.B7.D

【解析】

【导语】本文主要讲述了弗莱明发现青霉素的过程。

【4题详解】

细节理解题。根据“Themouldseemedtobegivingoffsomethingthatstoppedthebacteriafromgrowin

g-

Flemingcalledit'mouldjuice'.Hetrieditonotherbacteria,anditkilledthem,too.“可知,

“霉菌汁”杀死了它们。故选Ao

【5题详解】

细节理解题。根据"Unfortunately,Fleming?sbossthoughthewaswastinghistimeanditwasimpo

ssibletokillbacteriaatthattime.”可知，弗莱明的老板不相信他的新发明。故选D。

【6题详解】

主旨大意题。根据“In1939,ErnestChain,ascientist,andhisboss,HowardFlorey,werelookingfor

medicinesthatcouldkillbacteria,,,By1943,thefinaltestsonhumanswerefinishedsuccessfullyandt

heworldhaditsfirstantibiotic（抗生素）medicine.”可知，本段主要讲述了欧内斯特•钱恩和他的老板霍

华德•弗洛里发现了弗莱明的笔记并决定测试青霉素，最终成功地进行了实验，证明了青霉素的有效性。

故选B。

【7题详解】

最佳标题题。通读全文可知，文章主要讲述了青霉素的发现和发展过程，最终成为世界上第一种抗生素药

物。因此，最合适的标题是“世界上第一种抗生素药物的诞生”。故选Do

Atthebeginningoftheschoolyear,eachstudentwouldbegivenaspecialjobforwhichthey

wouldberesponsible（负责任的）forthewholeterm.Rita,aquietandhardworkinggirl,hopedfor

anexcitingtask,liketakingcareoftheclassplants.Instead,shereceivedasmallboxwithsand

andasmallant.

Eventhoughtheteacherexplainedthatthistaskwasveryspecial,Ritacouldnothelpfeelingdis

appointed.However,shedecidedtodoherbestwithhernewjob.Shebegantostudyandcarefort

heant,learningaboutitshabitat（栖息地）andneeds.Shemadetheboxacomfortablehomeforthea

nt,anditgrewmuchbiggerthananyoneexpected.

Rita'seffortscaughttheattentionofherscienceteacher,Mr.Thompson.Heturnedherwork

intoaclassproject,andRitabecametheclassexpert（专家）onants.Herhardworkhelpedthewh

oleclasslearnaboutantbehaviorandhabitats.Theyevenbuiltasmallantfarmintheclassroomt

oobservetheantclosely.

Gradually,Rita5sclassmatesbecamemoreandmoreinterestedintheantproject.Theystartedask

ingherquestionsandobservingtheant'sbehaviorthemselves.Ritaorganizedapresentationwhereshes

haredherfindingswiththewholeschoolduringthesciencefair.

Attheendoftheyear,Rita'sclasswasrecognizedasthebestoftheyear.Ritawasaswellpra

isedforherhardworkandhowsheturnedasmalltaskintosomethingbig.Ritalearnedthateverytask,

nomatterhowsmall,couldmakeabigdifference.Shealsolearnedthatsometimesthemostunexpecte

dthingscanleadtogreatsuccess.

8.WhatwasRita'sjobthisterm?

A.Tolookafterplants.B.Toraiseanant.C.Tobecomeanexpert.D.Tobuild

anantfarm.

9.HowdidRitafeelaboutreceivingthetaskatfirst?

A.Cool.B.Bored,C.Angry.D.Un

happy.

10.WhatwasthefinalresultofRita'sspecialjob?

A.HerclassbecameNo.1oftheyear.B.Shegaveareporttothewholeschool.

C.Theclasslearnedmuchknowledgeaboutants,D.Shecaughttheattentionofthescience

teacher.

11.Whatca