北京市海淀区届九年级上期中复习10阅读与表达10篇.docx

1、北京市海淀区届九年级上期中复习10阅读与表达10篇阅读与表达1When 19-year-old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the Make-A-Wish Foundation (基金会)，nobody understood what she was talking about. But Sophia knew just how important Make-A-Wish could be because this special organization (组织) had helped to make

2、 a dream come true for one of her best friends. We were interested in finding out more, so we went along to meet Sophia and listen to what she had to say. Sophia told us that Make-A-Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980. “Its a charity(慈善机构) that helps children w

3、ho have got very serious illnesses. Make-A-Wish help children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true,” Sophia explained. We asked Sophia how Make-A-Wish had first started. She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris, who had been dream

4、ing for a long time of becoming a policeman. Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chriss dream come true -so, with everybodys help, Chris, only seven years old at the time, had been a “policeman” for a day. “When people saw how happy Chris was when his dream came true, they de

5、cided to try and help other sick children too, and that was the beginning of Make-A-Wish,” explained Sophia. Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time. A Make-A-Wish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for

6、if they could have anything in the world. Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary, or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.61. Did Sophia know how impo

7、rtant Make-A-Wish could be?62. How does Make -A -Wish help children feel happy?63. What was the name of the first child Make-A-Wish helped?64. Why were the volunteers important according to Sophia?65. What is the passage mainly about?61. Yes.62. By making their wishes and dreams come true.63. Chris.

8、64. Because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true.65. What Make-A-Wish is, how it started and what the volunteers do. 阅读与表达2Everyone enjoys music but did you know it could improve the lives of sick kids? A famous musician once said music could change the world! In fact in Austra

9、lia, a scientist, Catherine, has made a music program thats been putting smiles on the faces of kids in hospitals across the country. It can make you happy, it can make you sad, it can make you want to get up and dance, and it can make you feel good and take away any stress（压力）, said Catherine. For

10、thousands of years people have believed that music has a great effect（效果） on both the mind and the body, but it was only about 70 years ago that scientists began to study its medical effects. At that time, doctors and nurses found that playing music in hospitals helped sick soldiers feel better. Sin

11、ce then its been used to help people with brain problems learn to speak again and help other patients feel less pain and sadness. Its even been used to help kids in schools get better marks because it allows them to relax and pay more attention. Now music is being used in a special program called Mu

12、sic Therapy（治疗）. It helps people improve their life in many different ways by using music. It can include: listening to music, playing instruments, singing, song writing, action songs and games. Sophia is eleven. She got bone cancer five months ago, but playing music, learning new songs and singing

13、have become a part of her life. It takes my mind off feeling sick. While I am listening to music, it tells me not to give up hope. It feels like soon my life will turn around and I will be strong again.It seems that a few minutes of music a day can help keep the doctor away! 65.Who is Catherine？66.

14、Can music help children to get better marks at school?67. What is Music Therapy?68. How does Sophia feel during her Music Therapy?69. Whats your idea for music?65. She is a scientist.66. Yes.67. It helps people improve their quality of life in different ways by using music.68. She feels better. (She

15、 feels her life will turn around, and she will be strong again.)69. I also think that music can do good to me.阅读与表达3 Music has always been an important part of Chinese peoples life. People enjoy listening to music at home and in concerts halls. As time goes by, music changes. Traditional(传统的) music

16、is part of our culture, so it often stays with us for a long time. Many of the traditional Chinese songs have been around for many years. Young musicians(音乐家) learn songs from older musicians and the music changes only very little. Modern Chinese music, which is loved by many young people, however, is mainly pop music. That means the songs will be popular for a short time and then replaced(替代) by new songs