2024年江苏省常州市金坛区九年级下学期二模英语试题（图片版，含答案卡及答案）

B The Lantern Festival,also known as Yuanxiao Festival,is a Chinese festival with a long history. It falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.How do you usually celebrate it Some of you might go to the Yuyuan Garden Lantern Fair in Shanghai.This year,the Nine-Turn Bridge was lined with lanterns of the dragon and its animal friends.It was crowded with people. Everyone wanted to take pictures. Do you know how these colorful lanterns are made He Weifu has the answer.He is a skilled lantern maker in Shanghai.To make a lantern,He first straightens some iron wires (and covers them with colored paper.Then,he uses them to make the skeleton (for an animal lantern.This, according to He,is the most difficult step.He often spends a long time studying the animal.After making the skeleton,He puts paste(糨糊)on silk cloth to stiffen(使变得硬挺)it.The last step is to glue the cloth on the skeleton and draw patterns () He's family has been making lanterns for 100 years.His grandfather,He Keming,was the "King of Lanterns"in the Jiangnan area.He started making lanterns at the age of 13.One day,he went to see a Lantern Festival show.A dragon lantern caught the boy's eye.He looked at it carefully and tried to make one for himself.He practiced this craft all his life.His lanterns were very popular.Some of them were given as national gifts to visitors from other countries. Which lantern at this year's Yuyuan Garden Lantern Fair do you like the best While you look at it next time,why not try to learn more about the craft of lantern making Think about how you can help to keep this cultural heritage alive. 26.What is the most difficult step of making a lantern according to He A.Making the skeleton for an animal lantern. B.Straightening some iron wires. C.Covering iron wires with colored paper. D.Drawing patterns on the cloth. 27.What attracted He Keming to start making lanterns A.His grandfather's works. B.A work on a Lantern Festival show. C.The popularity of lanterns. D.Yuyuan Garden Lantern Fair. 28.In the last paragraph,the writer mainly wants to tell us that A.we'd better make a lantern when we look at it next time B.Yuyuan Garden Lantern Fair is the best place to learn about cultural heritage C.we teenagers should do something to spread cultural heritage D.everyone needs to start making lanterns to keep this cultural heritage alive 29.Which of the following is the best title of the passage A.Yuyuan Garden Lantern Fair B.He Weifu and His Family C.Keep the“Lanterns'”On D.How to Make a Lantern 九年级英语第4页（共8页）