题型：阅读选择 题类：常考题 难易度：普通
牛津上海（本地版）五四制初中英语九年级上册期中基础测试卷（含小段音频）
Lao She wrote Teahouse in 1957. The play shows audience life in China between1898 and 1945. It takes place in a teahouse in old Beijing and it tells us the story of Wang Lifa and his customers. It asks us to see the teahouse as the centre of the neighborhood. Finally, it says farewell to old Beijing and its people
The story starts in 1898 during the Qing Dynasty. It continues in 1916, and finally, it brings the audience to the end of the Anti-Japanese War, in 1945. After the war, Wang loses the teahouse and dies.
Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His parents sent him to the Teacher's School in Beijing and he became a teacher. From 1924 to 1929 he taught Chinese to the English in London. He wrote many plays, novels and short stories. He was named a "People's Artist" and a "Great Master of Language". He was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th century.
In Lao She's Teahouse today, waiters bring tea to the customers and sell them delicious Chinese food. If you are fond of Beijing Opera, folk music, acrobatics or magic shows, you can enjoy them in the teahouse. Lao She's Teahouse gives a wonderful welcome to everyone from China and from all over the world
For thousands of years，poetry(诗歌) has been one of the favorite types of literature(文学) in China.There were many famous poets in Chinese history，and many of their poems are still read and loved today.
Recently，a popular TV show—ChinesePoetryCompetition has attracted many people.Now let's interview some people and listen to what they said.
I like Wu Yishu very much.She studies at the High School Affiliated(附属) to Fudan University in Shanghai.She came out on top.She can recite(背诵) more than 2，000 Chinese poems fluently(流利地)．I really admire her knowledge of poems.She is tall and beautiful，and she always stays calm whether the questions are easy or hard. |
The woman that impresses(给……以深刻印象) me is Bai Ruyun.She comes from a village in Xingtai.She is a farmer.She is not rich and she is badly ill in hospital，but she has been so confident in herself since she began to read and recite Chinese poems. |
Among the competitors(选手)，I like Wang Zilong best.He is 34 years old.He teaches Chinese in Shijiazhuang College.He said when he was only two years old，his parents began to teach him to recite Chinese poems. |
Do you know the young boy? He is Ye Fei，13，from Anqing No.Two Middle School in Anhui.In one competition，he answered all the questions correctly.Now he is a young star in his school because of his love of Chinese poems. |
试题篮
When we talk about stars, especially women stars，it seems that they are always young，pretty and own charming body shapes．But recently a Britain's Got Talent（英国达人）star Susan Boyle has changed our views absolutely(完全地)．