第148页 - 译林版九年级（初三）英语学习与评价答案（上下册）

The horse was used as a way of transport, a weapon in the war and a plougher of fields in the past.

The horse is a symbol of strength, honesty, persistence and cleverness in China.

It means "to slow down".

Because the horse has a powerful brain and an excellent memory.

Yes, because I think horses are smart and beautiful. (答案合理即可)

Dear Mr Zhang,

I really hope that you can read my letter. We have built our town into a civilized one. As a middle

school student, I feel proud of it. To make our hometown better, I want to do something for it.

I'm amazed that great changes have taken place in our town in the past few years. People's lives

have improved greatly. The air is fresh, and we can smell the flowers and hear the birds sing. The town

is becoming cleaner and tidier and looks very beautiful.

However, there are still some things that we need to improve. The streets near schools are always

crowded and some people don't wait in line when they get on the bus.

I think we can try to do something to make them better. First, we should encourage students to

ride to school instead of going to school by car. Second, people should be educated to be good citizens.

I hope my letter is of some help to improve our town and make it nicer and more beautiful in the

future.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

play an important role 扮演着重要角色

throughout 自始至终，贯穿整个时期

plougher 耕地者

a symbol of ......的象征

persistence 毅力

physical 身体的；物理的

The horse was used as a way of transport, a weapon in the war and a plougher of fields in the past.

题干：马过去是干什么用的?

根据第一段第2-3行It was used for thousands of years as a way of transport, a weapon in the war and a plougher of fields, but it is more than a vehicle.（几千年来，它一直被用作交通工具、战争武器和犁地工具，但它不仅仅是一种交通工具。）可知，马在过去被当做交通工具、战争武器和犁地工具。故答案为：The horse was used as a way of transport, a weapon in the war and a plougher of fields in the past.

The horse is a symbol of strength, honesty, persistence and cleverness in China.

题干：马对中国人来说象征着什么?

根据第三段第1-2行Since the horse is a symbol of strength, honesty, persistence and cleverness（因为马是力量、诚实、坚持和聪明的象征），可知答案为：The horse is a symbol of strength, honesty, persistence and cleverness in China.

It means "to slow down".

题干：谚语“to hold your horses”是什么意思?

根据倒数第二段第二行For example, people still say "to hold your horses" to mean "to slow down".（例如，人们仍然用“hold your horses”来表示“慢下来”。）故答案为：It means "to slow down".

Because the horse has a powerful brain and an excellent memory.

题干：为什么中国成语说“老马识途”?

根据最后一段第一句Besides its physical strengths, the horse also has a powerful brain and an excellent memory.（除了它的体力，马也有一个强大的大脑和极好的记忆力。）可知，马有一个强大的大脑和极好的记忆力，所以说“老马识途”。故答案为：Because the horse has a powerful brain and an excellent memory.

Yes, because I think horses are smart and beautiful.(答案合理即可)

题干：你喜欢看马或骑马吗?为什么?

问题是Do you...?开头的一般疑问句，首先要用Yes/No来回答，再来说明原因。

参考答案为：

Yes, because I think horses are smart and beautiful.（是的，因为我认为马既聪明又漂亮。）

开放性问题，答案不唯一，符合情理即可。

Dear Mr Zhang,

I really hope that you can read my letter. We have built our town into a civilized（文明的、开化的） one. As a middle school student, I feel proud of（为...感到骄傲） it. To make our hometown better, I want to do something for it.

I'm amazed that great changes have taken place（发生、举行） in our town in the past few years. People's lives have improved greatly. The air is fresh, and we can smell the flowers（闻到花香） and hear the birds sing. The town is becoming cleaner and tidier and looks very beautiful.

However, there are still some things that we need to improve. The streets near schools are always crowded（拥挤的） and some people don't wait in line（排队） when they get on（上车） the bus.

I think we can try to do（尝试去做） something to make them better. First, we should encourage students to ride to school instead of（而不是） going to school by car. Second, people should be educated to be good citizens.

I hope my letter is of some help（有帮助的） to improve our town and make it nicer and more beautiful in the future.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

高分句型：

①I think we can try to do something to make them better.我想我们可以试着做些什么来让他们变得更好。

（try to do sth. 尝试做某事；make sth. better 使某事更好；不定式to make表示目的）

②I hope my letter is of some help to improve our town and make it nicer and more beautiful in the future. 我希望我的信对改善我们的小镇有所帮助，使它在未来变得更加美好和美丽。

（“be of +名词”相当于这个名词的形容词；“make sth.+形容词”表示“使某物/事怎么样”）