江苏省泰州中学附属初级中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期12月月考英语试题

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第一部分 选择题(85分)
一、听力（本题共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）
第一部分 听对话回答问题
本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。
1. What is the drink made frm?
A.B.C.




2. When will they leave?
A.B. C.
3. What sign is it there?
A.B.C.



4. What’s the girl’s favurite subject?
A.B. C.
5.Wh will prbably get the cffee?
A. Jack.B. David.C. The wman herself.
6.What’s the relatinship between the tw speakers?
A. Classmates.B. Teacher and student.C. Mther and sn.
7. Why desn’t the wman eat chclates?
A. Because she feels sick.
B. Because she wants t lse weight.
C. Because she wants t prtect her teeth.
8. What did the wman d?
A. She had a gd rest at hme.B. She went t her parents’ hme.C. She met her parents at the airprt.
9.What des Jane mst prbably becme?
A. An actress.B. A dctr.C. A pp singer.
10.Hw des the wman feel abut the film?
A. It’s bad.B. It’s gd.C. It’s excellent.
第二部分 听对话和短文答题
听一段对话，回答第11-12小题。
11. What’s the wman’s prblem?
A. She feels nervus abut the test.
B. She desn’t wrk hard.
C. She has never taken any test.
12. What is the man’s suggestin fr getting gd results in exams?
A. Talking with thers.B. Often taking tests.C. Always wrking hard.
听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。
13. A. g shppingB. g swimmingC. g t the cinema
14. A. g t cllegeB. stay with her familyC. get a jb
15. A. TV prgrammeB. websiteC. friend
听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小题。
16. What is the mst imprtant thing t cnsider fr a rider?
A. Drinking enugh water.B. Wearing warm clthes.C. Safety n the rad.
17. Why d many accidents happen t the riders?
A. The drivers fail t see the riders.
B. The riders dn’t wear beautiful clthes.
C. The riders break traffic rules.
18. What shuld yu d when yu are cycling?
A. Ride as fast as yu can.B. Drink a lt f water.C. Enjy the riding.
19. What shuld the riders pay attentin t when they cycle in cld weather?
A. Nt catching a cld.B. Nt cycling t slwly.C. Nt wearing a red jacket.
20. What shuld yu take when yu are planning yur jurney in summer?
A. Enugh fd.B. Plenty f water.C. Sme clthes.
二、选择题 从下列每题所给的选项中选择一个最佳答案。（本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
21. The bdy language n the right means “________” in China.
A. peaceB. psitin
C. praiseD. practice
22. —Which f the new bks d yu like best?
—I like ________ f them, because they’re f little use t me.
A. bthB. eitherC. nneD. neither
23. — What a bring trip! We did nthing but listen t the rain in the htel.
—Why didn’t yu check the weather ________ yu travelled?
A. since B. until C. althugh D. befre
24. Cmmunity wrkers and vlunteers are ging t take precautins (预防措施) ________ fire.
A. thrughB. acrssC. beyndD. against
25. Su Ning is active and energetic, s she chses a ________ psitin in a cmpany instead f a cmfrtable jb.
A. bringB. basicC. challengingD. cmmn
26. —D yu knw the saying “When I walk alng with tw thers, they ________ wrk as my teachers.”?
—Yes. It tells us we can learn frm the peple arund us.
A. mightB. can’tC. shuldD. needn’t
27. — Are yu jking? I can’t believe it!
—I’m serius. I’m nt ________a stry. It really happened!
A. setting up B. putting up C. turning up D. making up
28. —I think advertisements are really bring.
—________. I knw sme creative nes.
A. Nt exactly B. In yur dreams C. I agree with yu D. Dn’t mentin it
29. What can we knw abut frm the cartn picture?
A. The father will nt eat the sandwich.
B. The daughter plays a terrible trick n his father.
C. The daughter wants t shw her lve t his father.
D. The father dislikes the pepper (胡椒粉) inside the sandwich.
30. —Mum’s birthday is cming. I want t give her a surprise, but I dn’t knw ________.
—Just think abut her hbbies.
A. hw can I make itB. hw I can make it
C. why can I make itD. why I can make it
三、完形填空 阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
Smeday Cmes
(平衡木)
Are yu afraid f the dark? Hw abut heights, insects, r clsed spaces? N matter what yur 31 is, yu have the pwer t vercme (克服) it.
I lve gymnastics (体操) and my cach thinks I’m quite 32 it, t. On the mat (垫子), I can d it well. But I can’t d it n the balance beam.
Tday I std n the beam, trying t d a cartwheel (侧身翻). I lked dwn at my cach, Rita, wh prepared t 33 me if I failed. I tk a breath but my knees were shaking. “Well, I can’t d it! Smeday I’ll d the beam. But nt tday.” I 34 dwn and went away.
At the fllwing class, Rita tk ut a rll (卷) f 35 . She used it t make tw lines n the mat. “Maisie, I want yu t d yur balance-beam practice within the lines f the tape.” Well, that’s 36 enugh. The distance (距离) between the tw lines is just the width f the balance beam. All I had t d was t stay inside the lines. I finished it 37 . “Great! Yu never went utside the lines,” Rita said. “D yu want t have a try n the balance beam?” I gave her a weak smile and 38 .
“Can yu teach me hw t swim?” Rita said suddenly. I was surprised, and then she tld me that she culdn’t swim because she was afraid f water. S I 39 .
“Watch.” I jumped int the pl and began t swim. Rita was clearly afraid and hesitated (犹豫) t jump. I 40 her and finally Rita tk a deep breath and jumped int the water. She made it! My cach was brave enugh t jump int the water, and I culdn’t help thinking f 41 . S I tld Rita, “Maybe my ‘smeday’ shuld be tday.”
I gt up n the balance beam, clsing my eyes and 42 I was n the mat. Then I started the cartwheel. I 43 ! Seeing that, Rita was excited t jump up and dwn, clapping and shuting, “Yu were s 44 !”
“I wasn’t,” I said shyly. “I was super scared up there.”
“That makes yu great! Yu were afraid and did it 45 .”
I smiled. “I guess yu’re right. My smeday finally cmes.”
31. A. fearB. surpriseC. angerD. happiness
32. A. afraid fB. gd atC. excited abut D. strict in
33. A. liftB. presentC. catchD. admire
34. A. layB. jumpedC. satD. fell
35. A. paintingsB. paperC. tapeD. rpe
36. A. funnyB. stupidC. easyD. terrible
37. A. wiselyB. nervuslyC. quietlyD. perfectly
38. A. nddedmy headB. shkmy headC. raisedmy handsD. clapped my hands
39. A. agreedB. finishedC. preparedD. waited
40. A. frcedB. encuragedC. asked D. changed
41. A. herselfB. itselfC. yurselfD. myself
42. A. imaginingB. dubtingC. wnderingD. trusting
43. A. hatedB. remainedC. meantD. succeeded
44. A. prudB. smartC. braveD. active
45. A. insteadB. hweverC. mreverD. anyway
四、阅读理解 阅读下列短文，根据内容选择正确答案。（本题共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
46. What is the name f this display f Egyptian wrks f art?
A. The Secrets f Saqqara.B. On Tp f the Pyramid.
C. The Age f Tutankhamun. D. A Dr t Egypt’s Treasure.
47. We can learn frm the article that Saqqara was a (n) ___________.
A. histric cityB.ancient villageC. famus pharahD. Egyptian gddess
48. Accrding t the article, what was fund in Tutankhamun’s tmb?
A. A glden mask.B. A mdel f a pyramid.
C. Many animal mummies.D. A statue f a cat-like gddess.
49. Andy is very interested in pyramids. He shuld spend mre time n the “_________” sectins.
①The Secrets f Saqqara②The Land f the Pharahs③The Age f Tutankhamun
A.① and ② B.① and ③C.② and ③D.①, ② and ③
50. We can find the answers t all the fllwing questins in the article EXCEPT “____________”
A. When des this display end?
B. Hw many items are n display?
C. Wh rganizes this display at the Shanghai Museum?
D. What des each f the display’s three sectins shw?
B
51.What shuld yu d when yu are getting ready t d baduanjin?
A. Find a nisy place.B. Calm dwn.
C. Sit n the grund.D. Play yur favurite rck music.
52. Which f the fllwing shws the crrect rder f Steps 1-4?
A. B.
C. D.
53. Yu shuld d hrse stance in Steps ____________.
A. 2, 3 and 5B. 2, 5 and 7C. 1, 4 and 7D. 5, 7 and 8
54. What can yu learn abut baduanjin?
A. It is the mst ppular exercise in China.
B. It includes 8 steps that shuld be repeated six times each.
C. It requires peple t take deep breaths thrugh the exercise.
D. It requires peple t d every step n bth left and right sides.
55. Which part f a magazine is the passage mst prbably taken frm?
A. Fashins.B. Histry.C. DIY.D. Sprts.
C
My plan t learn t play the cell (大提琴) was a healthy chice. S I tk the next step f ging t a shp that sells instruments, especially vilins, vilas(中提琴), and cells. The shp was really a hle-in-the-wall. Instruments left a narrw path t the cunter (柜台) where a wman with grey hair and warm eyes greeted me. Since I culdn’t frm a questin abut what I wanted, I just std there and lked arund —the shp and the instruments there seems greatly pleasant. = 1 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ①
I bught a cell. What attracted me t the cell was its great size and its sft, smth, and nice sunds. It’s an instrument made f beautiful wd and I culd feel its pwerful vibratins (振动) when the strings (弦) were played. That was a gd starting pint fr me. = 2 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ②
There’s a ppular idea that the cell is an especially difficult instrument t learn. Anther is the admnitin, “Dn’t truble yurself if yu are a beginner ver age 10!” Well, I was 70, and what thers thught n lnger influenced me. And besides, I thught f the wrds f Dr Chen, wh suggested that learning causes amazing changes in the brain(大脑). = 3 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ③
S I fund a teacher wh had respect fr lder adult beginners and I practised hard, daily fr years, and smetimes disheartened (灰心的), but I kept up. I’m happy t reprt that nw, mre than ten years later, I can hld my wn in a quartet (tw vilins, a vila, and me, the female cell) and even a senir cmmunity band (乐队). Of curse, I’ll never sund like Y-Y Ma but yu culd enjy a Mzart piece if yu heard me play it. And, mre imprtantly, I dn’t need t please anyne but myself. = 4 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ④
Whether it’s a pleasant pastime r a new career, the starting pint is the same: wnder, curisity, decisin, and the wish t keep yur brain active.
56. Hw did the writer feel in the shp?
A. Interested in the friendly shpkeeper.B. Wrried abut a live music shw.
C. Pleased with the nice musical envirnment.D. Curius abut where t find a teacher.
57. What des the underlined wrd “admnitin” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A.赞扬B.批评C.困惑D.劝告
58. Why des the writer mentin Dr Chen in paragraph 3?
A. T recmmend a dctr.B. T prve the ppular idea.
C. T add anther reasn fr her decisin.D. T catch thers’ attentin.
59.We shuld put the sentence “The nly prblem was that I didn’t knw hw t play it.” in _________.
A.①B.②C.③D. = 4 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ④
60. Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the passage?
A. Art is man’s secnd nature.B. One is never t ld t learn.
C. Educatin is the key t success.D. Happiness is the best frm f health.
D
①Chinese peple have gt respect wrldwide fr their imprtant achievements in medicine, shwing their hard wrk, new ideas, and ▲ . This is clear in their prgress frm ancient times t mdem surgeries (外科手术).
②Hua Tu, an ancient Chinese dctr, was ne f the first t use medicine during surgery t help patients feel less pain. Besides surgery, he was skilled in acupuncture (针灸) , traditinal Chinese medicine, and special exercises.
③Victr Peter Chang, brn in Shanghai in 1936, became a well-knwn heart surgen. Encuraged by his mther’s fight with cancer, he chse t be a dctr, studying medicine in Australia, the UK, and the US. He made big achievements in heart surgery and created man-made heart parts.
④Anther imprtant persn is Charles “Charlie” Te, an Australian-Chinese brain surgen. His imprtant wrk at the Center fr Less Invasive Brain Surgery in Sydney has saved many lives.
⑤Nwadays, surgens in China have made big steps frward, like using stem cells (干细胞) t treat very serius injuries (损伤) and ding quite difficult surgeries. Stem cells are cells that can turn int different kinds f cells. It is the first time this has been dne anywhere in the wrld.
⑥Furthermre, Chinese surgens successfully did a very new face transplant (移植) n a girl wh had been badly burned. This made it pssible fr her t smile again and made her life much better.
⑦All in all, the wrk f Chinese surgens and new medical ideas, bth in and utside f China, give hpe t peple all arund the wrld fr getting better frm many sicknesses and injuries.
61. Which f the fllwing is the mst suitable fr the blank “ ▲ ”?
A. wisdmB. chance C. designD. persnality
62. Hw des the writer shw the imprtant achievements that Chinese have made in medicine?
A. By asking questins.B. By telling stries.
C. By listing numbers.D. By giving examples.
63. What are the big steps frward that Chinese surgens made?
a. Ding a new face transplant n a girl badly burned.
b. Inventing heart surgeries and creating man-made heart parts.
c. Using medicine during surgery t help patients feel less pain.
d. Using stem cells t treat very serius injuries and ding quite difficult surgeries.
A. a, bB. c, dC. b, cD. a, d
64. What des the underlined wrd “This” in Paragraph 6 refer t?
A. The cancer treatment.B. The stem cell treatment.
C. The face transplant.D. The heart transplant.
65. Which f the fllwing shws the structure f this passage?
A. = 1 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ①/ = 2 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ② = 3 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ③ = 4 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ④/ = 5 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ⑤ = 6 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ⑥/ = 7 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ⑦B. = 1 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ①/ = 2 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ② = 3 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ③ = 4 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ④ = 5 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ⑤/ = 6 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ⑥/ = 7 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ⑦C. = 1 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ① = 2 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ② = 3 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ③ = 4 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ④/ = 5 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ⑤ = 6 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ⑥/ = 7 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ⑦D. = 1 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ① = 2 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ② = 3 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ③/ = 4 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ④ = 5 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ⑤ = 6 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ⑥/ = 7 \* GB3 \* MERGEFORMAT ⑦
第二部分 非选择题 (65分)
五、任务型阅读 阅读下面的短文，并根据所读内容，在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 （注意：每个空格只填一个单词）（本题共10小题；每题1.5分，满分15分）
Pigsy Eats Watermeln
Pigsy Eats Watermeln is a 1958 animated (动画的) Chinese shrt film. It is less than 30 minutes lng. Different frm ther films, this film was based n Chinese paper-cutting art. Its characters were paper cututs (剪纸). Hw did the filmmakers make the cututs mve? Well, they used sme tricks frm shadw puppetry (皮影戏). The stry centers n Pigsy, ne f the fllwers f Mnk Xuanzang. Xuanzang and his fllwers are traveling t the west. On a ht day, when they are hungry and thirsty, Pigsy finds a watermeln, but he eats it all by himself. T punish him, the Mnkey King makes Pigsy fall n watermeln rinds (外皮) again and again...
The film was directed by Wan Guchan. In 1956, Wan came back t China frm Hng Kng. He started t wrk at the Shanghai Animatin Film Studi. The directr wanted t make a film t shw Chinese traditinal arts.
In early 1957, Wan’s team began t wrk n this paper-cut film. They glued the characters and backgrunds nt a glass plate (板). Then, they put the plate n a wden stand (架子). They planned t make this film in the style f stp-mtin animatin (定格动画). This meant that they had t frm each small mvement frame by frame (逐帧，逐格). After each sht (镜头), they wuld take the plate ff the stand. Then, they changed the scene and put the plate back fr the next sht. At first, the film lked t shaky (摇晃的). But after many tries, the team finally succeeded in making the film.
六、短文填空 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个恰当的单词或者括号内单词的正确形式。（每空不限填一词）（本题共10小题；每题1.5分，满分15分）
Nt many little girls have grwn up t be rcket (火箭) engineers. Even 76 (few) have gt t g int space. But Wang Haze has dne bth very 77 (gd).
As a student, Wang wrked hard in schl. In 2008, she entered Sutheast University. It’s ne f China’s tp 78 (university). But Wang shne nt just in the classrm. She was als 79 excellent runner and ften did well in lng-distance races.
As a tp student, Wang was able t explre (探测) new research fields. These prgrams were exciting but difficult. Wang nce cmplained abut the challenges. Her prfessr (教授), Gu Fan, gave her sme advice: Always d yur best, even if yu dn’t like it. Make 80 (yu) wrk hard. If yu dn’t, yu might nt knw hw t give yur best when yu finally find smething yu lve.
Wang has kept these wrds in mind. After graduatin, she 81 (discver) her lve fr space science. She began wrking as a rcket engine designer. Wang learned a lt and enjyed 82 (slve) prblems. In just a few mnths, she designed a great new prduct.
83 May 2018, China has been training a new class f astrnauts (宇航员). Wang jumped at the chance and signed up (报名). Thanks t her strng bdy and mind, she 84 (accept). During her training, she faced ne challenge after anther, 85 she never thught f giving up.
On Octber 30, Wang flew int space abard the Shenzhu-19 spaceship. She might run int many challenges at the Tiangng space statin. But withut a dubt, she will put her best ft frward.
七、词汇运用 用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。（每空不限填一词）（本题共10空；每空0.5分，满分5分）
86. Everybdy believes this yung __________ (music) will have a bright future.
87. Please put away thse __________ keys t cars. They are ging swimming. (German)
88. Which matters __________ (much), t be a pencil t write ne’s happiness r an eraser t remve ne’s sadness?
89. Jim has gne t bed? This is very __________ (usual). He always stays up late.
90. Sme peple dn’t like durian (榴莲) __________ (simple) because f its smell.
91. —Wuld yu please tell us smething abut the new wetland park called Gnghuwan?
—I’m srry, but neither I nr my cusin __________ (visit) there.
92. Nwadays, sme best research reprts n physics, bilgy, and maths __________ (write) in English.
93. Hiking can keep peple strng and energetic. It’s an exercise wrth __________ (try).
94. My grandmther is already in her __________ (sixty), but she is still dreaming f ging t cllege.
95. —I left my dictinary at hme.
—Yu can use __________(I). Here yu are.
同义句转换 （每空一词）（本题共10空；每空0.5分，满分5分）
96. Stress is bad fr ur health and makes it easier fr peple t get sick.
Stress is bad fr us and makes peple get sick __________ __________.
97. Mst f us are used t saying yes t the things we like and n t the things we dn’t like.
Mst f us have a __________ f accepting the things we like and __________ the things we dn’t like.
98. If yu dn’t understand the reasns behind the answers, yu wn’t make any prgress.
Yu wn’t __________ yurself __________ yu understand the reasns behind the answers.
99. The mvie Successr is ppular enugh t catch many peple’s attentin
Successr is __________ a ppular mvie __________ it catches many peple’s attentin.
100. In 2000 a cmpany in Japan put a camera in a mbile phne. And the camera phne appeared.
A ___________ cmpany made the camera phne at the beginning f the 21st ___________.
九、书面表达 （满分25分）
强国必须加强科技创新。为此，泰州市拟举办一次科技创新展览会(Science and Technlgy Innvatin Exhibitin)。假定你是李华，请你结合以下图示给你的笔友Tm写一封邀请函，介绍展览会信息并说明至少两个邀请理由。词数100左右。
Wrd bank:
rbt 机器人；AI (Artificial intelligence) 人工智能；VR (Virtual reality) 虚拟现实；inspire激励
注意事项：
1. 必须包含所提示的信息，可适当发挥，开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2. 意思清楚，表达通顺，行文连贯，书写规范；
3. 请勿在文中使用真实的姓名、校名及地名。
Dear Tm,
Hw is everything ging?
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Yurs,
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They used t 13 tgether. They shared prblems and secrets with each ther.
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May went t Shanghai t 14 .
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Are yu interested in ancient Egypt (古埃及)? If s, yu can’t miss On Tp f the Pyramid (金字塔), the biggest-ever display f ancient Egyptian wrks f art utside f Egypt. It’s nw ging n at the Shanghai Museum. There are 788 items n display. The display is divided int three sectins (部分).
❆The Land f the Pharahs (法老）
This sectin starts with hw ancient Egyptians thught the wrld was created. It mainly shws temples (寺庙) and pyramids: tw key symbls f ancient Egypt. Yu will learn abut hw Egyptians built things, hw their sciety wrked, and what their burial (葬礼）traditins were like.
Sme Chinese wrks f art are als n display here s that yu can knw mre differences between the tw ancient civilizatins (文明).
❆The Secrets f Saqqara
This sectin is all abut Saqqara. The village was the main burial site (遗址) in the ancient city f Memphis. Egypt’s very first pyramid was built right there.
In 2020, researchers fund many animal mummies (木乃伊) at Saqqara. They als fund a temple fr Bastet, a cat-like gddess (女神). These discveries brught new interest t the village. Wh knws what ther secrets lie under Saqqara’s sands?
❆The Age f Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun died arund 1324 He made a “cmeback” in 1922 when his tmb (坟墓）was fund. It was filled with nearly 5,000 wrks f art. Amng them was the pharah’s glden mask. It remains the mst famus Egyptian face in the wrld tday. Here yu will get t knw mre abut the life f Tutankhamun. Yu will als get a taste f what life was like in Egypt in the 14th century
On Tp f the Pyramid runs until August 15, 2025. yu’ve gt plenty f time t check it ut.
Baduanjin is ne f the mst ppular Chinese qigng exercises. D yu knw hw t d it?
Preparatin: Find a quiet place and play yur favurite slw music. Stand upright, lk frward and relax. When yu feel peaceful, take a step t the left. Remember t breathe deeply thrugh the exercise.
Step 1 Raise bth arms with palms (手掌) facing up. Stretch (伸展) ut cmpletely as if yu were hlding up the sky. Hld yur breath fr tw secnds befre slwly returning t the starting psitin.
Step 2 Bend (弯曲) yur knees int the hrse stance (马步). Open yur arms t the left as if yu were shting arrws (射箭). Slwly return t the starting psitin and repeat it n the right side.
Step 3 Stretch the left arm with the palm facing up while pressing(按，压) the ther arm dwn. Return t the starting psitin and d the same n the ther side.
Step 4 Slwly turn yur head t the left and lk back as far as pssible. Then, repeat the exercise n the ther side.
Step 5 D the hrse stance. Raise yur hands and slwly lwer them until yur palms n yur thighs (大腿). Lean(倾斜) yur upper bdy frward. Shake yur head frm right t left. Repeat it n the ther side.
Step 6 Raise bth hands befre pressing them dwn t waist (腰) level. Bend frm waist while mving yur hands dwn the back f the legs until they tuch yur tes.
Step 7 D the hrse stance. Make fists (拳头) next t the waist. Punch(猛击) with the left fist befre pulling it int the waist. Then, d the same with the right fist.
Step 8 Raise up n yur tes befre landing slwly.
Steps 1, 6, 8 shuld be repeated six times each, and the thers three times each.
Film: Pigsy Eats Watermeln
Year: 1958
Length: Less than 66 an hur
67 : Wan Guchan
Type: Chinese paper-cut animatin
Cmpany: the Shanghai Animatin Film 68
Plt (情节):
Mnk Xuanzang and his fllwers are n their way t the 69 . On a ht day, when they are hungry and thirsty, Pigsy finds a watermeln. Instead f 70 it with the grup, he eats it all by himself. The Mnkey King 71 Pigsy by making him fall n watermeln rinds again and again.
What’s 72 abut the film:
The film is based n Chinese paper-cutting art and uses sme tricks frm shadw puppetry.
Hw the film was made:
✱In 1956, Wan Guchan 73 t China frm Hng Kng. He wanted t make a film t shw Chinese traditinal arts.
✱In early 1957, Wan’s team began t make this film in the frm f stp-mtin animatin. Each small mvement was 74 frame by frame.
✱At first, the film lked t shaky. But after many tries, the team made the film 75 in the end.