C
I have a penfriend. His name is Ivan. He is 12 years old.
He likes playing football. He usually plays football with his friends at weekends.
Ivan lives with his father and mother in a city in France. They have a house with five rooms, a swimming pool and a garden. They often have a party in the garden at weekends. They like to help their neighbours. His home is not near his
school, so Ivan takes a bus for an hour and then walks for 10 minutes to school. There is a Basketball Club near his school. He likes playing basketball in the club.
Ivan's father is a worker. He is busy. Ivan's mother is a doctor. She is nice to the
patients in hospital. Ivan wants to be a teacher when he grows up(长大). I want to be a teacher too. Every month Ivan writes two letters(信) to me. He'll come to China next year. We'll meet then.
(
B
)8. What are Ivan's hobbies?
A. Basketball and swimming.
B. Football and basketball.
C. Football and swimming.
D. Reading and swimming.
(
A
)9. How often does Ivan write to the writer?
A. Twice(两次) a month.
B. Twice a week.
C. Every day.
D. Every week.
(
C
)10. Ivan studies in
France
now.
A. America
B. China
C. France
D. Japan
(
D
)11. What's the Chinese meaning(意思) of the underlined word "patients"?
A. 邻居
B. 工作
C. 生活
D. 病人
解析：
【分析】
这是一篇关于笔友伊万的英语阅读理解题，需通过定位原文对应信息解答各题：1. 第8题问伊万的爱好，需定位原文中伊万喜欢的运动描述；2. 第9题问伊万写信的频率，需找原文中关于写信次数和时间的表述；3. 第10题问伊万现在上学的地点，需定位他居住的城市相关信息；4. 第11题猜词义，需结合妈妈的职业和所在场所推断单词意思。
【解析】
8. 定位原文：“He likes playing football.”和“He likes playing basketball in the club.”，可知伊万爱好足球和篮球，对应选项B；
9. 定位原文：“Every month Ivan writes two letters to me.”，可知每月写两次信，对应选项A；
10. 定位原文：“Ivan lives with his father and mother in a city in France.”，可知伊万在法国，对应选项C；
11. 原文提到“Ivan's mother is a doctor. She is nice to the patients in hospital.”，医生在医院服务的对象是病人，故“patients”意为病人，对应选项D。
【答案】
8.B 9.A 10.C 11.D
【知识点】
英语阅读理解（细节理解、词义猜测）
【点评】
本题为初中英语基础阅读理解题，侧重考查学生快速提取原文信息和结合语境猜测词义的能力，题目难度较低，认真阅读原文即可准确作答。
【难度系数】
0.9
