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2023-2024 学年八年级下期末考点大串讲（人教版）
专题 08 阅读表达
任务型阅读之回答问题是中考英语在知识应用板块属于中等偏上难度的题型；回答问题型阅读的话题
涉及故事类、介绍类、观点建议类、饮食与健康类、科普知识类、文化风俗类及校园生活类。词数为 150
词， 一般情况下，每篇文章设3-6个问题。回答问题型阅读是阅读理解中的一种重要题型，很容易拉分。
要求在理解文章的基础上，用自己的语言简洁地回答问题。
解题步骤：
读：先读问题，明确任务。再带着问题去读文章。
划：划出文章中与问题相关的关键句（答题区）。复读问题，划出问题中的主语和谓语。
析：先分析问句的人称、时态和数。接着，翻译问句并分析提问部分的答案在答句中的语法成分。
组：用完整的陈述句式（主谓宾 / 主系表）回答。组成语法正确、语意完整、无多余信息的句子。
查：检查答句的句子结构完整性，答句的人称、时态、数、单词拼写、标点、大小写等是否正确。
Passage1
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
A famous teacher went to a village to give a talk. He taught people about forgiveness(宽恕). He said, “Anger is
like fire. It can not only burn others, but also burn ourselves. We should stay away from anger and learn to forgive.”
Jeff got angry quite easily. When he listened to this, he stood up and said, “You’re talking rubbish.” The teacher
heard him but didn’t reply to him. He was as peaceful as before. Seeing this, Jeff grew angrier and threw a stone at
the teacher and then he left angrily. The teacher was still peaceful and went on with his talk.
After returning home, Jeff kept thinking about the teacher’s words. As his anger died down slowly, he was sorry
for his words and action. So Jeff went to the teacher and said sorry to him. However, the teacher looked at him in
surprise and asked, “Who are you? Why do you say sorry to me?”
“You don’t remember me? I said some unkind words and did something wrong to you. I come to ask for your
forgiveness,” said Jeff.
The teacher said peacefully, “Brother, don’t talk about that—that’s history. We should move forward and try not
to make the same mistake again. Now leave those things there and improve your present(现在)by doing good
things.”
1．Why did the teacher say “Anger is like fire”?
2．What did Jeff think of the teacher’s talk?
3．What did Jeff do when the teacher didn’t reply to him?
4．How did the teacher feel when Jeff said sorry to him?
5．What did the teacher ask Jeff to do?Passage2
阅读短文，然后根据内容回答所提问题。
How do you get to school every day? By bike, bus or car? In our city, there will be 3,000 new school buses in
the street by the end of this year. These school buses look just like American school buses: yellow with a big nose.
In February 2010, the Chinese government announced the first standards (标准) for school bus safety. Since
then, more yellow school buses can be seen in the street.
In China, besides the bus driver, there should be an adult on the school bus to watch the students. If there are
more than 40 students, two adults are needed. The students usually rest or read books on the school bus.
In America, yellow school buses are very popular. There are about 480,000 school buses in the country. The
older kids sit in the back of the bus. The younger kids sit in the front. They usually listen to music, talk on their phones
or just sleep. The only adult on the bus is the driver.
The school bus is important in students’ everyday lives. It can keep children safe. Usually, a child is much safer
going to school by school bus than any other way. It can also help the environment. A school bus saves a lot of gas (汽油)
because it can carry a lot of people.
6．How many new school buses in the street of the writer’s city by the end of this year?
7．What’s the first standard of school bus about?
8．Who should be on the school bus besides the bus driver to watch the students in China?
9．What are the popular school buses in America?
10．It is much safer going to school on the school bus than any other way for a student, isn’t it?
Passage3
阅读短文，回答问题。
Marco Polo was born in Venice in 1254. He was the most famous westerner to visit Asia during the middle Ages.
He wrote a book about his travels. In his book he wrote all the things he saw and heard. Many people read the book
but few believed what Marco Polo said. He spoke of strange people and places that nobody knew about at that time.
As a young man, Marco Polo decided to travel together with his father. It took them more than three years to
travel to China. He became the Chinese emperor’s friend. He learned the Chinese language when he traveled around
and talked to many people. Before he reached the age of thirty he was made a Chinese official(官员).
After nearly seventeen years in the east, Marco and his father prepared to return home. When they finally arrived
in Venice, their family and friends were surprised to see them again. They had been away for almost 25 years.
11．When was Marco Polo born?
12．What did Marco Polo write about in his book?13．How long did it take Marco Polo and his father travel to China?
14．When did Marco Polo work as a Chinese official?
15．How long did Marco Polo and his father stay in the east?
Passage4
Ludwick Marishane, a young man from South Africa, was with his friends in Limpopo when they started talking
about inventing(发明) something to put on your skin so you don’t have to take a bath. He used his mobile phone to
do a lot of research(研究) online.
Millions of people around the world haven’t got clean water. This is a huge problem because dirty water causes
terrible illnesses. One of them is trachoma(沙眼). Thousands of people all over the world get it every year. They wash
their faces with dirty water, get an infection(传染病) and sometimes become blind.
Ludwick started thinking. He wanted to make something to help people in parts of the world where it’s difficult to
find clean water. He did more research on his mobile. Ludwick had a plan. He wanted to make a gel(凝胶) for people
to put on their skin so they don’t have to take a bath. He wrote the formula(配方) for the gel on his mobile phone.
When he was at university, he never stopped thinking about his invention. Three years later the dream came true. He
made the gel and called it “DryBath”. It looks like any other gel, but it isn’t! It saves lives and it also helps save
water!
Ludwick Marishane is the winner of lots of prizes. People call him “one of the brightest young men in the
world”. He is very happy about the success. That’s important in many parts of the world where it’s difficult to find
clean water. Now he wants to invent other things, and he wants to help other young people become inventors, too.
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。
16．Where does Ludwick Marishane come from?
17．What does dirty water cause?
18．How do people use the gel “Drybath”?
19．What does DryBath help do?
20．What do you think of Ludwick Marishane?
Passage5
阅读短文，根据短文的内容回答问题。
Xie Hongxing, 40, was born and raised around Wuyi Mountain.As a bamboo weaving（编织）artist, has been
working on it for 22 years. Recently, he has become popular on the Internet because of building a mini bambooTiangong space station. On Douyin, a popular short-video app, Xie surprised many internet users by using a knife to
quickly cut bamboo into pieces of the same width. He said it took 46 days to finish his mini bamboo space station.
He used more than 12 kinds of local bamboo to show the beauty of the space station.
Xie began to learn bamboo weaving when he was a teenager. “I found that bamboo weaving is interesting. With a
rich imagination, you can almost make anything. So, I decided to study this skill,” he said. After years of hard work, in
February 2022, Xie achieved his dream. He successfully turned the bamboo weaving of Wuyi Mountain into a
provincial intangible cultural heritage（省级非物质文化遗产）.
However, it is not easy for Xie to pass on the art, but he is trying his best. He set up a museum of bamboo
weaving in which visitors can watch and take photos of his works. At his studio in the Wuyi Mountain, people can
learn how to make earrings or bags from bamboo.
21．What is Xie’s job?
22．Why did Xie become popular online?
23．How many kinds of local bamboo were used to make the space station?
24．When did Xie make his dream come true?
25．Where can people learn to make bags from bamboo?
Passage6
阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息回答问题。（每个回答不超过10个词）
Giant panda Ya Ya returned to her home in Beijing Zoo early on Monday after spending 20 years in the United
States according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
Ya Ya will not be on show to the public for the time being as the 23-year-old panda needs to rest and adapt(适
应) to her new environment. The zoo will periodically release updates(定期发布信息) on Ya Ya on its official Weibo
account.
On April 27, Ya Ya arrived in Shanghai and was quarantined(隔离) for a month before moving to Beijing, the
administration said. During the quarantine period experienced keepers and veterinarians(兽医) from Beijing Zoo
provided around-the clock care for Ya Ya, because of her old age and changed living environment. Shanghai Zoo
offered support and make sure her safety and health, the administration said.
Beijing Zoo has prepared a special feeding place for Ya Ya as well as feeding measures, care and medical
support.
On Sunday afternoon, Beijing Zoo received a special delivery of fresh bamboo from Chengdu, Sichuan province.
The bamboo was airlifted to make sure that each panda at the zoo has fresh food, Beijing Television reported.
Beijing Zoo told the press that it will depend on her health check results whether and when Ya Ya will be shown
to the public.
26．How old was Ya Ya when she was sent to the US?27．How do the public get information about Ya Ya?
28．In which month did Ya Ya return to Beijing Zoo?
29．What did Beijing Zoo prepare for Ya Ya?
30．Where did the bamboo Ya Ya ate come from at Beijing Zoo?
Passage7
The arrival of ChatGPT will push educators to think more about teaching subjects that technology is not good
at. The future is not about technology fighting against humans, it is about humans living together with technology.
ChatGPT pushes us to think harder of what makes us human.
What is very clear is that the kinds of things that are easy to teach and test have also become easy for ChatGPT.
The world no longer accepts you just for what you know. The world accepts you for what you can do with what you
know, and ChatGPT pushes us to work harder on this. If students are only as smart as a smartphone, it means educators
are not doing enough. People should develop human skills, such as imagination and creativity, that means we should
imagine and create things.
The arrival of AI really pushes people to think hard about what education is and for what it serves. While Google
or Baidu simply provides knowledge, ChatGPT goes a step further and analyzes (分析) a search before providing
only an answer.
There’s a great risk if we just follow the answers from ChatGPT instead of questioning it and creating new
knowledge (知识). ChatGPT is going to make learning much more interesting and powerful, but humans need to
work very hard to win that race with technology.
31．What kind of subjects should we teach after the arrival of ChatGPT?
32．If students want to be smarter than a smartphone, what should they do?
33．What is the difference between ChatGPT and Google or Baidu?
34．What should we do with the answers from ChatGPT?
35．Do you like ChatGPT? Why or why not?Passage8
China is the hometown of kites. Making and flying kites is one of the Chinese ancient folk skills. Kites are also
an important part of the Chinese culture.
Kites were invented by the Chinese during the Spring and Autumn Period, having a history of over 2,000 years. It
is said that Modi, an ancient Chinese thinker, made a wood bird after the work of three years. This might be the
earliest kite in human history. Then Lu Ban made changes to the kite of Modi by using bamboos. Some folk custom
experts told that ancestors (祖先) invented kites mainly to memorize their family members and friends who had died.
So, on the Qingming Festival people would make and fly kites, hoping that their sadness could be passed to the dead
through the kites. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, kites began to be used for the purpose of sending messages.
Since the Sui-Tang Period, paper has been used to make kites because of the papermaking. In the Song Dynasty,
flying kites became a favorite outdoor sport of the people. According to researchers, kites were spread to Korea in
the tenth century and then to Japan, and they were not spread to Europe until the thirteenth or fourteenth century.
Flying kites needs skills. The controlling string (绳) and the pulling force are decided by the size and the shape
of the kites, the environment and the wind. Right wind often blows in spring, making it the perfect season for flying
kites. If we want to play for fun, flying kites should avoid cloudy days and rainy days. Safety is also an important
consideration (考虑因素). Flying kites should be done on an open ground and it is not wise to fly kites in dangerous
places such as water side and tops of building.
36．Who made the earliest kite in human history?
37．What did ancestors invent the kites mainly for?
38．When were kites spread to Korea?
39．What kind of weather is suggested to fly kites if we want to play for fun?
40．Where is not suggested to fly kites?
Passage9阅读短文,根据题目要求完成各小题。
Starting a new school term is always exciting. It is a chance to see your friends again. But most exciting of all,
the new term is a chance to take up new hobbies. In Britain students often take up new hobbies after the Christmas
holidays as a way to welcome the new year.
Most schools provide different kinds of hobby classes. Students take them in their free classes or after school.
You have to pay for some classes and others are free. For example, I once took a free swimming class my school
offered on Wednesday evening. But when I learnt how to play the drums, my parents had to pay for the lessons.
The most popular extra (额外的) classes at my school are piano lessons and the drama club. Both classes offer
exams students can take. Students with many hobbies sometimes feel more stressed（有压力的）than those without
any. But the students with hobbies leave school with many extra skills.
I haven’t gone on learning any of the hobbies that I began at school. But I have never felt sorry for taking them. In
fact, I have always been very thankful for them. My best friend Amy is someone I met in my swimming class.
41．When do British students often take up new hobbies?
42．Translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.
43．Did the writer learn to play the drums?
44．Who feels more stressed, students with many hobbies or those without?
45．Where did the writer meet her best friend, Amy?
Passage10
阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
Nowadays Zibo barbecue is an important part of Zibo’s food culture. Zibo also sets up a barbecue association
(协会), makes a barbecue map and holds barbecue festivals. The government held the first Zibo Barbecue Festival
successfully around May 1 this year. It showed people the famous barbecue stores, wonderful performances and beer
exhibitions (展览).
Zibo barbecue is quite different from others. Unlike the northeastern barbecue, Zibo barbecue has its own
feature (特点): small skewers (串), small cakes and small onions. This is its special way to eat. We call it “soul
eating”. The barbecue is still a barbecue, but when the barbecue meets the small onions and the small cakes of
Shandong, the feature of Zibo barbecue has become distinctive (鲜明的) enough. The oven represents (代表) the
temperature, the small cake represents tolerance (包容), the small onion represents openness.
Give yourself a trip without plans. It’s the choice (选择) of many young people today. The earliest to drive Zibo
barbecue is the group of college students. Taking the weekend high-speed train to Zibo for barbecue has become sopopular among them.
The “Zibo barbecue” has become Zibo’s new calling card. Zibo also has become a more popular and
prosperous (繁荣的) city.
46．When did the Zibo government hold the first Zibo Barbecue Festival?
47．Are there any differences between Zibo barbecue and others?
48．What’s the special way to eat Zibo barbecue?
49．Who drives Zibo barbecue at first?
50．Give a proper English title (标题) for the passage.
Passage11
阅读下面短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。
“Eighteenth,” I said. I’ve forgotten the question Mrs. Cooper asked that day, but I will never forget my answer.
As soon as the number left my mouth, the whole class started laughing. I felt I was the silliest person in the world.
But Mrs. Cooper looked at the whole class seriously and said, “We’re all here to learn.”
Another time, Mrs. Cooper asked us to write a report about what we hoped to be in the future. I wrote, “I want
to be a teacher like Mrs. Cooper.” She wrote on my report, “You’ll be a great teacher because you have a strong mind
and you try hard.”
After I got married, I began to work as a cleaner. I cleaned seventeen classrooms each day, including Mrs.
Cooper’s. I would tell Mrs. Cooper that I wanted to teach, and she would repeat the words she had written on my
report earlier.
I started to attended college classes in the morning before work. After seven years of my hard work, my dream
finally came true. One day, I wrote a sentence with a mistake on the blackboard and asked a girl to correct it. She
didn’t know the answer. As the other children laughed, tears rolled down her face. I gave her a hug (拥抱) and said
to the whole class, “We’re all here to learn.”
51．What did the writer wanted to be when she grew up?
52．Why did the whole class start laughing after the writer answer “Eighteenth”?
53．How did the girl feel when other children laughed?
54．How did the writer achieve her dream?
55．What do you think of Mrs. Cooper?Passage12
阅读短文，回答下面5个问题。（每题答案不超过10个词）
SOLOMON SLOW was the son of a gentleman, who lived on the border of the New Forest. His mother called
him Solomon. “Because,” she said, “slow and sure is sure to do well. He is a wise child.”
“Yes,” said his father, “but he is too slow and unless he becomes a little quick and a little less lazy, I shall never
make a man of him.”
When he was about ten years old, his father and some friends planned a picnic in the Forest and hired a large
van to take them there. They were to set out at seven in the morning. Solomon knew this as he had heard his father
say so the night before.
It was a really fine day when he woke up at six the next morning, but he was as lazy as ever. “If I get up about
ten minutes before seven,” said he, “I shall be down in plenty of time.” So he lay still in bed and heard all the party
pass his door as they went downstairs.
They even called to him; but he gave no answer, and only lazily rolled himself up in the clothes. At last, up he
jumped, dressed, and ran down the stairs but he found the breakfast-room empty, and the van gone!
Snatching (抓) up his hat he ran as fast as he could down the road; but there was a high wind and the dust was
in clouds everywhere. He screamed and shouted for the van to stop; but it’s useless. No one could hear him and at
last, tired with running and half fed with dust he walked sadly home.
But even this did not cure him. He was a lazy boy and grew up to be a lazy man; and when in business, though
the bus passed his door every day he was seldom ready.
56．Why did the mother call the boy Solomon Slow?
57．What was the weather like when he woke up?
58．When did Solomon Slow plan to get up?
59．Did he catch the van in the end?
60．What suggestion can you give to Solomon?
Passage13
根据短文内容，回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过10个词。
According to the report in Taiwan, panda experts from the Chinese mainland have found that the health
condition of a giant panda in Taiwan’s Taipei Zoo is better than expected. The 18-year-old male panda named Tuan
Tuan, one of two giant pandas gifted by the mainland to Taiwan in 2008. Recently, he has some diseases on his feet.
The worse situation has drawn both sides of the Taiwan Straits’ attention.
Two mainland veterinarians（兽医）, Wu Honglin and Wei Ming, sent by the China Conservation and Research
Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan province, arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday to examine the panda’s health. Taipei
Zoo asked the center for help on Oct 27. Soon it decided to send the two specialists on giant panda health to thezoo.
As the report goes, the zoo said it has exchanged detailed information with the experts and the experts have
checked on the panda. The experts will give feed back（反馈）on whether it is the animal’s brain that is causing
weakness in its back legs. There is no latest treatment plan yet, and the two experts will communicate with other
mainland experts in the next few days. It is hoped they can give opinions from watching the panda’s behavior, but it
will take three to four days.
Since they arrived at Taipei Zoo in 2008, Tuan Tuan and his mate, Yuan Yuan, have been popular among people in
Taiwan, especially children. They have had two babies, one in 2013 and another in 2020.
61．When was Tuan Tuan sent to Taiwan as a gift?
62．What’s wrong with Tuan Tuan recently?
63．What do Wu Honglin and Wei Ming do?
64．How long will it take to give treatment plan?
65．What do you think of Tuan Tuan’s life in Taiwan’s Taipei Zoo?
Passage14
Xian Xinghai was born into a poor family in Macao in 1905. Since Xian’s father died before he was born, the
poor boy moved from place to place with his mother. When Xian was six years old, he met a teacher who
appreciated (欣赏) his musical talent in Singapore. In 1918, the 13-year-old boy was sent to Guangzhou to learn the
violin. In middle school Xian sold books, paper and other things two hours a day. He also spent much time working
in the Lingnan Bank to make a living.
With his talent, Xian later entered Peking University in 1926. Then, in 1928 he went to Shanghai to further his
study. Later, he went to Paris to study composition (作曲) in 1929. During his stay in Paris, he composed Wind, Song
of a Wanderer, Violin Sonata in D Minor, and other works.
Later, he came to Yan’an. He taught music at a college. There were no pianos in Yan’an at that time, but Xian
still wrote some of his most important music there, including the Yellow River, his most famous work. It was a
patriotic (爱国的) work that encouraged thousands of Chinese during the War of Resistance against Japanese
Aggression (1931—1945). In 1940, Xian went to Moscow to work. After World War II, he returned to Moscow to
treat his illness in 1945. He died of illness in October, 1945 in a hospital near the Moscow Kremlin at the age of 40.
Xian Xinghai wrote over 300 works and published 35 papers in his short lifetime. Xian is a pioneer (先锋) of
modern Chinese musie. For his great influence on Chinese musie, Xian Xinghai is called the People’s Musician.
Many of his songs are still popular today.
66．When did Xian Xinghai begin to learn the violin?
67．Which work is Xian Xinghai most famous for?68．Why did people call Xian Xinghai ”the People’s Musician”?
69．List an example from the passage to show that Xian Xinghai lived a very hard life.
70．What do you think of Xian Xinghai? Why?
Passage15
阅读下面短文，完成相关任务。
Now there is a family problem. Nearly every parent says that we never grow up. In fact we are probably 16 or
17 years old. In our parents’ eyes, we are always little children and often do wrong things. For example, when I need
to stay at home alone, they always worry about me and my life without them.
Most parents always think that they offer(提供) the best things they can to make their children live in a
comfortable world. They buy their children pretty clothes, cool shoes, everything that they can for their children. In
return(反过来), they only want their children to get good grades in the exams.
But why can’t their children still understand them? Does it mean that we still want more material(物质) things?
No. In fact, what we want is a true family. What does a true family mean? I think it means a place where we can keep
ourselves away from the cold world outside. From here, we can get warmth, we can get consolation(安慰), and we
can get happiness. And one important thing is that we should be stronger and more confident(自信的) in the outside
world because we know that we have a true family.
So I think that parents should sit down to talk with their children, so that the children and their parents could
understand each other more and more. Then, parents will not treat(对待) their children as little ones.
71．In whose eyes are we little children?
72．What do most parents want to get from their children?
73．What do the children really want?
74．What can the children get from a true family?
75．What should parents do to make their children understand them more?
Passage16
Jamie Feilden has been interested in farms since he was a little child. Now he is planning to pass on his love for
farms to students.
28-year-old Mr. Feilden is going to set up a charity(慈善机构). He plans to raise money for students from city
schools who would like to visit Jamie’s Farm and experience country life.
Mr. Feilden first got the idea for his project when he started working for the Teach First Project after graduatingfrom university in Edinburgh.
“When I worked in a school in Croydon, I realized the students there had little experience of farm life. Many of
the students in the school had never been out of Croydon before. Of course, they had never seen farm animals,” said
Mr. Feilden. “So I opened up a small farm in the school. It was a real success.”
Mr. Feilden once took a group of students back to his hometown. There the students saw many animals. They
had lots of fun spending time in the countryside. Since then he has done more work on his own farm project. He even
started working for it full-time.
Mr. Feilden said, “Living and working in the countryside can give children a chance to eat food produced on the
farm. They can also do some gardening, cooking and be with animals there.”
Now Jamie’s Farm needs volunteers. If you are interested in donating your money or time, you can get in touch
with Jamie by e-mailing him.
76．The time when Jamie Feilden started to be interested in farms:
77．The reason why Jamie Feilden wanted to set up a farm in the school:
78．The reason why Jamie Feilden is going to set up a charity:
79．The things that students can do on Jamie’s farm besides(除了) eating food produced on the farm:
80．If people want to do something for Jamie’s farm, how can they contact(联系) with Jamie Feilden?
Passage17
请认真阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题，并将答案写在答题卡上。（每题不超过10个词）
Rabbit Shiny and tortoise（乌龟）Smily were neighbors. One day they were reading a story about their great
grandfathers: Shiny’s and Smily’s great grandfathers decided to have a race. While Shiny’s great grandfather fell
asleep during the race, Smily’s great grandfather won the race by slowly walking towards the finishing line.
Smily said, “If your great grandfather didn’t go to sleep, my great granddad might never win. So his win was
not a real win.”
The next day there was a notice in the jungle（丛林）newspaper. It said that there would be a race and the
winner would win many prizes. The race started from the bear’s house. From there, the runners had to cross the river.
But most of the animals could not both run fast and swim fast. So they didn’t know what to do. Shiny and Smily
made a plan.
Shiny ran, while smily was sitting on his back. He and other animals, like the deer, reached the river side at the
same time. But they saw the swift（湍急的）water and stood there because they were worried. None of them liked
the idea of crossing the river. Smily quickly got into the water and Shiny sat on his back. Smily started swimming.
Soon they reached the other side of the river. Shiny got down from Smily’s back and Smily climbed on Shiny’s back
again. Shiny ran fast. They reached the finish line first.
“Both of them are the winners.” The president of the jungle said, “Shiny and Smily helped each other during therace and they won. So let’s give them a big hand.”
81．Why didn’t Shiny’s great grandfather win the race?
82．Where can the animals read the notice about the race?
83．Whose house did the race start from?
84．How did the animals feel when they saw the swift water?
85．How could Shiny and Smily win the race?
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On a bright March afternoon, some travelers moved through the snow along Bearskin Lake. There were three
dads and four teens. The teens, 14 to 16 years old, chatted and laughed. They each were pulling a sled（雪橇）which
was full of winter camping gear（用具）. Their dads—Bob Feyen, Jesse Schomberg and Kevin Skwira-Brown—
also pulled gear.
Even when they were young, the children did their share. “The rules, from the beginning, were that everyone
has to pull a sled.” Kevin Skwira-Brown said. “We want them to grow up strong.” In the early years, the children
pulled small sleds with just sleeping bags. Now, they pull full-size sleds.
For 10 years now, these dads and sons/daughters have been making this journey each winter. “Bob, Kevin and I
had done this one winter with our children.” Schomberg said. “The kids thought it was great fun, so we made it a
tradition（传统）.”
On this 32-degree March afternoon, the group was going to Daniels Lake. They would camp there for three days.
They all stayed in Schomberg’s tent.
Hannah Feyen told a story about a trip when she was young. “We were walking across a stream one time, and I
lost a boot in it. I shouted to dad for help. He just shouted back ‘You can do it!’ and I did.” laughed Hannah.
Bob Feyen said they were taking their children to this trip every March. They would keep on the tradition until
the teens moved away for college.
86．How many times has the winter trip been held?
87．Why did the dads want to have the trip with their children?
88．If you have a task, would you like to complete it by yourself or with others’ help? Why?
