课后练习15 九年级 Units 1—2
一、完形填空（30分）（2018·湖州市吴兴区模拟）
One day a young man called Gary went to see a wise old man. He wanted to know why he wasn’t able to reach all of his 1 in his life.
He found the old man reading in a small house by the river. With a smile, the wise man listened to Gary’s story and told him, “First come to help me 2 a kettle（水壶） of water!”
Gary saw a big kettle standing in the corner next to a small stove（火炉）， but he didn’t find any 3 . So he went out to search for some.
He came back with some dry wood, 4 the kettle with water and put it on the stove. Then he put some wood in the stove and 5 a fire. But because the kettle was too 6 , when the wood burned up, the water did not boil. So he ran off to get more.
When he returned, the water had turned 7 . This time he learned his lesson and prepared more wood in advance. Then the water boiled very 8 .
“If there is not enough wood, 9 would you boil the water?” the wise man asked.
Gary thought for a moment but didn’t know the 10 , so he shook his head.
“Well, then just pour out some water 11 the kettle!” the old man said.
Gary 12 thoughtfully.
“ 13 , you set too many goals,” said the old man. “It’s 14 like the large kettle full of water. You didn’t have 15 wood, so you couldn’t boil the water. If you want to make the water boil, then you will have to either pour some out or prepare more wood!”
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（ ）1. A. stories B. tasks C. goals D. dreams
（ ）2. A. bring B. drink C. find D. boil
（ ）3. A. wood B. stone C. food D. fruit
（ ）4. A. put on B. filled up C. took away D. picked up
（ ）5. A. saved B. kept C. started D. changed
（ ）6. A. new B. light C. heavy D. large
（ ）7. A. cold B. bad C. red D. hot
（ ）8. A. slowly B. quickly C. carefully D. quietly
（ ）9. A. when B. where C. how D. why
（ ）10. A. reason B. question C. lesson D. answer
（ ）11. A. into B. from C. with D. by
（ ）12. A. waved B. nodded C. shook D. signed
（ ）13. A. At first B. Once again C. For example D. At least
（ ）14. A. still B. just C. even D. never
（ ）15. A. dry B. fresh C. big D. enough
二、阅读理解（16分）（2017·天台模拟）
When you enter my home for the first time, you will always be impressed with a small white envelope（信封）. No name, no address. It has hung on our tree for about 10 years.
It was all because my husband, Mike, hated Christ-mas. He didn’t hate the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial（商业的） way of it: spending too much on the usual Christmas gifts, such as rushing into a store to get a tie for Uncle
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Harry.
Knowing he felt this way, I decided not to buy the usual gifts. I reached for something special for Mike. The idea came in an unusual way.
Our son Kevin, 12, was wrestling at school. Before Christmas, there was a match against a team helped by a city church. As the match began, I was surprised to see that the other team was wrestling only in old clothes because they could not afford the wrestling uniforms, while our boys in their blue and gold uniforms. Of course we ended up beating them.
Mike shook his head sadly, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “In fact, they could if they wear the uniforms. They have talent for wrestling, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them.”
Mike loved kids—all kids—and he knew them, having trained the kids in football and baseball. At that time, I thought of the idea for the gift. That afternoon, I went to a store and bought some wrestling uniforms and sent them to the city church for the kids without leaving my name.
On Christmas Eve, I put the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and telling him that this was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and the following years.
You see, we’ve lost Mike now. But every Christmas Eve I would put an envelope on the tree, and in the morning, three more joined it. Each of our children had secretly put an envelope on the tree for their dad.
Mike’s spirit, like the Christmas spirit, will always be with us.
（ ）1. Mike hated Christmas because he__________.
A. disliked receiving the same gifts every year
B. didn’t like people spending too much money on gifts
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C. hated rushing into a store to buy a tie for Uncle Harry
D. didn’t understand the true meaning of Christmas
（ ）2. We can infer（推断） from the passage that the writer is a（n）__________ .
A. brave and outgoing man
B. loving and patient man
C. understanding and kind woman
D. strict and serious woman
（ ）3. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 means__________.
A. they didn’t have talent because they lost the match
B. they might lose heart after they were badly beaten in this way
C. they won’t accept the result because of the old clothes
D. they tried to cheer themselves up even if they failed in the match
（ ）4. It can be learned from the passage that.
A. the writer sends uniforms to children every Christmas
B. the children now prefer new toys to the envelope
C. the white envelope was a gift from the poor kids
D. Mike’s spirit will have a strong influence on his children forever
三、词汇运用（15分）
A）用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。
die able spread lie punish
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1. I found a wallet__________ on the ground just now.
2. Though he is__________ , he lives in people’s heart forever.
3. If you do something wrong, you should be__________.
4. Nobody doubts his__________ to do the job.
5. This man is a symbol of kindness because he always__________ love everywhere he goes.
B）根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。
Dear Madam,
I’m a middle school student. I have some6__________（麻烦） this term. I’m angry with my parents7__________（容易地）. I can’t pay 8__________（专心） to what the teacher tells us in class. I am 9（害怕的） of talking with my teacher. I make a lot of 10__________（错误） in my tests. I am not 11（耐心的） when I am talking with my friends. I think I’m 12__________（丢失） my friendship. I don’t know how to 13__________（增加） my reading speed and my 14__________（发音） is poor. Can you tell me the 15__________（秘诀） of becoming a good learner?
四、语法填空（20分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（每空不多于3个单词）。
Danny has a hobby—playing games online. He is interested 1__________ solving puzzles. He particularly enjoys chatting with other gamers.
Now Danny 2__________（sit） quietly in front of his computer. His mother thinks he is doing his homework, 3__________ she is wrong. Danny is actually surfing the Internet, solving puzzles and chatting with other gamers around the world. 4__________ funny it is!Danny thinks.
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Why are games online so interesting? “5I can pretend to be a different person. There are also many different 6__________（kind） of games for me to play,” says Danny. “Other people love to play these games because they can play at any time. They do not need to organize a group. Someone in the world always wants 7__________（play）.”
Starting a game online is not easy. Some gamers8__________（not） welcome new gamers. They will become angry when new gamers ask them questions. Other gamers are helpful. They want to make new friends. When Danny has 9__________ question, he always says, “Excuse me, are you busy? I am new at this game and I need some help.” Sometimes this10__________（work）. At other times, however, the gamer at the other end makes you feel like a fool.
五、书面表达（19分）
最近，学校就空中俱乐部的英语学习内容设置做了意向调查（结果见下面图表）。你帮俱乐部用英语写一篇报告，并谈谈你自己的想法或建议。
注意：（1）文中应包含图表所提供的要点，可适当发挥；（2）想法和建议至少两条；文中不能出现真实姓名和校名；（3）词数：80—100。短文开头不计入总词数，考生可以选择使用。
Recently we’ve made a survey of the school Sky English Club.
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参考答案
一、1—5. CDABC 6—10. DABCD 11. B
12. B 【解析】句意为：Gary若有所思地点点头。
13—15. ABD
二、1—3. BCB
4. D 【解析】由最后两段内容可知“迈克的精神将永远对他的孩子们有深刻的影响”。
三、A）1. lying 2. dead 3. punished 4. ability
5. spreads
B）6. trouble 7. easily 8. attention 9. afraid
10. mistakes 11. patient 12. losing 13. increase
14. pronunciation 15. secret
四、1. in 2. is sitting 3. but 4. How
5. Because 6. kinds 7. to play 8. don’t
9. a 10. works
五、One possible version:
Recently we’ve made a survey of the school Sky English Club. Here are the results. We find that fifty-one percent of the students want to practice their spoken English by using the Internet. Twenty-five percent like watching English movies, which can make their holiday life better. Eighteen percent would like to read more English classics because they are interested in them. Six percent hope that they can learn more about foreign culture, such as good manners and Western festivals.
As far as I know, it’s very helpful to improve English by learning English songs. Maybe we can invite foreigners to introduce good ways to learn English songs. I’m
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sure all of us will have fun in the Sky English Club.
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