九年级英语Unit同步训练 (17)

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Ⅰ.阅读理解。

There are always something interesting happening in my neighborhood．My neighbor，Mr．Black，is an engineer in a big company．He is always very humorous(幽默的)．Let me tell you what happened to him the other day
Mr．Black was sitting in his chair，reading a newspaper when his wife，
Anna，quietly walked up behind him and hit him on the head with a frying pan
“What on earth was that for?”he asked
“That was for the piece of paper in your pants pocket with the name Mary Ellen written on it，”she replied
“Don’t be silly,”he explained．“Two weeks ago when I went to the races，Mary Ellen was the name of one of the horses I bet on(在……上下赌注)
She seemed satisfied at this，and she felt sorry for what she had done Three days later，the man was again sitting in his chair reading when she
hit him with an even bigger frying pan
He asked again，“What on earth was that for? Why are you always hitting me with a frying pan?
“Your horse just phoned you．”
(D)1．Who is Mr．Black?
A.He is the writer’s father．B．He is the writer’s friend
C．He is the writer’s husband．D.He is the writer’s neighbor．(C)2．What was Mr．Black doing when his wife hit him with a frying pan?
A.He was cooking dinner
B.He was riding a horse
C.He was reading a newspaper
D．He was making a telephone call．
(D)3．Why did Anna hit Mr．Black the first time?
A．Because Mary Ellen wrote to him all the time
B．Because he just read and didn’t do any housework
C.Because he used up all the money to bet on the horses
D.Because she found a piece of paper with a lady’s name on it in
his pants pocket．
(A)4．After hearing Mr．Black’s explanation，his wife
A.believed him and felt sorry
B．was very angry with him
C.argued with Mary Ellen
D．gave Mary Ellen a call
(B)5．From the last sentence，we can infer(推断)that
A.Anna came to realize that Mary Ellen was a horse.
B.Mary Ellen was a lady and had called up Mr. Black.
C.Anna wanted to make friends with Mary Ellen.
D.Mary Ellen was really a horse which Mr. Black had bet on.
.阅读还原。

根据短文内容，将下列五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整通
There was once a “Cave(洞穴) of Fear”in a town. Some people got into the cave but nobody returned from there. When someone entered the cave, people outside always heard a cry of terror (恐惧) and a burst of
laughter.
6.B .One day, a young man decided to enter the cave and meet the monster. He asked some people to go with him,but everyone refused.
7.E . Twenty minutes later,he arrived at the bottom of the cave. He stopped there and looked around.Suddenly he felt that something hit him on his back. He fell down and believed that he was about to die. 8.C . Then he heard a burst of laughter. He thought that must be the monster’s laughter. However, he didn’t see any monsters. He heard music and voices. He got clearer and saw a group of people. They shouted,“Surprise!”The man found himself right in the middle of a big
party. 9.D .
They explained to him that all was the idea of an old leader of the town. That leader wanted to show that if someone wanted to make a change, he should be brave enough. 10.A . Only brave people can enjoy big
parties in the cave.
A.So the leader invented the story of the monster.
B.They said that there must be a monster living in the cave.
C.He let out one last cry.
D.The people at the party were those who had never returned to the town.
E. So he had to go inside alone。