外研版英语九年级上册单元短文填空期末训练

二、短文填空
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(2017凉州) 用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空,使短文通顺、正确、连贯。

(每个单词或短语限用一次) smile,be,happiness,give up,and,look for,change,can,finally,your
Life doesn’t always give us the joys we want.We don’t always get our hopes and dreams 1. and we don’t always get our own way.
But don’t 2. give up hope.You can make a difference,one situation and one person at a time.
Look for love around you.You’ll find love in a 3. smile ,a kind word or a helping hand.Believe in the love of friends,family,and humankind.Love 4. is all around,if you just 5. look for it.Show 6. your love.You will find the power in life along with the joy,7. happiness ,patience,and understanding.
Love 8. can bring you hope and beat everything.Even when you feel that there isn’t a lot you can do 9. to change unhappiness or problems,you can always do a little.A little at a time 10. finally makes a big difference.
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(2017福建) 阅读下面短文,根据语境、音标或所给单词的提示,在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词,要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确,使短文意思完整、行文连贯。

The Chongyang Festival is a Chinese traditional festival.It is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.It’s also 1. called (call) the Double Ninth Festival.
The festival started as 2. early /ˈɜ:li/as the Warring States Period(475-221BC).It has a history of more than 1,700 years.Among the numbers from zero to nine,nine is the 3. highest (high) odd number(奇数).People believe that two “nines”meeting together stand for a long life.So it is a special holiday 4. for Chinese people to show love and respect for their elders.They hold many 5. kinds (kind) of activities in honor of old people,wishing them good 6. health /helθ/ and a long life.
The festival comes during the golden time of 7. fall /fɔ:l/.On the day,people traditionally
drink chrysanthemum (菊花)wine,eat Double-Ninth Cakes 8. and climb mountains.They also carry a kind of plant named dogwood.People in ancient times believed that 9. the plant could drive away evil (邪恶的)spirits and prevent them from 10. catching (catch) an illness in winter.
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阅读下面的短文,用括号内所给词的适当形式填空,必要时可加助动词。

Space vegetables are grown from seeds (种子) that have been taken to space.When they 1. are brought (bring) back to the earth,these seeds produce vegetables that are bigger and 2. healthier (healthy) than normal (正常的) vegetables.But some people worry about 3. having (have) space vegetables.They think that space vegetables might not be good for us and could make us 4. get (get) sick because of the radiation (辐射) in space.However,people should not be afraid because space vegetables are very healthy.Here are some facts that you should know about space vegetables.
Space vegetables are grown from seeds that are 5. carefully (care) chosen.When seeds come back from space,they are tested to make sure that they will be safe 6. to eat (eat).
Space vegetables are 7.better(good) than normal vegetables.For example,space 8. tomatoes (tomato) stay fresh for twenty days,which is one week longer than normal ones.
After genetically modified (转基因的) food 9. appeared (appear) in the market,people worried that they were eating 10. unknown (know) things.For example,if nut genes (坚果基因) are put inside potatoes,people allergic (过敏的) to nuts might get sick by eating these potatoes because they do not know they are also eating nuts.Unlike genetically modified food,nobody 11. has done (do) anything with the genes of space vegetables until now.This 12. means (mean) that no new genes have been put into them.So there is no risk of eating something unknown.
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阅读下面短文,用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空,必要时可加助动词或情态动词。

One day,I took my daughter to the park.As soon as we got there,my daughter 1. ran (run) to the swing (秋千) and asked for a push.When I was helping my daughter,I noticed another girl trying to make her own swing 2. go (go) high by herself.Her old grandmother was sitting on the chair nearby and smiling at us.Gradually,my daughter 3. was pushed (push) higher and higher by me.Then I walked towards the little girl.I asked if I 4. could give (give) a big
push to her.She smiled and said “Yes”.For the next hour,I pushed the swings,and played with my daughter and the little girl.When we went home,I 5. was (be) tired but very happy.
One day two years later,after a day’s work,I went to pick up my daughter before going home.While I 6. was waiting (wait) outside the school gate,a little girl smiled sweetly at me and gave me a big hug.As I watched her 7. running (run) away,I realized that she was the girl whom I gave a big push in the park.
So far,I 8. haven’t forgotten (not forget) her sweet smile and the warm hug that she gave me.In fact,if we give love to others,love 9. will find (find) its way back to us.It may travel from heart to heart or it may blossom (开花) in the heart.The love we share,the kindness we 10. give (give),and the happiness we create will come back to us with a pleasant surprise.
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阅读下面短文,然后根据括号内所给汉语意思写出单词的适当形式。

Beijing is entering the best travel season—“golden autumn”.The wind is blowing and the sun 1. is shining (照耀).The colorful city sights make autumn the most popular season to visit Beijing.
“Beijing is an amazing city!I really want to show the special beauty of this country to my friends in 2. Canada (加拿大),” said a tourist who was 3. busy (忙的) taking photos of the Summer Palace.
In Beihai Park,two young 4. ladies/women (女士) were recording some ancient 5. stone (石头) bridges with their DV.
“Before the trip,what I knew about China was all from 6.newspapers(报纸) and television.Actually,it’s much 7. easier (容易的) to travel in China than I thought.8. During (在……期间) this trip,I’ve learnt that China is developing very fast,” the girl with a 9. hat/cap (帽子) named Lily said.
She also said that her travel plan 10. included (包括) the Great Wall as well.“People here are friendly.They like communicating with foreigners and this makes my trip more pleasant,”said the traveler.
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阅读下面短文,用括号内所给词的适当形式填空,必要时可加助动词。

Recently thieves(小偷) broke into many houses and many things got lost.I would like 1. to give (give) you some advice about how 2. to keep (keep) your house safe from thieves.
First,let’s 3. talk (talk) about lighting.We should turn on the outside lights at night.Inside the house,it’s a good idea 4. to put (put) automatic timers (自动定时器) on lights.When you are out,it will still look like someone is at home.If you live in an apartment
building,5. make (make) sure that
there’s good lighting in the garage and in the hallways.
Next,let’s talk about locks.First of all,cheap locks are not safe.You should buy special locks to lock your doors and windows.Remember 6. to lock (lock) your doors and windows,even when you leave for just a minute.Half of the thieves break in through 7. unlocked (locked) doors and windows.
My next advice is 8. not to keep (not keep) lots of money in the house.
It’s wise to put your money in a bank.You should put marks on your other expensive things,like televisions,stereos and cameras,so that the police can return them to you if they are found.
Believe it or not,if you follow all of these 9. suggestions (suggest) above,your house 10. will be (be) safer.
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(2017武汉) 先阅读短文,再在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式,单词的第一个字母已给出。

Soap is widely used in our lives around the world.Once soap was a dangerous-to-make hair 1.product ,but it is something that it would be difficult to live without today.
Soap is everywhere.We use it every day and 2.consider it as something important in our lives.It also has an amazing 3.history .In Babylon around 2,800 B.C.,the 4.earliest known soap was made and used.Ancient Egyptians also made soap.At one time,soap-making was not 5.safe .That’s because lye(碱液) 6.brought chemical burns or even made people blind in the making process.Other dangerous materials were also 7.mixed with animal fats and ter.soap became 8.available in stores and people gradually stopped making it in their homes.
Originally (最初),soap was not mainly used for 9.cleaning .Instead,it was used as gel(凝胶)for making hair stay in place or smell good.The Arabs first made the soap that we know today.They created colored,liquid,and hard soaps.They even had soaps which were used for shaving(刮胡子).
Soap became people’s 10.favorite in the late 1800s.Advertising in Europe and the US helped people understand the connection between cleanliness and good health.Now,soap is something we wouldn’t want to live without.
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根据短文内容和所给中文提示,在空白处写出单词的正确形式。

每空限填一词。

More and more teenagers are using the Internet nowadays,but some of them
aren’t using it in a 1. proper (合适的) way.If you follow these suggestions,
it’ll be much 2. safer (安全的) than you might think.
*Do not give your password to others and never give out your home 3. address (地址),real
name,age,school or phone number to those 4. strangers (陌生人).
*Do not share your personal (私密的) information in Moments(朋友圈).
*Never answer unwanted 5. emails (电子邮件).
*Be 6. careful (小心的) when you are using public Wi-Fi or scanning QR code (扫二维码).
* Never go and meet anyone you met online 7. without (没有)your parents’ permission and never go 8. alone (单独地).
* Keep a separate credit card (信用卡) just for 9. shopping (购物) online.This will make it easier to 10. cancel (取消) if something bad happens and your other credit cards can still be used uninfluenced.
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根据短文内容和所给中文提示,在空白处写出单词的正确形式。

每空限填一词。

Deep under the sea
Imagine a trip to the deep ocean.What would you 1. hope/expect (期待) to see? Would it be possible that you find 2. strange (奇怪的) new animals and plants?
As we know,sunlight warms the surface 3. part (部分) of the ocean.Plants and animals which need sunlight and warm water live there.But deep in the ocean,other animals live in the water that is cold and 4. dark (黑暗的).
The deep ocean is freezing cold.The water pressure of very deep water can 5. harm/hurt (伤害) you.So what animals live in the ocean? Where do they live? How many are there? Scientists have studied and counted animals for ten years to find out.The 6.report(报告) is surprising.
The first surprise is where things live:everywhere!They live in the hottest and coldest places.Some live in deep places 7. without (没有) light or air.
The second surprise is that there are over 230,000 8. kinds (种类) of animals and plants under the sea.Over six 9. thousand (千) have never been seen before!
So what 10. else (别的) is living in the deep ocean? Will there be more surprises to come?
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(2017聊城) 阅读下面材料,在空白处按要求填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

每空1个
单词。

Dream House in California is not a house for only one or two children.It’s a house for many 1. kids (kid).It’s a family.It’s the future.
Imagine 2. living (live) in a hospital for many years because of illness.Imagine that one stays in a cold street 3. because/and (连词) there is no other place to stay.These children
need help.4. They (代词)need Dream House.
Many years ago,a little girl named Collin Rose 5. decided (decide) that when she grew up,she would offer a warm home 6. to (介词) those sick and homeless children.When she grew up,she became 7. a (冠词)nurse and made her dream come true.In November 2003,Collin Rose set up Dream House.
Collin Rose’s efforts have 8. encouraged (encourage) many people to help sick and homeless children.
“Every child should have a happy childhood. We may help make these
children’s lives 9. better (good) than before.Your small help may 10. greatly (great) change their lives.No help is too small.”Collin Rose said.。