九年级英语第一周周末作业

English Weekend Homework – Week 1完形填空My parents ran a small restaurant in Seattle. It was open twenty-four hours a day, six days a week. And my first real job, when I was six years old, was 1 the diners’ shoes. My father had done it when he was young, so he taught me 2 to do it well, telling me to 3 to shine the shoes again if the customer wasn’t 4 .I was proud of working in the restaurant 5 I was also working for the good of the family. But my father 6 said that I had to meet certain standards(标准) to be part of the team. I 7 to be on time, hard-working, and polite to the 8 . I was 9 paid for the work I did at the restaurant. One day I made the mistake of suggesting to Dad that he 10 give me $10 a week. He said, “OK. How about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? And for the times you bring in your friends 11 free soft drinks?” He 12 the amount of money I owed him, about $40 a week.I remember returning to Seattle after being 13 in the US Army for about two years. I had just been promoted（升职）to Captain at that time. And full of pride, I walked into my parents’ restaurant, but the 14 thing Dad said was, “How about your 15 up tonight?” I couldn’t 16 my ears! I am an officer in the Army! But 17 didn’t matter. As far as Dad was concerned, I was just 18 member of the team. I reached for the mop(拖把).Working for Dad has taught me that the devotion(奉献) to a 19 is above all. It has nothing to do with 20 that team is for a family restaurant or the US Army.1. A. washing B. shining C. changing D. repairing2. A. why B. what C. when D. how3. A. offer B. refuse C. continue D. forget4. A. interested B. annoyed C. relaxed D. satisfied5. A. if B. because C. when D. though6. A. anxiously B. strangely C. clearly D. secretly7. A. had B. tended C. hated D. pretended8. A. family B. workers C. customers D. friends9. A. never B. always C. seldom D. already10. A. must B. should C. might D. could11. A. by B. to C. on D. for12. A. worked out B. decided on C. set aside D. cut down13. A. absent B. over C. away D. alone14. A. usual B. last C. next D. first15. A. washing B. going C. cleaning D. turning16. A. cover B. follow C. believe D. understand17. A. they B. I C. he D. it18. A. no B. either C. any D. another19. A. team B. family C. leader D. restaurant20. A. when B. whether C. how D. why1-5__________ 6-10__________ 11-15__________ 16-20__________阅读理解AIt was the first day of school. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a little old lady smiling at me.She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”I laughed, enthusiastically responding, “Of course!” And she gave me a giant squeeze. “Why are you in college at such an age?” I asked.“I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have children, and then retire and travel.”“No seriously.”“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!”We became instant friends. Over the course of the year, Rose made friends wherever she went. SheAt the year’s end Rose finished the college degree. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral(葬礼) to honor the wonderful woman.21.While meeting Rose at the college for the first time, the author was curious about ________.A. her ageB. her dreamC. her lifeD. her motivation22.The underlined sentence “She was living it up” in the text most probably means ________.A. she did as well as she was expectedB. she spent much money in her college lifeC. she did things that she enjoyedD. she deserved(应得) praise due to her study23. In Rose’s opinion, one can learn to grow up by __________.A. getting new ideasB. regretting his mistakesC. gaining new knowledge every dayD. finding chances to do productive things24.What else did Rose most probably say at the football banquet?A. “It seems my young days are over.”B. “The only people who fear death are those with regrets.”C. “When we are old, we can’t do anything. So enjoy in time!”D. “Have a good time and don’t do much in order to stay young.”25.The story of Rose in the text shows that __________.A. it is never too late to learn in your life.B. it is good for old people to have friendship.C. it is never too late to be all you can possibly be.D. it is very important to have a healthy body when people are old.21-25 ________________BFour years ago my sweet mom went to be with her Lord. She did it her way.I got the call at work, and I headed home quickly. Mom and Dad lived ona small farm that they had owned since I was seven. I hated going there every weekend. There was nothing for a young girl to do but watch the one station on the old TV set, if the weather allowed reception（接收）.My mom, on the other hand, loved the peace and quiet of the land and loved to work in the garden among her flowers and vegetables. The place was simple, with no indoor plumbing or heat. We had a big wood stove in the kitchen that did its best to heat the little farmhouse, but it always seemed cold and too quiet to me.In the evenings, my mom and I would sit for hours singing in the little kitchen. I sang the melody and Mom harmonized. Her favorite song was "Moon River" and we sang it over and over. Mom told me stories about how when I was a little girl, I could sing before I could talk. She loved to tell how my playpen（婴儿圈栏）sat in the kitchen next to the radio and there was one song I particularly loved called "Ivory Tower".As time passed, I had my own children and went to visit the farm every week or two. The kids loved the farm and the tractor rides with my dad. Me, well, I still hated the silence of the farm. While my mom loved to sit at her kitchen table and look out at her garden and flowers and retell all the old stories, I missed the hustle and bustle（喧闹）of my life at home. But I sat there listening quietly as she reminisced.Now, I sat back in the silence and the silence was deafening so I finally leaned over to turn on an old radio. Music always comforted me.My heart skipped a beat. "Moon River" was playing on the radio. I sat there stunned, with a tear running down my cheek, as I listened to every familiar note.Then the radio announcer of this oldie station came on. "Here's one we haven't heard in a while," and an unfamiliar song began. I began to cry harder as I heard the words sung over the airwaves. “Come down, come down from your Ivory Tower...”.26.The writer didn’t like staying in the farm for the following reasons EXCEPT that________.A. it was too cold and quietB. she could only sing one song on the small farmC. there was nothing more that could make her excitedD. The place was simple, with no indoor plumbing or heat27.From the first paragraph, we know that the writer’s mother ________.A. passed away four years agoB. left the small farm with LordC. left for Lord to live her own wayD. preferred to be with Lord28. The underlined word reminisced in the fifth paragraph probably means ________.A. recalledB. comfortedC. shoutedD. sighed29.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage _______.A. The writer was able to sing before she could speak.B. The writer preferred to live a busy life in the city.C. The writer was still quite familiar with the song "Ivory Tower".D. The writer treasured all her childhood memories in the small farmhouse.30. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage? _______A. Cherish lifeB. My happy childhoodC. Our small farmhouseD. Mom’s music26-30___________________CNora, a 17-year-old American, notices that when she has to do a paper for school and researches it on the Internet, she rarely reads a whole page and does deep reading. “I’ll read the beginning of a paragraph and then I'llskip(跳过) the rest,” she says.While Nora's mother, Martha, loves sitting down with a good book and reading carefully, her daughter may be the wave of the future.“Deep reading”, or slow reading, is a process in which people think carefully while they read. With most, that means slowing down --- even stopping and rereading a page or paragraph to really understand what the author is trying to say.Last summer, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said he was concerned about what he sees as a decline（衰退）in slow reading. Instant messages and 140-character tweets（微博）appear to be reducing out ability to concentrate on a single idea or theme of a book, he told Foreign Policy Magazine.It's easy to forget the benefits of deep reading in an age when anything worth doing is done fast. Experts warn that without deep reading, it is impossible to be an educated person of the world, a knowledgeable voter or even an imaginative thinker.“If you want to have a deep relationship with a text and understand acomplex idea, then slow reading is a preferred style. It is good for pleasure, too. It is not a rushed experience and you can lose yourself in a text,” said Canadian writer John Miedema, the author of the book Slow Reading.US' Ohlone College English professor Cynthia Lee Katona says reading is a highly social activity that builds the mind and social connections. If you read, she says, you simply know more and have more to talk about with friends, partners and people you know.Deep reading can also take a reader on a trip around the world even if they are sitting in a living room armchair, Katona says. Also, deep reading helps people develop thinking, writing and conversation skills.“If you like beautiful things, authors put words together that are really beautiful and expressive,” she says. “If you want to write well--- and there are lots of reasons to express yourself clearly --- you should read.”31. The comparison（对比）between Nora and her mother's reading habits _______.A. introduces the wave of futureB. adds a lot of fun for readersC. explains what deep reading isD. calls attention to deep reading32.What leads to the decline of deep reading, according to Eric Schemidt?A. The fast pace of modern society.B. The lack of desire for knowledgeC. The weakening ability to concentrate.D. The wide use of instant messages and tweets.33.What does the underlined word “it ” refer to in paragraph 6?A. A deep relationship.B. A complex idea.C. Slow reading.D. A preferred style.34. According to the article, Cynthia Lee Katona's opinion of deep reading is that _______.A. it makes sure you a better paid jobB. it makes you a better writerC. it is better than travellingD. it helps build better family relationship35. What is the main point of the article?A. The importance of deep reading.B. How to improve reading skills.C. The benefits of different reading styles.D. The secrets of a knowledgeable person31-35_________________。