新目标九年级英语Unit1语法填空专练

新目标九年级英语Unit1语法填空专练

姓名：__________

A

This week we asked students at New Star High School about the best ways to learn more English.

Mary said she learnt by 1.______ (use) English. Some students had more specific(特别的) 2.__________ (suggest).Li Lianli, for example, said the best way to learn new words was 3._______ reading English magazines. She said that memorizing the words of pop songs also helped a little. When we asked about studying grammar, she said, “I never study grammar.It's too 4.______ (bored).” Wei Ming feels differently. He's been learning English 5.____ six years and really loves it. He thinks 6._________ (study) grammar is a great way to learn a language. He also thinks that watching English movies isn't a bad way 7._________ he can improve his spoken English by listening to the dialogues in the films. Sometimes, however, he finds watching movies frustrating because the people speak too quickly. Liu Chang said that joining the English club at school was the best way 8._____________ (improve) her English. Students get lots of 9.________ (practice) and they also have fun. She added that having conversations 10.________ friends was not helpful at all. “We get excited about something and then we speak in Chinese at last.” she said.

B

Singing songs is fun, but is it also useful？For learning English 1.______________ (pronounce),Mr. Joe thinks songs are the most useful way to learn. At the same time, you can learn some new words and phrases while singing songs. Mr. Joe has used songs to help 2.________ learn French, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. You should do the same. Some vocabulary used in songs is not everyday English, so you have to be 3._______ (care) how you use song lyrics when you speak. Most words and sentences, though, are very useful. You don't have to sing songs 4._____ (good) if you are shy, but after learning a song you should be able 5.___ sing the words without looking at the lyrics. When you can do that, you have learned something 6.______ (use) that you will never forget!

Some good songs are from the Beatles, John Denver and the Carpenters.7._____ songs are not too fast and the lyrics are close to normal 8._______ (speak) English. Just for fun, you can try Mr. Joe's favorite singer, B. B. King. His songs are not easy at 9._______！If you can sing even 80% of “Why I Sing the Blues”, you are a very top advanced student.

If you become good 10._______ singing English songs, you can try to go to karaoke and sing with your friends. When you are able to sing a song in foreign language, even if you don't sing so beautifully, you will really impress other people!

C

Some students think it difficult to learn English well. That's 1._______ they don't find the right way. I think 2.______ (read) is very important for students. The more you read, the 3.______ (good) you'll understand. Reading is 4.________ (help) for listening, speaking and writing.

If you often read English aloud, you’ll improve your listening.5.________ the other hand, listening a lot can help you to read better. Reading English everywhere when you are free, if you wish. You can get a lot of 6.__________ (know) when you read. Sometimes you need to express your ideas, you can either speak or write. That 7._______ (mean) you are using what you learned from reading. The same 8.______ Chinese, the more you read, the better you can write.9._______ you want to remember something, you should read again and again. So 10._______ now on, you'd better do more practice. It's a good way to learn English well.

D

In learning English, one should first pay attention 1.______ listening and speaking. It is the groundwork of reading and writing. You'd better try your 2.________ to speak while you do much listening. Don't be afraid of 3._________ (make) mistakes. But be careful not to let them stop you from 4.__________ (improve) your English. While you are doing this, a good way is 5._______ (write)—keep a diary, write notes or letters. Then if you can, ask some others to look through 6._____ you have written and tell you where it is wrong. Many mistakes in your speaking will be 7.________ (easy) found when you write.

If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry about it. One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud 8._______ to yourself. The important thing is to choose 9.___________ interesting to read. It mustn't be too difficult for you. When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up the new words if you can guess their meanings when they have nothing to do with 10.__________ (understand) the sentences. You can do that some other time.