英语短文选词填空练习

九年级短文填空

（一）短文填空。从下面方框中选出10个单词，并将其正确形式填写在答题卡相应题号的位置上，使短文意思正确通顺（每词限用一

A calligrapher (书法家) taught handwriting. One of his students often practiced handwriting with old pieces of newspapers. He

_1_______ that he made very little progress _2_______ he had learned for a long time. His teacher said to him, “Why not try _3______ the best paper. Maybe you'll write _4_____.”

The student did as he _5________.It really worked. He made progress not long afterwards and felt _6________.He asked his teacher about the _7________.The calligrapher answered, “When you used old newspapers to practice handwriting, you would think you were writing a draft(草稿). It didn't _8_______ if you wrote badly. Maybe you thought there were plenty of old newspapers to use. In that case you wouldn't pay much _9_________to it. Now you use the best paper and you'll treasure it. Each time you write you feel strongly about the rarity (稀少)of chances and you'll devote all your heart and soul; you'll do the handwriting much more carefully than practicing. Of course you've _10_______ rapid progress.”

Every day of our life is something new. Let us take every day as a piece of the best paper.

Keys：

plained

2.though

3.to use

4. better

5.was told

6.strange

7.reason

8.matter

9.attention

10.made

(二)短文填空。从下面方框中选出10个单词，并将其正确形式填写在答题卡相应题号的位置上，使短文意思正确通顺（每词限用一次）。

In England, recently three foreign 1 came to a bus stop and waited. About five minutes later, the bus they wanted came along. They were just going to get on when suddenly there was a loud noise behind them. People rushed onto the bus and tried to push them out of the way. Someone shouted at them. The bus conductor came rushing down the stairs to see what all the trouble was about. The three foreigners seem all at sea and looked 2 . No one had told them about the British customs of lining up for a bus that the first person who arrives at the bus stop is 3 person to get on the bus.

Learning the language of a country isn't enough. If you want to have a pleasant visit, find out as much as possible about the 4 and customs of your host country. You will probably be surprised just how different they can be from your own. A visitor to India would do well to remember that people there consider it impolite to use the left hand for passing food at table. The left hand is 5 to be used for washing yourself. Also in India, you might see a man shaking his head at another to show that he doesn't agree. But in many parts of India a shake of the head means 6 . Nodding your head when you 7 a drink in Bulgaria will most probably leave you thirsty.

In that country, you shake your head to mean "yes"-a nod means "no". At a meal in countries on the Arabic Peninsula, you will find that your glass is repeated refilled as 8 as you drink up . If you think that you have had enough, you should take the cups or glasses in