新目标九年级英语单元练习Unit 6

Unit Six

单元基础知识强化训练(课内部分)

一、单元重点词汇强化练习

根据句子的上下文意思，填上一个本单元课文单词的适当形式，使句子通顺。每空只写一词。

1. There are n 2, 000 students in our school.

2. The soup s terrible. I don't want to eat it.

3. I must go shopping. There is nothing in the f .

4. I can't understand the sentence. Please t__________ it into Chinese.

5. It's very important to know what to do in an e__________.

6. What do you think is the most important in our d__________ life?

7. Computers were a wonderful i_________ in the 1920s though they were very huge at that time.

8. --What's your dream?

--I want to be a p__________ singer.

9. We don't want to eat the dumplings because they are too s__________.

10. The floor was s__________ by your sister yesterday. It's your turn today.

二、选词填空

根据短文内容，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填，每词限用一次。

Paul: Hey Roy, the subject for my school project is "Small __________ that changed the world."

Can you help me think of an invention?

Roy: My pleasure! Let me think.., hmm... I know! The zipper!

Paul: The zipper? Is it really such a great invention?

Roy: Think about how often it's __________ in our daily __________. You can see zippers on dressers, trousers, shoes, bags.., almost everywhere!

Paul: Well, you do seem to have a point...

Roy: Of course! I thought about it because I __________ a website last week. The pioneers of different inventions were listed there. For example, it mentioned that the zipper was invented by Whitcomb Judson in 1893. But at that time, it wasn't used __________. Paul: Really? So when did it become popular?

Roy: Around 1917.

三、短文填空

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。

An Accidental Invention

Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was __________ (发明) by __________ ( 意外) ? Many people believe that tea was first__________ ( 喝) nearly 5000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to __________ (发现) tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was__________ (煮沸) water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and __________ (剩余) there for some time. It produced a nice __________ (气味) so he tasted the brown water. It was quite delicious, and so, one of the

world's favorite drinks was invented.

A few thousand years later, Lu Yu, "the saint of tea", __________ (提及)Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing. The book __________ (描述) how tea plants were __________ (生长) and used to make tea. It also discusses where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.

四、语法填空

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Do You Know When Basketball Was Invented?

Basketball is a much-loved and active sport that is __________ (enjoy) by many f__________ fun and exercise. It is over 100 years old and is played by more than 100 million people in over 200 countries. It is b__________ that the first basketball game in history was played on December 21, 1891. Then in 1936 in Berlin, it became an event at the Olympics.

Today, the __________ (popular) of basketball has risen around the world, with many young people dreaming of b__________ famous players. In China, you can sometimes see people playing basketball in parks, schools and even factories. Basketball has not __________ become a popular sport to play, but it has also become a popular sport to watch. Although America's NBA games are the most famous, the CBA games are becoming more popular in China. The number of foreign players, __________ (include) Chinese players, in the NBA has increased. There are also more and more foreign players in the CBA. Many young people look __________ to these basketball __________ (hero) and want to become like them. These stars encourage young people to work hard to a__________ their dreams.

单元能力提升训练(课外部分)

一、语法填空

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

The Grand Design is a popular science book which __________ (write) by Stephen Hawking and Lenard Mlodinow. It __________ (讨论) that it's not necessary to expect God to explain the origins of the universe (宇宙的起源), and that the Big Bang (宇宙大爆炸) __________ (be) a result of the laws of physics alone. Hawking __________ (say), "One can't tell that there isn't God but science __________God unnecessary." However, when he __________ (ask) about his religious (宗教的) views by BBC Channel 4 Genius of British, he answered that he didn't believe __________ a personal God.

The authors of the book point out that Unified Field Theory (统一场论) by Albert Einstein may not exist (存在) in the world. The book also __________ (解释) M-theory, a theory many modern physicists support.

Published in the US on September 7,2010, the book __________ the number one bestseller on Amazon. com just a few days after it __________ out.

二、完形填空

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking back home from a pizza store. We had bought many things. We were dressed warmly, and I was feeling a little 1 as I was carrying our shopping bag, I decided to 2 something away. I was walking towards a