牛津深圳版英语九下Unit4主题阅读

九年级(下) Unit4主题阅读

I. 短文填空（根据上下文用所给单词的适当形式填空，或者填入所缺单词。

A storm dropped heavy rains on central and southern parts of China. The radio says that___1_____ the Xiangjiang River in Hunan, flood caused by terrible___2____(rain) in the past weeks killed 25 people and 13 others were missing. The Chinese government warned some parts in Yunnan and the city of Chongqing of possible heavy rains over the____3____(follow) few days. In Changsha, water levers rose to 38 meters early Monday morning about 3 meters ___4___ the danger life. In Guangdong, at ____5____ (little) 21 people have been killed, while three were____6_____ (serious) hurt and 7 went missin____7___ heavy floods hit northern parts by Saturday. The cities of Shaoguan, Meizhou and Heyuan_____8______ (be) hardest hit and many people were left homeless. About 620 million yuan has been lost in the floods. The local government of Guangdong has sent something_____9_____(help) to Meizhou, Heyuan and Shaoguan to help people who had lost homes build their _____10____(home)again.

II. 完形填空

Animals should live in the natural environment. They are beautiful and 1 then. But we have more and more population in the world, so there is less and less room 2 Our earth for wild animals. If we don't do something, some animals will 3 in their wild environment. And it also means a disaster (灾难) to 4 .

One of the ways to stop the disaster is to build special places for all the wild animals. And then they 5 be protected from man. 6 wild animals should be collected, fed and copied by modern technology.

We see many things 7 the animals in the past. Most of dangers to the animals' safety come from 8 activities. I would like to see an international law. It 9 the use and sale of meat, skins and tusks from wild animals. We do great wrong 10 we allow any of these wild animals to die out.

( )1. A. strong B. lively C. exciting D. enjoyable

( )2. A. at B. in C. on D .to

( )3. A. escape B. run away C. get off D. disappear

( )4. A. the earth B. human beings C. the animal world D. the environment ( )5. A. may B. can C. should D. will

( )6. A. Certain B. Many C. Few D. All

( )7. A. improved B. changed C. happened to D. took away

( )8. A. the earth's B. the wild animal's C. the weather's D. man's

( )9. A. stops B. attacks C. protects D. describes

( )10.A. if B. as C. as if D. when

III. 阅读理解

A

After a serious earthquake happened, a father left his wife safely at home and rushed to his son's school, only to find that the building where his son studied had collapsed and looked like a