1、1课后练习 15 九年级 Units 12一、完形填空（30 分） （2018湖州市吴兴区模拟）One day a young man called Gary went to see a wise old man. He wanted to know why he wasnt able to reach all of his 1 in his life.He found the old man reading in a small house by the river. With a smile, the wise man listened to Garys story and told hi
2、m, “First come to help me 2 a kettle（水壶） of water!”Gary saw a big kettle standing in the corner next to a small stove（火炉） ， but he didnt find any 3 . So he went out to search for some.He came back with some dry wood, 4 the kettle with water and put it on the stove. Then he put some wood in the stove
3、 and 5 a fire. But because the kettle was too 6 , when the wood burned up, the water did not boil. So he ran off to get more.When he returned, the water had turned 7 . This time he learned his lesson and prepared more wood in advance. Then the water boiled very 8 .“If there is not enough wood, 9 wou
4、ld you boil the water?” the wise man asked.Gary thought for a moment but didnt know the 10 , so he shook his head.“Well, then just pour out some water 11 the kettle!” the old man said.Gary 12 thoughtfully.“ 13 , you set too many goals,” said the old man. “Its 14 like the large kettle full of water.
5、You didnt have 15 wood, so you couldnt boil the water. If you want to make the water boil, then you will have to either pour some out or prepare more wood!”2（ ）1. A. stories B. tasks C. goals D. dreams（ ）2. A. bring B. drink C. find D. boil（ ）3. A. wood B. stone C. food D. fruit（ ）4. A. put on B. fi
6、lled up C. took away D. picked up（ ）5. A. saved B. kept C. started D. changed（ ）6. A. new B. light C. heavy D. large（ ）7. A. cold B. bad C. red D. hot（ ）8. A. slowly B. quickly C. carefully D. quietly（ ）9. A. when B. where C. how D. why（ ）10. A. reason B. question C. lesson D. answer（ ）11. A. into B
7、. from C. with D. by（ ）12. A. waved B. nodded C. shook D. signed（ ）13. A. At first B. Once again C. For example D. At least（ ）14. A. still B. just C. even D. never（ ）15. A. dry B. fresh C. big D. enough二、阅读理解（16 分） （2017天台模拟）When you enter my home for the first time, you will always be impressed wit
8、h a small white envelope（信封）. No name, no address. It has hung on our tree for about 10 years.It was all because my husband, Mike, hated Christ-mas. He didnt hate the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial（商业的） way of it: spending too 3much on the usual Christmas gifts, such as rushing into a
9、 store to get a tie for Uncle Harry.Knowing he felt this way, I decided not to buy the usual gifts. I reached for something special for Mike. The idea came in an unusual way.Our son Kevin, 12, was wrestling at school. Before Christmas, there was a match against a team helped by a city church. As the
10、 match began, I was surprised to see that the other team was wrestling only in old clothes because they could not afford the wrestling uniforms, while our boys in their blue and gold uniforms. Of course we ended up beating them.Mike shook his head sadly, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he
11、said. “In fact, they could if they wear the uniforms. They have talent for wrestling, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them.”Mike loved kidsall kidsand he knew them, having trained the kids in football and baseball. At that time, I thought of the idea for the gift. That afterno
12、on, I went to a store and bought some wrestling uniforms and sent them to the city church for the kids without leaving my name.On Christmas Eve, I put the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and telling him that this was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest th
13、ing about Christmas that year and the following years.You see, weve lost Mike now. But every Christmas Eve I would put an envelope on the tree, and in the morning, three more joined it. Each of our children had secretly put an envelope on the tree for their dad.Mikes spirit, like the Christmas spiri
14、t, will always be with us.（ ）1. Mike hated Christmas because he_.A. disliked receiving the same gifts every year4B. didnt like people spending too much money on giftsC. hated rushing into a store to buy a tie for Uncle HarryD. didnt understand the true meaning of Christmas（ ）2. We can infer（推断） from
15、 the passage that the writer is a（n）_ .A. brave and outgoing manB. loving and patient manC. understanding and kind womanD. strict and serious woman（ ）3. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 means_.A. they didnt have talent because they lost the matchB. they might lose heart after they were badly b
16、eaten in this wayC. they wont accept the result because of the old clothesD. they tried to cheer themselves up even if they failed in the match（ ）4. It can be learned from the passage that.A. the writer sends uniforms to children every ChristmasB. the children now prefer new toys to the envelopeC. t
17、he white envelope was a gift from the poor kidsD. Mikes spirit will have a strong influence on his children forever三、词汇运用（15 分）A）用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。5die able spread lie punish 1. I found a wallet_ on the ground just now.2. Though he is_ , he lives in peoples heart forever.3. If you do something w
18、rong, you should be_.4. Nobody doubts his_ to do the job.5. This man is a symbol of kindness because he always_ love everywhere he goes.B）根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。Dear Madam, Im a middle school student. I have some6_（麻烦） this term. Im angry with my parents7_（容易地）. I cant pay 8_（专心） to what
19、 the teacher tells us in class. I am 9（害怕的） of talking with my teacher. I make a lot of 10_（错误） in my tests. I am not 11（耐心的）when I am talking with my friends. I think Im 12_（丢失） my friendship. I dont know how to 13_（增加） my reading speed and my 14_（发音） is poor. Can you tell me the 15_（秘诀） of becomin
20、g a good learner?四、语法填空（20 分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性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（每空不多于 3 个单词） 。Danny has a hobbyplaying games online. He is interested 1_ solving puzzles. He particularly enjoys chatting with other gamers.Now Danny 2_（sit ） quietly in front of his computer. His mother thinks he is
21、 doing his homework, 3_ she is wrong. Danny is actually 6surfing the Internet, solving puzzles and chatting with other gamers around the world. 4_ funny it is!Danny thinks.Why are games online so interesting? “5I can pretend to be a different person. There are also many different 6_（kind） of games f
22、or me to play,” says Danny. “Other people love to play these games because they can play at any time. They do not need to organize a group. Someone in the world always wants 7_（play）.”Starting a game online is not easy. Some gamers8_（not） welcome new gamers. They will become angry when new gamers as
23、k them questions. Other gamers are helpful. They want to make new friends. When Danny has 9_ question, he always says, “Excuse me, are you busy? I am new at this game and I need some help.” Sometimes this10_（work）. At other times, however, the gamer at the other end makes you feel like a fool.五、书面表达
24、（19 分）最近，学校就空中俱乐部的英语学习内容设置做了意向调查（结果见下面图表） 。你帮俱乐部用英语写一篇报告，并谈谈你自己的想法或建议。注意：（1）文中应包含图表所提供的要点，可适当发挥；（2）想法和建议至少两条；文中不能出现真实姓名和校名；（3）词数：80100。短文开头不计入总词数，考生可以选择使用。Recently weve made a survey of the school Sky English Club.7_8参考答案一、15. CDABC 610. DABCD 11. B12. B 【解析】句意为：Gary 若有所思地点点头。1315. ABD二、13. BCB4. D
25、【解析】由最后两段内容可知“迈克的精神将永远对他的孩子们有深刻的影响” 。三、A）1. lying 2. dead 3. punished 4. ability5. spreadsB）6. trouble 7. easily 8. attention 9. afraid 10. mistakes 11. patient 12. losing 13. increase14. pronunciation 15. secret四、1. in 2. is sitting 3. but 4. How 5. Because 6. kinds 7. to play 8. dont 9. a 10. work
26、s五、One possible version:Recently weve made a survey of the school Sky English Club. Here are the results. We find that fifty-one percent of the students want to practice their spoken English by using the Internet. Twenty-five percent like watching English movies, which can make their holiday life be
27、tter. Eighteen percent would like to read more English classics because they are interested in them. Six percent hope that they can learn more about foreign culture, such as good manners and Western festivals.As far as I know, its very helpful to improve English by learning English 9songs. Maybe we can invite foreigners to introduce good ways to learn English songs. Im sure all of us will have fun in the Sky English Club.
