广东省深圳市文汇中学九年级英语下学期第13周末作业1.doc

2014-2015学年第二学期文汇中学周末作业完形填空（15分） 1）since last year, where are we going, dad has become the most popular show. on the show, the five fathers and their _1_ traveled around china and even went abroad to new zealand. they rode camels through the western deserts . they fished on the east coast and sold vegetables for their bus fare home in southwestern yunnan province. one dad doesnt know _2_ to do his daughters hair, so some people try to help him. _3_ one must survive(生存) with his son for three days in the desert because the father cant cook, they only eat instant noodles(方便面)。 why is where are we going ,dad so popular? _4_ it is about how chinese parents look _5_ their kids. the show makes modern parents think _6_ what they should do with their kids. in addition, chinese culture, the father is strict and the mother is kind. _7_ , on the show, we see fathers who are much gentle on their kids and more involved(参与) in their growth. in the _8_, children were taught their parents wishes and look after them in their old age. but today chinese parents increasingly realize that respecting their childrens choices may be a better _9_ to prepare them for modern society. as they raise their children, parents are growing up _10_ the same time.( )1.a. children b. sons c. kid( )2.a. what b. how c. when ( )3.a. the other b. another c. other ( )4. a. so b. because c. when ( )5. a. on b. for c. after ( )6. a. of b. about c. for ( )7. a. but b. however c. therefore ( )8.a.past b. pass c. history ( )9. a. road b. ideas c. way ( )10. a. at b. in c. for 2）joanne is american. she has never been abroad, but she has a very 1 life! every morning she drinks a cup of black coffee from italy and eats some melon (瓜) from thailand for 2 .at 7.40 am, she usually 3 to work in her japanese car. on the way to the company, she often listens to some austrian music. if there is a 4 she knows, she usually sings along with the music.joanne is a 5 designer. she loves her job very much. she uses silk to make clothes which are sold all around the world. recently she has put some 6 for her clothes on the internet 7 they can sell better.when she gets home after 8 , she spends about forty minutes taking her dog for a walk and then cooks dinner. she likes to 9 chinese food. after dinner, she likes to watch korean films on her dvd player.on saturday afternoon, joanne goes out with her friend lucy. usually, they go to an indian dance class together. after that, they have a french 10 in a restaurant.( )1. a. healthy b. ordinaryc. international ( )2. a. supper b. breakfast c. lunch( )3. a. drives b. walksc. rides( )4. a. car b. songc. company( )5. a. garden b. kitchenc. dress ( )6. a. advertisements b. excusesc. requests( )7. a. as if b. in casec. so that( )8. a. school b. work c. supper( )9. a. have b. sellc. cook( )10. a. dance b. mealc. decision 3）when i was young, my father always took me to play baseball in the park next to our neighborhood. one day at the park, a woman _1_ a young boy in a wheelchair stopped to watch us play. my dad went over and asked if the child could join in our _2_. the woman explained that her son had polio(小儿麻痹症) and wouldnt be able to get out of the chair. but my dad placed the bat in the youngsters hand. then he _3_ out to me, “anne, pitch(投) one in to us.” i aimed at the bat and let the ball fly. the ball met with the bat with help of my dad and the child screamed (尖叫) with _4_. as i turned, i heard my dad singing take me out to the ball game. an hour later we all left the field, very _5_, but very happy. dad told the mother to bring the boy _6_ the next saturday and we would play another game. dad and i were at the field the next saturday but the mother and son never came. twenty years passed, with my dad gone, i had very mixed emotions about leaving the neighborhood. before moving , i decided to walk around the park where dad and i had _7_ so many happy moments. two teams were on the field just about to start a game. i was in tears as i watched the children play the game. “jeff, protect your base,” one coach shouted. i cheered the runner on when the ball was hit far into the outfield. the coach turned and smiled, “ i never_8_ id ever be a coach playing on this field. you see, i had polio as a child and had to sit in a wheelchair. with the help of a man, i was able to _9_ the ball and hear him singing the song “take me out to the ball game”. i believe that experience gave me the desire to _10_again. i hope that someday ill look up in the stands and see that man and his daughter again. i would like to thank him.”( )1. a. putting b. pushing c. carrying( ) 2.a. team b. class c. game( )3.a. called b. pointed c. ran( )4.a. joy b. fear c. shame( )5.a. thirsty b. hungry c. tired( )6.a. up b. back c. out( )7.a. spent b. saved c. arranged( )8.a. realized b. thought c. expected( )9.a. hit b. kick c. catch( )10.a. win b. walk c. play 4） it was toms first visit to england, and he was looking forward to his first journey on londons underground railway. against the advice of his friends, he was determined to travel alone.he 1 the station shortly after five oclock in the afternoon. this is a bad time to travel in london, because crowds of people go home from work at this hour. he had to join a long 2 of people who were waiting for tickets. when at last his 3 came, he had some difficulty in making himself understood by the man selling tickets. however, he got the right ticket in the end and, by asking people the way, he also found the right platform. it was packed tight with people. he did not 4 to get on the first train, but he was able to move nearer the edge of the platform so as to be in a better 5 to get on the next one. when this train came in, tom was forced forward on to the train by the push of people from behind. the doors closed and the train 6 off. he was unable to see the names of the stations where the train stopped, but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth 7 along the line. when the train reached the sixth station, tom 8 feeling glad that his journey had been so easy. but he suddenly 9 that he had come to a station he had never heard of. he explained his difficulty to a man who was standing on the platform. with a smile on his face, the man 10 tom that he had caught a train going in the opposite direction.( )1. a. arrivedb. enteredc. reached( )2. a. queueb. groupc. team( )3. a. timeb. turnc. term( )4. a. manageb. succeedc. fail( )5. a. stateb. positionc. way( )6. a. beganb. ranc. drove( )7. a. stopb. placec. rest( )8. a. pushed offb. put offc. got off( )9. a. followedb. realizedc. thought( )10. a. toldb. saidc. advised 5）money can make you feel happy, only if you spend it in a _1_way._2_ a new car makes you happy. however, you will forget this feeling when the car gets old. but if you spend two days going on a trip, it is more _3_that you will remember the great experience, and you will remember the feeling for a long time. a new study has found that spending money _4_ experiences makes people happier than on material things.for material things, it is probably that you will _5_ every small thing. if you buy a nice hat, and someone else buys one with _6_ money, it is possible that you may be unhappy that you spend so much money. when it comes to experiences like trips, you wont think like that . if the experience is generally good, you will be happy with the _7_. material things can be _8_ more easily. if you buy an iphone6 and then see a more suitable one, you may _9_ buying the first one, and then learn about another better restaurant, you will not regret the first meal.material things can cause jealousy (嫉妒), _10_, if you buy a new phone and find that your friend has a better one, you will feel unhappy. instead, if you travel to a beautiful place, then no matter where your friends have gone, it wont make the memory of your trip less happy. ( )1. a. hard b. convenient c. clever d. casual( )2. a. buying b. selling c. borrowing d. lending( )3. a. difficult b. possible c. expensive d. disappointed( )4. a. with b. on c. in d. for( )5. a. care about b. depend on c. look for d. pay for( )6. a. more b. most c. fewer d. less( )7. a. prize b. price c. medal d. date( )8. a. told b. compared c. taught d. chosen( )9. a. regret b. refuse c. prefer d. consider( )10. a. at first b. after all c. for example d. as for 6）what are you going to do if you are in a burning house? do you know how to 1 yourself? please read the following passage. knowing what to do during a fire can save your life. its 2 to know the right way to escape, 3 exits and stairways, but not lifts. from the lower floors of buildings, escaping from the windows is 4 . leaving from windows may get the least chance of being hurt. when you are on the second floor, its usually not high from the ground. its about the 5 of an adult. its safer to jump out of the house than to 6 in it. its important to protect yourself when youre 7 help. be sure to keep the door closed. if you dont do that, 8 may come into the room where you are. its harmful to you. in that condition, you 9 keep your head low to make sure that you can breathe fresh air rather than smoke. if you are on high floors, you can go up till the roof. you can try your best to attract peoples attention. dont shout all the time because you need to save 10 and wait for rescue. ( )1. a. help b. enjoy c. save ( )2. a. difficult b. necessary c. interesting ( )3. a. such as b. for example c. so that ( )4. a. impossible b. possible c. hard ( )5. a. depth b. length c. height( )6. a. stay b. run c. walk ( )7. a. shouting for b. waiting for c. looking for ( )8. a. firemen b. smoke c. fire ( )9. a. had better b. will c. neednt ( )10. a. electricity b. water c. energy 7）when i had something difficult to do, i used to ask my mother for help. but she always said, “do it yourself, dear.” i was not _1 at all. i thought she was the 2 _ mother in the world! for example, one day, i decided to _3_ some friends to my home. my bedroom was not in order. books were everywhere. and i didnt make the bed. i asked my 4 to help me clean it, 5_ she still said, “do it yourself, girl.”because of my “lazy mother”, i have to wash my clothes and clean my room. i have to help my parents do housework. i 6_ have to go to the doctor by myself. it is really hard for me to do everything well, but i have learned 7_ .as time goes by, i _8_ my mother. she makes me clever and hard-working. just as my mum always says : “a lady cant be lazy or shell be crazy. work can make you sunny!” _9_ a great mother!a 10 mother is worth(等值于) one hundred teachers! dont you think so?( )1. a. old b. glad c. angry( )2. a. most foolish b. laziest c. funniest( )3. a. leave b. take c. invite( )4. a. mother b. father c. friends( )5. a. but b. when c. and ( )6. a. ever b. even c. still( )7. a. by mistake b. a lot c. a little( )8. a. know b. admire c. understand ( )9. a. who b. how c. what( )10. a. good b. young c. hard-working 8）men all have a big brain. men can think, learn and speak. 1 always say that men are different from animals because men can think and learn. but they know now that animals can also 2 . so scientists are beginning to understand that the difference between men and animals is that men can speak and think while animals cant. animals make noises when they are 3 or unhappy. although apes (类人猿) can understand some things more quickly than men, and one or two have learnt a few words, they are still 4 us. they cant join words and 5 sentences. at the same time, animals cant think like us because they have no 6 . they can never 7 the past or the future. language is a wonderful thing. men have been able to 8 a modern world because they have language. all 9 can speak their own language very well when they are four or five years old. but no animals learn to speak. why can children speak? what 10 inside our body when we speak? scientists dont know. they only know that men can speak because they have a brain.( ) 1. a. writers b. teachersc. scientists( ) 2. a. think b. learnc. speak( ) 3. a. afraid b. happyc. excited( ) 4. a. similar to b. different fromc. agree with( ) 5. a. spend b. protectc. make( ) 6. a. language b. wordsc. tools( ) 7. a. put up b. think aboutc. take in( ) 8. a. imagine b. findc. build( ) 9. a. children b. peoplec. students( ) 10. a. finds b. spreadsc. happens 9）is the art of conversation dying? the other day, my wife 1 two teenage children did something we havent 2 for ages. it didnt require the internet, a tv screen, batteries or anything else for that matter. but we all 3 it so much that were thinking of doing it again sometime.we had a conversation. the kind of real, live conversation that was 4 when i was growing up but which seems all too rare these days. today we have chat rooms, text messages, e-mails but we seem to be losing the 5 of communicating face-to-face. we all know 6 young people are out on a date(约会) these days, they spend most of that time 7 their mobile phones. and teenagers nowadays seem to 8 communicating with their friends by sending text messages rather than actually 9 to them. if we carry on like this, in the future well lose the use of our 10. what do you think? e-mail me, and who knows? maybe we could even have a real conversation about it!( ) 1. a. andb. orc. but( ) 2. a. madeb. knownc. done( ) 3. a. actedb. blamedc. enjoyed( ) 4. a. commonb. enoughc. extra ( ) 5. a. aimb. artc. attention ( ) 6. a. whatb. howc. when( ) 7. a. buyingb. repairing c. answering( ) 8. a. dislikeb. preferc. believe ( ) 9. a. writingb. introducingc. speaking( ) 10. a. eyesb. voicesc. mouths 10）there was a man who played the piano in a bar. he played 1 well that many people came just to hear him play. but one night, the boss told him, “some customers are 2 listening to the piano. if you want to 3 , sing a song! some customers are asking you to sing!” so he had to sing a song. he had never sung in public before. but everyone was moved 4 the song ”mona, monalisa” and he sang this time. 5 had ever heard such a beautiful song before! he might have 6 the rest of life as a no-name pianist in a no-name bar, 7 because he had to sing, he became one of the best-known 8 in america. his name is nat king cole.you, too, have skills and abilities. you may not realize that your “talent” is great, but it may be 9 than you think! also, if you keep trying, most skills can be improved. the question is not, “what talent do i have?” it is rather, “ 10 will i use whatever talent i have?”（ ）1. a. very b. quite c. so （ ）2. a. interested in b. fond of c. tired of（ ）3. a. become rich b. get paidc. get hurt （ ）4. a. by b. in c. with（ ）5. a. nobody b. anybodyc. somebody （ ）6. a. missed b. lived c. saved （ ）7. a. an