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镇江外国语学校九年级（上）英语作业纸 8A Unit 1-2复习练习 Date: 3月_ 日Class _ Name _ Marks_一 选择题( )1. It is hot today, though not so _ as yesterday.A. hot B. hotter C. hottest D. the hottest( )2. They think Waikiki in Hawaii is better than _ in Australia. A. any beach B. any other beaches C. any other beach D. the other beaches( )3. Who is of the twins?A. better B. the best C. best D. the better( )4. There an exciting softball match on TV this evening. A. will have B. are going to have C. are going to be D. is going to be( )5. There are many tall buildings on of the busy street. A. both side B. all sides C. each side D. every side( )6. The more you learn, the more _ you can pass the exam.A. easily B. easier C. easy D.easiest ( )7. Look out! The knife is very sharp. You _cut your finger.A. need B. must C. should D. may ( )8. Shall we go skating tomorrow ? _. A. Youre all right B. Its very kind of you C. You are right D. Thats a good idea( )9. I dont like summer because its _ hot.A. too much B. much too C. very much D. so much( )10. Must I finish my homework now ? _ A.No, you mustnt B.No, you neednt C.No, you couldnt D.No , you dont( )11. We didnt find _ in the picture. A. unusual anything B. nothing unusual C.anything unusual D. unusual something( )12. How are you today? I am even _ now. I dont think the medicine is good for me. A. betterB. worseC. happierD. unluckier ( )13What is your brother like? _. A. Hes fine B. He is very tall and thin C. He is ill today D. He likes playing( )14Yesterday I wrote _ letter to my teacher. A. a eight-hundred words B. a eight-hundred-words C. an eight-hundred-word D. an eight-hundred words( )15. Does he know how_ these maths problems?_he doesnt. Youd better help him.A to work out; May be B to work out; Maybe C working out; May out; May be D work out; Maybe二 用所给词的适当形式填空1. _ (luck), he failed his physics exam last week. 2. He can always answer teachers questions _ (correct).3.Tell me _(true)who stole his money. 4. It may be _(danger) for your health. 5. Who is_(heavy), Tom or Peter? 6.Jane made the model plane much _ (well) than her classmates.7.Every morning the buses are _ (crowd) with students.8. His ambition is to be an _ ( engine ).9. I go to the barbers _ ( two )a month. 10. Does your school have a _(网球) court？11. How many _(科目) do you study this term?12. Mum and Dad often ask me to be _ (诚实).13. Eddie is not generous. He isnt _ (愿意) to share his food with Hobo.14.He likes to play _(玩笑) on others.15. We all think playing football and climbing are healthy_(活动).三阅读Where in the world can you take an hours train ride, and pass a forest, a London street, a scene from the Wild West, and a burning building that never burns down? Theres only one place, and thats Hollywood, in California. The scenes you see from the tourist train are film sets（布景） in the Universal Studios, one of the oldest and largest movie companies(公司) in the USA. A visit to Universal Studios brings back memories of great days of Hollywood, the films and the stars. But they are only memories. Hollywood isnt quite the same as it used to be. Costs have gone up and confidence has gone down. Movie-makers are afraid to spend their money on expensive new ideas. Instead, they repeat old ones.The film industry is changing fast. Teenagers still go out to the movies. The theatre is a good place to meet friends away from home. But older people mostly stay home to watch series, like Dynasty have become as important to Hollywood as expensive movies. These “soap opera”, as they are called, show rich, powerful families living in beautiful homes and wearing beautiful clothes. But the actors and actresses are nearly all middle-aged, like many of the people who watch them. Though it is soap opears that are keeping the film-makers of Hollywood in Business, big films are still being made in America. But more and more of them are made outside Hollywood. New York is the most important new center, but there are many others as well. Movie-makers have realized that they dont need Hollywood any more. Modern cameras and real houses instead of expensively made copies in a studio. Other states, especially Florida and Texas, are working hard to take the film business away from California. They are offering better working conditions and lower cost. But Hollywood is fighting back. The state of California is trying hard to keep its best-known industry.1. From the passage, we know Universao Studios is _.A. a very large park B. a busy London streetC. a famous movie company D. an old Hollywood movie2. The movie industry in California isnt as successful as before because _.A. young people dont go to movie theatres any moreB. there is strong competition from other statesC. its movie companies are in neeed of young starsD. the state hasnt put a development plan into action3. Which of the following seems to be a threat（威胁）to Hollywood？A. The use of modern cameras and other equipment B. The interest of middle-aged film starsC. The making of TV series like Dynasty D. The expensively made copies of scenes4. What can we learn about “soap operas” from the passage?A. They are teenagers favourits. B. They are much more expensive.C. They are less attractive. D. They are cheaper and easier to make.5. The passage mainly tells us _.A. something about the film industy in the USA B.the importance of soap operas in hollywoodC. the good old days of Hollywood D. the film business in California The Aborigines (澳洲土著) have lived in Australia for about 60,000 years. They painted pictures inside caves, and these are the rock paintings that have given us so much information about Aboriginal life. For example, some of the paintings that are about 10,000 years old show men with boomerangs. From this we know that the Aborigines started using boomerangs for hunting at that time. Other pictures show kangaroos, so we know that there were kangaroos at that time.The Aborigines believed that spirits made people, animals and plants, and that these spirits still live in the earth. For Aborigines, no one can own the earththe earth belongs to the spirits.In 1700, there were many Aboriginal groups with a population of 750,000 all over Australia, and there were probably more than 240 different Aboriginal languages. The groups did not have a leader. Instead, things were decided by the older men in a group. People from different groups often travelled hundreds of miles to meet each other.Aboriginal life changed when an English boat arrived in Australia in 1770. Many Aborigines were killed in the wars that they had with the English. More Europeans came, and they started taking land from the Aborigines. The Europeans also brought new illnesses that killed the Aborigin