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A组
一、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。
1．All the ________ did well in the speech contest.
2．The male birds are more ________than the females.
3．Her room was ________ light blue.
4．It's cold outside. People are wearing scarves and ________to keep warm.
5．The singing competition is ________in our school every spring.
二、根据中文提示完成短文。
In a small house lived a poor man. He had two children, Valentine and Mary. One 6________(冬季) evening, Valentine and Mary were staying at home. Then a tap(轻敲) was heard on the window. A child cried, “Please let me in! I'm a poor child. I don't have any 7________(亲属) here. If you don't let me in, I will be 8________(死的)．”
Valentine and Mary opened the door, “Come in! We have no much to 9________(招待) you, but we'll share whatever we have with you.”
The child came in and the 10________(温暖) of the fire made him comfortable. The children gave him the 11________(最好的) food they had. “You must be tired, too. Lie down on our bed.”So Valentine and Mary 12_______(安放) him on the bed and covered him over. They hadn't slept many hours before Mary woke. She woke up her brother, “V alentine, listen to the sweet music outside.”They went outside to see what happened.
To their 13________(惊讶), a group of children were singing in front of the house. The poor child walked to Valentine and Mary. He broke a branch(树枝) from a tree near the house and 14________(栽) it in the ground. “I'm the little Christ child，”he said. “You took me in and cared for me. You're 15________(善良的) children. This branch will become a tree and bring you fruits year by year.” The branch became a Christmas tree, and it had fruits every Christmas.
三、语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Have you heard of Wen Yanbo(文彦博)？He was a scholar－official(士大夫) of the Song Dynasty. He was very clever when he was a child.
One day, while Wen Yanbo and some of his friends 16________(play) football happily, someone kicked(踢) the ball so hard that it rolled into a hole under the tree. The hole was more than two 17________(meter) deep. The boys tried their best, but 18________ could get the ball. They were really sad and decided to give 19________．
However, Wen Yanbo still thought 20________(careful). He saw a few boats floating(漂浮) on the river. Suddenly, he came up with an idea. The boats could float on the river 21________ they were heavy. The ball was so light, and it certainly could float on the water too.
Then Wen Yanbo said to his friends, “I know 22________ to get the ball.” Everybody looked at him in surprise. Wen Yanbo suggested 23________(pour) water into the hole. Some boys thought it was great and rushed 24________(get) buckets(桶). They poured water into the hole. When they saw the ball floating up, they jumped with 25________(excite). What a smart boy!
B组
一、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。
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1. English is the most ________ spoken language in the world.
2. The Spring Festival is ________ in January or February.
3. —Do you know the two girls who are dancing over there?
—Yes. They are from ________．
4. Look, the workers are busy ________ cars in the workshop(车间)．
5. When autumn comes, the ________ on the trees begin to turn yellow and fall.
二、根据短文内容和括号内所给汉语意思，写出空白处各单词的正确形式(每空一词)。
Some people learn a second language easily, while others have trouble with it. How can you help 6.____(你自己)learn a new language like English?There are several ways of solving different 7._____(难题) in learning English and making it a little 8.______(更容易) and more interesting.
The first step is to be 9.________(活跃的) in learning English. If you believe that you can learn well and you are thirsty for it, you will learn well. Be 10.________(耐心的). You do not have to understand everything at once. It is common to make 11.________(错误) when you learn something new. So don't be afraid of that.
The second step is to practice your English. For example, keep a 12.________(日记) every
day. You will get used to writing in English, and you'll feel comfortable to express your ideas in English. What's more, you must speak English every day.
The third step is to keep a record of your language learning. After each class, think about what you did. Did you answer a question correctly? Did you pay 13.________(关注) to what the teacher said? Have you taken all the 14.________(笔记)?
Hope all the advice will be 15.________(有帮助的) to you, and you'll enjoy learning English.
三、语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Not only adults but also teenagers have problems in their life. Here is a survey 16________(show) the main problems of teenagers.
They feel 17________(stress) because they have too much homework to do both at school and at home. They have lots of exams 18________(take). Usually they 19________(send) to different classes on weekends. As a result, so many of them almost become bookworms. On holidays, they could hardly have their own time to do 20________ they are interested in. Now more and more teenagers 21________(get) short－sighted. They often read in bed or keep reading for a long time 22________ having a rest. Some of them are crazy about playing computer games. Some spend too much time watching TV. 23________ serious problem among teenagers is that many of them are becoming fat. They eat too much junk food, but they take little exercise.
I think teenagers should think of ways on how to deal 24________ the problems. They should make a plan for study and 25________(hobby) and find time to relax as much as possible.
参考答案
A组
一、https://www.360docs.net/doc/6d19008183.html,petitors 2.colorful 3．painted 4.gloves 5.held
二、6. winter 7. relatives 8. dead 9. treat 10. warmth
11. best 12. laid 13. surprise 14. planted 15. kind
三、16. were playing 17. meters 18. nobody 19. up 20. carefully
21. although 22. how 23. Pouring 24. to get 25. Excitement
B组
一、1. widely 2. celebrated 3. France 4. producing 5. leaves
二、6.yourself 7．problems8.easier 9．active10.patient
11．mistakes12.diary 13．attention14.notes 15．helpful/useful
三、16. showing 17. stressed 18. to take 19. are sent 20. what
21. are getting 22. without 23. Another 24. with 25. hobbies
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九年级词汇、语法填空专项练习Unit5 一、词汇运用 A.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。 1.The____________（老板）was angry with me for being late again. 2.You should____________（打包）your clothes before going on vacation. 3.There are always many colorful____________（气球）during the National Day. 4.More and more foreigners are learning to use____________（筷子）now. 5.Without Jim's help，we couldn't have____________（完成）the work today. 6.Ningbo is trying its best to become more and more____________（国际的）. 7.The App Douyin is so popular that it is____________（广泛地）used by the young. 8.The bike-sharing is a very good way to reduce the____________（交通）stress. 9.There is some cream on the____________（表面）of this kind of cake. 10.By joining the school clubs，students can become much____________（生气勃勃的）. B.根据短文内容，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。 Couplets（对联）have 11. ____________ around for about 600 years.It started in Ming Dynasty（明朝）.At first，people 12. ____________ red paper instead of peach wood charms （桃符）to make the Spring Festival couplets. After Qing Dynasty，lots of famous couplets appeared. The couplets were also 13____________ to Vietnam，Korea，Japan，Singapore and other countries. The customs of sticking these couplets still remain now. Couplets are usually in different 14____________ and colors. Nice words and sentences are written on the couplets. Different couplets are put on doors，walls or windows as symbols of wishes for 15. ____________ luck and a happy new year. 二、语法填空 Do you know that there 16. ____________ two special days for parents in America? One is 17. ____________ (mother) Day on the second Sunday of May, and the other is Father's Day on the 18. ____________ (three) Sunday of June.19. ____________ these two days, American children often give 20. ____________ (gift) to their parents or 21. ____________ them out for lunch or dinner. Common gifts are flowers and cards for mothers and shirts or ties for fathers. I 22. ____________ (hear) that it is becoming more and more popular to celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day in China. I____________ 23. if children over there also give similar gifts to their parents. I believe that there are many ways to show 24. ____________ (we) love. In fact, we don't have to 25. ____________ a lot of money.
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九年级英语词汇、语法填空专项练习（1） (1) 一、词汇运用 （A）用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。 1. The study in group method helps them learn from their _________. 2. Since he left school, he has never _________ any of his classmates. 3. From the _________ on their faces, I realized the importance of the meeting. 4. Sorry, I didn't catch you. Could you please _________ it again? 5. Children should try their best to improve their reading _________ （B）单词拼写。 When should people start Christmas shopping? One week before the day? Two weeks? 6. _________ (西方的) children start preparing gifts months before Christmas. As the day comes closer, children write lists of what gifts they want to give and 7. _________(收到). Everyone counts down the months, days, minutes and 8. _________ (秒)to Christmas. Big shopping streets get 9. _________ (拥挤的) from late November. Stores put up colored lights and Christmas trees. You can hear Christmas 10. _________ (歌曲) like Jingle Bells in the shops. Some stores 11. _________ (提供) many dolls and computer games. People try to get to the shops early to buy gifts before they sell out. In the week before Christmas, shops stay open late. Some stores open their doors at 9 am 12. _________ (直到) 5：30 pm as normal. It's very 13. _________ (累人的) for salespeople! Some people save for months before the holidays to have enough money to 14. _________ (花费) on their friends and family. But not everyone goes shopping for Christmas gifts. Some people like to make gifts and 15. _________ (卡片)by themselves. 二、语法填空 It's necessary to discover what you are good at or not and what you like or dislike. Many students would be unhappy if they 16. _________ (fail) in a very difficult science course, but in fact they have known a lot about 17. ________. They realize that they should not become engineers or 18. ________(physics) scientists in the future. So falling can help a student to live a 19. ________ (happy) life if he or she draws something out of it. They may then decide on their aim and choose the kind of work that they would be fit 20. ________ and they would like to do. You can't be sure whether you like something 21. _________ you have tried it. If you make a 22. _________ (decide) that you would like to play the violin, you need to take more music classes 23. _________ you know if you are really interested in it. It is not enough to hope to be a violinist. You also have to stand(忍受) the hard practice before you become one. If you would enjoy being a great violinist, but hate the hard and 24. _________ (bore) work, just give it up. It's a good plan to try as many ideas as possible when you are still young. And then you will be able to find 25. _________ what your true interests are.