牛津深圳版英语九年级上册单元测验Unit 2含答案

牛津深圳版英语九年级上册单元测验Unit 2

一、完形填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16~25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。

One day, a little boy decided to dig a hole behind his house after watching a science programme. As he was __1__, some boys stopped by to watch. "What are you doing?" asked one of them. "I want to dig a deep hole all the way through the __2__! " the boy answered excitedly.

The older boys began to laugh, telling him that it was __3__ to do it. Then they left.

The little boy kept on digging and digging. Suddenly, a few small colourful stones caught his eye. He __4__ them and put them into a glass jar patiently. Humming a song, he __5__ digging. The jar was full soon. Then he talked to himself calmly(冷静地) and proudly, Maybe I can't finish digging all the way through the earth, but look at what I have __6__ in the process of digging!”

The boy's goal (目标) was too __7__, but it did cause him to go on, to keep working.

Not every goal will be achieved. Not every job will end up with a __8__. Not every dream will come true. However, when you can't achieve your goal, you can say, "Yes, but look at what I've found along the way! They come into my life because I __9__ to do something!" It is in the digging that life is lived. It is the unexpected __10__ on the journey that really has a meaning.

1. A. sleeping B. working C. singing D. running

2. A. house B. garden C. road D. earth

3. A. wonderful B. wise C. impossible D. exciting

4. A discovered B. collected C. dropped D. hit

5. A. took up B. gave up C. went on D. put on

6. A. met B. known C. lost D. found

7. A. common B small C. terrible D. difficult

8. A. success B. failure C change D. prize

9. A used B. tried C. forgot D. planned

10. A. joy B. smile C. difficulty D. dream

二、语法选择(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15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,从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。

Take a piece of hair from your head. Ouch! It may be long, __11__ it's not wide. Three scientists spent over 30 years __12__ a kind of machine. This kind of machine is about a thousand times __13__ than the width of one piece of your hair. These machines are __14__ small that they an only be seen under a microscope(显微镜)!They __15__ nanomachines(纳米机器).

Because of their hard work. the three scientists __16__ the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. They are all European. Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, one of the scientists, told reporters that he thanked __17__ other scientists from 24 different countries for helping make this prize __18__. He said he once brought a chocolate Nobel Prize to his daughter from __19__ trip to Stockholm. He expected __20__ a real one someday.

What are nanomachines good for? Scientists believe that __21__ the future, nanomachines __22__ help deliver(传送) medicines inside a person's body, or take away things that are making us sick. Mr Feringa compared __23__ work to that of the Wright Brothers. When the Wright Brothers flew their airplane for the first time, some people questioned what airplanes __24__ good for. Now airplanes help us __25__ fast and we

use them all the time.

11. A. and B. so C. but D. or

12. A. invented B. invent C. to inventing D. invented

13. A. the smallest B. smaller C. small D. smallest

14. A. very B. so C. such D. quite

15. A. are calling B. is called C. called D. are called

16. A. will win B. won C. wins D. has won

17. A. hundreds of B. hundred of C. hundred D. hundreds

18. A. possibility B. possibly C. possible D. impossible

19. A. a B. an C. the D. /

20. A. have B. to have C. having D. to having

21. A. in B. for C. at D. on

22. A. should B. can C. must D. need