九年级英语下学期第7周末作业语法填空专项练习（1）It’s very important that we all recycle (再利用) things. In nature, everything ____1_____(use) again. For example, when an animal dies, it becomes other animals’food. Nothing is wasted. But _____2____ (human) have created things like plastic bags __3____can’t be broken down by nature. Our rubbish kills animals and ___4_____(pollute) water and soil. ____5____ we continue making too much rubbish, the problem will only get ____6___(bad). If nature can’t reuse the rubbish, we must recycle it.We should clean up the rubbish we’ve made because nature can’t.Recycling is also the right thing to do for another reason. The earth is rich in natural materials____7____ water and trees, but these materials are not endless. We use up our natural materials much ___8_____(fast) than the earth is able to reproduce them. For example, each year we cut ___9_____ more than 6000 square miles of forest. But it takes an average of 25 years for a new tree ___10_____( grow).Recycling can help us save the earth, so let’s take action right now. （2）Air is very important to everything that lives. But ____1___ air we breathe is getting dirty. People all over the world are looking ____2___ ways to make it clean again.Have you ever watched the smoke from chimneys(烟囱) ____3___ (rise) high in the air? Have you ____4___ (see) the smoke from cars and trucks on roads or the smoke from planes? The smoke is ____5___ (harm) to everyone, especially old people and children. If we want ____6___ (keep) well and strong, we need to breathe fresh air.____7___ more and more factories everywhere and more and more cars, trucks and planes, it is getting harder and harder to do with the air ____8___ (pollute).____9___ (science) have already found ways to stop or slow down some of the things that make the air dirty. They will not stop working ___10____ we have clean air again.(3) Please eat the right food. It can help you live a longer and 1 (health) life. You should eat different 2 (kind) of food, especially low-fat foods, such 3 vegetables, fruit, fish 4 milk. It is never5 late to start eating properly. Weighing too much or too little can lead6 health problems. After the age of 45, many people become overweight. You can control your7 (weigh) by8 (eat) healthy food and being9 (act). You should spend time on physical exercise. If the weather is bad, try an exercise show 10 TV, watch an exercise tape at home or walk around shopping center.(4) I am Jackie Lee, an American Chinese. Let me tell you about my ___1___ (grandfather) life story.My grandfather was born in 1932 and grew up in a poor village in Fujian, China. At theage of 14, he first ___2___ (hear) of America. It was said to be the land of gold and poor people could ___3___ ( easy ) become rich there. So, my grandfather came to America. "I had thought it was easy to make money in America," he told me. " But when I arrived ___4___ Los Angeles, I realized it was not true. I couldn't find a good job because I spoke little English.I wanted to go to a language school to learn English, ___5__ I couldn't afford it. Later, I worked in a small restaurant , serving the ___6___ ( guest ), cleaning up the tables, washing the dishes and ___7___ ( sweep ) the floors. I was such ___8___ helpful and honest worker that my boss was pleased with me. I was popular with my workmates too.Life became easier than before and in the end I entered an evening school to learn English. My grandfather kept working hard , and finally made ___9___ (he) dream come true. Things do not come easily in life. That is what I have learned ___10___ my grandfather.(5) For those who just love to shop online, Nov 11(双十一) is the____1____ (good) time of the year. Online group buying is quite popular _____2_____ the young. The main reason is that things in this way are _____3_____ (cheap) than those bought in usual stores. Then ,it is convenient to ___4_____ (make) orders and pay. Besides, it is a trend and young people love following trends. _____5_____ ,every coin has two sides. Online group buying has ____6_____(advantage). It is sometimes unsafe. One of my friends was ____7____(cheat) once. He bought ____8_____ MP4 on a group buying site. Several days passed, he still didn’t receive the MP4. He called to find out ____9____ the problem was, and found that the site was a trick. Therefore, we must be careful when ____10____ (do) such shopping. In addition, buy only what we need and never buy unnecessary things just because they are cheap.(6) We all know that Thanksgiving Day in the United States is a holiday on the ____1_____ (four)Thursday of November. It’s great fun for the Americans_____2_____(come)home and have a big dinner. In America , they usually watch a Thanksgiving parade and American football game on TV. ____3_____(eat)Turkey is their must. And of course Black Friday is one of the ____4_____(busy) shopping days in the USA. There are two popular theories as to why the day _____5______ Thanksgiving Day is called Black Friday. One theory is that the wheels of vehicles（机动车） in heavy traffic on the day after Thanksgiving Day left many black markings _____6_____ the road surface, leading to the term Black Friday. The other theory is that Black Friday comes from ____7______old way of recording business accounts. Losses(亏损) _____8_______(record) in red ink and profits（收益） in black ink. Many businesses, _____9_______(special) small businesses, started _____10_____(make) profits before Christmas. Many hoped to start showinga profit, marked in black ink, on the day after Thanksgiving Day.(7) Fred was going to school. When he passed a park, he saw a man sawing (锯断) a big branch from a tree. ___1___ man was on a ladder（梯子） and the ladder was ___2___ the big branch he was sawing. “Hi, it is ___3___ (danger).”Fred shouted. “After you cut off the branch, you ___4___( fall ), too.” But the man didn’t believe him, and said ___5___ ( angry ), “Go away, you little thing. It’s none of your business.”Fred could do nothing but ___6___ (leave). He didn’t go far before he heard something crashed(断). He rushed back ___7___ found the man ___8___ ( lie ) on the ground.Fred asked some ___9___(man) for help. They ___10___ ( carry) the man to the hospital.(8) Three years ago，I ___1___(join ) a club named Help Others. After that,I began to help others, such as helping __2__ old cross the road, buying some food for homeless children and doing small ___3___(act) for our neighbors.Today is International Coastal Clean-up Day. Many people enjoy ____4____(they) on the beach , ___5___sometimes they leave some plastic bags.I want ____6____(clean) the beach to protect the sand. My husband and I decide to spend a whole morning ____7____ (pick) up rubbish on the beach . We ride there ___8___ a bag to put in the rubbish. It's only five-minutes' ride and we get there ____9___(quick). We walk on the nice sand and pick some rubbish. We feel it is___10___ unusual experience and we will continueregularly on our own. We try our best to protect the Earth.(9) Chinese tennis player Li Na, a two-time Grand Slam(大满贯) champion,is saying goodbye. She____1_____ (announce) her retirement on September 21st ___2____ of long-term knee injuries. Although it was a hard ___3_____(decide), Li said she had no regrets. Li Na is a ____4_____(succeed) sports star in China. She began playing tennis at ___5___ age of 8. Since then, she has got many brilliant ____6_____ (achievement). She was the ____7____ (one) Chinese player to win a WTA title and a major Grand Slam singles title, ____8_____(include) the 2011 French Open and the 2014 Australian Open. However, Li Na is ____9_____(many) than just a tennis player. She has helped the rise of tennis in China. She is a pioneer who opened doors ___10_____ millions of young people in China and also Asia. (10) Which of your hand do you use 1 (many)? Very few of us can use bothof 2 (we) hands equally well. Most of us are right-handed. Only about five people out of 3 hundred are left-handed. Newborn babies can take things with either of their hands, 4 in about two years most of them 5 (use) their right hands. Scientists don’t know 6 this happens. Scientist find that monkeys like to use one of their 7 (hand) more than the other, but it can be either hand. Most of people use their right hands 8 (well) and this makes life 9 (difficult) for those left-handed persons. We live 10 a right-handed world.(11) Once upon a time, there were some goblins（小精灵） 1 (live) in a forest. Their neighbour was a poor old man. He couldn’t move, see 2 hear. So, they spent a lot of time making fun of him. They showed no respect 3 his age.When the Great Wizard（大巫师）found out about it, he was very angry. He decided to teach the goblins 4 lesson. He cast a spell（施咒语）. From that moment, every insult（侮辱）they gave the old man actually improved him, but had the opposite effect 5 the goblins themselves. Of course, the goblins knew nothing about the spell. Every time they called the man an “old fool”, he became a little younger and smarter, while the goblins became a little older and 6 (fool).As time went on, these goblins 7 (become) very old, ugly and foolish, but they had no idea. Finally, the Great Wizard asked the goblins to look at 8 (they). Terrified（恐惧的）, they saw that they had turned into ugly monsters. While they were busy insulting the old man, they had been damaging（摧毁）themselves. And when they finally knew what they had9 (do), it was too late.10 (respect) others is not only important for the effect it has on others, but also for the effect it has upon ourselves.(12) John was the only son of a rich_____1____ (America) businessman. Usually he ___2____(take) to school by the driver ___3____his father’s beautiful car. And then the driver took John’s father to his office. One evening his father went into his bedroom and told him that he ____4___ (be) on a business trip for a week. So he had to go to the airport much ___5___ (early) the next day. He would need his car. As a result John had to go to school by ___6____ (he). He also said that John’s mother _____7___ owned another car would still be in bed when he had to leave the house. ”Well, how would I get to school if you need your car and mummy is still in bed?”John asked. His father thought this was a good opportunity ____8___ (teach) him a lesson about ___9___ hard life was for lots of people of the world. So he answered,” You’ll go in the same way___10___ most children in the world do--- by bus.”(13) “Teenager”means a person from 13 to 19 years old. (1)_____ they’re young, they have to make many important choices (2)_____ themselves. Often teachers and parents cannot handle them because they don’t understand or know teenagers, especially their wishes, problems or different (3)_____ (mood) in a short time. They need to think about questions like these: Should we go to college? What kind of job do I want? However, other people also influence their choices. Who influences teenagers?It (4)_____(dependent) on the kind of choice. When teenagers buy things, friends are the(5)_____ (important) influence. This is especially true for clothes and music. TV shows, advertisements and parents also influence teenagers. In more serious things, parents are probably the most important influence. Some teenagers say it’s best to regard both parents and friends as influences. James, a seventeen-year-old boy says he’s “just a crazy man”. He also says, “Parents are (6)_____ (real) important because they can tell you what’s right and wrong.”But teenagers also feel they need to make choices—to make their own mistakes. As (7)_____ teenager girl said, “If our parents don’t let us make(8)_____ (we)own choices, maybe in the future we don’t know how(9)_____(do)it.”And they feel friends can often be a big help, especially because friends sometimes know more about their situation (10)_____their parents.(14) A Shenzhen student 1 ( name) Wu Mingyu is the best teenage reader in China in the top reading competition held by CCTV. He is 15.He studies in Cuiyuan Middle School. The competition ,My Extracurricular (课外)Book,”is China’s first reading TV show for youths aged 2 8 to 15. By inviting primary and middle school students 3 love reading to share their reading experience, the program hoped to encourage more teenagers to read. Wu’s mother ,kang Juxia ,said her son started to learn Chinese characters at the age of 2 ---thanks to the support and efforts of his grandparents. Before he 4 (enter) kindergarten, he was able to read 5 (article) in magazines. He started to read text books at the age of 8, and by the age of 12, he developed 6 interest in original works. After reading , he would often talk to his father about 7 he had read , and they two usually had a good8 (discuss)over certain topics . His hope to beat his father let the boy 9 (read) more.His strong interest in reading did not make Wu a boring bookworm. His Chinese teacher, Lu Feng, who has been teaching for more than 30 years, said sometimes she was surprised by the questions Wu raised during her lessons. After the competition, Wu was given the name “the lonely master reader”by natives. “Yes, I feel lonely, but for 10 ( I ) reading is a bittersweet path,” he said.(15) We should be polite to everyone because we live with (1) _________ (we) family and we study in school. We will grow up (2) _________ meet more people in life. (3) _________ (be) polite will make us (4) _________ (comfortable) and happier. Perhaps we know some expressions of being polite. For example, "Excuse me" can be (5) _________ (use) when you must stop (6) _________ talk. When we ask other people (7) _________ help, we can say "Please", or we should say "Thanks" to someone who helps us. But we don't always keep being polite that way. We may think why I should be polite when others are not. It is important (8) _________ (know) that manners (礼貌) are the (9) _________ (rule) of behaviour towards others. It is important to be polite, (10) _________ we should be polite to others.(16) From an early age, our parents told us not to lie. however, it seems that everyone tells lies—not big ones, but the one___1____ we call“white lies”. Since we believe that ___2____ (lie) is wrong, why do we still doit? people usually have good reasons for lying. For example, they want to protect a friendship or someone’s feeling. So when do we lie? And ____3____ do we lie to? A recent survey ____4____(find) that a person lies ____5___ seven times a day. The following are some ways and reasons.First, people often lie because they want to hide something ___6___ others. For example, a son doesn’t tell his parents that he ____7_____ (quarrel) With his best friend. Instead, he says his friend is just too busy to visit him. Second, people sometimes lie because that don’t want to do something. For example, someone gives you a _____8___ (invite) to a party. You think it may be boring. Instead of refusing it _____9___ (direct), you say you’re busy. Third, we don’t tell the truth to make someone feel good. For example, you friend cooks dinner for you, but it tastes terrible. You probably say, “ Mmm, it is __10___(taste)“ Fourth， sometimes we don’t want to tell someone the bad news.(17) The best way for children to spend their summer is to go to summer camps. They can learn a lot of things 1________ them. The camps help develop the personality of a child. 2______ you can’t make your child 3________ (join) any summer camp that you hear of. You have to read some recommendations(介绍) so that you can choose the 4_______ (suit) camp for your child.Younger kids can join a summer camp that last 5________ a day or two or that is held at weekends, because they are too young 6________ (get) used to the long-time camp. And teenagers can join summer camps that are held for a longer time 7_______ a week, or a month or even a year.In fact, the hardest work is 8________ (choose) the perfect summer camp. Children are inexperienced (无经验的), so they can’t find a good one by 9________ (them). As their parents,You can ask your child what he wants to learn, or what he is 10_______ (interest) in. The answers to these questions will provide you with an idea about the camp you should choose.(18) About the importance of health, nobody can explain (1)(well) than your doctor. They are the people who really know the importance of keeping fit and healthy. Every time I put on (2) ______ extra pound, my doctor will remind me about what is happening (3) _______ my body. We may look healthy but we don’t know (4) ______ (clear) what is happening inside. And there are many different ways we can make sure that we are as (5) _____ (health) insideas we are outside. The first and easiest step is keeping a good (6) ______ balanced diet. Next is sleeping well. Sleep early. Make sure you get your nine hours’ sleep. Do not skip your breakfast. It is one of the most important (7) ______ (meal) of the day. Exercise every day. Go for a swim, or walk, or just play football or tennis. Try your best not to have too much stress because it’s very(8)(harm) to your health. Remember to keep (9)(wash) your hands, and then you won’t catch any infections(传染病). And getting away from your bad habits(10)(be) important too.(19) A report says that most of Shenzhen ____1_____( teenager) want to do more housework, but their parents usually don’t think so. “Mother tells me that the most important thing is to study,” said Wang, ____2__middle school student in Shenzhen.“She never gives me any housework to do, though I ___3___ (real) want some.”According ____4__ the report, 37% of the teenagers do housework ____5__ (little) than half an hour every day; 39.4% of __6____ (they) from half an hour to one hour; 11.5 % one to two hours; 5.6% over two hours; and 5.2% just have no housework to do.“Most of my time after school should be ___7___ (spend) on my homework, and I don’t have time to play. Even on weekends, my parents ask me __8____ (stay) at home to study. I can’t go to see a film, watch TV___9___play with other children. My parents never say to me about anything to do with the housework. Sometimes I feel I have the duty to do something to help my parents, but they just get everything done for me,”said Yang Ming, a sixteen⁃year⁃old student.Experts say that this won’t changed much _______(10) the College Entrance Examination, which adds much pressure (压力) on high school students, is changed.(20) Everybody wants to learn English well, but many find it difficult. I have been studying English (1)________ many years. I think you may have got many people’s (2)___________ (suggest) on how to learn it. I am very happy to share (3)_______(I) with you．First, you should (4)___________(practice) it as often as possible. Listening to English songs is a good way. You can also watch some Englishvideos. Try to find more chances to speak English. It’s one of the (5)_________(quick) ways to improve your English by chatting (6)_________ native speakers. You can also try to give speeches in public. Remember, if you want to be (7)_______ excellent speaker, you’d better speak clearly and (8)____________ (confident). Second, you ought to do more reading. When reading, you should make some notes so that you can find them when you review. Of course, (9)_________ you want to master English better than others, you must spend more time on it than other people.In addition，there are a lot of factors involved in English learning. You must realize “more haste, less speed”. Never give up, and you’ll (10)___________(success) one day.(21) My friend Brett got a dirt bike(轻型摩托车).A lot of kids in my neighborhood knew how to ride. I also wanted to, so I told my dad about it.A few __1___(day) later, my dad brought __2__ dirt bike home. He spent four long weeks ____3___(teach) me how to ride. No one believed I could learn to ride ,___4__my dad believed in me. Day after day and night after night, he worked with me, and I started to progress. Finally I was ready ___5___ my first time on the trails(小路).But the first time wasn’t that good. My bike got stuck in the mud and I fell off the bike.All the boys started to laugh at ____6__(I). I went back home and cried___7__(loud).Dad put his arms around me. He told me ___8__ with more practice, I would be better than the other boys. The next day I got back on my bike and he coached(指导)me through the problem I was having. Things got better and better. Now I could ride with my eyes ___9____(close).I cannot even remember how many nights I spent crying. Every time I neededa shoulder ____10_____(cry) on, my dad was there. He never let me give up and always believed in me, even if I couldn’t do something right. (22) Bikes are popular in the Dutch(荷兰). In fact, nearly half of all travel in the Dutch is by bike. Now, one Dutch bike __1__ (design), Thomas, has taken the country’s interest in bikes by making a school bus bike.The big bike has eight sets of pedals (踏板) for kids, __2__ driver seat for an adult, and three __3__ seats, comfortably letting little kids for their trip to and from school. The bike even has a motor, __4__ can help with high hills or at times when few kids on it.So far, Thomas tells Fast Company, he __5__ (sell) 25 school-bikes, at a price of $ 25,000 __6__ —less than it would cost to buy a __7__ (tradition) school bus with the same number of seats. Along with the traditional color, the bikes, are colored yellow so that they can __8__ (see) easily.Thomas says he’s sold school bus bikes to __9__ (neighbor) countries such as Belgium, England and Germany, but so far, the school bus bike hasn’t been sold in the United States. If the U.S. agrees to buy this kind of school bus bike, it could do a lot of good to improve exercise for a young age and help them keep __10__ (health).(23) Daisy’s class had a painting lesson with Ben’s class. The teacher told them __1__ to make different colors.“There are three primary colors,” she said. “ Who __2__ ( know ) what they are?”All the children put up __3__ ( they ) hands. Everyone knew the primary colors: red, blue __4__ yellow.“ Does anyone know what a secondary color is?’ the teacher asked next. Ben knew. He put up his hand. “It’s a color made __5__ two primary colors.”He said.“ Can you give me __6__ example ?” the teacher asked.“Orange, ”Ben said. “We make orange by __7__ ( mix ) red and yellow.” Daisy put up her hand. “ Purple is another secondary color,” she said. “ We get purple from red and blue.”“ Good, ” the teacher said. “ Now I want you all to make a secondary color.”The children __8__ ( begin ) mixing colors. The teacher walked around the class. She looked at all the colors the children were mixing. She came to Harry’s easel ( 画架 ). “ What color is that? ” she asked him.“I don’t know,”He said. “I mixed all the primary colors together.”He said. “ I wanted to see what color I __9__ ( get ).”“That’s not a secondary color,”the teacher said. “That __10__ ( mud ) mixture looks terrible!”(24) When I was 18 years old, one morning, my father told me to drive him into a town. I agreed with ____16____ (please). When we came to the town, something was wrong with the car. Then I took the car to have it ____17___ (repair) and promised to pick Dad up at 4 pm. Because I had a few hours tospend, I went to the cinema. However I became so ___18_____ (interest) that I forgot the time. When the last film finished, it was 6 o’clock.I was afraid Dad would be angry, so I drove back quickly and made ____19____ excuse. I’ll never forget ___20___ cry he gave me: “I’m disappointed that I feel you have to tell a lie to me, Jack. I’m angry, not with you but with ____21____ (my). I have failed ____22____ I’ve brought up a son who can not even tell the truth to his own father. I’m going to walk home now and think seriously about where I ___23___ (do) wrong all these years.”Dad began walking along the road. I begged all the way, ____24____ (drive) behind him for 18 miles, ___25____ a speed of 5 miles an hour. It was the most unforgettable lesson. I have never told a lie to him ever since. (25) Failure is what often happens. It is everywhere in our life. Student may fail in exams, scientists may fail in their research work, and players may fail in competitions. 1.__________ failure happens to everyone, different people’s 2._________ (attitude) towards failure are different.Some people don’t think that their failure is 3.________ important thing at all. So they pay 4._________ attention to it. As a result, they will have the 5.__________ failure later. Some people think they themselves are fools and lose their hearts in everything after they get a failure. Then they spend their time and energy on 6._________ (useful) things. At last , they may really be fools as they have 7._________(think).Other people are quite different from these two kinds of people mentioned above. Instead of 8._________(be) hopeless and lost, they draw a lesson from every failure and become more 9.__________(experience). After hard work, they will be 10.__________(success) in the end. So we should draw a lesson from every failure and become more experienced.(26) It is very important to stay healthy. I have a neighbor. She is an old lady. She can do all the housework, read newspapers, watch TV and search on the Internet ___1___ (learn) something new. I often see her do taiji in the morning and dance in the evening. She looks young and ___2___ (beauty), though she is over seventy. Last week a reporter from a magazine ___3___ (interview) her and asked___4___ she kept so young and healthy. She replied___5___ a smile: I have a secret of keeping young and healthy. It is quite easy. Keep your mind active, become interested in the world around you, and learn at least one new thing every day.Try to do different kinds of housework and do sports as often as you can. Don’t think you are too old to go back to school. I know a man who entereda medical college when he___6___ (be) 70 years old. He studied there for6 years and now he is a doctor. Another man went to a tennis school ___7___the age of 71 and now he is good at playing tennis. Some people may say___8___(stay) young is easy for those___9__live in the future. In fact, no matter how old you are, you can make it.Please tell the story to your family. It would be a good start to follow the___10_____( lady) example. I hope all people will stay young and healthy.（27）One day when I was in high school, I saw my new classmate Kyle walking home with all of his books. I thought, “ Why will anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must be a ___1___ ( foolish).”As I was walking, I saw some kids ___2___ (run) at him. His glasses went flying and landed in the grass. He looked up and I saw terrible sadness in his eyes. Somehow, I handed him his glasses, helped him pick up his books and ___3___ (ask) him where he lived. It turned out he lived near me. We talked all the way home. ___4___ fact he was a pretty cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play football on Saturday with me and my friends. He said yes. ___5___ more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him. Over the next four years, Kyle and i became best friends.Graduation day arrived. Kyle looked ___6___ (real) great and started his speech, “Graduation is a time to thank those ___7___ helped you make it through those tough years...” He told the story of the ___8___ (one) day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend. “thankfully, I was ___9___ (save)” Hearing this, I was totally stunned (震惊的).Never underestimate (低估) the power of your behavior. Maybe with one small ___10___ (act) you can change a person’s life.(28) Some inventions are very important. For example, the telephone allows people _____1____ (communicate) all over the world. The plane lets people travel long distances ____2____ a short time. Life is much ___3___(easy) with these important inventions.Some inventions are just fun. A company in Japan has invented singing flowers. You can listen to music that comes through real flowers. Customers in restaurants can smell the beautiful roses and listen to pleasant music while ____4____(eat). People in the dentist's office can look at pretty。
