2019-2020年九年级培优英语试题5

2019-2020年九年级培优英语试题5

( 1 )

well , soft, second ,better , may , strongly, afraid, sand , stay up, if,

now, house

We can’t stop an earthquake(地震), but we can do things to make sure they don’t

destroy(毁坏) whole cities. First, it is not a 1 ________ idea to build houses along

lines where 2.________ of the earth’s plates(板块) join together. Second, if you

think there 3. ________ be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks ,

not on 4. ________. Third, you must make the houses as 5. ________ as possible.

Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may 6. ________ . .

Scientists are 7. ________ that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit

the part around San Francisco(旧金山) . They call it “ The Big One ”. However,

people today are still building more 8. ________ . The population in and around

San Francisco is 9. ________ ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that

10. ________ there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will

be destroyed.

( 2 )

forget, bring，mend，beside，luck，pick，same，differently, I ，every , stop，each

Mr. Brown had an umbrella shop in a small town. People sometimes 1 ________

him broken umbrellas, and then he took them to a big shop in London. They were 2

________ there.

One day Mr. Brown went to London by train. He 3 ________ to take an umbrella

with him that day. Sitting in front of him was a man with an umbrella standing 4

_______ the seat. When the train arrived in London, Mr. Brown 5 ________ up the

umbrella as he often did during his journey by train. Just as he was getting off,

he was 6 ________ by the man. He said angrily, “That’s 7________ !” Mr.

Brown’ s face turned red and he gave it back to the man at once.

When Mr Brown got to the big shop, the shopkeeper had got his six umbrellas ready.

After a good look at 8 ________ of them, he said, “You’ve mended them very

well.”

In the afternoon he got into the train again. The 9 ________ man was in the

same seat.

He looked at Mr Brown and his six umbrellas, “You’ve had a 10 ________

day,” he said.

( 3 )

not speak, call , idea, and, what, garden, hear , quiet , do ,eat , name, say

A farmer saw an old man growing something on the other side of the river.

The farmer 1. ________ out to him, “ What are you growing , Grandpa? ” The old man 2 . ________ for a moment, then said, “Swim over 3. ________

I’ll tell

you.”

The farmer didn’t like the 4. ________ of swimming across the river. But

he wanted to know 5. ________ the old man was doing. He swam over. The old man

said very 6. ________ in his ear, “ I’m planting peas in my 7. ________ .”

“ You should have shouted. I would have 8. ________ quite clearly on that

side.” Said the farmer.

“ Oh, no, I wouldn’t 9. ________ that . The sparrows would have heard me

and 10. ________ my peas.”

( 4 )

telephone , for, lose, so, strong, clever, somebody, good, happy, outside,

everybody, at

Mrs Andrews had a young cat, and it was the cat’s first winter. One evening

it was 1.________ when it began to snow heavily. Mrs Andrews looked 2. ________it

everywhere and shouted its name, but she did not find it, 3. ________ she telephone

the police and said, “ I have

4. ________ a small black cat. Has 5. ________ found one? ”

“ No，madam, ” said the policeman at the other end, “ But cats are really

very 6. ________ animals. They sometimes live for days in the snow, and when it melts

(融化) or somebody finds them, they are quite 7. ________ .”

Mrs Andrews felt 8. ________ when she heard this. “ And ,” she said, “ Our

cat is very 9. ________. She almost talks. ”

The policeman was getting tired, “Well then, ” he said “ Why don’t you put

your 10.________ down? Maybe she is trying to telephone you now. ”

( 5 )

tell, hear, listen to , guard, drum, much, fly , army, with, other, way ,

instruction

Here are some old ways to sending messages.

An Egyptian(埃及人) put his ear to the ground. He 1 . ________ the horses ing

this way. He ran to 2. ________ his people . He was a 3. ________ . That was one

way for Egyptians to send messages.

People in 4.________ countries sent message, too. When enemies came, one man

beat his drum. In the next village people heard the drum and beat their drums, too.

The messages went from village to village by 5.________ .

Much 6. ________ , some armies (军队) kept many pigeons(鸽子) . These pigeons

always 7. ________ back. When a soldier was sent far away from his own 8. ________ ,

he might take a pigeon along. He could tie a message to the bird’s leg. It would

fly back 9. ________ the soldier’s message.