九年级英语期末复习-----短文填空专项练习（1）A girl riding a bike hit and scratched（刮）a parked expensive car by accident when she was busily looking at a road sign. That poor 1 was Zhang Yu, an 18-year-old college student from Yunnan Province. Instead of running away, she 2 to wait for the owner. She made that decision just 3 she wanted to say sorry for the accident.Zhang Yu was scared when Song Ming, the 4 of the car, saw her standing beside his car. Knowing that she had waited in the hot sun for an hour and that she was from a poor 5 , he was deeply moved.He told her that she didn’t need to 6 any money. Hearing the words, Zhang Yu bowed at once and thanked him sincerely.The heartwarming moment didn’t 7 there. Li Qiang was Song Ming’s boss. After hearing their story, he was 8 deeply moved. He told the story to his workers and announced, “It is great that Song Ming didn’t ask Zhang Yu to pay, and I would like to help her to complete her college education.”9 the following three years , Zhang Yu made great efforts to study and took an active part in different activities to develop her abilities. By the time she left college, she got a job at Li Qiang’s factory. 10 excited her most.One good turn deserves another.（2）In my opinion, my father always cares about me and stands by my side. He is the “VIP” in my life. Now I want to 1 some stories between us.When l was a kid, my father was often 2 . I spent a lot of time with my grandmother. At that time I could really be called a naughty（淘气的）girl.1 don’t know 3 my father couldn’t just stay at home and play with me like other children’s fathers. All my memory 4 my father in the childhood, his love and his care were contained in those pieces of candy.As time 5 by, I studied in a boarding school（寄宿学校）. And one day l tol d my father on the phone that I missed my mother’s 6 very much. To my surprise, when I was preparing to go to bed, one of my roommates told me that 7 was calling me. I ran out and saw that my father was there, outside of the gate of the dormitory （宿舍）, with a lunch box in his hand. I went towards him and he 8me that lunch box. His face was filled with tiredness（疲倦）by the long 9 . Without saying anything, he disappeared in the dark. Back to the dormitory I couldn’t help crying.So, as you know my father loves me very much. I also know that your father is loving you in his own way, 10 . Remember to be good to him, forever.（3）Last night when we were watching TV at home, everything went black suddenly. All the lights in our flat 1 off, including the TV. Mum took out the candles and Dad went out to see what was going on. One advantage of living in a tall building is that you always have help nearby. 2 I went to ask our next-door neighbour, Mr.Smith for help. With a candle in his hand, Mr. Smith 3 the door. Uh-oh! He didn’t have lights, either. I discovered that all the buildings in our neighbourhood were 4 . Our neighbours went downstairs and began chatting outside. They were not worried at 5 .Then we heard a frightening sound after a bright flash of lightning. It started to rain 6 in no time. In order to get some information about what would go on next, Mr. Smith turned on the battery-powered 7 . The weatherman said that the terrible storm was the 8 of all the problems. It hit a tower at the power station before the first flash of lightning. That was the reason why the lights suddenly 9 out before the rain came. Finally, the lights came back with the help of the workers from the power station. We cheered loudly. 10 was very happy. Sometimes some events could make it possible for the neighbours to have a chance to be together.（4）One day, a father and his son went to a kite flying festival. When they arrived, there were already many adults and their children playing in the park. When the son saw the sky filled with 1 kites in different shapes, he was excited and wanted to get one, too. His father agreed to buy one for him. So they went to a kite shop and 2 a beautiful one.With the string（线）in hand, the son started 3 the kite. Soon, the kite was high up in the sky. After a while, the son said, “Father, it seems that the string is stopping the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, it will be free and fly even higher. Can we cut it?” The father didn’t reply, but just cut the string off the reel（线轴）. Suddenly, the kite began to go 4 , which made the son much happier.However, to his surprise, the kite was coming down. They waited for quite some time. 5 , it fell onto the grass. The son felt upset and asked, “I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly high er. Why did it fall down?”The father smiled and said, “The role of the string was not stopping the kite from flying higher, 6 helping it stay in the sky, because the kite itself can’ t fly up. By using the string you help the kite go up in the right 7 . When you cut the string, it could not support the kite.In our life, we may sometimes feel like there are certain things that are holding us back and 8 us from growing. But in fact, these might be the things 9 support us most. We can really grow up and become stronger by realizing the 10 of these things.（5）Li Xiang is a 13-year-old boy from Anhui province. He came to Dongguan in the summer of 2012. Now he 1 in a middle school here. His parents are both workers in a factory. They are very busy and have no time to 2 care of him. So he often stays at home to play computer games 3 he is free. Last term he finished the end-of-year exams, he got 4 in math. He was afraid because his mother always asked him to study hard. When he got home and handed the paper to his mother.How 5 his mother was! Li Xiang put down his head. His mother scolded him fiercely. Li Xiang loved his mother, so he made up his mind to make a great 6 .In order not to let her mother 7 , he made a plan to study hard . He thought if he got high marks that would give his mother 8 big surprise. From then on, Li Xiang worked very hard. And last week I heard that he got 100 in the 9 . How happy his parents are!From this story we know that if we study 10 enough, we can get good grades. In this way we can enter a good secondly middle school and find a way to the university.（6）Lei Haiwei, a 37-year-old fast food courier（快递员）from Hunan Province, got first place in a televised Chinese poetry knowledge competition. He 1 other competitors, including a master’s degree（硕士学位）graduate from Beijing University, in the third season of the Chinese Poetry Conference on CCTV on April 4, 2018.“My interest in ancient poems 2 as early as I was six years old. My father hoped I would grow up to be a man 3 keeps the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas in mind,” the courier said.In 2001, the younger Lei found a job in Shanghai and began to read books related to ancient poems at bookstores or libraries in his 4 time, since he didn’t make much money. The young man also developed a habit of reciting 5 he likedand writing them down after returning home.Though Lei works 6 a fast food courier in Hangzhou later, his love for poems never died. Even on his busiest work days, he 7 any available moment to recite poems. “For example, I am used to reciting poems when I 8 for food at restaurants, and traffic lights on my way to deliver food. Reciting poems not only enriches my knowledge, but 9 makes my job less boring. As for my future plan, I will stick to reading 10 reciting poems,” Lei said.(7)David was a student in Grade Three in No. 2 Middle School. He didn’t study 1 and got bad grades in all the subjects. His parents were always 2 about this problem. They tried their best to think of any way to help him out, but they 3 because their son wouldn’t listen to them and do as they told. By and by, his parents weren’t 4 with him. When they received his test report each time, they easily became 5 . They thought this was not good for their health.So, in order to keep them cool and healthy, his father bought a book called “How to 6 being angry” and read it every day. Last Tuesday, David h ad an English test again. Of course, he didn’t pass it. What’s more, he even7 zero this time. When he got home after class, his father was 8 the book in the sofa. He handed the paper to his father with two hands. David was 9 because he didn’t know what would happen next. As soon as his father saw the score on the paper, he was too angry to control 10 . He put down the book and decided to give him a lesson. Do you know what will happen? Please work in pairs and make up your own ending.（8）Wang Ping is a cleaner. He has 1 in a park for 5 years. He is also a good father. Nothing can make him 2 than playing with his little daughter in his free time.Last Tuesday afternoon, while he was 3 the park, suddenly, he heard a woman crying for help. He ran up 4 to see what happened. The woman’s 15-month-old baby girl choked（窒息）on a small piece of pear and her face 5 purple. The baby was too young to save herself, and the mother was so nervous that she didn’t know how to save her daughter properly.Luckily, Wang Ping knew what to do. He took the baby in his 6 without thinking twice. With the mother’s help, Wang Ping held the baby upside down and gave her a few pats（轻拍）on the back. After a short while, he succeeded in getting the piece of pear 7 of her mouth and the baby began to cry. Her mom was so thankful because her daughter was 8 .Wang Ping tried his best and saved the 9 life. In his mind, helping others is just helping 10 . He hoped more people could volunteer to help thepeople in need if possible.（9）Several years ago, in 2010, John finished high school. But to his sadness, he didn’t get 1 chance to go to university. He had to go back home or had a second year life in Senior 3. He asked 2 :“What should I do and what can I do?” He tho ught if he continued his school life, his family would burden too much because his family was a little 3 . What’s more, he didn’t know whether he could pass the entrance exam the next year. At last he 4 up his mind to leave school and began to be a farmer. His parents disagreed 5 him. But John persuaded them to do it with him in the end. He made a specific plan to grow 6 .In the following three years, He got up early and went to his farm to do the farm work. But to make a dream come true was not so 7 . He came across many difficulties while he was growing fruits. However, he 8 give up and kept trying. In 2013, his fruits had a good harvest. And all the fruits could sell well at a good 9 . He achieved his dream at last.Now, he is famous and many people come to 10 his farm every day. He is a successful businessman now. He always tells the visitors if you have a dream, stick to it and never give up. You may be the next successful John.（10）Last autumn during the Diwali break（排灯节）, we go on a trip to Yunnan. I never had the chance to 1 the snow mountains before, so I was very excited and packed my luggage（行李）quickly. Then we got everything 2 for the journey. From Delhi we traveled by bus to Kullu.Kullu is a famous 3 of interest. It is famous for its Kullu Caps and Dussehra festival. We stayed in Kullu for two 4 . We went out every day and enjoyed the sight of the hills. There were four 5 with us. We formed small groups and each group went with a teacher.In a store, nearly everyone 6 a Kullu cap as a gift for the family. Then by Jeep we moved ahead to Manali.Manali is on the bank of river Vyas. It is one of 7 loveliest places, full of apple trees and great natural beauty. I felt happy to see the nature. With the bright colorful flowers, the clouds sailing across the 8 and the snow at the top of the high mountains in the distance, my heart was full 9 joy. We stayed there for four days and enjoyed every minute of our stay. Time passed very 10 and we left again for Delhi. The memory of my visit to Kullu－Manali is still fresh in my mind.（11）Do you like shopping? Last winter vocation I went 1 with a good friend of mine. I would like to buy a pair of 2 . We went to the biggest shopping mall in the center of our city. After we went through many shoes shops, luckily, I 3 a cool and fashionable kind of shoes. I 4 them on and they fitted me very well. I liked them very much and decided to buy this pair. But to my5 , the price was much too high, and they cost 300 yuan. I knew I couldn’t6 it at that time because my family was not rich. I couldn’t spend so much money on the shoes. I was very sad and came back home.7 my way home, my friend told me that I could come to that shop again during the Spring Festival. As everyone knew that many clothes would be sold at the discounted8 . I became excited when I heard this, and I did as my friend told me. Finally I got it for only 150 yuan. How9 I was!After this I know that if we want to buy new clothes, we could wait until a holiday comes. Because of the discounted price, we could buy more clothes with 10 money. We could save a lot of money by shopping like this!（12）For many Americans, summer time means cooking, eating and enjoying American barbecue. Barbecue, or BBQ for short, is a style of cooking meat at 26 low temperature for a long time.27 not all American barbecue is the same. Many people 28 American barbecue into four main styles: Carolina-style, Memphis-style, Kansas City-style and Texas-style. Each is named after the 29 where the style was formed.Mike Sargent recently drove almost 2,500 kilometers from Texas to Washington, D.C., to compete in a BBQ competition. Mike says 30 home state makes the best barbecue. But he adds, “The style of barbecue across the nation is totally 31 . Each state or city has its own style. And it’s interesting to see, you know, because it tells us 32 the culture of a certain place.But barbecue is not about the competition. It is about eating. If cooked right, barbecued meat falls off the bone. You do not need to use a fork 33 knife to eat it. Usually, you can eat with your hands.In summer, Americans often invite friends and family members over for a barbecue. 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