九年级英语 Unit11 Could you please tell me where the re

新目标英语九年级Unit 11同步阅读（含答案）

Unit 11 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?

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选择适合的词语完成下面的短文。

When you speak, write a letter or make a telephone call, your words ___1___ a

message. People communicate with words. Do you think you can communicate ___2___

words? A smile on your face shows you are happy and friendly. Tears in your eyes

tell ___3___ that you are sad. When you ___4___ your hand in class, the teacher knows

you want to say something of ask questions. You shake your head, and people know

you are saying “no”. You nod and people know you are saying “___5___”.

Other things can also carry message. For example, a sign at the bus stop helps

you to know which bus ___6___. A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find

the library. Signs on doors tell you ___7___ to go in or out. Have you ever noticed

that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them

all the time? People can communicate ___8___ many other ways. An artist can use his

drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things.

Books ___9___ to tell you about all wonderful things in the world and also about

people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TV and radio and films all help us to

communicate with other people. They all help us to know ___10___ is going on in the

world.

( ) 1. A. take B. bring C. carry D. gives

( ) 2. A. by B. with C. use D. without

( ) 3. A. others B. the others C. other D. the other

( ) 4. A. put on B. put out C. put up D. put down

( ) 5. A. no B. hello C. yes D. nothing

( ) 6. A. to get B. to choose C. to have D. to take

( ) 7. A. which B. where C. how D. what

( ) 8. A. with B. by C. without D. in

( ) 9. A. write B. wrote C. is written D. are written

( ) 10. A. what B. which C. that D. who

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根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

An old friend telephoned from the airport to tell that he had arrived. I was still

at the office at the time, but I had got everything ready for him to stay with me.

I told him where my house was. I also told him that I had left the key under the

door-mat (垫子). As I was going to be home late, I asked him to go into the kitchen

(厨房) and get something to eat and drink. Two hours later my friend telephoned me from the house. At the moment, he said,

he was listening to music. He said he had helped himself to some cold chicken from

the fridge and he was now drinking a glass of orange. I asked him if he had reached

the house without any difficulty. He answered he had not been able to find the key

under the door-mat, but luckily the living-room window by the apple tree had been

left open and he had climbed in. I was greatly surprised to hear all this. There

is no apple tree in front of my living-room, but there is one in front of my

neighbor’s.

( ) 1. Which of the following is true?

A. The writer never knew his friend would come until his friend called him.

B. The writer knew his friend would come before he arrived home.

C. The writer was at home waiting for his friend.

D. The writer would not like to see his friend.

( ) 2. The writer asked his friend to _________.

A. put the key under the door-mat

B. come to his office first

C. go into the house by himself and get something to eat and drink

D. wait for him outside the house

( ) 3. The writer’s friend ___________.

A. found the key and opened the door with it

B. climbed into the writer’s house

C. got into the house when the writer was listening to music

D. thought the living-room was the writer’s

( ) 4. From the story we know __________.

A. the writer’s friend got into a wrong room

B. there is an apple tree in front of the writer’s house

C. the writer didn’t close the window of his living-room when he left home

D. the writer forgot where he had put the key

( ) 5. Which is the best title of the story?

A. A strange telephone call B. The key under the door-mat

C. My old friend and the trouble D. My house and the apple tree

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阅读短文，选择正确答案。

Do you know how to play a game called “Musical Chair”? It is easy to play and

most people enjoy it. All you need are some chairs, some people and some way of making

music. You may use a piano of any other musical instrument, if someone can play it.

You may use a tape-recorder. You can even use a radio. Put the chairs in a row. The chairs may be put in pairs, back to back. A better

way is to have the chairs in one row with each chair facing in the opposite direction

to the chair next to it.

The game is easy. When the music starts, the players walk round the chairs. Every

one goes in the same direction, of course. They should walk in time to the music.

If the music is fast they should walk quickly. If the music is slow, they should