课时14九年级（全）Units 3-4

Ⅰ.语法与情景对话

1.Bill was a/an ____________ who interviewed the football players in Rio 2016 Olympics. A. guest

B. reporter

C. tourist

D. engineer

2.My little brother is very____________ , so he often makes mistakes. A.careful B.careless

C. happy

D. unhappy

3.John is really a dark horse. Nobody ____________ him to go so far. A. wanted B. encouraged

C. expected

D. hoped

4.［2017昆明］—Did you do anything interesting last Sunday? —Not really. I just ____________ at home. A. stay

B. stayed

C. will stay

D. am staying

5.［2017长沙改编］—Philips, ____________ you make so much noise when your little sister is sleeping?

—Sorry, Mum. I’ll stop right away. A.can

B. may

C.must

D. need

6.［2017呼和浩特］—Oh, my God! I ____________you were in Beijing, too! When did you come? —I have lived in Beijing since 2015.

A. don’t know B. didn’t know C.haven’t known D. wasn’t known

7.［2017黔东南］If it doesn’t rain this weekend,we a picnic in the Jinquan Park. A. have B. will have C. have had D. had

8.It is very important to ____________our thoughts when we have disagreements with others. A. explore B. express C. exercise D. speak

9.Grandma is rather deaf, so you must read the newspaper ____________ to her. A. quietly B. aloud C. quickly D. hardly Ⅱ.完形填空

Once there was a lovely vegetable field with a very big tree in it. Both the vegetables and the tree made the garden look wonderful.

In fact, the vegetables couldn’t get on well with the 1 . The vegetables disliked the tree because they thought the tree didn’t leave them enough 2 by covering them with its thick leaves, while the tree thought that the vegetables drank nearly all the water before it could reach him.

The situation became worse and worse. One day the vegetables decided to 3 all the water in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree fought back by 4 to offer the vegetables shade (树荫). Soon they both began to dry up under the hot sun.

Neither of them expected that the gardener would stop watering his vegetable field because he thought it was 5 to save the vegetables. When the gardener did that, the tree and the vegetables really felt how 6 they were. There seemed to be no way to solve the problem. Then a small pumpkin 7 to do something to change the situation. The small pumpkin did all he could to grow 8 there was little water and it was too hot.

9 , the gardener noticed the growing pumpkin among the dying vegetables. Therefore, he started to water the field again because he still wanted to make a(n) 10 to get the beautiful pumpkin. At the same time, the tree and the vegetables were saved. Since then, they realized that it was better to help each other than to fight, and they lived in harmony with other plants.

1.A. flower B. gardener C. tree 2.A. light B. water C.air 3.A. look up B. use up 4.A. picking B. growing 5.A. hopeless

C.pick up

D. pumpkin

D.wind D.put up

D. refusing D. necessary

C.planting C.hopeful

B. important

6.A. angry B. hungry 7.A. watched B. knew 8.A. unless B. though 9.A. Finally B.Hardly 10. A. decision Ⅲ. 阅读理解

C.thirsty C.asked

D. comfortable D. decided D. if D. Probably

D. chance

C.because

C. Easily

B. idea C. effort

An elephant and a monkey were arguing.

“Look, how big and strong I am!” The elephant said.

The monkey disagreed, “Look, how fast I can run and climb! Can you?”

At last they asked a wise tiger, “Which is better—to be strong or to be quick?” The tiger said, “Go across the river and pick the fruit on that tree for me, then I can tell.” So they went to the river, but the water ran fast and the monkey was afraid.

“Get on my back,” said the elephant proudly, “I shall carry you.”

Soon they crossed the river. There stood under the tree. But the fruit was too high for the elephant to reach. He also tried to pull the tree down, but failed.

“Don’t worry.” The monkey climbed quickly up the tree, and picked the fruit.

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Then they returned and gave the tiger the fruit. “Which is better—to be strong or to be quick?”

The tiger smiled, “Neither of you could get the fruit alone. It took both the elephant’s strength and the monkey’s quickness to get it.” 1.The elephant and the monkey argued about ____________. A. who could climb faster B. whose skill was better C. how to be stronger D. where to pick the fruit

2.The monkey was afraid of ____________.

A. the fruit B. the elephant C. the tiger D. the water 3.Why couldn’t the elephant get the fruit? A. Because the elephant was ill. B. Because the tree was not strong. C. Because the monkey was fast. D. Because the fruit was too high.

4.What did the monkey think of his quickness? A. Angry.B. Proud. C. Afraid. D. Nervous.

5.How did the monkey and the elephant finally get the fruit? A. By working together.

B. By pulling down the tree. C. By arguing with friends. D. By asking the tiger for. Ⅳ.任务型完形填空

Passage 1［2017随州改编］

down, another, fast, using, easy, one, if, be, improve, pronunciation

Are you facing problems in learning English? If so, the following two ways will help

you to learn it more 1.____________ and with more fun!

“I download English songs from the Internet.It has really 2. ____________my

listening.What’s more, I am happier when I study in this way,”said one junior student. Listening to your favourite English songs 3. ____________actually an effective way.Before

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you listen,you can read 4.____________ and find out what the song is about.While listening, pick some useful words or phrases.A dictionary may also be helpful 5. ____________necessary.

Watching a movie is 6.____________ good and interesting way.“It is wonderful to watch movies, and it can help your English a lot!”said a junior three student.“You can also imitate the 7.____________ of the actors.”So choose your favourite movie before watching.Then have paper and a pen ready as you may want to write 8.____________ useful words or phrases.In this way,you can increase the number of words and know the dialogs better.

Enjoy 9.____________ the two ways, and you are sure to learn 10.____________ and do

better!

Passage 2

clear, hurt, you, fallen, should, city, safe, build, one, stay

Many earthquakes happen every year. Some of these earthquakes are very strong. When

they happen in 1.____________, they can be very serious. Many people will 2.____________ or die in the earthquakes. Knowing some ways to protect 3. ____________will help to keep you safe in the earthquake.

If you are indoors when the earthquake happens, the 4.____________ place is under a strong table or desk. Remember to protect your head and neck with your arms. 5. ____________away from windows, tall furniture and pictures or anything that may fall on you. Do not try to run out of the 6.____________.

If you are out of doors, move to much 7.____________ areas. Get away from buildings and trees. Be very careful of 8.____________ power lines (电线）.

The danger is not over when the strong shaking stops. There will be some shocks after

most earthquakes. We call them aftershocks and they sometimes can be more dangerous than the 9.____________ earthquake.

When it is safe for you to move around, check the people near you. Some may need help. You may feel afraid, but you 10.____________ try to stay calm. That is the most important thing to do in the earthquake.

Ⅴ.任务型阅读理解［2017黄石改编］

Smart phones with cameras that can take selfies (自拍) have become popular. We can now take every moment of our life and share it with the world through the Internet. However, some believe that taking a selfie is causing people to take risks that sometimes cause death! ①for a while, though, the problem of, taking selfies, has been known(,) it became worse and had to be dealt with on September 21st, following the death of Freak, who was trying to

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