外研版英语九年级上册短文填空module1-12.doc

九年级上短文填空 Module 1-12
（一）
The Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is one of the ancient 1.___________ in the world.Every year,it attracts millions of 2._________.The Great Wall has a 3.__________ of more than 2,000 years.It is about six 4.__________ kilometres long from east to 5.___________ and is about 7 metres in 6.___________.In many places,it is wide 7.___________ for 10 men to walk side by side on top of it.When you look at the Great Wall,you can’t help thinking how the Chinese people were able to build it 8.____________modern machines.In fact,it 9.___________millions of people more than 10 years to build it,and many people even lost their lives.Today,as a 10.____________ place of interest,the Great Wall is known to people all over the world.

（二）
The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.All Chinese families 1.____________ it.It is always in January or 2._________.It is often cold at this time of the year,but people are 3._________.Family members get 4._________ and then have a big 5._______________.After dinner,people like to 6.________ TV. There is a great Spring Festival Gala on TV every year.
Children have lots of 7._______ this day.Usually our parents get presents 8.________ for us.We always get 9.___________ from our grandparents,parents,aunts and uncles.We like to let off fireworks at night.They are 10.____________ wonderful.

（三）
Peter came from a poor family.His father died when he was five.His
mother had no money to send 1.____________ to school.His mother’s best friend,Mrs Smith,felt that the boy was clever and decided to give him some 2.______________ so he could go to school.When the boy finished high school,he found 3._____ job in the city.
But soon Mrs Smith had a serious illness. As she was dying，she asked Peter to look 4.____________ her daughter.A few years later,Peter married the girl.He loved her so much that he tried to make her 5.____________every day. He cooked lots of delicious food and 6._______________ all kinds of beautiful clothes for her.So she became very fat and found it hard to walk.
One day,she felt uncomfortable.She went to the hospital.The doctor looked her 7._________and told her not to eat meat,sugar,chocolate and other things like that.She was afraid she might forget the doctor’s words,8.__________ she wrote all the names of the food on a piece of paper.
When she got home,she put the list on the table and went out.When she returned home,she found all kinds of meat,sugar and chocolate in the 9._______________.Peter was busy.As 10._______________ as he saw her,he said excitedly,“I’ve bought all the food you wanted,dear!”

（四）
Frank was a teenager living with his father.He had so many family rules that he couldn’t stand,1.___________ he left home.Because he couldn’t find a job,he had to 2.__________ a living by begging.
Years later,his father was old,but he was still 3._________for his son.He had been to every corner of the city.Everywhere he went,he put up a big photo of 4.__________ and Frank on the wall.At the lower part of the photo,he wrote,“I still love you,my dearest son.Please come 5.__________ home!”
One day,Frank saw 6.___________ of the photos.The faces on the photo were familiar to him.“Is that my father?” He thought for a while and decided to go back to see his father.
It was 7.___________ early morning when he got home.The door was not 8._________.He rushed to his father’s bedroom.“It’s me! Your son is back home!”The father and the son held each other,full of happy tears (眼泪) in their 9.__________.The son asked,“Why is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.”The father answered 10.____________ a soft voice.“Because I’m expecting your return.In fact,the door has never been locked since you left.”

（五）
Big Ben is not the name of a man.It is the 1._____________ of a huge clock in London.London is 2._____________ capital of England.This clock has four faces.So,no matter where you 3.____________ you can read the time on the face of Big Ben.Each 4.___________ is the size of a double decker (层) bus.The hands are about four meters 5.__________.It is about the size of two people standing on the top of each other.If you go to London,6.___________ may want to visit the Houses of Parliament (国会大厦).There you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the Houses of Parliament.Maybe you will hear it as well as 7.__________ it.The huge clock makes such a 8.__________ noise.“Ding dong,ding dong,” it goes every quarter of an hour.The clock was named 9.__________ a big man.He was Sir Benjamin Hall.This man did much building work in London many years 10.___________.

（六）
In a national spelling competition, 1.__________
11-year-old girl,Sara,was asked to spell a word.But because of her low voice,the judges (裁判) were not sure if the girl spelled the word 2.____________B or D.They asked her to repeat what she said.By then,Sara realized that she has made a mistake.Instead of 3.___________a lie,she told them that she said the wrong letter.As a 4.__________,she lost the competition. As the girl 5._____________ back to her seat,all the people stood up and cheered for what she said.She smiled.Many newspapers 6._____________the girl’s story the next day.In fact,she won great respect from others 7.____________she was honest.The young girl could simply tell a lie and nobody would find it out except 8.____________.But she was brave enough to tell the 9._____________.She made the right choice. It’s true that the choices we make today will decide what we are like tomorrow.Our children will follow us.So if you want them to grow up to be 10.___________,we must show them that we are honest ourselves.

（七）
There was a small boy on a farm.He had to 1.__________ up before the sunrise every morning to start his work on the farm.At sunrise he could 2___________ a house with golden windows far away from the farm.He thought how great it would be to live there！He then promised to 3.___________， “Someday I will go there and see that wonderful place.”
Then one morning he got a chance.He took a sandwich and started walking to the house 4.______________ the golden windows.He walked 5.__________ long time and in the afternoon he got close to the house.But he saw 6._________ golden windows.There was a very old house.He went to the door and 7.___________. A small boy of his age opened the door.He asked him 8.____________ he knew where the house with the golden windows
was.The boy said， “Sure I know！” and invited him to sit in 9._____________ of the door.As he sat there he looked back where he just came.He saw the sunset (日落) made the 10._________________ of his home golden.

（八）
Everyone in our school loves sports.Every morning after we 1._________ up, we do morning exercises. After the second class we do exercises again.We only have 2 classes twice a 2.__________,but we do physical training 3._________five every afternoon.The most popular sport is basketball.The boys enjoy playing it and many of the girls like it,4._________.Another popular sport is football and in every class 5.__________ are a lot of football 6._________. Volleyball is often played when the weather is 7.___________. We have school teams in basketball,football and volleyball.Our teams often have friendship matches 8.________ teams from other schools.9.________ there is a match,many of us go to watch it and cheer for our school team.
Besides ball games,some of us like track-and-field events (田径项目),and we often practice running,jumping and throwing.Every term we have tests in these events and once a year we hold a sports meeting.Sports help us to keep 10._________. I’m sure you will love sports.

（九）
It’s 7:45 in the morning,and 26-year-old Steve Clarkson is going to work.He 1.___________ on his jacket,and picks up his mobile phone and laptop (笔记本电脑).As he leaves the house,he turns on his MP3 player 2.__________ puts on his headphone.He is ready to go.
Today,for millions 3.____________ people,gadgets (小配件) like Clarkson’s are a normal part of life.“I’m a reporter for a magazine,and I’m usually not in the office.My mobile phone and laptop help me to do my work 4.__________on the road and at home,” says Clarkson.Today many people can check e-mails,send 5.__________,or surf the Web,using 6.____________ mobile phones.
Tina Fang is studying photography in New York City.“Some of these gadgets are expensive,but they can 7.__________ your money in the long run.
I have a digital camera.I can use it to take eighty pictures and shoot videos (record an image onto the video) at the 8._________ time.I listen to 9.____________ on my MP3 player,and I can download and 10.___________ books on it,too.I use the camera and MP3 for both learning and having fun.”

（十）
Last summer I went to 1._________ by plane with my family.There we went on a 2._________ride across the desert.My horse that I rode was 3.___________and it kept lying down.4.__________funny it was!Then we went to see the interesting 5._________like camels and 6.___________.Also we visited our relatives (亲戚) there.They served us 7.____________ delicious beef and ham.We 8.___________games together.They played Australian football very well.Most Australians live near the 9.__________,so they love surfing.We got used to the lifestyle at once.We had 10.____________really good time there.

调研提纲：

情感性手工艺品。不少人把自制的手机挂坠作为礼物送给亲人朋友，不仅特别，还很有心思。每逢情人节、母亲节等节假日，顾客特别多。

（十一）
I’m sending you the photos you asked for.First you’ll find a photo of the house I’m 1.___________ in.It’s a very typical English house.You don’t see many blocks of flats in England.The English 2.___________ houses to flats.Sometimes you see 3._________ of houses and they are all 4.__________ the same.
I enclose some pictures of the family I’m staying with.You can see Sandy and Sue (the children I told you in my 5._________ letter),Mr and Mrs Clark.They have all become very good friends of 6.___________.There are some pictures of the garden,too.Every English house has a small garden.The English people work very 7.__________in their gardens.Mr Clark has a8.___________lawn and lots of rose bushes and he grows all his 9.____________.

因为是连锁店，老板的“野心”是开到便利店那样随处可见。所以办了积分卡，方便女孩子到任何一家“漂亮女生”购物，以求便宜再便宜。 Everything is so green in England.Mr Clark rarely has to water the garden because it

就算你买手工艺品来送给朋友也是一份意义非凡的绝佳礼品哦。而这一份礼物于在工艺品店买的现成的礼品相比，就有价值意义，虽然它的成本比较低但它毕竟它是你花心血花时间去完成的。就像现在最流行的针织围巾，为何会如此深得人心，更有人称它为温暖牌绝大部分多是因为这个原因哦。而且还可以锻炼你的动手能力，不仅实用还有很大的装饰功用哦。10.__________so often here!When it rains,my English friends say,“Nice weather—for the ducks!”

“碧芝”隶属于加拿大的ｂｅａｄｗｏｒｋｓ公司。这家公司原先从事首饰加工业，自助首饰的风行也自西方，随着人工饰品的欣欣向荣，自制饰品越来越受到了人们的认同。１９９６年'碧芝自制饰品店'在迪美购物中心开张，这里地理位置十分优越，交通四八达，由于是市中心，汇集了来自各地的游客和时尚人群，不用担心客流量问题。迪美有３００多家商铺，不包括柜台，现在这个商铺的位置还是比较合适的，位于中心地带，左边出口的自动扶梯直接通向地面，从正对着的旋转式楼拾阶而上就是人民广场中央，周边４、５条地下通道都交汇于此，从自家店铺门口经过的９０％的顾客会因为好奇而进看一下。 I’ll write to you again soon.

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（四）DIY手工艺品的“个性化”（十二）

3、竞争对手分析 Waste can be seen everywhere in the school.Some students ask for 1.________food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they 2.____________ the classroom.They say they can afford these things.But I don’t 3.___________ with them.
Waste can bring a lot of problems.Although China is rich in 4.__________resources (资源),
we are short of (缺乏) others,for example,coal.It is reported that we will have no coal (煤) 5.____________ oil to use in 100 years.So if we go on wasting our resources,what can we use in the 6.___________ and where can we move? Think about it.I think we should say no to the students who waste things 7.___________ day.Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.
In our everyday life, we can do many 8.___________ to prevent waste from happening,for example,turn off the water taps (水龙头) when we 9.____________ washing,turn off the lights when we leave the classroom,try not to order more food than we need,and so on.Little by little,everything will be changed.10.____________ can be stopped one day,if we do our best.

虽然调查显示我们的创意计划有很大的发展空间，但是各种如“漂亮女生”和“碧芝”等连锁饰品店在不久的将来将对我们的创意小屋会产生很大的威胁。

大学生个性化消费增多是一种趋势。当前社会、经济飞速发展，各种新的消费品不断增多，流行文化时尚飞速变化，处于校园与社会两者之间的大学生肯定会受影响。目前在大学校园，电脑、手机、CD、MP3、录音笔被称为大学生的“五件武器”。除了实用，这也是一种 表明自己生活优越的炫耀性的东西。现下很大一部分大学生中的“负债消费”表现的典型的超前享乐和及时行乐——其消费项目多半是用于奢侈浪费的非必要生活消耗。如举办生日宴会、打网球、保龄球、上舞厅跳舞、进夜总会唱“卡拉ＯＫ”等。“负债消费”使很多学生耽于物欲，发展严重者轻则引起经济纠纷，动武斗殴，影响同窗友谊，重则引发犯罪事件，于社会治安不利。