新目标英语九年级短文填空(有答案).doc

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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.

1.good 2.two 3. may 4.sand 5.strong 6. stay up 7. afraid 8.houses 9.now 10.if 　　
【剖析】　　
这是一篇科普类文章，要求选填的词汇都是浅显易懂的常用词，且都是《大纲》范围内的词汇。因此，学生要通读全文，了解大意。只要能够理解文章上下的内容，对短文语境中有用的信息进行分析、推敲、结合整篇，就可以确定所需词汇。值得注意的是，题目提供的词中有两组形容词、副词的同根词，这就要求我们既要明白文章的意思，还得善用所学的综合知识。 　　
第1题选good。依句型这里需要形容词，看全文应是 “好”。
第2题选two。文章一开始就说，我们虽然不能阻止地震，但可以采取措施减少地震对城市的破坏程度。如果那样的话，那么在地球板块与板块交界的地方建造房屋肯定不是好办法。 （这是一个跨学科的问题，世界上已经发生的地震多数发生在地球板块与板块交界的地方，科学家们称之为地震带。 由此可见，要学好英语，还要学好其他学科。）
第3题选 may。在这里表示猜测、假设，意思是“可能”。
第4题选 sand 。 “沙地”与前面的rocks 一词对应。这句话是说，如果你认为某个地方可能要发生地震，最好是将房屋建筑在地质比较坚硬的地带，而不能建在地质松的地带。 比如像沙漠这样的地带就不能建造房屋。
第5题选strong 。除地质条件外，将房屋建得strong“牢固”些，也是减轻地震灾害的一项重要措施。
第6题选stay up 。在这里是“站立、矗立”的意思，与前面的 fall down 一词相对应。
第7题选afraid。因为旧金山这个城市就建在太平洋板块与美洲大陆板块交界的地带（环太平洋地震带），所以说科学家们感到担心、害怕。
第8题选houses。科学家们之所以感到担心和害怕，是因为那里的人还在那里建造房屋，这正好与前面说的减轻地震灾害的方法相反。
第9题选now 。与前面的1906年相对比。
第10题选if 。文章最后小结提出假设：旧金山如果依旧那样的话，一旦有一天发生地震，后果将不堪设想。

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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.

1.brought 2.mended 3. forgot 4. beside 5.picked 6. stopped 7. mine 8.each 9. same 10. lucky　　
【剖析】这是一篇伞店老板Mr Brown在火车上发生的故事，是叙述类文章。要求填的词汇都是《大纲》范围内的词汇，因此难度不是很大。学生应在短文语境中对有用的信息进行推敲，结合整篇文章的内容，确定所需词汇。通读全文，了解大意。再读全文，确定所需词的词义、词性和词形。
第1题需要动词，因为该句无谓语，意思是“带来”或“给”，所以选brought。
第2题需要动词，由于该句是被动语态，意思是“被修理”，选mended。
第3题为动词，由空前主语和空后的动词不定式决定，根据下文判断意思是“忘记”，选forgot。
第4题选介词。由语境决定的，意思是“在座位旁边”，选beside。
第5题选动词，意思是“拾起”，恰好是词组pick up,故事发生在过去，所以选picked。
第6题选动词，由于句子是被动语态，选stopped。
第7题选名词性物主代词，由于句子是主系表结构，意思是“我的”，选mine。
第8题选代词，由后面的of结构决定的，指“每一”或者“全部”，选词中没有提供all；所以选each 。
第9题选形容词，由于它修饰的是名词，指“相同的”，选same。
第10题选形容词，由于它修饰的是名词，指“幸运的或好的”，选lucky。

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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.”

1. called 2.didn’t speak 3. and 4.idea 5. what 6.quietly 7.garden 8.heard 9.do 10. eaten 　　
1．  此题选called 。 根据第一段讲的“一个农夫在河对岸看到一个老人在种什么东西”推理， 当他想问河对岸这位老人在种什么时，就得大声喊 “called out”。
2．  这题选 didn’t speak。因为从下文可知这位老人并没有立刻回答。
3．  这里需要并列连词，选 and。由上文得知老人没有急于回答，而是让他游过来，再告诉他。
4．  利用排除法，结合上下文的意思，可知此题选 idea
5．从上下文的意思及句子结构，可知此题选 what。
6．从后面的in his ear ,可知说话的声音应该是悄悄地, 所以选 quietly。
7．从上下文可判断应是在garden里种东西。
8．从这个农夫前一句话有 shouted 一词也知后面为“听”的意思，表示听的结果应为heard。
9． 根据上下文的意思，“我不能那样做”选 do 。
10．此话表示如果我大声说话，麻雀会听到的，那么它就会来吃我的豌豆，虚拟语气， 选 eaten 。

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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. ”

1.outside 2.for 3. so 4. lost 5. anybody 6.strong 7. well 9. clever 8. happier 10. telephone
1.       从上下文可看出猫在外面，因此选outside。
2.       “look for寻找”是固定搭配 ， 所以选for。
3.       从上下文判断表因果, 所以选so。
4.       从上下文判断找不到猫，所以是丢了lost。
5.       在疑问句中应用不定代词anybody 。
6.       猫是一种生命力非常强的动物，所以选strong。
7.       表示身体好当用 well 。
8.       从上下文可以知道， Mrs. Andrews 听了警察安慰她的话后，感觉好些了，所以选happier 。
9.       从后面一句的 “She almost talks”可推断出她的猫clever 。
10.   联系上下文，Mrs. Andrews在打xx，所以警察让她放下xxtelephone。

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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.
These are shown ways to send messages. Can you think of more 10. __

1 heard 2. tell 3. guard 4. other 5. drum 6. more 7 . flew 8. army 9. with 10.ways　　
1. 他“听到”马朝这边跑来的声音，故选 heard。
2. 他跑去 “告诉”他的人民，故选tell。
3. 符合上下文要求，应该是放哨的人guard。
4. “其他”国家的不特指，other。
5. 通过鼓来传递信号，drums。
6. “更何况，更不用说 much more ”是固定搭配，所以选 more。
7. 常理，鸽子应是“飞” 回来的，所以此题选flew。
8. 根据士兵应属军队，这一题选army。
9. 表示伴随，应用“带着with” 。
10.根据上文，推断这里是问，“你能想出更多的‘方法’吗？”，所以选 ways。

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Light travels at a speed(速度) which is about a million times 1 . ________ than that of sound. 2. ________ one second, light travels about 300,000 kilometers, but sound travels only 340 meters. You can get some idea of this difference by 3. ________ the start of a running match. If you stand far away from the starter(发令员), you can see smoke 4.________ from his gun 5.________ the sound reaches your ears.
The fast speed of light produces some strange facts. The nearest star is 6. ________ far away that light which you can see from it tonight started to travel to you four years 7. ________ at a speed of nearly two million kilometers every minute. The light from some of tonight’s started on 8. ________ journey towards you even before you were born.
So, if we want to be honest(诚实), we 9. ________ say , “ The stars are shining brightly tonight.” We have to say, “ The stars look nice. They were 10. ________ four years ago but their light has just reached our earth. ”

1.faster 2.In 3. watching 4. e 5. before 6. so 7. ago 8. its 9. cannot 10. shining　
1．  因为光的速度比声快，显然“than之前应该用比较级，所以选faster。
2．  承接上文，这里应该用“在 内”，选。
3．  介词后应接动名词，表示观看比赛应用 watch , 所以选watching。
4．  see后跟不带to 的不等式，做宾语的补足语，即see sb. do 结构, 因此，选e 。
5．  发令枪响时，在远处观看的人，先看到的是火光和烟，紧接着听到的才是枪声。选before 。
6．  引导一个表结果的状语从句。 “如此 … … 以致于 so… that ” ，下文有that 所以这里应该用so。
7．  由上下文判断这里应选 ago。
8．  “开始… … 的旅程 on one’s journey ” 是固定搭配，选 its 。
9．  上文已告诉我们：有的星球离我们太远，它们的光线到达我们地球需要几年的时间。因而从科学的角度讲，我们不能说“今夜星光灿烂”。选 cannot 。
10根据上文可知，我们现在看到的光是几年前的发出的，应选shining。

( 7 )
A man was sitting in the doctor’s office. He was telling the doctor about his 1 . ________ .
“I like football, Doctor.” He said, “ Please help me. My life has 2. ________ been a good one since I became 3. ________ in football and it is getting worse and worse. I can’t even 4.________ from it in my sleep. When I close my 5.________, I’m out there in the football field and 6. ________ after a flying ball. When I wake up, I’m more 7. ________than I was before I went to bed. What am I going to do? ”
The doctor sat back and said, “ First of all, you 8. ________ to do your best not to dream(做梦) about football. Before you fall asleep, try to 9. ________about something else. Try to think that you are at a party and someone is going to give you several million dollars.”
“ Are you crazy (疯了) ?” the man shouted, “ I’ll 10. ________ the ball !”

1．  problem 2.never 3. interested 4.get away 5.eyes 6. running 7.tired 8.have 9.think 10.miss　　

( 8 )
You may think there is nothing but sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert we can 1._______ stones. We can see hills, too. There is a little rain in the 2.________, but it is not 3. ______ for most plants.
The animals are 4. _______ to the desert people in many ways. The desert people eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use their skins to 5. ________ shoes, water bags and even tents(帐篷). They use the camels(骆驼) for 6. _______ things.
The people of the desert have to keep 7. _______ from places to place. They must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in the tents. When there is mo more food for their animals, they take down their tents, put them on the camels and move to 8. _______ place. The desert people are very 9. _______. No man in the desert would ever refuse to help the people in 10._______ and give them food and water.
1.find 2.desert 3.enough 4.useful 5.make 6. carrying 7. moving 8. another 9.friendly 10.trouble

( 9 )
The world of the out-of doors is full of secrets. And 1. ________ are so interesting that quite a lot of people are busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about 2.________ they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be.
Do you know that one of the great presidents of the 　　United States　　 3 ________ hours and hours studying birds? A businessman who lives near New York City became so interested in insects(昆虫) that he began to collect them. He now has more than one thousand different kinds 4. ________ kept in the glass boxes.
e then with me, and I will help you find some of Nature’s secrets. Let us go quietly through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is danger. We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for 5. ________ sleep. We shall watch bees 6. ________ in the air to let other bees know where they can find food. I will 7.________ you many other interesting things, but the 8. ________ thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears 9.________ when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets 10.________ to people who look and listen carefully.

1.they 2. how 3. spent 4. carefully 5. winter 6. dancing 7. show 8. best 9. open 10. only

( 10 )　　
Mr Hill arrives at 　　London　 　Airport　　, at the end of a three-week holiday in 1. ________. Usually he wears a beard(蓄着胡须). Since it has been 2.________ there, he has taken it off (剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his 3. ________.
An officer looks at the 4. ________for a moment, and says，"Will you excuse me? Please sit down. I shan't keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second 5.________,
and says: "I know that face." The second officer looks at the 6. ________ and asks where Mr Hill has e from. When he hears that Mr Hill has arrived back from 　Paris　, the 7.________ officer smiles and says: "An Englishman with a beard stole a painting in 　　Paris　　 on Friday, And that man looks just the kind of man..."
8.________ it es to the first officer who Mr Hill is. He returns to him, and asks: "Did you
9. ________ at the No.2. High School?" When Mr Hill answers, 10. ________, that he did, the first officer smiles and says: "I thought so. I'm Jack Smith. You taught me French. You haven't changed a bit."　　

1.　　France　　 2.hot 3. beard 4. photo 5. office 6. passport 7. second 8. Suddenly 9. teach 10. in surprise　　
( 11 )
Thomas Edison was a great American 1.________ . When he was a child, he was always 2.________ questions and trying out new ideas. No matter 3.________ hard it was, he never gave up.
Young Tom was in school for only three months. His teacher didn’t understand why he had 4.________ many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teacher didn’t want to teach Tom any 5.________ . He asked Tom’s mother to take the boy home. Tom’s mother taught him to read and write, and she found him 6.________ a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became very 7.________ in science.
One day , he saw a little boy 8.________ on the railway tracks at a station. A train was ing near quiclly, and the boy was too frightened to move. 　Edison　 rushed out and carried the boy to 9 .________. The boy’s father was so 10.________ that he taught 　Edison　 to send messages by telegraph.

1.inventor 2. asking 3.how 4.so 5. more 6.to be 7.interested 8.playing 9. safety 10.thankful　　

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"Dreams (梦 ) may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream," some scientists say.
Dreams take up about one quarter of our 1 .________ time. People have several
2. ________each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are 3. ________ old films. They e to us over and over 4. ________. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.
Some people get new ideas 5. ________ their work from dreams. They may have been 6. ________ about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.
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