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九年级 Units 9~10
一、单项填空
1.(2021·湖北咸宁模拟)—What makes you ________ we're going to sell the house?
—I hear that you've got a job abroad.
A.doubt B.wonder C.promise D.suppose
2.(2021·河北石家庄一模)I'm sure Cindy will make it to the hotel. She has a good ________ of directions.
A.idea B.feeling C.experience D.sense
3.(2022·原创)Light music is thought to be very ________. It's always soft and pleasant to listen to.
A.smooth B.noisy C.loud D.serious
4.(2021·江西高安期末)—Tony is really a polite boy.
—Sure. He always ________ well.
A.behaves B.remains C.learns D.develops
5.(2021·重庆南开中学阶段测试)—Did Andy win the National Physics Competition?
—Of course. No one knows the answer to the last question ________ him.
A.besides B.except C.against D.beside
二、完形填空
(2021·江西高安期末)Xian Xinghai was a very famous musician in China. He wrote one of the greatest pieces of music of the 20th century. In his short life he wrote 1 300 songs and an opera.
Xian was born in Panyu, Guangdong, China in 1905. Because his father died before he was born, Xian moved from place to place with 2 mother. He began learning to play the 3 when he was 20 years old. In the beginning, his violin was 4 cheap and badly made that he 5 not play it well. His friends laughed at him. Xian did not stop 6 and soon showed his talent. In 1934, he was one of the first Chinese students 7 studied in a special music school in Paris. Before he 8 , Xian became the school's best student 9 won several prizes for his talents.
In 1935, he returned to China and helped fight against the Japanese army. Later, he came to Yan'an to 10 music at a college. 11 there were no pianos in Yan'an at that time, Xian still wrote 12 of his most important music there, including The Yellow River, his most famous work.
In May 1940, Xian was 13 to the Soviet Union by the Chinese Communist Party to write music for movies. In the Soviet Union, life was very 14 . Xian got sick and later died of a lung i