专项05 短文填空专项练---2022-2023学年九年级英语上学期期中复习（人教新目标）

专项05 短文填空 ---2022-2023学年九年级英语上学期期中复习 一、短文首字母填空 (一) （2021·天津·九年级期中） 根据短文内容及首字母提示, 填写所缺单词, 使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。 Not long ago, I made up my mind to read a lot of books to get more knowledge. So I went to the library and returned h____1____ with several books. But after a few days, I felt impatient. The i____2____ of finishing all of them seemed impossible, because I always found it h____3____to calm down to read a whole book. I didn’t know how to deal with it. Then s____4____ one day I thought of “Why not make reading fun?” It g____5____ me hope again.   Reading is a journey of spirit. Every time we read a book, we are actually t____6____ with the writer. I tried to put all my efforts（努力）into his or her books, s____7____ I could feel all of his or her happiness and suffering. Now books have become a part of my life. See? Attitudes（态度）can make a great d____8____. Someone once said, “Even though the situation（情况）is bad, people still have freedom to c____9____ their attitudes. ” So, don’t complain about your study or work; it h____10____ nothing. Try to see things from a different way. Believe me, this will change the situation and help you a lot. (二) （2021·湖北·武汉东湖九年级期中） 阅读下面短文，在空白处写出各单词的正确形式，单词的第一个字母已给出。 In the future, the world’s cooks may be using wooden knives. This may seem a little strange, but scientists have c____11____ a wooden knife. It is three times sharper than the steel knives we use. The scientists are from the University of Maryland. Researcher Teng Li said wooden knives would add to the n____12____ of wooden tools we use in kitchens across the world. He said, “In our kitchen, we have many wooden things that we use for a very long time, like a cutting board, c____13____, or a rolling pin (擀面杖). These new knives can also be used many t____14____ if they are polished and sharpened.” The scientists improved the strength of their wood by i____15____ the cellulose (纤维素) it has. Cellulose is the m____16____ constituent (成分) of wood. It has a higher strength than st