Unit 2 拓展训练2022-2023学年人教版英语九年级全册

英语练习（三） 语法填空 A Friendship Day is a great day for celebrating friendship. It falls 1.________ the first Sunday of August every year. 2.________(celebrate) the festival was first started by the USA in 1935. But now this doesn't only happen in the USA. People in other countries are interested in it, 3.________． The 4.________(tradition) celebrations include activities such 5.________ meeting friends and exchanging cards, flowers and 6.________(gift). Some people may have parties with their friends. Some may have lunch or dinner together. 7.________(other) may hang out 8.________ go to the movies with friends on this special day. These are popular among all age groups from teenagers to old people. 9．________ Friendship Day and its celebrations may have changed over the years, the basic idea behind the festival remains the same. People enjoy the moment they spend together and express love and care 10.________ their friends. B Once there lived a rich merchant(商人) and a poor shoemaker in the same house. The merchant lived on the second floor, while the shoemaker lived and worked in a small room on the first floor. The shoemaker was one of the 1.　　(happy) persons on the earth. He worked from morning to night, singing happily. Though his business was not big, he was quite 2.　　　　(satisfy).  The merchant hardly knew how much money he had. He was always counting his money at night.,even in bed. His worry about his money kept him 3.　　　　(wake). One night when he had been asleep for an hour or two, came the song of the happy shoemaker, who often got up early. It continued all day . Day by day the merchant grew more and more tired. He asked a wise friend 4.　　　 he could put an end to the shoemaker’s song. “Well, if I were you, I would give the shoemaker a hundred pounds”, answered his friend. “You are rich enough to do that.So there is nothing to do 5.　　　　simply give him the money.” The merchant accepted the advice.  When the shoemaker opened the bag from the merchant, he was