Unit 1 短文填空练习 2023-2024学年鲁教版(五四学制)九年级英语全册

Unit 1　When was it invented 短文填空练习 A Everyone has a hero in his heart. The hero in my heart is Yuan Longping. He is a great Chinese scientist. He is known as “Father of Hybrid Rice. ” Yuan Longping 1. ________(bear) on September 7th，1930. He studied very hard when he was young. 2. ________ graduating(毕业) from college in 1953, he became a teacher in 3. ________ agriculture school. In 1960, Yuan Longping saw many people 4. ________ of hunger, so he made a 5. ________(decide) to do some research into a new kind of rice—hybrid rice. After fifteen years of hard work, Yuan Longping with his students made a great wonder(奇迹) in 1975—feeding nearly 20% of the world's population with 6. ________(little) than 9% of the world's farmland. So far, over 100 countries in Asia, Africa and America have grown hybrid rice. Many people look 7. ________ to Yuan Longping because he spent all his life working for people on the earth. 8. ________ he has been dead, we will never forget him. 9. ________(he) spirit(精神) always encourages us 10. ________(try) our best to serve our motherland. There is no doubt that Yuan Longping is a great hero. B Thomas Alva Edison is one of America's most famous inventors.It is said that he was the 1.________ (one) person to say hello over the telephone.But Edison didn't invent “hello”．As a matter of fact，the greeting had been used around for 2._________ (century) before the invention of the telephone in 1876. In ancient times，people greeted each other with“hallow”，which may have come from the old 3._________ (France) word “hola”． The Americans said “hello” 4.________ each other every day.But “hello” became a way of making contact(联系) after the telephone 5._________ (invent). So，Edison made “hello” a popular greeting and an important part of 6._________ (we) lives.But Alexander Graham Bell，who invented the telephone，7._________ liked “hello” and supported the use of “ahoy”． With the 8.__________ (develop) of the telephone，“hello” became a general greeting v