Unit 8 Detective stories寒假巧练习 —2023-2024学年牛津译林版九年级英语上册

（8）Unit 8 Detective stories—2023-2024学年九年级英语牛津译林版寒假巧练习 一、单项选择 从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。 1.A young man _____ at 8 p.m. last Sunday. A. is murdered B. murdered C. was murdered D. was murdering 2.My pen _____. I have looked for it everywhere but still _____ it. A. got lost; don't find B. is missing; don't find C. has got lost; haven't found D. is missing; haven't found 3.Jack was doing his homework when the rain began to beat heavily _____ the windows. A. against B. across C. above D. below 4.—Hey, Anna. Would you like to see The White Storm with me? —You mean, the new police story _____ was filmed by Chen Musheng? A. who B. what C. whose D. which 5.When he got home last night, he _____ his wife lying on the floor, _____. A. was finding; died B. found; died C. found; dead D. was finding; dead 6.—That young man must have something to do with the crime, right? —_____, though he insisted he hadn't done anything against the law. A. I don't agree B. I suppose so C. I don't think so D. He supposes so 7.—Where would you like to go this Mid-Autumn Festival? —I'd like to go _____. A. everywhere relaxing B. somewhere relaxing C. peaceful anywhere D. peaceful somewhere 8.The Red Cross _____ the homeless in Yushu _____food and tents. A. considered; as B. offered; for C. divided; into D. provided; with 9.—What do you think of Simon? —Well, I find it hard to _____ him. A. get along with B. get through C. get to D. get across 10.The criminal is guilty _____ the robbery. He is charged_____ robbing the bank. A. of; with B. with; of C. for; of D. of; for 二、阅读理解 阅读下列文本，选出最佳选项。 When the Great Library of Alexandria was burned, the story goes, and one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book, and a poor man got it. The book wasn't very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum(羊皮纸) on which was written the secret of the "Touchstone". The touchstone was a small pebble(鹅卵石) that could turn any common metal into pure gold. T