第二次月考练习——语法填空2024-2025学年牛津译林版英语九年级上册

2024-2025学年江苏常州译林九年级上学期英语二次月考练习——语法填空 2023中天实验 Jianzi is a popular game in China. It can be played almost everywhere and anytime. You can play it on your own, in a pair or a group. The aim of the (1) __________ (tradition) game is to try to keep the jianzi in the air with their feet, knees, chest and head, and (2) _________ (get) as many kicks as possible without (3) ___________ (drop) it. Jianzi has (4) _________ long history of over 2,000 years. And it's believed to have come from another ancient Chinese game called Cuju, which was used by soldiers to relax (5) __________ (they) and exercise. Over the years, its popularity has grown. In recent years, Jianzi has been turned (6) __________ a folk leisure (休闲) activity to a serious competitive sport. It has strict rules about a standard jianzi, from the weight to the number of feathers. The jianzi (7) __________ (kick) towards the other side of a net and points are scored when the other team can't return it. The sport (8) __________ (require) some of the goal-shooting skills of football. It is said that jianzi got international attention (9) _________ a Chinese athlete showed it at the Summer Olympics in Berlin in 1936. Jianzi was considered as an interesting sport at that time. (10) __________ (slow), it entered many countries, and was tried by many players. traditional; to get; dropping; a; themselves; into; is kicked; requires; when; Slowly 2023 24中 During the Jin Dynasty (265-420), there was a child named Che Yin. He was smart and loved to read. He grew up in a poor family and couldn’t afford lamp oil to study at night. One night, he saw fireflies (萤火虫) outside his house and came up with (1) __________ idea. He caught some fireflies in a cloth bag and (2) __________ (hang) the bag up as a lamp. It was said that he spent all of his summer nights reading like this. Another child named Sun Kang who lived during the same period also loved reading. One night during winter, Sun used up all of his lamp oil and couldn’t study at night. When he (3) __________ (sudden) woke up at midnight, he saw the snow reflecting the moonlight outside his house. His first thought was “Oh, I can use the reflected light to read!” He took out his books and read, (4) __________, he was freezing cold. Both of the two kids later became (5) __________ (succeed) government officials. People (6) __________ (touch) by their hardworking spirit and their stories inspired (启发) the Chinese idiom “nangying yingxue” (囊萤映雪). In the past, people had a harder time (7) __________ (study) than we do now. They had to copy books (8) __________ hand because books were difficult to get then. For poor families, paper and writing brushes were too expensive to afford. Students even had to travel over mountains and rivers in order to find a good teacher. (9) _________ these conditions did not stop young minds from getting enough (10) __________ (wise). an; hung; suddenly; though; successful; were touched; studying; by; But; wisdom 2023 河海 Nowadays, I do not watch TV much. But when I was a student, I used to watch televisions a lot. I like many TV programmes and watched them often during that time. The TV program that made a strong impression on me was a (1) __________ that I watched on Discovery Channel. The TV program (2) ____________ (call) "The sacrifice of genius" and it was a serial that had around 10 episodes in (3) _________. I watched all of those episodes and enjoyed a lot. This was mainly a documentary serial which emphasized the sacrifice the famous and genius scientists (4) ___________ Marie Curie, Thomas Edison (5) __________ (make) in their life. I remember that I was then in (6) ___________ (three) term of my university years. In our local time, the program was broadcasted at 9:00 pm every Thursday. These stories were presented (7) __________ a fascinating way. I got the impression that I was actually watching those great scientists and their works in person! And I have learned so many things about the lives of these scientists and how they tried to make the world a (8) __________ place. I later searched for more details about those scientists. This program (9) __________ (lead) me to think about in a different point of view. I realize that working hard to bring something important to others can be more meaningful than focusing on our personal achievements. Being wealthy and famous doesn't (10) __________ you are a great person. That was why I decided to become a social worker. documentary; was called; all; like; made; the third; in; better; has led; mean 23前黄 This baby elephant will certainly make you laugh. She is getting her trunk(象鼻) in a twist (扭转) as she tries to steal a phone (1) ___________ her human friend. The elephant, (2) ___________ (call) Uli, was filmed gently rubbing(蹭) her trunk against her friend, Wanda, as he tried to send a message on his phone. Uli then wraps(缠绕) her trunk around the phone several times, (3) ___________ (try) to see what Wanda is busy doing. But after receiving a small (4) ___________ (friend) bite on the hand, Wanda stands firm and gently asks (5) ___________ (she) to go away. The two were filmed at a wildlife sanctuary(保护区) in Indonesia by Ercie Kandou. The 35-year-old cameraman, one of the founders of the sanctuary, said: “During the day, usually after eating or having a rest, Uli likes to come close to the man she knows (6) ___________ (play) with him. “In this video she is curious to see (7) ___________ is in Wanda’s hand and decides to taste it.” ‘‘She tries to grab the phone, (8) ___________ when she realizes she can’t, she bites Wanda’s hand to ask Wanda to play with her.” Uli (9) ___________ (save) along with her mother and several other elephants after being found physically weak and treated (10) ___________ (bad) in a camp used for training elephants. from; called; trying; friendly; her; to play; what; but; was saved; badly 23昕弘 Lionel Messi was born on 24 June 1987. He is a famous soccer player (1) __________ Argentina who plays with FC Barcelona. Messi (2) __________ (admire) in the soccer community for his wonderful dribbling skills (运球技术) and goal scoring. Messi had two older brothers with whom he played soccer. At the age of eight, Messi joined the Newell’s Old Boys soccer club in his town. Unfortunately, three years later he was diagnosed (确诊) with a condition that stunted (抑制) his (3) __________ (grow) and was advised to take the medicine. But this medicine was very expensive. Luckily, when Messi was 13 years old, he was offered a position on the La Masia team. This was an academy for young soccer players. The academy also offered to pay for his medication. With that, Messi and his family moved to Barcelona and Messi started (4) __________ (play) with the academy. Messi is (5) __________ (true) committed to FC Barcelona and his Argentinian National Team as he has only played with them throughout his whole soccer career. When Messi was 16 years old, he became (6) __________ (young) player to score a goal for FC Barcelona. From there, Messi continued to improve his skills. In 2009, Messi contributed greatly to his team winning three (7) __________ (Europe) club titles, all in the same season. These titles were: La Liga Championship, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League title. In that season alone, Messi scored an unbelievable 38 goals in 51 matches. 2012 was a fantastic year for Messi. In March, he scored an incredible(不可思议的) 5 goals in (8) __________ Champions League game and was the first player in the game to do this. A short time later, he broke Cesar Rodriguez’s record of 232 goals. This gave Messi the title of Barcelona’s all-time top scorer. By this time, Messi had won world player of the year four times. In 2022，Lionel Messi had confirmed that FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 might be his last FIFA World Cup game. (9) __________ (luck), he led his team to the final and won the Champion at last. He realized his dream (10) __________ he never gave up. Of course, another reason was the team spirit of his team members. They all hoped to help Messi lift the Cup. Now, his career is complete: He is a World Cup champion. from; is admired; growth; playing; truly; the youngest; European; an; Luckily; because 23清潭 “Ladies, don't let anyone ever tell you're past your prime(黄金期).” said 60-year-old Michelle Yeoh at the Academy Awards ceremony as she received her Best Actress Award. (1)_________ March 12 local time, the Malaysian-born actress made history by becoming the first Asian woman (2)_________ (win) this Oscar award. She defeated great competitors, including two-time winner Cate Blanchett and five-time nominee(候选人)Michelle Williams,for her (3)__________ (wonder) performances in the film Everything Everywhere All at Once(瞬息全宇宙). In the film, she plays an ordinary Asian mother who struggles with daily things but later finds (4)__________(confident) and value in the multiverse(多元宇宙). Yeoh started acting at 22 when she played a bullied girl in her first film, after which she picked (5)__________ harder road and more important roles by becoming an action heroine. In the (6)__________ (high) competitive Hong Kong film industry in the 1980s and 1990s, she fought her way up by doing crazy stunts(特技) by herself --- jumping from bridges. (7)__________ (fly) into the air and crashing through glass. But that's just the start, she didn't just stay in Hong Kong or as an action star. She broke into Hollywood and made more blockbusters(票房大片)as well as artistic movies. Yeoh (8)__________ (respect) for her lengthy career. That's because while most actresses of her age have stopped working (9)__________ all kinds of reasons. she never gave up. Yeoh has faced fewer (10)__________ (act) chances too as she has aged. “It probably was at a time when I thought ‘Hey! Come on. girl. You had a really, really good run.’ Then along came the best gift: Everything Everywhere All at Once.” She said. On; to win; wonderful; confidence; a; highly; flying; is respected; for; acting 23市实验 Do you know anything about Jane Austen? She is one of Britain’s (1) __________ (good) female writers. She was born (2) __________ 16 December 1775. She was the seventh of eight (3) ___________ (child) and never lived apart from her family. (4) __________ (make) them happy on those lonely days, the kids wrote and performed plays. Even as a little girl, Jane (5) ___________ (encourage) to write. As a young woman, Jane enjoyed dancing, and she went to many parties that were held in the great house of the neighborhood. She liked the (6) ___________ (colour) country life very much. At the age of 14, Jane Austen wrote her first novel (7) __________ (success), Leve and Friendship. In her early (8) ___________ (twenty), she began to write her most famous novels-Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey. (9) __________ these books were not published until many years later. Northanger Abbey was not published until 1818—a year after her death. To our (10) ___________ (sad), Jane became very ill while she was still young. She died in her sister’s arms in 1817. It is ridiculous(荒缪的) that none of the books published during her lifetime had her name on them—they were all described as being written "by a lady". best; on; children; To make; was encouraged; colorful; successfully; twenties; But; sadness 23常外 Reading is fun! You can also analyze texts (文本) to learn more from the texts and about the texts. One way you can do this with fiction books, passages, or poems is by (1) _____________(explore) their themes. A theme is a (2) ___________(centre) idea running throughout the text, connecting the characters and events. The writer may express his or her (3) ______________(think) about humanity or a worldview through a theme. Themes can be ideas like friendship, bravery, love, honesty or family. Make sure you know (4) __________the writer is saying. Sometimes, themes are hard to find out. First, the theme may not be able to (5) _____________(include) in just one word like the examples above. There may also be more than one theme in the text. What's more, some themes are not presented in the words (6) ________________(direct). You have to use clues in the texts to find them. To start exploring the theme, first you need to make sure you (7) _______________(read) the whole text. Since themes develop over time, you can't fully understand the underlying themes (8) ____________the end of the text.Then,ask yourself to sum up（概括）the text and try to work out a“big idea”.For example, did many characters resolve problems with their families? If there was only one small problem with a character's family, then "family" might not be the theme of the text. (9) ______________(final), after finding out a "big idea", go through the text to find examples that support this idea.You needn't repeat every detail of the story...a few key examples will be fine. Now you are ready to explore (10) _____________theme of a text! exploring；central；thoughts；what；be included；directly；have read；until；Finally；the 22实验 Confidence is very important in daily life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude. (1) _____________ (study) show that the people who are confident are much (2) ____________ (happy). They can have more chance (3) _____________ (become) successful. But how can we be more confident? Here are some (4) _____________ (suggest). Speak louder. When you are not confident, you can’t do well what you want to do. You speak so low that other people can (5) _____________ (hard) hear you. Try to speak loud enough so that people can hear you clearly. The high voice can help you become more confident. Play sports. Physical exercise makes you tired but completely (6) _____________ (relax). A strong body helps you (7) ______________ (fill) with confidence. Encourage yourself. Write down a list of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh? Give yourself praise for the good things you (8) _____________ (do) before. Get rid of(消除) fear. Fear comes along with failure. But it’s easy to overcome(克服) if you know that failure is part of your life. Don’t hide your head just because you said something stupid (9) ____________ (one). Try to do it from the (10) _____________ (begin) and believe you can do better. Pick up a hobby. If you like singing, sing as much as you can. In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding. And it will make you happy and confident. Studies； happier；to become；suggestions；hardly；relaxed；filled；have done；once；beginning Since 1946, one of (1) _______________ (important) inventions has been the computer. It has been changing all our lives. The first computer (2) ____________ (build) in 1946. It was as large as a room and very difficult and slow (3) ______________ (use). But since the invention of “chip” (芯片), computers (4) _____________ (become) smaller, easier and faster to operate. Some computers are as small as TV sets. Some can even (5) ____________ (make) smaller than (6) ____________ book. And computers are getting smaller and smaller all the time. Who knows (7) ____________ the computers of tomorrow will be like? There are several reasons why the computer is useful to us. First, a lot of information can be put into computers. Second, the computer works very quickly - thousands (8) ____________ times faster than a man and it will not be tired. Third, modern computers can be built into other kinds of machines like (9) ____________ (radio), cars and planes. So today people can spend less time doing (10) ____________ (much) work with a computer. 1. the most important 2. was built 3. to use 4. have become 5. be made 6. a 7. what 8. of 9. radios 10. more Whenever we meet with difficulty or failure, teachers, parents or others often say to us, “Never give up.” These can be encouraging(鼓励的) words. A person should believe in (1) __________(him) and keep trying to be (2) __________ (succeed) no matter how many times he fails. So I believe that we should never give up. One reason is that if we give up too (3) __________ (easy), we (4) __________(achieve) nothing. It is not (5) __________(usual) for us fail in something new, so we should try again. Besides, if we always give up when we fail, we will not be able to grow. Another reason is that we can learn from our mistakes so that we won't make (6) __________ same ones. If we (7) __________(not try) again, the lesson we have leant is wasted. Finally, we should never give up because as we work to reach our goals, we develop confidence, and this confidence can help us succeed (8) _________ other areas of our lives. If we never challenge ourselves, we will begin to doubt our (9) __________ (ability). In short, it is important that we do not give up when (10) __________ (work) for our goals. Whether we succeed in the end or not, we will learn something, and what we learn will help us to become better and more confident. What's more, if we give up, we have no chance of realizing our goals any more, but if we keep making great efforts(努力), there is always a chance that we will succeed one day. himself; successful; easily; will achieve; unusual; the; don’t try; in; abilities; working; Leonardo da Vinci (1452―1519) was an Italian painter, inventor, anatomist, sculptor, geometer, (1) _______________ (music), engineer and scientist. Da Vinci (2) _______________ (bear) in the countryside. From an early age, he showed great (3) _______________ (interested) in artistic things. When he was a child, he as noticed (4) _______________ (draw) all kinds of straight lines, curves, circles, triangles on his paper every day by his teacher. Later, his teacher surprisingly found that his notebooks (5) _______________ (cover) many interesting drawings of flying machines. As he grew older, da Vinci was apprenticed to the artist Verrocchio in Florence. In 1476 Leonardo worked with Verrocchio to paint Baptism of Christ. He painted the angel at the front and the landscape while Verrocchio painted the rest, and finally the difference (6) _______________ the two artists’ work could be seen clearly with Leonardo’s finer brushwork. A legend is that when Verrocchio saw Leonardo’s work, he was (7) _______________ amazed that he decided never to paint again. In 1517, Da Vinci moved to France. A few months before he died, he finished his most famous painting, Monalisa, which is thought to be a big success by the art community. Until now, his (8) _______________ (achievement) have been spoken (9) ______________ (high) of by people from all over the world. He (10) _______________ (consider) as the archetype (原型) of the “Renaissance man” and as a universal genus. musicians；was born；interest；to draw；covered； between；so；achievements；highly；is considered Stephen Hawking’s final fear was that DNA manipulation（操纵）would lead(1)________ a master race of superhumans, it has been revealed（揭示）. The physicist, who(2) ________ (die) in March aged 76, thought the (3) ________(develop) could destroy the rest of humanity. His last prediction is revealed in a new book of his collected articles and the passage (4) ________ (call) Brief Answers to Big Questions. He feared rich people would soon be able(5) ________(change) their children's DNA to improve quality like memory and disease immunity（免疫力）. And he said that (6) ________ (cause) a crisis for the rest of the world even if the government tried to prevent the practise. In (7) ________article published by The Sunday Times, be wrote:"I am sure that during this century people will discover how to modify（调整）both intelligence and instincts（天性）.”. “Laws will (8) ________ (probable) be passed against genetic（基因的）engineering with humans. But some people won’t be able to stop the desire to improve human characteristics, such as memory, diseases and (9) ________ (long) of life. And he said that would cause huge problems for humans who have not experienced the same process, (10) ________(leave) them unable to compete（竞争）. The professor even warned it could lead to the extinction（灭绝）of humanity as we know it. to; died; development; called; to change; would cause; an; probably; length; leaving Imagine (1) __________ (work) in a bank, wearing the same clothes, eating the same breakfast and experiencing a (2) __________ (day) bank robbery. Finally, tired of this (3) ___________ (please) life, you break your routine(惯例). At that time, you find out you are not even a real person, but just an NPC(non-player character) in a video game! This is the story told in the movie Free Guy, which was (4) __________ (success) shown in many countries. (5) _________ Guy is actually an artificial intelligence (人工智能) programme. He begins to have human feelings and minds. Nobody can imagine how much difficulty he has (6) __________ (take) his virtual(虚拟的) life into his own hands and save the world he lives in. The story is simple and the theme is clear, (7) _________ (lead) Guy and viewers to ask the three classic questions: Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? These questions might sound serious. However, Free Guy puts all these into the center of something fresh—video games—and makes it fun to watch. If you go to enjoy it, a fantastic virtual world (8) __________ (see), with scenes and characters that cannot be found in real life. The New York Post calls Free Guy "one of the summer's (9) ___________ (live) movies". It is "not a sequel (续集), not depended (10) _________ comic books and not the worst remakes ever...It is totally original." working; daily; unpleasant; successfully; But; taking; leading; will be seen; liveliest; on 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$