Unit 11 Sad movies make me cry.过关练习测 -2025-2026学年人教版（2012）英语九年级全册

Unit 11 Sad movies make me cry.过关练习测

一、完形填空。

第一节：阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

Sometimes homework can put you in a bad mood, but some scientists said that might be a good thing. Recently, a new study has shown that 1 too happy can sometimes hurt your learning performance.

Some researchers wanted to know 2 moods would affect the way that students learn or not. So they decided to do a study on it. In the study, they 3 each child 20 problems. In each problem a small shape was hidden inside a different, larger shape. The children were asked to find 4 small shape while they were listening to either happy or sad music.

To measure (测量) 5 moods, the researchers asked the children to point to one of the five faces, from laughing 6 crying. Children who listened to happy music pointed to the smiling faces, showing that they felt 7 . Children who listened to sad music pointed to the crying faces instead.

The researchers found that children with a sad mood took 8 time to find the small shapes than those with a happy mood. They also 9 found three or more shapes. The researchers think that sadness makes people 10 more attention to small facts. When people feel unhappy, they are much more careful with a problem or difficult situation.

(    ) 1. A. be  B. been  C. being  D. to being

(    ) 2. A. whether  B. which  C. what  D. when

(    ) 3. A. gives  B. are giving  C. gave  D. were giving

(    ) 4. A. a  B. an  C. the  D. /

(    ) 5. A. they  B. them  C. their  D. theirs

(    ) 6. A. to  B. of  C. in  D. with

(    ) 7. A. exciting  B. excitedly  C. excitement  D. excited

(    ) 8. A. few  B. little  C. less  D. more

(    ) 9. A. correct  B. correctly  C. more correct  D. the most correctly

(    ) 10. A. paying  B. pay  C. to pay  D. paid

第二节：阅读下面短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

In the last months of my dad’s life, I moved my dad from a hospital to a local nursing home. I spent as much time as I could visiting him there. Cancer had already damaged his body. I could tell my dad only had a few 11 left to live.

During one of those visits, I walked into his room only to find him in a deep sleep. I sat by his side, wishing for more time with him and also 12 that I hadn’t made the most of all the years we did have together.

I got up and walked out. Though the nurses took good care of him, there was an air of 33 and loneliness in this place. 14 many people were approaching the end of their lives here and many visitors had the same regrets as I did.

Finally, I reached the door and walked outside. Rain was starting to fall and it 15 my mood. Just then, I saw a woman in a wheelchair ( 轮椅) struggling to move herself out of the rain. I quickly walked over and helped push her 16 . She said thanks and gave me the most beautiful smile I’d seen. At that moment I felt a light shine into my mind and a(n) 17 feeling return to my heart. I walked back out, let the rain wash over me, and 18 that even if Dad died, the love we shared would still go on.

I still think of that moment of loving-kindness often. It 19 me that while we might not be able to live 20 moment to the fullest, we can still value the moments we have.

(    ) 11. A. minutes  B. hours  C. weeks  D. years

(    ) 12. A. learning  B. regretting  C. promising  D. thinking

(    ) 13. A. darkness  B. sadness  C. happiness  D. kindness

(    ) 14. A. But  B. And  C. Because  D. So

(    ) 15. A. changed  B. matched  C. satisfied  D. improved

(    ) 16. A. inside  B. outside  C. beside  D. around

(    ) 17. A. cold  B. worried  C. warm  D. excited

(    ) 18. A. realized  B. doubted  C. decided  D. checked

(    ) 19. A. surprised  B. reminded  C. warned  D. impressed

(    ) 20. A. any  B. no  C. some  D. every

二、阅读理解。

第一节: 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

 

第二节：阅读下面A、B、C 三篇材料，从所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的一个最佳答案。

A

Build for yourself a strong box,

Build each part with care;

When it’s strong as your hand can make it,

Put all your troubles there.