Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.过关练习测2025-2026学年人教版（2012）九年级英语全册

Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.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, it’s hard to discover yourself. When I was young, I had a strong sense of who I would become, but 1 accident changed everything.

For me, skating was more important than anything else in the world. Nothing else filled my heart with so much 2 . I spent 24 hours a week developing my skills. I had no social life or interests but skating, so all I wanted was to win every skating race. 3 , during one race, I fell and hurt badly. Then I 4 that I couldn’t skate any more. Even quite simple tasks became difficult for me. I lost heart and had no idea 5 . After 6 suffering (折磨), I realized that something had to change. Instead of sitting around at home and 7 my time, I began to work with some service programs in my neighborhood. By volunteering as a reading teacher for kids, I became confident again. I got along well with kids and I felt satisfied when seeing smiles on 8 faces. Little by little, I walked out of the shadow (阴影).

Sometimes, challenges in life will get 9 our way. We can choose to stay behind or try to deal with them. My accident was a challenge but it failed 10 me from moving on. Today, I’m getting better and I am proud of what I am doing. I’m full of hope for the future.

(    ) 1. A. a  B. /  C. the  D. an

(    ) 2. A. happy  B. happily  C. happier  D. happiness

(    ) 3. A. Unlucky  B. Unluckily  C. Lucky  D. Luckily

(    ) 4. A. told  B. was told  C. am told  D. have told

(    ) 5. A. how I could do  B. how could I do  C. what I could do  D. what could I do

(    ) 6. A. eight-month’s   B. eight-months  C. eight months   D. eight months of

(    ) 7. A. wasting  B. wasted  C. wastes  D. have wasted

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

(    ) 9. A. to  B. in  C. on  D. up

(    ) 10. A. stop  B. stopping  C. stops  D. to stop

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。

My journey home from school is nothing special. I usually find my 11 and start reading. Like everyone else, I don’t chat with other people on the train.

But last Tuesday was 12 . I was reading when the train 13 stopped. This wasn’t usual. Then the

announcement came, “We are sorry that this train can’t arrive on time. A train has 14 in front of us. ”

Passengers around me were all sad, 15 soon something unexpected happened— 16 started talking to each other.

A young woman took out her guitar and soon we were 17 along. When we were singing, we heard a(n) 18 boy in the train needed help. The woman jumped into action. She was a nurse, and when she came back, she was welcomed as a 19 .

Then, after two and a half hours, we started moving again. Everyone 20 and some people, complete strangers three hours before, even hugged.

I’ll never forget the day the train stopped and people started talking.

(    ) 11. A. ticket  B. seat  C. list  D. desk

(    ) 12. A. similar  B. different  C. smooth  D. awful

(    ) 13. A. slowly  B. happily  C. finally  D. suddenly

(    ) 14. A. broken down  B. got off  C. sold out  D. found out

(    ) 15. A. if  B. or  C. but  D. though

(    )16. A. relatives  B. strangers  C. rulers  D. officers

(    ) 17. A. drinking  B. cooking  C. dancing  D. singing

(    ) 18. A. sick  B. silly  C. alive  D. shy

(    )19. A. king  B. volunteer  C. hero  D. master

(    ) 20. A. cheered  B. cried  C. worried  D. agreed

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。

A month ago, the Brown family, who lived in Lyndhurst, had a special experience.

It was an evening, and after dinner Tina was in the kitchen. 1. _______ while her husband, Frank, was watching a comedy program on television. Upstairs (在楼上), their young daughter, Ruth, was sleeping in her room. 2. _______. The weather had been very good all day with a lot of sunshine. However, at the end of the afternoon, it started to change. 3. _______.

Tina looked out of the kitchen window and saw big stormy clouds in the sky. Their dog, Tilly, was in the back garden. Suddenly there was a loud crack of thunder (雷声) and Tilly quickly ran into the house. Shortly afterwards, Tina saw lightning (闪电) in the sky and then everything in the house went dark. 4. _______.

Mark shouted from his room because he couldn’t use his computer. Then they heard Ruth crying. Frank

went upstairs to look after Ruth but when he climbed the stairs, there was a loud sound and the house seemed to shake.

5. _______ . A big tree from their garden fell through the window of Ruth’s room! Luckily it missed the baby by just half a meter.

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

Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining