Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected 阅读理解和短文综合填空专项练-2025-2026学年初中英语人教版九年级全册

Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected 一、阅读理解 On April Fool’s Day, it’s always fun to get someone a surprise with hoaxes. Here are two interesting hoaxes for you to enjoy. Story 1: The Left-handed Whopper (谎言) In 1998, Burger King published (出版) a full page advertisement in USA Today. They announced they had invented a new kind of hamburger, a Left-handed Whopper. The hamburgers were specially designed for the thirty-two million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new hamburgers included the same ingredients as the common hamburgers, but suited left-handed customers. Though the following day Burger King announced that the Left-handed Whopper was a hoax, thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to order the new hamburgers. Story 2: Instant Color TV In 1962, there was only one TV channel in Sweden, and it played in black and white. The TV station’s technical expert, Kjell Stensson, appeared on the news to announce that thanks to a new skill, people could change their black and white TV sets into color reception (接收). All they had to do was hanging a nylon sock over their TV screens. Stensson was so believable that thousands of people were taken in. But when they put the socks over the screens, the TV programs were still played in black and white. 1．Where did the first hoax happen? A．In England. B．In Australia. C．In America. D．In Sweden. 2．In 1998, there were ___________ in America. A．32 million disabled people B．32 million left-handed people C．180 million disabled people D．180 million left-handed people 3．There was only one __________ in Sweden in 1962. A．TV channel B．TV program C．TV set D．TV expert 4．In the second story, what were the Swedes told to hang over their TV screens to get color reception? A．A color coat. B．A color sock. C．A nylon coat. D．A nylon sock. 5．What can we learn from the second story? A．Thousands of people believed the hoax. B．People bought new instant color TV sets. C．People succeeded in having the instant color TV sets. D．People were interested in black and white TV sets. Life is full of the unexpected. This is even true for a small pet dog. A dog called Romeo has been pulled out from the rubble (瓦砾) of an earthquake, more than nine days after the earthquake. On August 24, 2016, a terrible earthquake happened in Italy. The earthquake made thousands of people lose their houses. Romeo’s owners were sleeping on the second floor of their house when the earthquake happened. They managed to get out. But Romeo, who was sleeping on the first floor, was trapped inside. They tried their best to search for Romeo, but failed. After a few hours, they had to leave the village for their own safety. All hope of finding Romeo alive seemed to disappear until Friday evening. That night the couple returned to their home with a group of firemen. Almost as soon as they came into the village, Romeo heard their voices and began barking (吠叫). The couple couldn’t believe their ears. The firemen began digging at once where the barking was coming from and got to the dog. It was lucky that the dog was in pretty good condition. He looked like he had just woken from a short sleep. Appearing completely relaxed, the dog drank his first drop of water in more than 230 hours from a bottle held by one of the firemen. As it became clear he didn’t get hurt, the fireman put him down. When Romeo’s owners saw him, they couldn’t help crying. “We thought we had lost him forever!” said one of Romeo’s owners. Then Romeo left happily with his owners who had given up hope of finding him alive. The discovery of Romeo also cheered those firemen. “We believe there must be many more that are still alive. We’ll try our best to save them.” 6．What does the underlined word “trapped” mean? A．Saved. B．Looked after. C．Caught or stuck. D．Followed. 7．Why did Romeo’s owners leave the village without him? A．Because they didn’t like Romeo. B．Because they forgot Romeo was at home. C．Because they failed to find Romeo. D．Because they thought Romeo had run away. 8．What can we learn from the sentence “The couple couldn’t believe their ears.”? A．The couple didn’t want to hear from Romeo. B．There was something wrong with the couple’s ears. C．The couple heard the dog barking in their dreams. D．The couple probably thought Romeo had already died. 9．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A．Millions of people lost their lives in the earthquake. B．The firemen felt more hopeful after they saved Romeo. C．The couple didn’t give up hope to find their dog all the time. D．The firemen saved Romeo on the fifth day after the earthquake. 10．What does the passage mainly tell us? A．What the best dog owners are like. B．How the firemen saved people after the earthquake. C．A surprising experience of a pet dog. D．How a terrible earthquake influenced people. 配对阅读。左栏是五个人遇到的意料之外的事，右边是七个处理的建议。请为左栏的每个人选择合适的建议。选项中有两项为多余项。 11 Mary is used to wearing glasses when looking at things. This morning she left her glasses at home. As a result, she had mistaken Tom for Tim when she met him at the school gate. 12 Jack always feels he is good at math. Yesterday he agreed to help Sam solve a math problem. But as soon as he started, he realized that he had never met such a difficult problem. 13 Lisa went out for dinner with her parents, and started complaining about how terrible and strict her history teacher was. Just when she turned around, she saw the teacher had been sitting at the table right behind them. 14 Gina always thinks she can sing well. However, she had forgotten the words of the song by the time she started to sing an English song at the school talent show last weekend. What a bad feeling Gina had! 15 Last Monday, Paul saw a new T-shirt in a store and he liked it very much. After a long discussion with the shop owner, they reached a deal at the price of 80 yuan. But when he put his hand into the bag, he found he hadn’t taken his wallet! A．It’s not a good idea to pretend (假装) that you know everything well. If others know the truth, you may be in an embarrassing situation. What’s worse, nobody may trust you anymore. B．First, try to keep calm. And then think of some creative ways to deal with the embarrassing situation. For example, you can invite the audience (观众) to sing together with you. C． If possible, say sorry to him and explain why you got the wrong person. Next time, before you go out, check if you take every important thing with you first. D．Nobody can always do everything successfully. Why not be honest to him and tell him the truth or let him ask others for help with his math problem? E. The first thing you should do is to say sorry to the teacher at once. He or she might understand you and not get too mad. Remember not to say any bad words about others next time! F. Being polite is necessary all the time. Explain why you can’t buy it and ask her if she can keep the clothes for you so that you can get back home for money soon. G. Stop eating dinner at once and try to run away as quickly as possible. Next time be careful of the environment around you when talking about others. 二、短文填空 Brian was not good at public speaking. One day, he 16 (invite) to make a speech at a church. His 17 (young) sister, Ann, knew he was nervous and tried to calm him down. ＂Don’t worry. Everything 18 (be) fine. ＂ When the day came, Brian’s car had an accident on the way to the church. Luckily, he was not badly hurt and 19 (arrive) at the church on time. It was his turn. By the time he stood up, his coat 20 (become) tangled with his chair. After a few minutes, he finally began his speech. But he was so nervous that he dropped his book. Many people thought he would run, but he 21 (go) on. Suddenly, people saw something unusual 22 (run) down from his nose, blood! He stopped 23 (speak) when he saw the blood. But he still tried 24 (finish) his speech. Then Ann handed him her handkerchief and gave him a smile. In the end, Brian finished his talk with more confidence. He said that he 25 (never succeed) like that before. Now Brian is not a shy boy any more. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式补全短文（有一个多余）。 unexpected    late    believe    till    end    airport    alive    show    stare    announce    marry Kate was the star of the dancing world when she was young. Many people loved her but she refused them, 26 one day she met Charlie and fell in love with him. However, life is full of the 27 . When they were about to get 28 , Charlie had to go to war. It was the most terrible day of Kate’s life when Charlie left. She was so afraid of losing him. She really wanted to see Charlie again, but he didn’t 29 up. By the 30 of the year, a letter came. There were only three sentences, “I have lost my leg. I am no longer a whole man and now I give back your freedom. It is best for you to forget about me.” Kate 31 at the letter for a while. She was really excited, “He is still 32 . I must see him at once.” Kate made a decision. She 33 she had a traffic accident and her leg would never completely heal（治愈）again. Then she went to the 34 and went to see Charlie by air. Soon they got married. A few years 35 , Charlie knew all about it and asked her the reason. “You are my joy. I love you with my life,” Kate said quickly. Now my grandmother Kate often pushes my grandfather Charlie outside in his wheelchair for walks. sport  bad  when  find  she  though  about  suggest  help  live  an  good Dear Dr Wise, I am Cathy. I have an elder sister, Jane. My sister and I look like each other, but I do everything worse than her. She is such 36 excellent student that I will never catch up with her. She is smart, pretty and kind. She is even 37 at sports. She was the captain of our school basketball team 38 she was in junior high school. My classmates envy (嫉妒) me because I have a wonderful sister, but I am tired of 39 in the shadow (阴影) of a famous sister. When I was just in junior high school, many teachers said, “Oh, you are Jane’s sister. You must be as excellent as 40 .” But a few weeks later, they 41 that was not the truth. I am so sad. 42 my parents often say they love me too, I think they look happier when they talk 43 Jane. Jane is nice to me, and she usually 44 me with my homework, but I sometimes hope she isn’t my sister. What should I do? Please give me some 45 . I hope to receive your e-mail soon. Yours, Sad Cathy 参考答案 题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 答案 C B A D A C C D B C 题号 11 12 13 14 15 答案 C D E B F 1．C 2．B 3．A 4．D 5．A 本文介绍了2个发生在愚人节的故事，一个是发生在1998年美国的左撇子汉堡谎言和1962年立即变彩电的谎言。 1．细节理解题。根据“Story 1: The Left-handed Whopper (谎言) In 1998, Burger King published (出版) a full page advertisement in USA Today.”可知，故事发生在美国。故选C。 2．细节理解题。根据“The hamburgers were specially designed for the thirty-two million left-handed Americans.”可知，在当时美国有32,000,000左撇子。故选B。 3．细节理解题。根据“In 1962, there was only one TV channel in Sweden, and it played in black and white.”可知，1962年，瑞典当时只有一个电视频道。故选A。 4．细节理解题。根据“All they had to do was hanging a nylon sock over their TV screens.”可知，他们所要做的就是在电视屏幕上挂一只尼龙袜子。故选D。 5．细节理解题。根据“Stensson was so believable that thousands of people were taken in.”可知，成千上万的人相信了这个骗局。故选A。 6．C 7．C 8．D 9．B 10．C 本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了宠物狗Romeo在意大利地震中被困9天后，被主人和消防员找到并成功获救的惊喜经历。 6．词句猜测题。根据文章第1段“But Romeo, who was sleeping on the first floor, was trapped inside. They tried their best to search for Romeo, but failed.”可知，“trapped”意为“被困住”，选项C中Caught or stuck表示“被卡住”，符合语义。故选C。 7．细节理解题。根据文章第1段“They tried their best to search for Romeo, but failed. After a few hours, they had to leave the village for their own safety.”可知，主人离开是因为没找到Romeo。故选C。 8．推理判断题。根据文章第2段“All hope of finding Romeo alive seemed to disappear until Friday evening.”可知，这对夫妇本以为Romeo已经死了，所以听到它的叫声时不敢相信。故选D。 9．细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“The discovery of Romeo also cheered those firemen. ‘We believe there must be many more that are still alive. We’ll try our best to save them.’”可知，消防员在救了Romeo后更有希望了。故选B。 10．主旨大意题。文章围绕宠物狗Romeo在地震中被困9天、最终获救的经历展开，核心是它的惊喜遭遇。选项C“一只宠物狗的惊喜经历”符合主旨。故选C。 11．C 12．D 13．E 14．B 15．F 本文为配对阅读题，左栏描述五人遇到的意外情况，右栏提供七条处理建议。需根据情境匹配最合适的解决方案。 11．根据“This morning she left her glasses at home. As a result, she had mistaken Tom for Tim when she met him at the school gate.”可知，Mary由于忘记戴眼镜而把Tom误认为Tim了。C选项“如果可能的话，跟他说一声对不起，解释一下为什么找错了人。下次，在你出门之前，先检查一下你是否把所有重要的东西都带了。”与之匹配。故选C。 12．根据“Jack always feels he is good at math.…But as soon as he started, he realized that he had never met such a difficult problem.”可知，Jack一直觉得自己数学很好，但昨天发现自己遇到了难题，说明他需要承认自己能力的不足。D选项“没有人能总是成功地做每件事。为什么不诚实地告诉他真相或者让他向别人寻求帮助来解决他的数学问题呢？”与之匹配。故选D。 13．根据“started complaining about how terrible and strict her history teacher was. Just when she turned around, she saw the teacher had been sitting at the table right behind them.”可知，Lisa抱怨老师时发现对方就在身后。E选项“你应该做的第一件事是马上向老师道歉。他或她可能会理解你，不会太生气。下次记得不要说别人的坏话！”与之匹配。故选E。 14．根据“However, she had forgotten the words of the song by the time she started to sing an English song at the school talent show last weekend.”可知，Gina才艺表演唱英语歌时忘记歌词了。B选项“首先，尽量保持冷静。然后想一些有创意的方法来处理尴尬的局面。例如，你可以邀请观众和你一起唱。”与之匹配。故选B。 15．根据“After a long discussion with the shop owner, they reached a deal at the price of 80 yuan. But when he put his hand into the bag, he found he hadn’t taken his wallet!”可知，Paul在和店主讲完价格之后发现未带钱包。F选项“礼貌在任何时候都是必要的。解释你为什么不能买，问她是否能为你保留这些衣服，以便你能尽快回家拿钱。”与之匹配。故选F。 16．was invited 17．younger 18．will be／is going to be 19．arrived 20．had become 21．went 22．running 23．speaking 24．to finish 25．had never succeeded 16．句意：一天，他被邀请去一个教堂做演讲。句子主语he为谓语动词的逻辑主语，表被动关系。根据one day可知句子时态为一般过去时，所以此处要用一般过去时的被动语态。故答案为was invited。 17．句意：他的小妹妹Ann知道他很紧张，所以就试图让他保持冷静。两者进行比较时用形容词的比较级，younger sister 妹妹。 18．句意：别担心，一切将会很好的。这里演讲来没有发生，因此要用一般将来时。答案为will be／is going to be 。    19．句意：幸运的是他受伤不严重并且及时赶到了教堂。根据上下文可知，这里用一般过去时态来陈述过去发生过的事情。故答案为arrived。　 20．句意：当他站起来的时候，他的大衣缠在了椅子上。根据句中的by the time从句可判断，过去的过去用过去完成时态，答案为had become。     21．句意：许多人认为他会跑出去，但是他继续他的演讲。根据上文中的句子“Many people thought he would run”判断，此处用过去时态讲述当时发生的事情，答案为went。 22．句意：突然，人们看到不寻常的东西从他的鼻子里流出来。see sth./sb.doing sth.“看见某物/某人正在做某事”的意思， running是现在分词表示正在进行的动作。故答案为running。 23．句意：当他看到血的时候，他停止了演讲。stop doing sth. 意思是“停止正在做的事”，符合当时的情形，故答案为speaking。 24．句意：但是他仍然试图完成他的演讲。try to do sth. 尽力做某事，故答案为to finish。 25．句意：他说自己从来没有像那样成功过。由于动词succeed发生在said以前，表示过去的过去，故用过去完成时。答案为had never succeeded。 点睛：本题型考查的内容为单词语法填空。首先要根据所提供的单词意思去整体把握短文大意，在具体的语境中去选择词的适当形式。这篇短文填空，除了第2小题，用形容词的比较级作定语外，其它都是用动词的适当形式填空，考查形式为时态，语态以及非谓语动词。7,8,9三个小题考查的是非谓语动词；动词时态填空要根据文章的上下句时态去判断，第5,10两个小题学生比较容易出现错误，用到了过去完成时态，要求学生要学会准确定位。 26．till 27．unexpected 28．married 29．show 30．end 31．stared 32．alive 33．announced 34．airport 35．later 本文讲述了作者的奶奶凯特年轻时放弃做跳舞明星，选择和作者的爷爷查理在一起的故事。 26．句意：许多人都爱她，但她拒绝了他们，直到有一天她遇见了查理，爱上了他。根据“Many people loved her but she refused them,...one day she met Charlie and fell in love with him.”可知，till“直到”符合语境，此处是指直到有一天遇到了查理。故填till。 27．句意：然而，生活充满了意外。根据“However”可知，此处意义转折；the后跟形容词，表示一类事物。the unexpected“意外的事”。故填unexpected。 28．句意：当他们即将结婚时，查理不得不去打仗。根据“When they were about to get”可知，此处是固定短语get married“结婚”。故填married。 29．句意：她真的很想再见到查理，但他没有出现。根据“She really wanted to see Charlie again, but he didn’t...up.”可知，此处是指没有出现。show up“出现”，是固定短语。故填show。 30．句意：到了年底，一封信来了。根据“By the...of the year”可知，此处是固定短语by the end of“到……结束时”。故填end。 31．句意：凯特盯着信看了一会儿。根据“Kate...at the letter for a while.”可知，此处是指凯特盯着的动作。stare at“盯着”，是固定短语；全文主体时态为一般过去时，动词需用过去式。故填stared。 32．句意：他还活着，我必须马上见到他。be动词后跟形容词作表语；根据“I must see him at once.”可知，查理还活着。alive“活着的”。故填alive。 33．句意：凯特做了一个决定。她宣布自己发生了交通事故，她的腿再也无法完全康复。分析句子可知，此处主句缺少谓语动词；根据“she had a traffic accident and her leg would never completely heal（治愈）again.”可知，这是凯特宣布的一件事；全文主体时态为一般过去时，动词需用过去式。故填announced。 34．句意：然后她去了机场，乘飞机去看查理。根据“by air.”可知，是去机场坐飞机。故填airport。 35．句意：几年后，查理知道了这一切，并问她原因。根据“A few years...”可知，此处是强调几年后。later“之后，后来”。故填later。 36．an 37．good 38．when 39．living 40．her 41．found 42．Though 43．about 44．helps 45．suggestions 本文是Cathy写给Dr Wise的一封邮件，主要讲述自己面临的问题并向其寻求建议。 36．句意：她是一个如此优秀的学生，我永远追不上她。根据语境并结合备选词汇可知，此处表示泛指的一个优秀的学生，空后的“excellent”是以元音音素开头的单词，用an。故填an。 37．句意：她甚至擅长运动。根据下文“She was the captain of our school basketball team”并结合备选词汇可知，此处指擅长运动，be good at“擅长”，固定词组。故填good。 38．句意：她初中时是我们学校篮球队的队长。根据语境并结合备选词汇可知，主从句动作同时发生，用when引导时间状语从句。故填when。 39．句意：我的同学们羡慕我，因为我有一个很棒的姐姐，但我厌倦了生活在一个著名姐姐的阴影下。根据下文“I sometimes hope she isn’t my sister”并结合语境可知，此处指厌倦了生活在一个著名姐姐的阴影下，live“生活”符合；根据空前的介词“of”可知，此处用动名词形式，作宾语。故填living。 40．句意：你一定和她一样优秀。根据上文“Oh, you are Jane’s sister.”并结合备选词汇可知，此处指和姐姐一样优秀，she“她”符合；分析句子结构可知，此处用宾格形式，作宾语。故填her。 41．句意：但几周后，他们发现事实并非如此。根据“that was not the truth”并结合备选词汇可知，此处指发现的事实，find“发现”符合，此处指过去发生的事情，用一般过去时。故填found。 42．句意：虽然我的父母经常说他们也爱我，但我认为当他们谈论简时，他们看起来更快乐。根据“my parents often say they love me too, I think they look happier when they talk…Jane.”并结合备选词汇可知，此处句意发生了让步，though“虽然”符合，句首首字母大写。故填Though。 43．句意：虽然我的父母经常说他们也爱我，但我认为当他们谈论简时，他们看起来更快乐。根据语境并结合备选词汇可知，此处指谈论；talk about“谈论”，固定词组。故填about。 44．句意：简对我很好，她通常帮我做作业，但我有时希望她不是我的姐姐。根据“Jane is nice to me”并结合备选词汇可知，此处指帮我做作业，help“帮助”符合；根据“usually”可知，时态为一般现在时，主语为“she”，所以此处用三单形式。故填helps。 45．句意：请给我一些建议。根据上文“What should I do?”并结合备选词汇可知，此处指寻求建议，分析句子结构可知，此处用名词形式，作宾语；根据空前的“some”可知，此处用复数形式。故填suggestions。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $