Unit1-Unit6【六选五】专项练习 2026-2027学年外研版英语九年级下册

外研版九年级下册英语【六选五】 专项练习 Unit 1 Life choices Passage 1 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Life is full of choices. Our whole life, from breakfast menus to career roads, is built on countless decisions. 1. ______ Some are as small as what to eat for breakfast, and some can change our whole future. As teenagers, we face more and more choices. Every school year brings bigger questions about subjects, hobbies, friendships and future paths. 2. ______ Which subjects to focus on, which hobbies to keep, and which friends to trust. How should we make a good choice? An honest heart usually knows what it wants far better than any outside voice does. 3. ______ First, think about what truly matters to you, not what others think. Second, learn about the results of each choice. Every path we might take offers its own scenery that no other path can offer. 4. ______ A wise person looks before he leaps. No choice is perfect, and mistakes are part of growing up. Learning from our wrong turns is exactly how every traveller grows wise. 5. ______ What matters is that we learn from every choice we make. A. Listen to your heart as well as your mind. B. My cousin spent a whole month choosing his college. C. From morning to night, we keep choosing. D. Facing the results bravely is also a choice. E. Every choice leads to a different path. F. These choices shape the people we will become. Passage 2 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Have you heard of the word “slasher”? The slash mark inside a job title has become a quiet badge of the new generation. 1. ______ It describes young people who have several jobs at the same time. By day, Lin may be a designer in a big company. At night, her design tutorials quietly attract thousands of young followers online. 2. ______ At night, she becomes a popular vlogger with thousands of fans. Why do more and more young people choose this life? Some slashers seek extra income, and others refuse to let one job define them. 3. ______ Some want extra income, and some want to follow their passions. The slasher life is colourful but not easy. Careful time management and strong health are the real price of this freedom. 4. ______ It requires strong time management and endless energy. Being a slasher is a choice of our times. The slasher life is less about many jobs and more about the courage to choose. 5. ______ It shows that young people refuse to be defined by a single job. A. Juggling several roles tests both body and mind. B. A slasher can be a teacher, a photographer and a writer all at once. C. Their reasons are different but real. D. On weekends, she is a volunteer guide in a museum. E. Lin's parents used to worry about her busy life. F. Everyone has the right to design his own life. Passage 3 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Some choices last for a lifetime. Some choices weigh far more than others and quietly decide a whole life's direction. 1. ______ Choosing a career, a city to live in, or a cause to devote yourself to. Fan Jinshi devoted her life to Dunhuang. Her classmates chose comfortable big cities, but she chose the dusty caves of Dunhuang. 2. ______ After graduating from Peking University, she chose the desert over big cities. Life in Dunhuang was hard. Gas lamps, cold winters and yearly sandstorms tested every newcomer's resolution. 3. ______ Sandstorms, simple food and loneliness were her daily companions. But she never regretted her choice. Fifty years of careful work saved murals that carry a thousand years of stories. 4. ______ For over fifty years, she protected the caves and their precious murals. A lifelong choice needs love and courage. Lifelong choices ask for one thing above all: love that never fades with time. 5. ______ When we give our heart to something, time turns effort into greatness. A. Her choice surprised many people at that time. B. Her love for the ancient art grew deeper year by year. C. They often decide the direction of our lives. D. Great lives are built on great choices. E. The Mogao Caves are now a world heritage site. F. Few young people would stay in such a place. Passage 4 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Last year, I made a choice that I regretted for a long time. The science competition poster on the wall promised prizes and new friendships. 1. ______ My school had a science competition, and I almost didn't sign up. I thought my project was not good enough. Watching my friend sign up bravely while I hesitated still feels sharp today. 2. ______ My friend signed up bravely, but I chose to give up. On the day of the competition, I watched from the audience. His simple water-timer robot earned applause that echoed in my ears for weeks. 3. ______ His simple project won the second prize. That night, I wrote in my diary: “The real failure was not trying.” Fear makes our worst decisions for us while pretending to protect us. 4. ______ Fear of failure had made the choice for me. This year, I signed up without hesitation. This year's sign-up sheet carried my name on its very first line. 5. ______ Whatever the result will be, I have already won against my fear. A. The science competition is held every October. B. It was about a robot that can water plants. C. That lesson was more valuable than any prize. D. Comparing myself with others made me less confident. E. Not choosing is also a choice. F. I could not stop thinking about it. Passage 5 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Our English teacher asked us to write a letter to our future selves. The letter-writing task turned an ordinary English class into a quiet mirror. 1. ______ It made me think seriously about my life choices. Dear future me, what kind of person have you become? Kindness, honesty and courage, I decided, matter more than any report card. 2. ______ I hope you chose to be kind, honest and brave. I hope you stuck to your dream of becoming an engineer. Hard roads, I reminded my future self, lead to the very best viewpoints. 3. ______ The road may have been hard, but hard roads lead to beautiful places. I also hope you made choices with your own head. A life copied from other people's expectations never fits anyone comfortably. 4. ______ Don't live a life designed by others. Whatever choices you made, please don't regret too much. Every choice we make, even the painful ones, teaches what comfort never could. 5. ______ Every path we take teaches us something precious. A. Choices make us who we are. B. Our teacher will return the letters when we graduate. C. Dreams are worth every drop of sweat. D. The task sounded easy at first. E. Character is the most important wealth. F. A life of your own choice is a life without regret. Unit 2 The road to success Passage 1 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Xu Yuanchong was recognised as one of the greatest translators in the world. For over sixty years, he carried Chinese poetry across language borders from memory. 1. ______ He spent over sixty years translating Chinese classics into English and French. His road to success was not smooth. His early desk was poor, his materials were few, and his believers were fewer. 2. ______ In his early years, he worked with poor equipment and little support. But he had a clear goal from the very beginning. He wanted the whole world to hear the beauty of Tang poems in English. 3. ______ He wanted the beauty of Chinese poetry to be known by the world. He worked six days a week even in his nineties. Even in his nineties, he still translated quietly late into the night. 4. ______ “The best way to lengthen our days is to steal a few hours from the night,” he said. In 2021, the great translator passed away, leaving over a hundred works. A master, his life shows, is simply a beginner who never stopped trying. 5. ______ His life tells us that devotion makes a master. A. Success is the child of persistence and love. B. Hard work was his daily habit. C. Translation became his lifelong mission. D. A clear dream lights up a long road. E. Xu Yuanchong was born in Jiangxi Province in 1921. F. Few people believed in Chinese poetry translation then. Passage 2 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 What is the secret of success? People love to argue about talent, luck and the secret recipes of success. 1. ______ Many people say it is talent, but persistence matters more. Water drops can pass through stone. Stone does not break because one drop is powerful, but because drops never stop. 2. ______ It is not because they are strong, but because they never stop. Beethoven lost his hearing, but he kept composing. His greatest symphonies were written inside a silent world he could no longer hear. 3. ______ His greatest works were written when he could hardly hear anything. Persistence turns ordinary people into champions. Champions are ordinary people who simply practised one more day than everyone else. 4. ______ The old marathon runner practised for forty years before his great race. When you want to give up, remember why you started. Remember why you started, and the finish line will keep moving closer. 5. ______ The road to success belongs to those who keep walking. A. Great achievements are built day by day. B. Persistence is the bridge between dream and reality. C. Small forces create great wonders through repetition. D. The answer may surprise you. E. Music lived in his heart, not only in his ears. F. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony touched the whole world. Passage 3 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 A ship without a destination follows no wind. A ship without any destination wastes every good wind that ever finds it. 1. ______ People without goals waste their energy on random things. Good goals have two features: clear and reachable. Being reachable means fitting the time and energy we really have. 2. ______ “I will learn fifty English words this week” is better than “I will learn English well”. Big goals should be cut into small steps. Small completed steps give us quiet confidence for the next harder step. 3. ______ Each small step completed gives us confidence for the next one. Goals also need review and adjustment. Change the plan freely when it fails, but protect the goal itself. 4. ______ If a plan doesn't work, change the plan, not the goal. Set your goals, write them down, and start today. Every thousand-mile journey in history hides inside one first small step. 5. ______ A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. A. Adjustment is not failure but wisdom. B. My deskmate keeps a goal list on his desk. C. Clear goals can be checked and measured. D. The right goal makes effort meaningful. E. A clear goal is the first step to success. F. Small steps make big dreams possible. Passage 4 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Nobody succeeds without failing. Failure visits every single life on this earth, whether invited or not. 1. ______ Behind every great success, there is a row of failures. Edison tested thousands of materials for his light bulb. His cheerful counting of failed experiments turned every defeat into useful data. 2. ______ He said, “I have not failed. I've just found ten thousand ways that won't work.” J.K. Rowling's first book was rejected by many publishers. Publishers said no again and again, but she kept mailing the same manuscript. 3. ______ She kept sending it out until one publisher said yes. Failure hurts, but it also teaches. Each failure quietly marks the exact place where we need to grow next. 4. ______ It shows us our weak points and pushes us to improve. Don't be afraid of falling down. Standing up after every fall is the only success that never fails. 5. ______ The courage to stand up again is the real success. A. Rejection did not kill her dream. B. Rowling wrote her first story at the age of six. C. What matters is how we rise. D. Every failure carries a hidden lesson. E. Failure is the mother of success, as the saying goes. F. His attitude towards failure made all the difference. Passage 5 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Is success made by talent or hard work? This old argument about talent and effort still divides classrooms and dinner tables. 1. ______ People have argued about this question for centuries. Talent is like a seed. A seed holds a whole forest inside it, but only water and sun can release it. 2. ______ It has potential, but nothing grows without watering. Hard work is the sunshine and rain. Daily effort is the patient rain that turns hidden potential into real ability. 3. ______ It turns potential into real ability. Many talented people achieve little because they stop trying. Many talented people stop trying early, while steady workers quietly pass them. 4. ______ On the other hand, hard-working people often surprise the world. So don't worry too much about whether you are talented. Practise more than the talented, and one day you will quietly surpass them. 5. ______ Practise more, and you will grow beyond your imagination. A. Effort is the daily food of dreams. B. Talent without effort is like a car without fuel. C. A seed cannot grow into a tree by itself. D. Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. E. My piano teacher says practice is her only secret. F. The answer may decide how we live. Unit 3 Art for life Passage 1 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Can garbage become art? The answer to this strange question surprised even the young artists themselves. 1. ______ A group of young artists has proved that it can. They collect plastic bottles, old wheels and broken toys. Nothing is too old or too broken for their imagination. 2. ______ With imagination, these wastes turn into sculptures of animals and giants. Their works are shown in city parks. In the parks, children touch the sculptures and learn recycling without any lectures. 3. ______ Children love them and learn about recycling at the same time. One sculpture is a five-metre fish made of bottles. Thirty volunteers spent one whole sunny week building the giant bottle fish. 4. ______ It reminds people of the plastic killing the ocean. Art can change not only materials but also minds. When waste becomes beauty, people quietly start seeing the whole world differently. 5. ______ When waste becomes beauty, people start to see the world differently. A. It was built by thirty volunteers in one week. B. Creativity is the magic that transforms everything. C. The artists come from an art college in the city. D. Most people would throw them away without a second thought. E. The answer may surprise you. F. Art exhibitions become environmental lessons. Passage 2 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Music is a magic language understood by all. Music needs no passport and no translation between countries or between generations. 1. ______ It needs no translation between countries and generations. Fast and strong music gives us energy. Fast strong rhythms make runners push harder and workers forget their aching backs. 2. ______ Many people listen to it while running or exercising. Soft music helps us relax. Gentle piano music after a long day washes away the heaviest tiredness. 3. ______ After a long day, a gentle piano piece can wash away all our tiredness. Music also connects hearts. At big concerts, thousands of strangers breathe and sing as one single heart. 4. ______ At a concert, thousands of strangers sing the same song together. Life without music would be colourless. Where ordinary words finally fail, music quietly begins to speak. 5. ______ Where words fail, music speaks. A. My grandmother loves the same songs as I do. B. In that moment, all hearts beat as one. C. Music is the poetry of the air. D. Science has proved its healing power. E. People have loved music for thousands of years. F. It makes us want to move and gives us power. Passage 3 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 When I first held a violin, it sounded terrible. My first note on the violin sounded like an old door that needed oil. 1. ______ My family covered their ears and laughed. My teacher told me that everyone starts like this. Her patience with hopeless beginners was as steady as her own concert playing. 2. ______ “The violin is a shy friend; you must be patient with it,” she said. I practised thirty minutes every day. Daily half-hour practice slowly taught my fingers exactly where the notes lived. 3. ______ My fingers found the right notes little by little. A year later, I played at the school art festival. This time the audience clapped until even the strict teacher smiled widest. 4. ______ This time, nobody covered their ears; instead, they clapped loudly. Learning music taught me more than music itself. Patience, I discovered, is the quietest of all skills. 5. ______ It taught me that beautiful things come from patient practice. A. Practice became part of my daily life. B. Her words gave me the courage to continue. C. Behind every beautiful performance, there are boring hours. D. The sound was like a cat crying at midnight. E. My heart almost jumped out with pride. F. My violin was a birthday gift from my parents. Passage 4 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Art is not only in museums. Art has always found clever ways to escape museums and reach living streets. 1. ______ It also lives on the walls of our streets. Street art was once seen as dirt on the walls. City governments once treated every colourful mural as damage to be painted over. 2. ______ People thought it was just a kind of damage. Now more and more people see it differently. Now grey city walls bloom with painted gardens, oceans and flying whales. 3. ______ Some street paintings turn grey walls into gardens, oceans and starry skies. In some cities, artists are invited to paint walls. Whole streets have become open-air galleries that art lovers travel across cities to visit. 4. ______ Old buildings become new landmarks that attract visitors. Art belongs to everyone. Art truly belongs to everyone who passes by and simply looks up. 5. ______ When art walks out of the museums, life itself becomes a gallery. A. Art finds its own way to reach people. B. A famous street artist visited our school last year. C. A colourful wall can light up a whole street. D. The whole city becomes an open-air museum. E. Beauty can grow in unexpected places. F. It was often washed away by the police. Passage 5 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Why do humans create art? The deepest reason we create art lies in our human need to express feelings. 1. ______ The answer may lie in our deep need to express feelings. Long before writing appeared, people painted on caves. Cave walls were humanity's very first canvases, long before paper was invented. 2. ______ They drew animals, hunts and dances on the stone walls. Art records our history and dreams. Murals, poems and songs carry ancient voices safely into our modern ears. 3. ______ Through murals, poems and songs, ancient people speak to us today. Art also gives us strength in hard times. During hard frightening times, one shared song can hold a whole city together. 4. ______ During difficult days, songs and paintings brought comfort to millions. We may not all become artists, but we all need art. Art is not a decoration on top of life; it is life itself speaking. 5. ______ Art is not a decoration of life; it is part of life itself. A. Fill your life with art, and it will repay you with joy. B. It is a bridge across time. C. Art was born together with humans. D. It is a question worth thinking about. E. The cave paintings in France are over fifteen thousand years old. F. Beauty heals the tired heart. Unit 4 More than words Passage 1 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 How many languages are there in the world? Scientists count about seven thousand living languages spread across the continents today. 1. ______ Scientists say there are about seven thousand. Each language is a unique world. Many languages now survive only in the fading memories of a few elderly speakers. 2. ______ It carries the history, humour and wisdom of its people. Sadly, many languages are disappearing. The world is losing them faster than at any moment in history. 3. ______ When a language dies, a whole culture loses its voice. Learning a foreign language helps understanding between peoples. The world today is tied together as never before. 4. ______ It opens a door to another way of seeing the world. Language is more than words. To save a dying language is to save a whole way of seeing the world. 5. ______ It is the bridge that connects human hearts. A. Protecting languages is protecting cultures. B. Every two weeks, the world loses one language. C. My cousin is learning Spanish through an app. D. The number is surprisingly large. E. Foreign language learning is growing fast in China. F. Some have only a few hundred speakers left. Passage 2 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 English is spoken in many countries, but not always in the same way. English now connects airports, websites, science journals and pop songs across the globe. 1. ______ British people say “lift” while Americans say “elevator”. Australian English has its own flavour, too. “G'day, mate!” carries warm Australian sunshine in just two cheerful words. 2. ______ When Australians meet, they often say “G'day!” instead of “Good day”. The same word can mean different things in different places. The same English word can order completely different food in different countries. 3. ______ “Football” means soccer in most countries but something else in America. These differences sometimes cause funny misunderstandings. Most of these mix-ups happened in real shops and restaurants. 4. ______ A British student once ordered “chips” and was surprised to get hot fries. Don't worry about the differences too much. An open and patient mind understands accents faster than any thick dictionary. 5. ______ Communication succeeds when we listen with open minds. A. Differences make languages rich and interesting. B. Such stories are told as jokes now. C. Their greetings sound warm and friendly. D. It has become a truly global language. E. English grows as it travels around the world. F. My English teacher lived in Australia for two years. Passage 3 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 We communicate with more than words. Faces, hands and postures speak a silent language far older than any alphabet. 1. ______ Our faces, hands and postures speak a silent language. A smile is understood everywhere. A smile needs no dictionary at all and works in every airport in the world. 2. ______ It says “I am friendly” without a single word. But some gestures differ across cultures. The same hand gesture can mean approval in one country and insult in another. 3. ______ A sign that means “OK” in one country may be rude in another. Eye contact also has its own rules. Meeting an elder's eyes shows respect in some cultures and rudeness in others. 4. ______ In some cultures, looking directly at elders shows respect; in others, it seems rude. Learning the silent language helps us avoid trouble. Learning this silent language prevents trouble that no guidebook can fix. 5. ______ When we understand it, we understand each other better. A. It is the warmest expression of the human face. B. My uncle learned gesture differences during his trip abroad. C. Its meaning changes from place to place. D. Travellers should learn them before going abroad. E. Body language is an important part of communication. F. Actions can speak louder than words. Passage 4 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Different cultures have different ways of speaking. Cultures disagree not only about which words to use but about how to say them. 1. ______ Some people speak directly, and others speak gently. In some countries, “no” is a complete answer. In direct cultures, a clear honest no is considered respectful and even kind. 2. ______ People say what they think clearly and expect the same from others. In other cultures, people speak more indirectly. Indirect speakers may gently mean no while politely saying it is a bit difficult. 3. ______ They may say “It's a bit difficult” when they actually mean “no”. Neither way is right or wrong. Neither style is wrong; each grew from centuries of history and deep values. 4. ______ Each grew from its own history and values. The best communicators adjust their style. Good communicators adjust their speaking style like sailors adjust their sails. 5. ______ Speak in a way that both expresses you and respects others. A. My foreign teacher finds Chinese politeness interesting. B. Reading between the lines is a necessary skill. C. Communication styles vary greatly around the world. D. Understanding differences helps us avoid hurt feelings. E. Directness is valued there. F. Gentle words and clear minds can work together. Passage 5 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Many students ask how to learn a language well. Every language learner eventually asks the teacher for one great secret method. 1. ______ There is no magic way, but there are useful methods. First, use the language as much as possible. Using the language every day beats memorising long word lists by a wide margin. 2. ______ Speak to yourself, sing songs and write diaries in it. Second, don't fear mistakes. Every correction we receive is a free lesson bought with one small mistake. 3. ______ Every mistake is a signpost pointing to progress. Third, make friends with the culture. Films, songs and food turn a cold foreign language into a living friend. 4. ______ Films, songs and food make the language alive. Language learning is a marathon, not a sprint. Marathon learners reach true fluency; sprinters usually burn out by lesson ten. 5. ______ Keep running, and fluency will meet you on the way. A. My sister improves her English by watching movies. B. The secret lies in practice and patience. C. Culture is the soul of a language. D. Slow and steady wins the race. E. Mistakes are the steps of learning. F. Using beats memorising. Unit 5 Under the waves Passage 1 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 The ocean is full of strange creatures. Most of us have never seen one at all. 1. ______ Some of them look like they come from another planet. The octopus has three hearts and blue blood. The octopus can match both the colour and the texture of the seabed within seconds. 2. ______ It can change its colour to match the seabed in seconds. Jellyfish have existed for over five hundred million years. Jellyfish were already drifting with the tides long before the first dinosaur hatched. 3. ______ They were swimming in the sea long before dinosaurs appeared. Scientists keep finding new species every year. Every deep-sea dive returns with species that science has never named before. 4. ______ Every deep-sea exploration brings new surprises. The ocean is a living library of mysteries. We have mapped the surface of the moon better than our own sea floor. 5. ______ We have explored less of it than the surface of the moon. A. Some fish even glow like lamps in the dark water. B. It is one of the cleverest animals in the sea. C. The deep sea hides wonders beyond our imagination. D. A new kind of jellyfish was found last year. E. They are among the oldest animals on the earth. F. The secrets of the sea are far from finished. Passage 2 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Last Sunday, I joined a beach clean-up with my classmates. A class clean-up day on the beach was supposed to be a pleasant outing. 1. ______ What we saw shocked all of us. Plastic bottles, bags and fishing nets lay among the sand. Bottles, torn bags and old fishing nets lay everywhere among the sand and shells. 2. ______ The beautiful beach had become a rubbish field. We worked for three hours and filled thirty bags. Thirty full rubbish bags later, our backs ached but our hearts felt strangely light. 3. ______ Our backs ached, but our hearts felt light. A local fisherman thanked us with a tired smile. The old fisherman's tired thanks reminded us whose dinner table we were cleaning. 4. ______ He said the rubbish was killing the fish he lived on. The ocean gives us so much, and we return it so little. Clean beaches are not given by nature; they are kept by caring people. 5. ______ A clean-up a year is not enough; we need clean habits every day. A. Our school plans a monthly beach clean-up now. B. Thirty bags was our small answer to a big problem. C. Much of it was left by careless visitors. D. Protecting the sea is protecting ourselves. E. His words weighed heavily on our hearts. F. It was supposed to be a happy morning by the sea. Passage 3 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Sunlight reaches only two hundred metres below the sea. Below two hundred metres of water, sunlight finally surrenders to endless darkness. 1. ______ Below that lies a world of endless darkness. For a long time, the deep sea was a complete mystery. For centuries, sailors believed the deep sea was a cold, empty, lifeless desert. 2. ______ People believed it was empty and lifeless. Deep-sea vessels changed everything. Modern deep-sea vessels with bright electronic eyes carry scientists down through the black water. 3. ______ They carry scientists down through the cold black water. What they found amazed the whole world. Glowing fish, giant squids and ancient corals turned that emptiness into a crowded city. 4. ______ Glowing fish, giant squids and strange corals live in the deep. The deep sea is the last great unexplored area on the earth. The deep sea may still hold the oldest answers about how life itself began. 5. ______ Its secrets may hold answers to the origin of life. A. The “empty” world was actually full of life. B. China's deep-sea vessel is called Fendouzhe. C. Exploring it is exploring our own future. D. The darkness and huge pressure kept explorers away. E. They are like submarines with bright eyes. F. It is the deepest frontier of our planet. Passage 4 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Sailors of the past told stories of mermaids. Lonely sailors across many centuries told the same stories of singing mermaids. 1. ______ They said half-woman, half-fish creatures sang in the moonlight. Scientists now believe the “mermaids” were manatees. Scientists believe the gentle sea cows, rising to breathe, inspired those old legends. 2. ______ These gentle sea animals rise from the water to breathe. In the dim light, tired sailors mistook them for women. Dim light, endless voyages and tired eyes completed the beautiful honest mistake. 3. ______ Long voyages and loneliness played tricks on their eyes. The legend is beautiful, but the truth is touching, too. Real manatees are gentle giants that have never knowingly hurt any living creature. 4. ______ Manatees are so kind that they never hurt any creature. Today, manatees are in danger. Protecting manatees today matters far more than retelling their beautiful legend tomorrow. 5. ______ Protecting them is better than singing songs about them. A. Legends often grow from real things. B. Real animals need our care more than legends. C. There is an old mermaid statue in Copenhagen. D. The legend exists in many coastal cultures. E. Imagination filled the empty sea with stories. F. They look a little like mermaids from afar. Passage 5 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 The ocean covers over seventy percent of the earth. The ocean produces much of the oxygen inside every breath we quietly take. 1. ______ It produces much of the oxygen we breathe. But the ocean is crying for help. Overfishing, plastic waste and warming water now wound the sea faster than it heals. 2. ______ Overfishing, plastic waste and warming water are hurting it. Coral reefs are dying in the warming seas. Coral reefs, the nurseries of the ocean, are bleaching and dying in warming seas. 3. ______ Thousands of species that live there are losing their homes. The ocean can recover if we give it a chance. Marine parks and strict fishing limits are already proving that nature can recover. 4. ______ Marine parks and fishing limits are already showing good results. The blue planet needs blue action. The blue planet's future is being written today in our small blue actions. 5. ______ Save the sea today, and the sea will save us tomorrow. A. It is truly the heart of our planet. B. The fate of the ocean is our own fate. C. The changes are faster than we expected. D. June 8th is World Oceans Day. E. Reefs are called the rainforests of the sea. F. Nature forgives when humans correct their mistakes. Unit 6 Looking beyond Passage 1 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 On a clear night, look up at the stars. Among the real stars, one bright light moves slowly and steadily across the night sky. 1. ______ Among them, a bright light is moving slowly across the sky. It may be China's space station. Astronauts eat, sleep, exercise and run science experiments in that orbiting small home. 2. ______ Chinese astronauts live and work in it for months. China's space journey started from nothing. Millions of people watched the launch with their hearts in their mouths. 3. ______ In 2003, Yang Liwei became the first Chinese taikonaut in space. Since then, China's spacecraft have flown further and further. Space walks, moon landings and national space stations have turned old dreams into timetables. 4. ______ Space walks, moon landings and a space station have all become reality. The dream of exploring space belongs to all humans. Every rocket that rises into the clouds carries the shared hope of all mankind. 5. ______ Every rocket that rises carries the hope of mankind. A. Many students in China dream of becoming taikonauts. B. It is a home floating above the clouds. C. That flight made history for China. D. It is not a star but a spacecraft. E. The sky is not the limit but the beginning. F. The stars are no longer out of reach. Passage 2 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 The moon is our nearest neighbour in space. The moon has quietly watched human poets, farmers and travellers for thousands of years. 1. ______ For thousands of years, it lived only in poems and legends. In 2013, a Chinese lunar rover changed that. In 2013, a Chinese lunar rover finally pressed its wheels into the moon dust. 2. ______ It landed on the moon and left the first footprints of China there. The rover was named Yutu, the Jade Rabbit. Naming the rover Yutu, the Jade Rabbit, tied ancient legend to modern wheels. 3. ______ In old tales, the Jade Rabbit lives on the moon with Chang'e. Yutu sent back photos and data from the lunar surface. Its cameras and scientific instruments sent back data that scientists still study today. 4. ______ Scientists studied the moon's soil through its “eyes”. Ancient dreams and modern technology met on the moon. When legends finally land on real ground, a whole new era quietly begins. 5. ______ When legends land on real ground, a new era begins. A. The dream of touching the moon came true. B. The name connected legend with reality. C. The moon now holds both poems and footprints. D. Yutu worked on the moon for over two years. E. Its journey was watched by millions. F. It shines above us every night. Passage 3 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 What is life like on a space station? On a space station, even a dropped pen becomes a small flying satellite. 1. ______ Everything floats, from pens and spoons to the astronauts themselves. Sleeping in space is a special experience. Astronauts zip their sleeping bags to the wall so they do not drift away in sleep. 2. ______ Astronauts tie their sleeping bags to the wall so they won't drift away. Eating also becomes interesting in space. Every food crumb must be caught quickly before it flies into delicate machines. 3. ______ Food must be packed carefully, or small pieces will fly around the cabin. Exercise is a must every day. Hours of daily treadmill running keep their bones and muscles from slowly fading. 4. ______ Without gravity, muscles and bones become weak quickly. Life in space is hard but wonderful. They trade earthly comfort for the greatest window humanity has ever built. 5. ______ Astronauts trade comfort for the joy of seeing the earth from above. A. Without gravity, nothing stays where you put it. B. Simple meals need special care. C. Astronauts can see sixteen sunrises every day. D. They run on a special treadmill for hours. E. Looking down at our blue planet, they feel proud and peaceful. F. A “bed” is just a small cabin there. Passage 4 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Mars is the next destination for human space exploration. Mars, the red planet, is the most earth-like world in our whole solar system. 1. ______ It is the planet most similar to the earth. A trip to Mars takes about seven months. Seven quiet, lonely months of flight separate the warm earth from cold Mars. 2. ______ The spacecraft must cross hundreds of millions of kilometres. Landing is the most dangerous part of the journey. The landing sequence must slow the spacecraft from many thousands of kilometres per hour. 3. ______ A parachute and rockets must slow the craft from great speed. Living on Mars will be a bigger challenge. Future explorers must grow their own food and make their own water on Mars. 4. ______ Astronauts will need to grow food and make water there. The red planet is far, but not unreachable. Today's students watching launch videos are tomorrow's Mars exploration crews. 5. ______ Today's students may be tomorrow's Mars explorers. A. One small mistake may end the whole mission. B. The road to Mars begins in classrooms today. C. Humans have watched it in the night sky for ages. D. China's Tianwen-1 probe landed on Mars in 2021. E. It is a long and lonely journey. F. Nothing can be brought from the earth every day. Passage 5 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使其意思通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Behind every spacecraft, there is a human spirit. Behind every rocket stands a human spirit far braver than the metal that carries it. 1. ______ It is the spirit of courage, wisdom and willingness to sacrifice. Space pioneers face unknown dangers. Every launch carries the real risk of failure that pioneers accept without complaint. 2. ______ Every launch may fail; every journey may never return. Generations of scientists worked in silence. Generations of engineers worked in silence, known only to their own careful notebooks. 3. ______ Some devoted their whole lives to a single project. Their hardship built today's great achievements. Every successful landing in history stands on a mountain of failed attempts. 4. ______ Every landing on the moon stands on countless failures. The spirit of space pioneers belongs to everyone. Look up at the stars tonight, then look down at your own next step. 5. ______ In study and in life, we can all explore our own “space” bravely. A. It drives humans to look beyond the earth. B. Look up at the stars, and keep moving forward. C. Their names may be unknown, but their work shines. D. A famous scientist worked on rockets for forty years. E. Fear has never stopped them. F. Great glory grows from great hardship. 参考答案 Unit 1 Life choices Passage 1：C F A E D Passage 2：B D C A F Passage 3：C A F B D Passage 4：B D F C E Passage 5：D E C F A Unit 2 The road to success Passage 1：C F D B A Passage 2：D C E A B Passage 3：E C F A D Passage 4：E F A D C Passage 5：F C A B D Unit 3 Art for life Passage 1：E D F A B Passage 2：E F D B C Passage 3：D B A E C Passage 4：A F E D C Passage 5：D C B F A Unit 4 More than words Passage 1：D F B E A Passage 2：D C E B A Passage 3：E A D C F Passage 4：C E B D F Passage 5：B F E C D Unit 5 Under the waves Passage 1：C B E A F Passage 2：F C B E D Passage 3：F D E A C Passage 4：D F E A B Passage 5：A C E F B Unit 6 Looking beyond Passage 1：D B C F E Passage 2：F A B E C Passage 3：A F B D E Passage 4：C E A F B Passage 5：A E C F B 第 页 共 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $