第19课时 九年级 Units 9～10
一、单项填空
1．(2018·安徽滁州明光二模)Stephen Hawking, who has died at the age of 76, was not only one of the greatest scientists but also showed the of the human spirit to rise above(克服) serious illness. A．reply C．ability
B．prize D．effort
2．(2018·河北邯郸模拟) your hat when raising the national flag. A．Take off C．Get off
B．Turn off
D．Fall off
3．(2018·浙江温州中考)I've ordered some flowers for Grandma and they will arrive two hours. A．in
B．after D．for
C．over
4．(2019·预测)Kelly and Sandy are good friends. They share everything with each other—happiness and . A．fairness C．sadness
B．kindness D．shyness
5．(2019·原创)You should the time you spend together with your friends. A．wake C．visit
B．value
D．view
6．(2018·云南昆明西山二模)I will always remember the people have supported me a lot in my life. A．whom
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B．which
C．who D．whose
7．(2019·预测)In France you shouldn't put bread on the table. You put it on the plate.
A．shouldn't
B．are supposed to D．will
C．would like to
8．(2018·江苏无锡滨湖一模)You should go to see him since he is so seriously ill. ， he is your brother. A．In all
B．First of all
C．Above all D．After all
9．(2019·原创)If you smell gas or see a broken line, the main valve(阀门) from the outside. A．set up C．give up
B．shut off
D．turn on
10．(2018·安徽安庆桐城四模)The bag my mother bought for me gets out of style, but it is still the best thing in my mind. A．gradually C．suddenly 二、完形填空
(2018·福建莆田质检改编)One day a young man Jeff asked a wise man why he wasn't able to reach all of his goals. 1 a smile, the wise man listened to Jeff's story and told him, “First help me boil a kettle(水壶) of water！”
Jeff saw a kettle 2 next to a stove, but he didn't find any wood. After coming back with some wood, he 3 up the kettle with water and started a fire. Because the Kettle was too 4 ， when the wood burned up, the water did not boil. He ran out for 5 . When he returned, the water had 6 turned cold.“How can I boil the water？” he asked himself. Then he learned his 7 and prepared more wood in advance(提前). This time the water
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B．normally D．finally
boiled quickly.
“If there is not enough wood, 8 would you boil the water？” the wise man asked. Jeff thought for a moment but shook his head.
“Well, just pour out some water！” the wise man said. Jeff nodded 9 ．
“At first, you set too many goals，”said the wise man，“It's like the large kettle full of water. You didn't have enough wood, 10 you couldn't boil the water. If you want to make the water boil, you will have to either pour some out or prepare more wood！” 1．A.On
B．For
C．With
D．As D．keeping
2．A.falling 3．A.took 4．A.heavy 5．A.more 6．A.ever
B．standing C．burning B．made
C．filled
D．got
D．light
D．bigger
B．large B．less
C．small
C．fewer
B．never
C．almost D．hardly
7．A.lesson 8．A.how
B．problem C．difficulty D．importance
D．where
B．what B．thankfully B．as
C．why
9．A.carefully 10．A.so 三、阅读理解
C．thoughtfully D．especially
D．if
C．but
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(2019·原创)When someone says they have to “face the music”， it does not mean they are going to a concert. 1.
Imagine a friend asks you to take care of her beautiful red sports car. She gives you the keys and says, “Thanks so much for watching my car while I'm away.” 2. It is an extremely(极其) fast car. 3. You want to show off to some friends. So, you drive it around town one night. As bad luck would have it, you lose control of the car and drive it into a stop sign. Bang!
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When your friend returns you must tell her what you have done and “face the music”. 4. It could be losing her friendship or paying for repairs to her sports car or both. Whatever the music is, you must face it.
5． To “take your medicine” means to accept the results from something bad you have done. And if someone says, “You made your bed. Now lie in it.” they mean you created a bad situation and now you will experience the results!
根据短文内容，从短文后所给的选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A．But you do not listen.
B．“Facing the music” means to accept and deal with the punishment of an action. C．The “music” here is the result of your actions. D．But please, do not drive it.
E．There are other American expressions that mean the same thing as “face the music”． F．Take this medicine three times a day. G．I can't stand life without music.
B
(2018·云南曲靖中考)To me, life would be boring without music. I realize that it is not true for everybody. Many people get along quite well without going to the concerts and listening to the CDs. But music plays an important part in everyone's life, whether he realizes it or not. Try to imagine, for example, what films or TV plays would be like without music. Would the feeling, the moving story, and the greatest interests, be so exciting? I'm not sure about it.
Now, we have been speaking of music in its more common meaning—the kind of music we hear in the concert hall. But if we look at some parts of music more closely, we discover them in our everyday life, too—in the sound of the sea, the singing of a bird in the woods and so on. So music surely has meaning for everyone. And of course，it has special meaning for those who have spent all their lives working on playing or writing music.
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