英语九年级全册Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.Section B精练

Unit4  I used to be afraid of the dark.

SectionB(1a-2f)

I. 单项选择：

(    )1.---Why were you absent _______ the meeting yesterday?

       ---Because I had a bad cold.

 A. about    B. to     C. of   D. from

(    )2. ---Can you please keep ________ for a while? I’ll give my mother a call.

       ---Yes, of course.

  A. silent    B. humorous   C. honest   D. brave

(    )3. ---I don’t dare ________ into the thick forest alone on such a dark night.

       ---Me either.

 A. to fall    B. falling    C. to go   D. going

(    )4. ---How time flies! It’s two years ________ Lisa went to Canada.

       ---Yeah, we all miss her very much.

 A. though   B. when    C. if    D. since

(    )5. ---Why do you want to take your mother to another hospital?

       ---The doctors here can’t say ________ what’s wrong with her.

 A. probably   B. exactly   C. politely  D. heavily

(    )6. ---Kate is very happy that she ______ her lost watch.

       ---It’s great! The watch is important to her.

 A. will find   B. won’t find   C. has found  D. hasn’t found

(    )7. ---I’m not feeling very well today. Can you go to collect the prize instead of me?

       ---Oh, I’ msorry to hear that, but the winner will be there _________.

 A. in turn    B. in secret   C. in person  D. in danger

(    )8. ---What was the ________ of yesterday’s basketball game?

       ---Class Five 108 points to Class Seven 96.

 A. score    B. plan    C. speed   D. record

(    )9. ---Please telephone this number if you _________ more information.

    ---OK, thank you.

 A. interview   B. review    C. influence  D. require

(    )10. ---There are a lot of old things in my house. My mother doesn’t know how to _____ them.

     ---Why not have a yard sale?

 A. do with   B. deal with   C. compare with D. get on with

(    )11. China is _______Asian country while Italy is ________European country.

 A. a, a    B. a; an    C. an; an   D. an ; a

(    )12. Each of us has to write a ________ report every two weeks.

 A. two-hundred-word     B. two-hundreds-word

 C. two-hundreds- words     D. two-hundred-words

(    )13. Don’t worry _______ him. He isn’t young ________.

 A. about; no longer      B. for, no longer

 C. for, any longer      D. about, any longer

(    )14. This place _________ a factory but now it is a park.

 A. used to being  B. used to be  C. is used to  D. using to be

(    )15. Jane is very busy these days .She has lots of problems to ________.

 A. deal with   B. keep up with C. agree with  D. come up with

II. 根据句意、首字母或汉语意思完成所缺单词，每空限填一词。

  1. He took up ________________（学习）English at the age of four.

  2. Tom knows the names of many kinds of _______________（昆虫）.

  3. His brother is very shy so he hardly shows up in p_____________.

  4. The pianist is old, but he still plays the ____________ all the time.

  5. Being punished by the teacher, the little boy kept ____________ and didn’t say a word for about an hour.

  6. The Chief Executive（行政长官）of Hong Kong gave a _____________（演讲）to call on people to stay calm and united together.

  7. I have a baby now, so I _______________（很少）go to the cinema with my friends.

  8. He’s been ________________from school for three days because of his illness.

  9. What parents say and do will __________________ their children.

  10. He is studying in Peking University. He is the ______________of his family.

III. 根据汉语及英语提示，完成下列句子。

  1. 在会上，我未能弄懂他的计划。 （fail）

    At the meeting I _______________________________ his plan.

  2. 因为她参加考试，昨天她没有来。 （take）

    Yesterday she didn’t come because she ___________________________________.

  3. 他打算送你的儿子去寄宿学校就读。   （boarding）

     He plans to send his son to_________________________________________.

  4. Lisa 得乘坐6个小时的火车去昆明。  （ride）

    Lisa had to ____________________________________________to Kuenming.

  5. 汤姆是一位优等生，在学校表现很好。 （well）

    Tom is an excellent student and ____________________________school.

  6. 比尔很少11点钟以前上床睡觉。  （seldom）

    Bill _________________________________before eleven o’clock.

  7. 医生建议我弟弟呆在床上两周。  （advise）

    The doctor ____________________________stay in bed for two weeks.

  8. 尽管昨晚外面很冷，爸爸还是去跑步了。 （though）

     Dad went out for a run _____________________ it was cold outside last night.

  9. 去年蒂娜对英语学习变得不怎么感兴趣了。 （less）

     Tina __________________________________English learning last year.

  10. 很难相信她在一个小村庄长大。  （hard）

     __________________________________ that she grew up in a small village.

VI. 阅读填词。

    I'm in my middle fties and I don t feel old yet. However, sometimes I look back at my childhood and compare things with the way life is for today's kids. Some things have (1)_     (肯定) changed.

    One area of change is television. Some changes have been improvements. Some changes, however, have been (2)p____________.

   When I started school, most families in my village didn' t have a television; televisions were just beginning to get popular. They were new and (3)_______________.  My father saved money for a whole year and bought a small black and white set. I still remember watching my favorite cartoon on that fascinating machine. I even (4)i____________ all my friends over. That was

exciting!

   Now, televisions have come to every home in my vllage and many families (5)o___________

more than one television. The pictures are in full color and far clearer. The screens are so wonderful that they are (6)____________(更) like those of movies. The quantity (数量) of programs has increased greatly, too. There are over one hundred channels (频道) available. As

(7)__________the programs, there are many fine educational shows. On the (8)________ hand, there is a lot of rubbish, things that most parents don't want their kids to watch. Experts (9)w_______ parents that television has a very big influence on kids and a lot ofit is negative (消极的).

Television isn' t (10)__________(.....的事物) it used to be. I wonder Wwhatit will be like when today' s kids are my age. What do you think?

V. 阅读理解：

   There is an old story about a，king and his daughter. The king asked his daughter how much she loved him. She said that she loved him as much as.she loved salt. Her answer upsetthe king. Salt is a simple thing, and it is very common. So (1)____________.  But the king was wrong. Salt might

be common, but it is very important. So why do people care so much about salt?

   Salt has many uses. Our bodies need salt. If we don' t have enough, (2) ___________. We put salt on icy roads to make them safe. Products (制品) like plastic (塑料)，paper and glass depend on salt. But for many years, salt S most important job was preserving food.

   Like other living things, most bacteria (细菌) that cause food to go bad need water to live. Salt

takes in lots of water, so most bacteria can' t live in a salty environment. As a result, (3)_________.

For much of human history, this ability has made salt highly valued.

   For centuries, (4)_____________. Its usefulness and rarity (稀有) made it very expensive. Salt could even be used as money. In fact, the word "salary" comes from the word“salt". And valuable people are described as being“worth their salt". Today, salt is easy to get. It is no longer expensive, but (5)_______________.

参考答案：

I. 1------5  DACDB  6-------10  CCADB  11-------15  DADBA

II. 1. learning/ studying  2. ants  3. public  4. piano  5.silent

  6. speech  7. seldom  8.absent  9.influence  10. pride

III. 1. failed to understand   2. took an exam / a test   3. a boarding school

   4. take a 6-hour train ride  5.does well in   6. seldom goes to bed

   7. advised my brother to  8. even though   9. became less interested in

   10. It’s hard to believe

VI. 1. certainly  2. problems  3. expenisve  4. invited  5. own  

   6. more   7. for   8. other  9. warn   10. what

V. 1------5  BCEAD