2022-2023学年人教版九年级英语上册语法填空周练一（含答案）

初三上册语法填空练习
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Australia has many amazing creatures and ____1___(plant). It's famous___2____ them. However, scientists have reported a "shocking" loss of biodiversity. The government released a depressing report about this. It says there is a decrease in biodiversity, an increase in habitat loss, and more ____3____(pollute). Australia has had drought, fires and floods recently. These have killed many animals. Climate change is also damaging Australia's ecosystems.
Australia publishes its report every five years. Each report is ___4____ (bad)than the one before. A conservation group said the government is not taking action ____5____(help). It said: "The environment ___6____(get) worse and worse…because we're not taking…action." Australia has lost many mammal species. More than 100 species are now extinct. An environmentalist said the report was "a wake-up call". It shows the damage humans are doing to the world.
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Everyone has a favourite colour. We usually like it all our lives. A new study from the BBC found that the most common favourite colour is blue. It also found that people___1___(change) the colours they like as they get. ___2___(experience) in life also change the way people feel about colour. Many people like ___3___ (dark) colours as they get older. The BBC said dark yellowish-brown was the world's least liked colour.
The BBC found that blue ___4___(be) a favourite colour since the 1800s. Most people's experiences of blue are positive. Many colours in nature are blue, especially the sea and sky. A blue sky makes people ___5__(happy). A negative association with blue is in the English language. In English, people say they are "feeling blue". This means they feel sad. Sport sometimes helps people___6___(choice) a favourite colour. Many people like the colour of their favourite team.
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People spend billions of dollars trying to look panies make ___1____(thousand) of creams and pills for our skin. Scientists tried for decades to slow down the ageing process. Now, they have made a breakthrough. They have found a method to "time jump" skin cells. The scientists say they can turn back the ageing clock in cells by 30 years. Their work is still at ___2___ early stage, but it could help people look younger in the future.
The new technique could change medicine. A researcher said: "We've only tested this technique in skin cells. We're ____3____(excite) to see if we can use it across other cell types." It could be used to treat skin ____4___(problem), such as burns and acne. It could also heal cuts more___5____(quick). Another researcher said: "If you cut yourself, it____6____(take) quicker to heal the wound." The scientists' work might help to reverse the ageing process and make us look younger.
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Plastic is a big problem. It damages the environment, ____1___(pollute) rivers and oceans, and kills wildlife. It takes hundreds of years ___2___(disappear). Many companies want to replace plastic with other things. Coca-Cola is working with a company ___3___(call) Paboco to make a paper bottle. It wants to stop using plastic for ___4__(it) drinks bottles. It was the world's number one plastic polluter in 2019. In one year, Coca-Cola uses three million tons of plastic packaging.
Paboco thinks plastic packaging may disappear one day. Coca-Cola executives said: "Our vision is to create a paper bottle that can ____5___(recycle) like any other type of paper. A paper bottle opens up____6___whole new world of packaging possibilities in the future." Coca-Cola will one day use only packaging from renewable sources. These will be recyclable and sustainable. Coca-Cola said this was "right" for consumers and for our planet.
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Schools in England have little money to spend. They have to cut back on things. The government has cut budgets. A head teacher in London cannot pay___1___ cleaners or canteen staff. She has to help clean the toilets ___2___. She told reporters she was embarrassed because her school did not have enough money___3___(support) students. She____4___(sell) school land, cut subjects and fired teachers to keep her school open.
The London school is like many in the UK. Schools have made difficult____5____(decide) about how to spend their money. Schools wrote to ___6___(million) of parents to explain there is no money. Schools asked parents to volunteer. Some schools asked parents for toilet paper and classroom basics. Students in one school get just one sheet of A4 paper a month. Teachers want to meet the education secretary, but he said no. The UK government said education is a priority.
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A scientist wants to prove that the Earth is flat. Mike Hughes, 61, is ___1___ flat-Earther – someone who believes that the Earth is not round. He taught himself how ____2___(make) a rocket for $20,000. He will get into his rocket and fire it hundreds of meters in the air. It is powered by steam and can fly at 800 kmh. He told reporters: "I like to do extraordinary things….No one in the history of mankind ____3____(design), built and launched himself in his own rocket."
Mr Hughes will take photos to prove that the Earth is flat. He said the Earth ___4____(be) land with walls of ice at the edges. He said his project will "shut the door on this ball-Earth" idea. He is a little ____5___(worry) and said the flight is, "as scary as hell, but none of us are getting out of this world alive". Hughes hopes his flat-Earth discovery will help him run for California Governor. The flight will be on his website on Saturday. He ____6___(feed) his four cats, just in case(以防) something goes wrong.
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A new report says over half of us get headaches. Researchers looked at 357 different studies on headaches from 1961 to 2020. The studies were from rich countries. They had data on headaches and migraines. The researchers said 52 per cent of people in their study had a headache every year. The lead researcher was____1___(surprise) that so many people got headaches. The report ___2___(publish) in "The Journal of Headache and Pain".
The researchers said women get more headaches and migraines than men. They also said six per cent of women get headaches on 15 or ____3___(many) days a month. This number is three per cent for men. Headaches are common worldwide and can be very____4___(pain). More people are getting headaches and migraines. The researchers ___5___(call) for more research "to analyze the different ___6____(cause) of headaches and to target prevention and treatment more effectively".
答案
(1)
1 plants 2 for 3 pollution 4 worse 5 to help 6 is getting
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1 change 2 Experiences 3 darker 4 has been 5 happy 6 choose
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1 thousands 2 an 3 excited 4 problems 5 quickly 6 will take
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1 pollutes 2 to disappear 3 called 4 its 5 be recycled 6 a
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1 for 2 herself 3 to support 4 has sold 5 decisions 6 millions
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1 a 2 to make 3 has designed 4 is 5 worried 6 fed
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1 surprised 2 is published 3 more 4 painful 5 called 6 causes