Unit 8 It must belong to Carla. 短文填空专项练习 2022-2023学年人教版新目标英语九年级全册（含答案）

人教版新目标九年级英语Unit 8
短文填空
专项练习
A
根据短文内容及所给首字母提示, 用适当的单词完成短文
Maria Vas and her dog walked down the hall of the nursing home and stopped in front of the old lady with a nurse at her side.“Would she like to 1.s________my dog ” Maria asked.
“No,a visit won't 2.h________her,” said the nurse.Then she 3.e________that the lady was too sick to appreciate visitors.
But Maria decided to try anyway.She had done research on animal assisting therapy(辅助疗法) for 10 years.And she was very successful in this 4.a________.She'd seen even the sickest patients enjoy a visit from a lovely dog.
Maria carried the dog over to the old lady.Immediately,the woman 5.r________out toward the dog! She was so 6.p________that she began smiling and trying to talk.The nurse stood aside, 7.w________　them in amazement.This woman had never communicated with anyone.It was like she wasn't even 8.a________—until the dog came to visit.
Around the world sick adults and 9.c________　fill lonely hospital rooms.They may have an illness or need to be 10.c________for.A dog's friendly eyes and warm paws(爪子) may be just what the doctor ordered to encourage them and help them heal (治愈).
B
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Long long ago, there was a small village in the Middle East. In the village there was 1.________old man called Sthira. He lived by himself. His only son had gone far away to study. Sthira's friends 2.________ (wonder)whether his son would return, 3.________Sthira always said,“Whatever happens, happens for good.”
One day the old man's son returned and the villagers were very happy for Sthira. He thanked the villagers and said 4.________ (polite),“Whatever happens, happens for good.”However, later, Sthira's son broke his 5.________. Once again the villagers came to visit him and once again the old man thanked 6.________ (they)and said,“Whatever happens, happens for good.”Some of the villagers were surprised 7.________ (hear)this. Why What was good His son's leg got badly hurt!
After a few days, the army came to the village and forced all the young men to 8.________the army. When they found his son had a 9.________ (break)leg, they left him behind. Once again, all the villagers came to congratulate him on his 10.________luck. Like always, the old man was still thankful to them and said,“Whatever happens, happens for good.”
C
根据短文内容及首字母提示写出正确的单词，使短文完整、通顺.
The Bermuda Triangle (百慕大三角) is in the Atlantic Ocean，near Florida in the USA.1.D ________the past 60 years，more than 1，000 seamen in ships and pilots in planes have lost their lives there. It is 2.k ________as “The Triangle of Death” for its strange seawater and 3. s________storms. What's the strangest is the light of the seawater，4. w________looks so bright that it can be seen even from a spaceship.
At 2：00 p．m. on December 5，1945，five planes 5. t________ off in fine weather from the airport of Florida on a training task. Two hours 6.l ________，the leader in the sky reported that he was “completely lost”．Then there was silence. Another plane was sent to look for them and also 7. l________．
One of the largest ships that had disappeared in the triangle was an American coal ship，500 meters long. The weather was good，and there were no messages for help before it was “gone”．No broken ships or 8.d________ bodies have been found so far.
No one is able to tell how all these accidents have happened. A group of Japanese 9. s________went there to see what it was really like in 1995，10.b ________nothing has been heard about them ever since. The Bermuda Triangle is really a mysterious place！
D
根据短文内容及单词提示,用所给单词的适当形式完成短文.
Long ago there lived two brothers, Joshua and Eli. They lived a(n) 1._______(poor) life on a farm. One day, Joshua heard of a kingdom and there weren't any onions! Joshua thought, “2.______ (if)I sell them onions, they will pay me a lot of money！”
Joshua went to the kingdom and asked to meet the king (国王). He told the king about the onions and the king 3._________ (express)curiosity (好奇心). He asked Joshua to prepare food with onions for a party. The king invited many guests 4._________ (attend)the party and try the food. Everyone liked the 5._____ (taste) of onions! The king said to Joshua, “These onions are the most 6.________ (value) thing in my kingdom. In return for them, I will give you their equal weight (同等重量) of gold.”
Joshua 7._______ become () very rich. Eli wanted gold, too. He asked Joshua if this kingdom had garlic (大蒜). Joshua thought and said, “8._______ (actual)they don't have any garlic.”
So Eli traveled to the kingdom and visited the king. He made a lot of delicious 9.______ (dish)with garlic. The king liked garlic very much and said, “I will give you its equal weight of the most precious (宝贵的) thing in my kingdom.” Eli was excited to hear that. However, all 10._______ (he)excitement was gone when he found he received nothing but onions!
E
阅读下面短文，用所给单词的适当形式填空。
Crop circles (麦田怪圈) are patterns in fields that appear overnight. At first they were just some simple 1. ________(circle)，now the patterns have become very complicated (复杂的).From a plane，crop circles can look like a work of art 2. ________(outdoor)．
Since the first crop circles were found in Britain in 1978，it has become a great 3. ________( mystery)．How these crop circles are made？Who makes them？What is the 4. ________( purpose)of making them
Some scientists think that some of the crop circles 5. ________( might)be man made. They believe that thanks to modern technology，it is possible to create such complicated patterns in a short time.
However，others think that crop circles might be the work of some 6. ________ (alien)．Because they often appear in areas shortly after there have been UFOs to be 7. ________(see)．They also think that the circles are so complicated that nobody on earth is 8. ________ (able)to make a true crop circle.
Although different opinions about these crop circles have been 9. ________(express)，one thing everybody agrees on. That is these crop circles are 10. ________(value)to the local economy (经济).Thousands of visitors come here to see crop circles every year.
F
在空白处用所给词的正确形式填空，使短文完整、正确。
There was once a cave (洞穴) near a town.It was called “Cave of Fear”.1. ________(somebody) who entered it didn't return.It's said that there might be a monster in the cave.In order to 2. ________( prevent) the monster from getting out of the cave，people often left gifts at the mouth of the cave，and these 3. ________(value) things always disappeared soon.
One day，a young man came to the town.When he heard about the cave，he decided to enter the cave and found out 4. ________( whether)r there was a monster.As he went deep into the cave，he heard some strange 5. ________(sound)．So he followed the sounds.Suddenly，he 6. ________(feel) something was pushing his back.He was pushed into a large cave.As he 7. ________(land) in the cave，he got very surprised.There was a big party.A lot of people were 8. ________(have) the party.They were all those people who had 9. ________( never) returned to the town.
Then he was told that this was the idea of a leader in the town.The leader wanted to show that if someone wanted to make a change，he should be brave.So the leader created the story of the monster.Only 10. ________( brave) people could enjoy big parties in the cave.
参考答案
A
1.see　2.help　3.explained　4.area 5.reached　
6.pleased　7.watching　8.alive　9.children 10.cared
B
1.an　2.wondered 3.but 4.politely 5.leg
6.them 7.to hear 8.join 9.broken 10.good
C
1.During 2.known 3.sudden 4.which 5.took
6.later 7.lost 8.dead 9.scientists 10.but
D
1.poor 2.If 3.expressed 4.to attend 5.taste
6.valuable 7.became 8.Actually 9.dishes 10.his
E
1.circles 2.outdoors 3.mystery 4.purpose 5.might
6.aliens 7.seen 8.able 9.expressed 10.valuable
F
1.Anybody 2.prevent 3.valuable 4.whether 5.sounds
6.felt 7.landed 8.having 9.never 10.brave