Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected 语法填空篇章练习题 2022-2023学年人教版英语九年级全册（含答案）

Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
语法填空篇章练习题（附答案）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内所给单词的正确形式。
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Simon，a 13-year-old student，was rewarded for his honesty. He handed a wallet in to the police after he 1.__________（find） it on the street. He became a great example to others. Here is his story.
“I come from a poor family. My mom2._________（have） a job as a cleaner before I was born. My dad，who is an electrician，3.______（work） long hours. Life wasn’t easy for our family，but we were very happy. Then things became difficult. Mom 4._____（lose） her job，and Dad didn’t have as much work as before，so they decided to move to the
city where there was more work.
Although Mom 5._______（find） a new job，life here seems more difficult. Dad still hasn’t got a lot of work and everything in the shops here seems more expensive. Because of all this，people find it hard to understand what I did the other day. I 6._________（come） home
from school when I found a wallet lying open on the pavement. I could see that there was a lot of money inside. Of course I 7.________（not keep） it. Because at that moment I thought about how my father 8.__________（feel） if he lost his money on the way home. I 9._____（take） it to the police station straight away.Now，suddenly I have become a hero！Everyone said I 10.___________（do） something special. But I don’t think so. I think I just did what I should do.”
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Coming home after working for the whole night,I lost my wallet. It was 11.__________（probable） very close to my house but I couldn’t find it and had to cancel my credit cards. I had kept 12._____ wallet for ten years and it was a Christmas present. It was a bright，red leather wallet. Not every adult is sad about losing something，13._____ I was very upset about losing my
wallet.
I spoke to my 14.________（friend） about my lost wallet. Most of them said I might get the wallet back finally but the money in it would 15.__________（appear）. I had listed all the
things in my wallet 16._______（get） some new ones.I came home late the next night and my red wallet was in front of my house. I checked it carefully. Besides everything in my
wallet，there was a note. I was 17.__________（surprise） when I read the note which said，“I 18._______（find） this last night. It was too dark to go through it then，so I came back tonight. I got your address 19.______ your license. Sorry,Mike.”
Not only had this man returned my wallet but he was sorry for not bringing it back 20.________（early）. There was no information about Mike so I couldn’t get in touch with him to say “Thank you”. But I did hope he could know how thankful I was!
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On March 15, Nanjing Foreign Language School ___21___ (hold) a Traditional Festival Fair. It allowed students ___22___ (learn) about all kinds of holidays that belong to different ethnic groups (民族).
At the fair, every class was asked to prepare ___23___ English presentation (陈述) about a different holiday. Students could have fun “___24___” (travel) to different ethnic minority (少数民族) “areas”.
“I have heard of some common holidays, ___25___ the Spring Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival. But what interests me most are the holidays of ethnic minorities.” said seven-grader Liu Xinyi.
“Our class worked on the Zha Bai Ge Festival, which ___26___ (celebrate) by the Bouyei (布依族) people in lunar June every year,” said tenth-grader Zhang Yifan. “I dressed up in Bouyei clothes to welcome our visitors. Although the clothes are a little heavy, I felt proud of ___27___ (we) country for its colorful culture.”
The Bouyei people have singing competitions during this festival in memory of a young couple who died while fighting a local bully(恶霸). “Everyone in our classroom sang together ___28___ (happy). We also played bamboo flutes just like the Bouyei people,” Zhang said.
Interesting ___29___ (activity) in each class made the fair a lot of fun. Some classes organized quizzes, while others prepared gifts. “Students not only enjoyed rich Chinese culture, ___30___ also learned to use English to tell Chinese stories,” said school staff Wan Ziyan.
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About three years ago，I felt very lonely. I didn’t like my classmates，my parents or anyone else. My classmates didn’t want 31.________（talk） with me and my parents were always saying that other kids were 32._______（good） than me. I thought I was the 33.___________（lucky） person in the world.One day I had a big fight 34.______ one of my classmates. I
was so angry35._____ I hit him in the face. Just at that moment，a boy stood up and 36._________（stop） the fight. He was the monitor of 37._____（we） class. After that，he often helped me and we became good friends. Whenever I got angry or sad，he would help me to cool down. My life began to change because of 38._____ boy. As time 39.______（go） by，I have become happier with people and things. And it seems that people around me have changed，too. My parents don’t shout at me any more. And my classmates become 40._________（friend） to me.
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Life is full of regrets. The most regrettable moment of my past years 41.__________（happen） in my junior high school. At that time,I failed my English exam.
On a winter afternoon,I sat on my seat and waited for 42_____ English exam. It was the last exam of the term. After the exam,we would enjoy our winter holiday. I did not worry
about the exam 43._________ I was good at English. And I was the so-called top student in my class. I thought it was not necessary 44.__________（review） English. In my opinion,it would
be easy.Soon the teacher entered the classroom several45._________（minute） in advance（提前）. Then she gave out the test papers to us. At first,I thought it was easy. However,when I
finished half the paper,I felt it was increasingly difficult. I had ever learned some words but I just could not remember 46.______（they）.What’s worse,I was 47.___________（influence）
by these difficulties and my brain was in a mess. I knew that I would fail the exam. I regretted not preparing well for it. And I regretted being too 48._______（pride） of myself.Two hours passed 49.________（quick）,and we all had to hand in our test papers. After school,I walked on the way home 50.______ a heavy heart. The experience taught me a lesson—hard work is the only key to good results.
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参考答案
1.found/had found 2.had/had had 3.worked 4.lost 5.found
6.was coming 7.didn’t keep 8.would feel 9.took 10.did/had done
11.probably 12.the 13.but 14.friends 15.disappear
16.to get 17.surprised 18.found 19.from 20.earlier
21.held 22.to learn 23.an 24.travelling 25.like
26.is celebrated 27.our 28.happily 29.activities 30.but
31.to talk 32.better 33.unluckiest 34.with 35.that
36.stopped 37.our 38.the 39.goes 40.friendly
41.happened 42.the 43.because 44.to review 45.minutes
46.them 47.influenced 48.proud 49.quickly 50.with