初中英语外研版九下Module3 Life now and then Unit1 They sometimes work harder.作业（含解析）

Module 3 Life now and then
Unit 1 They sometimes work harder.
一、单项选择。
1. The old man is quite ________. Please speak to him loudly.
A. wealthy B. deaf C. clever D. kind
2. He ______ look at the stars every night, but now he does not.
A. had better B. used to C. ought to D. had to
3. Mr White was rich, but his ________ didn’t bring him happiness.
A. light B. heat C. wealth D. blood
4. There _____ a number of books in the library and the number of them _____ increasing.
A. has; is B. have; are C. are; is D. is; are
5. According to the report, ______ half of the students sleep late at weekends.
A. mostly B. partly C. especially D. nearly
6. Bruce ______ watches TV or listens to the radio, so he knows nothing about it.
A. seldom B. sometimes C. usually D. often
7. He practiced English every chance he could catch. So now he can speak English _______ local Americans.
A. so good as B. as well as C. as good as D. so well as
8. Now the air in our town is _______ than it used to be. Something must be done to stop it.
A. very good B. even worse C. rather bad D. much better
9. —Do you like the western food, Lily
—No, I think the food of our country is _______ that of western countries.
A.as delicious as B. less delicious than
C. not as delicious as D. much more delicious than
10. My grandfather _______ live in the countryside, but now he _______ living in the city.
A. used to; used to B. got used to; gets used to
C. used to; gets used to D. got used to; used to
11. The headmaster spoke as _____ as she could to make the students understand her.
A. clearly B. more clearly C. most clearly D. the most clearly
12. ________ students in the school is over 2,000. ________ them are from the city.
A. The number of; A number of
B. The number of; The number of
C. A number of; A number of
D. A number of; The number of
二、完形填空。
When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My parents took me by train or by car to a hotel by the ___1___. All day, I seem to remember, I ___2___ on the sands with strange ___3___ children. We made houses and gardens, and ___4___ the tide (潮汐) destroy them. When the tide went out, we ___5___ over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the sun seemed to shine always brightly and the water was always warm. Sometimes we ___6___ beach and walked in the country, exploring (搜寻) broken houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were ___7___ in one’s pockets or good places where one could ___8___ ice creams. Each day seemed a life-time.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good ___9___ is much the same as it was. I ____10____ like the sun and warm sand and the sound of waves beating the rocks. I no longer wish to ____11____ any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. _____12_____, I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I wonder what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am ____13____. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about ____14____ who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves _____15_____ on too many ice creams.
1. A. sea B. lake C. mountain D. river
2. A. played B. slept C. sat D. stood
3. A. moving B. excited C. anxious D. nervous
4. A. made B. brought C. watched D. heard
5. A. collected B. jumped C. turned D. climbed
6. A. left B. came to C. stood by D. played by
7. A. sweets B. sand C. ice-creams D. money
8. A. make B. sell C. buy D. offer
9. A. house B. holiday C. garden D. tide
10. A. hardly B. almost C. still D. perhaps
11. A. destroy B. fix C. use D. build
12. A. But B. However C. Otherwise D. Besides
13. A. strong B. weak C. young D. old
14. A. children B. boys C. girls D. grown-ups
15. A. happy B. tired C. sad D. sick
三、阅读理解。
Everybody is afraid of something. That’s what more than 1,700 kids told us when we asked them about fears and scary (害怕的) things. We gave kids a list of 14 scary things and asked which one frightened them most. Here are the top 5 answers from our survey: ① Scary movies and TV shows; ② Scary dreams; ③ Thunderstorms, hurricanes (飓风), and other horrible weather; ④ War and terrorism (恐怖行动); ⑤ Sounds heard at night.
But not everyone is afraid of the same thing. And what makes one person scared can be of no big deal for someone else. Plenty of kids said their biggest fear wasn’t on our list.
What is fear Fear is a feeling that everyone has — it’s programmed into all of us — and that’s a good thing because fear is there to protect us. We’re born with a sense of fear so we can react to something that could be dangerous. The baby cries, and their mom comes over to comfort him or her, helping the baby feel safe and OK again.
Real vs. Pretend
The best way to get over a fear is to get more information about it. As kids get older, they understand more and start seeing the difference between what is real and unreal. So when William’s imagination leads him to think of witches (女巫), he can tell himself, “Wait a minute. They’re only pretend things. I don’t need to worry about them.”
The same goes for the dark. A kid’s imagination can start playing tricks when the lights go out. What’s under my bed Is that a thief I hear With the help of a parent, kids can get more comfortable in the dark. Using a night light or shining a flashlight under the bed to see that there’s nothing there can help kids fight that fear.
1. What is paragraph 2 mainly about
A. The list of fears is not complete.
B. The things people fear are of no big fear.
C. Kids have more fears than people think.
D. People are afraid of different things.
2. In the writer’s opinion, ___________.
A. having a sense of fear is not a bad thing
B. babies have a weak sense of fear
C. fear is not something that we are born with
D. not all people can react to dangerous things
3. What does the underlined word “pretend” in paragraph 4 mean
A. Ugly B. Usual C. Unreal D. Lovely
参考答案与解析
一、单项选择。
1. B
【解析】句意：那老人耳聋。请大声对他说话。
考查形容词。wealthy富有的；deaf聋的；clever聪明的；kind友好的；根据“Please speak to him loudly.”请大声对他说话，所以此处是耳聋，故选B。
2. B
【解析】句意：他以前每天晚上都看星星，但是现在他不看了。A. had better最好做……；B. used to表示过去常常；过去经常；C. ought to应该；D. had to不得不。本题考查used to的用法。used to表示过去常常；过去经常。结合句意和选项可知B正确。
3. C
【解析】句意：怀特先生很富有，但他的财富并没有给他带来幸福。
考查名词辨析。light光线，光亮；heat热，温度；wealth财富；blood血。根据Mr White was rich，结合句意可知，此空是“财富”的意思，应填wealth，故选C。
4. C
【解析】主谓一致法。a number of books意为“大量的书”，可知句子的谓语动词用复数；the number of意为“……的数量”，作主语时谓语动词用单数。故选C。
5. D
【解析】句意：根据报道，周末几乎一半的学生睡得晚。
本题考查副词。mostly主要地，partly部分地，especially尤其，nearly几乎，差不多。根据half of the students，此处修饰数量，用nearly。故选D。
6. A
【解析】句意：布鲁斯很少看电视和听收音机，所以他对它一无所知。
本题考查频度副词。seldom很少，sometimes有时，usually经常，often经常。根据so he knows nothing about it.可知，他对此一无所知，因此“很少”看电视和听收音机，故选A。
7. B
【解析】句意：他一有机会就练习英语。所以现在他的英语说得和当地美国人一样好了。
本题考查形容词短语。so good as和……一样好，是形容词短语，用于否定句；as well as和……一样好，是副词短语，用于肯定句和否定句；as good as和……一样好，是形容词短语，用于肯定句和否定句；so well as和……一样好，是副词短语，用于否定句。修饰动词短语speak English，用副词短语，此处是肯定句，故选B。
8. B
【解析】句意：“现在我们镇上的空气比过去更糟了，必须采取措施来阻止它。”，A非常好；B甚至更糟糕；C而不是；D好得多，结合语境“必须采取措施来阻止它。”可知，应该是比过去“甚至更糟糕”，故选B。
9. D
【解析】句意：“—你喜欢西餐吗，莉莉？—不，我认为我们国家的食物比西方国家的好吃得多。”，考查形容词比较级，根据Do you like the western food可知，这是the western food和the food of our country两者之间的比较，应该用比较级形式；又根据much+形容词或副词的比较级，此处表示“更……”，此处意思是“更美味”，形容词delicious的比较级是more delicious，故选D。
10. C
【解析】句意: 我的爷爷过去住在农村, 但是现在他已经习惯住在城市里了。used to意为“曾经, 过去常常”, 后跟动词原形, be/get used to意为“习惯于”, 后跟动词的-ing形式。
11. A
【解析】句意：校长尽可能讲得清楚，以使学生们理解她。as … as one can “尽可能的……”，中间要加形容词或副词的原级。故答案选A。
12. A
【解析】the number of意为“……的数量”；a number of意为“许多……”。根据句意可知选A。
二、完形填空。
【解析】本文介绍了我记得小时候在沙滩上度假玩的时光。现在已经35岁了，但我对美好假期的看法还是和以前一样。有时我想知道当我老了，我的理想假期将是什么样的。
1. A句意：我的父母带我坐火车或汽车去海边的酒店。
sea海，lake湖，mountain山，river河。根据后文的“We made houses and gardens, and ___4___ the tide (潮汐) destroy them.”可知，能看见潮汐，因此是在海边，故选A。
2. A句意：整整一天，我似乎记得，我在沙滩上和陌生的兴奋的孩子们一起玩。
played玩，slept睡觉，sat坐，stood站立。在海边的沙滩上度假，不可能只是在沙滩上站着或坐着，结合后面的介词，故选A。
3. B句意：整整一天，我似乎记得，我在沙滩上和陌生的兴奋的孩子们一起玩。
moving令人感动的，excited令人兴奋的，anxious焦虑的，nervous紧张的。结合句意，孩子们在沙滩上玩，因此是兴奋的，故选B。
4. C句意：我们建造房屋和花园，看着潮水把它们摧毁。
made制作，brought带来，watched观看，heard听见。watch sb. do sth.看着某人做某事，此处指看着潮水摧毁沙子做的房屋或花园，故选C。
5. D句意：退潮后，我们爬过岩石，俯视着岩石池里的鱼。
collected收集，jumped跳跃，turned转头，climbed攀登。climb over the rocks爬过岩石，故选D。
6. A句意：有时，我们离开海滩，在乡间漫步，探索破落的房屋、漆黑的树林和攀爬的树木。
left离开，came to来到，stood by支持，played by遵守。根据“walked in the country”可知，在乡间散步，是离开了海滩，故选A。
7. A句意：在某人的口袋里有糖果，或者有一些人们可以买到冰淇淋的好地方。
sweets糖果，sand沙地，ice-creams冰淇淋，money金钱。谓语were是复数形式，主语用复数名词，根据“in one’s pockets”可知，在人的口袋里有一些糖果，故选A。
8. C句意：在某人的口袋里有糖果，或者有一些人们可以买到冰淇淋的好地方。
make制作，sell销售，buy买，offer提供。根据“There were ___7___ in one’s pockets”可知，口袋里有糖果，此处是买到一些冰淇淋的地方。故选C。
9. B句意：虽然我现在已经35岁了，但我对美好假期的看法还是和以前一样。
house房子，holiday假日，garden花园，tide潮汐。根据前文的“When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful.”可知，此处指的是假期。故选B。
10. C句意：我仍然喜欢阳光、温暖的沙滩和海浪拍打岩石的声音。
hardly几乎不，almost几乎，still仍然，perhaps可能。根据前文的“Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good ___9___ is much the same as it was.”可知，此处表示我对美好假期的看法还是和以前一样，因此表示我仍然喜欢阳光、温暖的沙滩和海浪拍打岩石的声音，故选C。
11. D句意：我不想再建任何沙房子或沙花园，我不喜欢糖果。
destroy破坏，fix维修，use使用，build建造。根据前文的“We made houses and gardens”可知，此处表示建造房子，故选D。
12. B句意：然而，我喜欢大海，经常感到沙子从指缝里流走。
But但是，However然而，有逗号隔开；Otherwise否则，Besides而且。结合句意，前一句表示我喜欢阳光和温暖的沙滩，后半句表示我不喜欢建造房子，前后表示转折关系，有逗号隔开，因此用however，故选B。
13. D句意：有时我想知道当我老了，我的理想假期将是什么样的。
strong强壮的，weak虚弱的，young年轻的，old年老的。根据“will be to lie in bed, reading books about ___14___ who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide,”可知，将来躺在床上看书，只能看着即将到来的潮汐，因此是将来老的时候，故选D。
14. A句意：那时我唯一想做的，也许就是躺在床上，读关于孩子们用沙子盖房子和花园的书，看涌来的潮水，吃太多的冰淇淋使自己生病。
children孩子，boys男孩，girls女孩，grown-ups成年人。根据“who make houses and gardens with sands”可知，用沙子造房子和花园的人是孩子们，故选A。
15. D句意：那时我唯一想做的，也许就是躺在床上，读关于孩子们用沙子盖房子和花园的书，看涌来的潮水，吃太多的冰淇淋使自己生病。
happy高兴的，tired疲倦的，sad悲伤的，sick生病的。根据on too many ice creams可知，吃太多的冰淇淋，会让人生病。故选D。
三、阅读理解。
【解析】本文介绍了每个人都有害怕的东西，但是害怕的东西不同。其实，恐惧也不是一件坏事。克服恐惧的最好方法就是多了解你害怕的东西。
1. D概括归纳题。根据“But not everyone is afraid of the same thing.”可知，第二段主要介绍并不是每个人都害怕同样的事情。因此人们害怕的东西不同，故选D。
2. A推理判断题。根据“and that’s a good thing because fear is there to protect us. We’re born with a sense of fear so we can react to something that could be dangerous.” 这是一件好事，因为恐惧会保护我们。我们生来就有恐惧感，所以我们可以对危险的事情做出反应。因此作者认为恐惧感不是一件坏事。故选A。
3. C词义猜测题。根据“vs”表示相对，与real “真实的”相对立的是不真实的，因此是unreal，故选C。
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