Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious! 语法填空专练(含答案）

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2023—2024学年人教版英语九年级Unit 2—语法填空专练
Name___________ Grade___________
第一节 语法填空。
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A
McDull is a talking piglet(小猪). He has 1 heart of gold although he isn’t very smart. McDull lives with his mother Mrs Mak in Hong Kong. Before his birth, his father 2 (appear). Mrs. Mak had to raise McDull as a single mother.
Mrs. Mak tries her best to make a good life for McDull. She makes several jobs to make more money: house agent(房产中介), 3 (cook) and cleaner. She makes 4 (taste) food for McDull with just rice, dried fish and cabbage. However, when McDull grows up, he and his mother are not close as before. Can they go back to how they used to be
5 you want to find the answer, you can watch the movie McDull: Me &My Mom, which will open in Chinese cinemas 6 Oct 1.
The movie is the 7 (five) in the McDull series. Created in 1995, McDull became a popular cartoon character because of his spirit (精神) of never 8 (give) up. The funny piglet has many dreams but fails every time he tries. He is sad but keeps trying, and explores other dreams.
Mrs. Mak doesn’t appear very often in the previous (以前的) McDull movies. 9 in McDull: Me &My Mom, she is a main character. Brian Tse, 10 (direct) of the movie said the film is about mother’s love.
B
"Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream," some scientists say.
Dreams take up about one 11 (quarter) of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some are like old films. They come to 12 (we) over and over again. That may be 13 the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a 14 of trying to find an answer.
Some people get new 15 (idea) about their work from dreams. They may have been thinking about their work all day. These thoughts can be carried over 16 dreams.
Sometimes we wake up with a good 17 (feel) from a dream. But often we can't remember the dream. Dreams can disappear 18 (quick) from memory.
Too much dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, the 19 (long) we dream. The mind is
20 at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.
C
There are many important festivals in China.Such 21.　 　 the Spring Festival,the Dragon Boat Festival,the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Lantern Festival.On different festivals,we have different kinds of 22.　　(tradition).　
Of all the festivals,the Spring Festival is the most important.A few days before the Spring Festival,we are busy getting ready for it.For example,we clean the house and sweep the floor.It means that we sweep away bad luck.We make 23.　　(lantern) to welcome the new year.We also buy some new clothes,24.　　(dessert) and other kinds of food.Besides,we have a traditional family dinner on the evening before the Spring Festival.A popular activity during the Spring Festival is to visit 25.　　(relative) and friends.As kids,we can get some lucky money from old people.I believe that they show their love to us.We also always 26.　　 (treat)our relatives and friends with kindness and 27.　　(warm).
Another important festival is the Mid-Autumn Festival.It’s also a time for families to get together.On that evening,we usually have a big dinner eating mooncakes while 28.　　 (admire)the bright round moon.The round 29.　　(mooncake) carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.
Although the festivals are different,they have the same meaning:sharing and 30.　　(spread) love and joy to the people around us.
D
Thanksgiving Day is a special day of the year in North America. People thank God for the good things that have (31)________(happen) during the year and for the good harvest they have had.
The (32)________(one) thanksgiving service(仪式) in North America took place on December 4th, 1619 when 38 English people arrived in America (33)________(make) their homes in the new country. They held this service to thank God for their (34)________(safety) journeys. The next year, many more English people arrived. They had a bad winter, but (35)________ (luck) the harvest was good. They decided to celebrate it (36)________ a big meal. They ate at tables outside their houses and played games together. The festival lasted three days.
A Thanksgiving Day (37)________(celebrate) was held every year for a long time, but not always on the (38)________ day of the year. Then, in 1789, President George Washington named November 26th (39)________ the Day of Thanksgiving. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln changed the (40)________(date)， and said that the last Thursday in November should be Thanksgiving Day.
Nowadays, North Americans around the world get together with their families on this day to eat good food and have a happy time.
E
A recent U.S. 41 [s ve ] of 5,600 people five countries showed that Chinese people are the 42 (two)worst tourists. The worst are American tourists. Chinese always talk 43 (loud) in places like cafes and museums. They also spit and 44 [ l t ] whenever they want and jump queues(插队). Some Chinese tourists also like to write or 45 pictures on famous buildings. In Singapore, Chinese tourists are 46 because they were smoking in Non-smoking areas. Some people may say that they can do 47 (something) that they want because they spend money in the country. As a 48 of fact, this is not true. Besides enjoying 49 (we), we should respect local customs and take 50 of the environment.
F
At school, it can be 51 (frighten) when you are asked to make a speech. But learning from great speakers can help you to become a better 52 (speak). You could start by 53 (look) at Emma Watson, the 24-year- old Harry Potter star. Earlier this summer, the actress was named a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador(大使).She 54 (give) a speech in New York on September20th.
First of all, she knew her audience. She also made her speech personal. Good speakers know how to use their 55 stories. In her speech, there are numbers and 56 (example) . Remember, 57 (feel) nervous during a speech is natural. 58 Watson admitted to her own nervousness toward the end. But she hid it 59 (good) enough that people only notice her powerful 60 (word).
G
When I was a teenager, I wanted to dress like my friends. But my body size made it 61._______(possible). So when it came to shopping for clothes, my mother and I disagreed on what fitted me well. To me, if it zipped, it fitted. My mom, however, usually told me a bigger size 62. _______(require).
63._______(avoid)arguments, we stopped shopping together. This 64. _______(continue) until I got engaged（订婚）last year and needed to buy some clothes. I could do that 65. _______ (lonely), but looking for a wedding dress without my mom seemed just as 66. _______(scare) as taking her with me.
When I tried on a simple white dress, my mom looked at me, and I knew what 67. _______(come). “You look beautiful!” she said with tears（眼泪）in her eyes. 68. _______ (something) could shock me more.This dress didn’t zip up at the back and it was actually kind of small, but my mother didn’t say that. She just told me how beautiful I looked. All the arguments in the past 69. _______(end) at that moment. We didn’t buy a dress that day. We decided to see more.
A few weeks later, we luckily found the perfect dress. We both felt 70. _______(satisfy) with it as soon as I put on it. And during those few weeks, Mom and I also found the perfect fit for our relationship.
2023—2024学年人教版英语九年级Unit 2—语法填空专练
参 考 答 案
第一节 语法填空。
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
1.a 2.disappeared 3. cook 4. tasty 5. If
6. on 7. fifth 8. giving 9. But 10. director
11. quarter 12. us 13. because 14. way 15. ideas
16. into 17. feeling 18. quickly 19. longer 20. hard
21.as 22.traditions 23.lanterns 24.desserts 25. relatives
26.treat 27.warmth 28.admire 29.mooncakes 30.spreading
31. happened　32. first　 33. to make　 34. safe　 35. luckily
36. with　 37. celebration　38. same　 39. as　 40. date
41.survey 42.second 43. loudly 44. litter 45.draw
46. fined 47. everything 48. matter 49. ourselves 50.care
51. frightening 52. speaker 53. looking 54.gave 55. own
56. examples 57. feeling 58. Even 59. well 60. words
61.impossible 62.was required 63.To avoid 64.continued 65.alone
66.scary 67.to come /would come 68.nothing 69.ended 70.satisfied
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