Unit 7 Life is full of the unexpected. 短文填空练习鲁教版英语九年级全册

Unit 7 Life is full of the unexpected.
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A
When teacher Margret Atkins，39，went to ride her bike to school last Friday，she was shocked to discover it 1.__________(steal). When our reporter spoke to her, she told him that she'd been angry when she realized the bike was gone. It was quite 2._________ old bike her grandpa had given her years ago.She said it was 3. __________(valuable) gift she'd ever received.
So what did she do She decided 4. _________(write) a note to the thief and put it where the bike had been taken away. To her surprise, she 5. _________(find) the thief had returned the bike, together with a written apology(道歉) later that day.“What I did was 6. ___________(complete) wrong.I'm really sorry I took your bike.Hope you can accept 7.__________ apology！”
Mrs. Atkins told reporters she was not going to call the police 8._________ she was no longer angry.She was just thankful that she could go to school on her bike again.She added that she'd probably write another passage to the thief.“I want to thank him 9._________ returning the bike and tell him I've forgiven(原谅) him，”she explained.“People sometimes make 10. __________(mistake)，but the important thing is that they own up to(承认) what they've done，”she said.
B
At about 8 p. m. on July 6th, eight year old Jesse Arbogast was playing in the sea in a national park near Pensacola，Florida. It was the end of a perfect day at the beach with his uncle and aunt. Suddenly something 1. ________(expected)happened. Jesse was attacked by a two meter long shark, which bit (咬) off his right 2. ________ from the shoulder. 3. ________the time Jesse was pulled out of the water, he had already lost a lot of blood. His uncle ran into the sea and disappeared under the water. 4. ________(amazing)，he managed to catch the shark and pull it out of the water onto the beach. At that moment two guards arrived 5. ________(help) the family and one of them hit the shark four times in the head. Then he opened the shark's mouth while the other one pulled out Jesse's arm.
A few minutes 6. ________，a helicopter took Jesse and his arm to a nearby 7. ________，where Dr. Lan Rogers and his team managed to reattach (再次接上) Jesse's arm in 8. ________ eleven hour operation (手术). The doctors knew the operation had been a 9. ________(succeed) when Jesse's fingers went pink. After such a terrible accident, nobody believed good things would happen，but the 10. ________(medicine) team members were hopeful that Jesse would be able to use his arm in the future.
C
The sun was shining brightly and the birds were singing happily. I never realized that day would become a (an) 1. u day for me.
I reached school early in the morning because I had been 2.c to take part in an important football match. I jumped excitedly from one foot to the other. 3.S , I fell into the drain(下水道) near the playground. I was not hurt 4.b_________ I smelt terrible. What a shame!
When the match began, we ran here and there in the playground, running 5.a__________ the ball. Soon the other team scored a goal. In the second half of the match, my team did 6.w and scored a goal. I decided to score a goal myself. Five minutes before the end of the match, I got my 7.c__________. I scored a goal! It was an easy goal. The goalkeeper was so shocked that he did not even try to save the goal. I was surprised at the silence of people. My teammates looked at me 8.a . Then I realized that I had scored a goal for the other team. The game 9. e up with the other team winning.
My teammates were so angry that they dressed me down. I couldn't help crying 10.b__________ of this stupid mistake.
What a terrible and unlucky day it was!
D
Kate was the star of the dancing world when she was young. Many people loved her but she refused them, 1.u one day she met Charlie and fell in love with him. However, life is full of the 2.u . When they were about to get
3.m , Charlie had to go to war. It was the most terrible day of Kate's life when Charlie left. She was so afraid of losing him. She really wanted to see Charlie again, but he didn't 4.s up.
At the 5.e________ of the year, a letter came. There were only three sentences, “I have lost my leg. I am no longer a whole man and now I give back your freedom. It is best for you to forget about me. ” Kate 6.s at the letter for a while. She was really excited, “He is still 7.a . I must see him at once. ”
Kate made a decision. She 8.a she had a traffic accident and her leg would never completely heal(痊愈)again. Then she went to the 9.a and went to see Charlie by air. Soon they got married. A few years 10.l , Charlie knew all about it and asked her the reason. “You are my joy. I love you with my life, ” Kate said quickly.
Now my grandmother Kate often pushes my grandfather Charlie outside in his wheelchair for walks.
E
I knew that my father’s aunt, Betsey Trotwood, lived somewhere near Dover, so I decided to look for her.
I had to walk there and the journey took six long days. When I got to Dover, I asked a few people and they told me where 1.________ (go).
When Miss Betsey saw me, she shouted, “Go away! Don’t walk on my grass!”
“Please, madam,” I said bravely, “please, Aunt Betsey…”
“What!” she cried, 2.________ (look) at me in great surprise.
“Please, Aunt Betsey, I’m your nephew David Copperfield. You came on the night I was born and saw my dear mother.
My life 3.__________ (be) very miserable since she died. My stepfather sent me to work in London and I hated it and ran away. Then someone stole my money and I had to walk…” I felt weak and suddenly fell to the ground.
My aunt picked me up and took me into her sitting room. While I 4.__________ (eat), my aunt asked me a lot of questions. I was tired after the long day. Soon I fell asleep in a warm, 5.___________ (comfort) bed.
Several days 6.__________ (late) my stepfather, Mr. Murdstone arrived. “David is a very bad boy, violent and lazy, maybe the 7._________ (bad) boy in the world,” he said 8._________ (angry). “We found him a good job in London but he ran away. Now he must 9.___________ (punish)!”
Aunt Betsey listened to him carefully and 10._________ (reply), “I don’t believe a word you say. I know you’ve been cruel to this boy and his poor mother. I’ll look after David from now on. Now get out of here!”
参考答案
A. 1.was stolen 2.an 3.the most valuable 4.to write 5.found 6.completely 7.my(I) 8.because 9.for 10.mistakes
B. 1. unexpected　2. arm　3. By　4. Amazingly　5. to help　6. later　7. hospital　8. an　9. success　10. medical
C. 1. unlucky　2. chosen　3. Suddenly　4. but　5. after　6. well　7. chance　8. angrily　9. ended　10. because
D. 1. until　2. unexpected　3. married 4. show　5. end　6. stared　7. alive　8. announced 9. airport　10. later
E. 1.to go 2.looking 3.has been 4.was eating 5.comfortable 6.later 7.worst 8.angrily 9.be punished 10.replied