新概念英语第二册 Lesson 9 A cold welcome 巩固练习（无答案）

Lesson9 A cold welcome冷遇
一 课文挖空听力练习
On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large____1____of people had____2____under the Town Hall clock. It would____3____twelve in twenty minutes' time. Fifteen minutes____4____and then, at five to twelve, the clock____5____. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited,but nothing____6____._Suddenly someone____7____. 'It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!' I looked at my watch. It was____8____. The big clock____9____to welcome the New Year. At that____10____, everybody began to laugh and sing.
二 、用at/on/in(表示时间)填空
1.There are usually a lot of parties______________________New Year's Eve.
2.They have to work_____________________Sunday evenings.
3.He was out of work_____________________the moment.
4.We travelled overnight to Paris and arrived at 5 o'clock_____________________the morning.
5.Are you going away_____________________the beginning of August or ____________________the end
三、改写以下句子( PS: not any = no )
1.I have met no one I know in the new middle where I am going to study.
I haven't____________________________________________________________________________________
2.They know nothing about her past life.
We don't know____________________________________________________________________________________
3.There wasn't anybody in the office at 7 o'clock in the morning .
There was____________________________________________________________________________________
4.My grandmother has been nowhere today.
My grandmother hasn't been______________________________________________________________________
5.He goes nowhere and does nothing for the whole week !
He doesn't____________________________________________________________________________________
6 There is no sugar in my milk tea.
There isn't________________________________________________________________________________
7 I haven't been anywhere for the whole summer holiday.
I've been__________________________________________________________________________
8 The children have got nothing to do this afternoon.
The children haven't__________________________________________________________________________
9. I met no one I know in the town .
I didn't__________________________________________________________________________
四、单项选择
1.There is__________food in the fridge.I will buy some.
A.not B.not any C.some D.no any
2.As the storm drew nearer,black clouds were__________over the sky.
A.wondering B.gathering C.picking D.watering
3.It's unkind to__________a person who is poor.
A.smile at B.look down C.laugh at D.laugh
4.My brother isn't willing to help others,and he is very__________to people.
A.careless B.cold C.cool D.angry
5.I was very busy these days,so I refused__________to Tom's birthday party.
A.going B.went C.to go D.goes
6.--Whose advice do you think I should take --_____________
A.It's up to you. B.You speak. C.That's it. D.You got it.
7.The clock_______in ten minutes' time. Everyone is excited.
A.will strike B.strikes C.would strike D.struck
8.---Dave always cares too much about himself.
---Yes.He's never interested in what_______is doing.
A.anyone else B.someone else C.no one else D.nobody else
五、阅读理解
Even if you are a good high-jumper,you can jump only about seven feet off the ground.You cannot jump any higher because the earth pulls you hard.The pull of the earth is called gravity.You can easily find out the pull of the earth.If you weigh yourself,you will know how much gravity is pulling you.
Since there is gravity,water runs down hill.When you throw a ball into the air,it falls back down.Because of gravity,you do not fall off the earth as it whirls(旋转)around.
Then,can we get away(逃离)from the earth and go far out into space Now you can do it,because spaceships have been invented.Then spaceship will go so fast that it can escape(逃出)the earth's gravity and carry you into space.
l.In this passage,the word“gravity'”means_______
A.the pull of everything
B.the force of attraction(吸引)among objects
C.the force which attracts objects towards the centre of the earth
D.the force which attracts the earth towards the sun
2.When you slip(滑倒),you always fall to the ground because
A.the earth always turns round B.the earth has gravity
C.the earth's gravity is greater than your weight D.you are careless
3.Because of gravity,_______.
A.water flows everything B.we can go everywhere by ship
C.water always flows downwards D.fish can live in water
4.We can get away from the earth by spaceship because_______.
A.the spaceship goes very fast B.the earth can't pull the spaceship
C.the spaceship has a strong force D.the spaceship call jump higher than man
六 用介词填空。 A SCHOOLBOY's WISH!
1________ summer we usually go to the seaside.We began going there 2______ 1986 when I was still a small boy,and now we go every year.We have to book early because the hotels are always full 3______July and August,4______the school holidays.
We always follow the same routine every day.5______the mornings,we get up __6____ 8 o'clock.Then we have breakfast __7____9.00.We spend three hours-__8____ about 9.30 __9____about 12.30-at the beach 10______ 12.30 we go back to the hotel and rest 11______ the afternoon 12______the evenings,we usually go out
This year we're going to the seaside 13__________August 5th and we will be away14________September.We will return home 15________Friday,September 7th. At the moment,we are still 16________January,so it is about six months before the
holidays arrive!I can't wait!
七、翻译
1.那边出了什么事？那么多人挤在大门口。(happen)
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2.他拒绝了我的邀请并拒绝告诉我原因。(refuse)
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他去理发店了，20分钟后回来。
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4.当Tom在市政厅受到热烈欢迎时，突然有人喊他。
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5.大钟敲了几下，然后停了。(strike)
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