人教版九年级全册Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.SectionB3a－SelfCheck配套练习（含答案）

UNIT 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
课时5　Section B(3a－Self Check)配套练习
一、根据句意及汉语提示完成单词。
1. Bees do two kinds of dances to tell other bees their ________（发现）of food.
2. My mother bought many fresh potatoes from the __________（市场）this morning.
3.—Will you take part in the football game
—Yes, but it has been ________（取消）because of the rain.
4.—Where are you going
—To the ________（机场）. I am going to take the plane there.
5.—How do you like the novel
—Exciting. The story has an ___________（出乎意料的）ending.
二、在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
6. Though my mother put the alarm clock beside me, I ________ (oversleep) the next morning.
7. Mr. Yan is a __________ (believe) man, so you can turn to him for help when in trouble.
8. He did his best to keep the tree ________ (live) but it died in the end.
9. Li Ming ____________________ (learn) English for two and a half years by the end of last year.
10. —If you heat a pot of water, sooner or later, the water will ________ (appear). Do you know where it’s going
—It will become water vapor（水蒸气）and enter the air.
11. We will wait for you ________ you come.
12. Yunnan is a great place to visit. The temperature stays ________ zero all year round.
13. ________ the time I locked the door, I realized I had left my key at home.
14. We promised to meet at 10 in the park last Sunday, but Bob didn’t show ________ until 12.
15. Emily’s new books were very popular among teenagers and they were sold ________ in an hour.
三、阅读理解。
I had been working for a company in Australia for more than ten years．I had just found a better job and I knew that the manager would be disappointed when I was leaving．I recently became friends with a young man who had just migrated to Australia to escape war in his homeland．He was unskilled and was finding life difficult as he was unemployed．
The manager asked me to introduce someone who I thought could do the job just as well as me，so I took this opportunity to arrange an interview for my new friend．
However ,he was not offered the job after the interview．I asked the manager why my friend was turned down．The manager thought that his English was not good enough for the position。but I suggested that my friend will be a good choice for the company since I could train him．I believed that once given the time to learn，he could do the job．After a week's training,he was employed and was happy with his position.
I knew how the terrible war had forced him to leave his homeland and what price he had paid for doing so．I appreciate being able to live in Australia and believe that this appreciation is best proved by offer acts
of kindness to people in need of help．The smile of appreciation from this man continues to motivate me to
be kind
16.The reason why the manager was disappointed when the author left may be that __________．
A.the author was an excellent worker for the company
B.his leaving might cause more workers to leave
C.the author had never disagreed with him
D.they were close friends and he didn't want him to leave
17.His new friend was refused at the interview because__________．
A.they were afraid he wouldn't work there long
B.he was weak at English
C.he had just migrated from another country
D.he was introduced by the writer who was about to leave the company
18.How did the man get the job in the end？
A.He insisted that he could do the job well．
B.The manager knew him better and had pity for him．
C.He showed his confidence and patience during the interview．
D.The author helped train him for the job．
19.Which of the following statements might the author agree with？
A.People should work hard and not give up when they can't find a job．
B.If someone migrates to a foreign country，knowing English is important．
C.People who live in other countries have difficulty getting good jobs．
D.The appreciation from a person you've been kind to is the best gift you can get．
四、语篇填空。
A farmer had a donkey（驴）and he usually took a rest after work with his donkey tied with a rope to a tree.
One day, the farmer 20. ________ (forget) to take the rope. Then he decided to lie down, holding the donkey’s ears to stop it 21. ________ (run) away. But in this way, the donkey didn’t feel comfortable and the farmer wasn’t able to have a rest 22. ________ (easy). An old man saw what happened and suggested that the farmer should take the donkey to the place where it 23. ________ (tie) every day. Even without 24. ________ real rope, it would not run away. The farmer did what the old man said and then went to sleep for a while. When the farmer woke up, he was 25. ________ (surprise) to see the donkey standing in the same place. It seemed that the donkey was not prepared to leave for home.
The farmer went to the old man again. The old man laughed 26. ________ said, “Just go and untie the imaginary (虚构的) rope.” The farmer followed the advice and thanked the great mind 27. ________his help. Now he understood that his donkey was tied by 28. ________ (it) thoughts, not by the rope.
In our daily life, if we get used to some thoughts or bad 29. ________ (habit) and never manage to “untie” them, we will never make any progress.
参考答案
一、1. discovery　2. market　3. cancelled　4. airport　5. unexpected
二、6. overslept　7. believable　8. alive9. had learned/learnt　10. disappear　11. till12. above　13. By　14. up　15. out
三、16～19: ABDD
四、20. forgot　21. running　22. easily23. was tied　24. a　25. surprised　26. and27. for　28. its　29. habits