Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark. 单元同步演练（含答案）2025-2026学年人教版（2024） 英语九年级全册

Unit4I used to be afraid of the dark单元同步演练
Ⅰ. 用所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. The show was so ______ (humor) that all the people laughed.
2. What’s wrong Why are you so ______ (silence)
3. It’s ______ (help) to read the map before you travel to a new place.
4. Sally is a good girl and she is ______ (friend) to others.
5. The teacher is glad that Susan is ______ (active) in speaking in class than before.
Ⅱ. 从选项中选用短语填空，注意有两项是多余的。
to keep silent / got used to / used to / to make friends / to listen to / to hear from / serious about
1. Tim is very humorous. We like ______ him.
2. I was pretty ______ what I said. Please think it over.
3. It’s impolite ______ when others ask you a question.
4. Tina is very outgoing, so it’s easy for her ______.
5. Annie ______ have short curly hair. Now she has long straight hair.
Ⅲ. 句型转换，每空一词。
1. Tony used to have long hair. (改为一般疑问句)
______ Tony ______ to have long hair
2. My cousin used to be a little tall. (对画线部分提问)
______ did your cousin use to be ______
3. John used to collect stamps. (对画线部分提问)
______ ______John ______ ______
4. She used to do exercise in the morning. (改为否定句)
She ______ ______ ______do exercise in the morning.
5. The old man used to be a soldier. (改为同义句)
The old man ______ a soldier in the ______.
Ⅳ. 根据对话内容，在空白处填入适当的单词或写出括号内单词的适当形式。
A: Are you Mary Johnson I ______ (not see) you since you were a little girl.
B: Yes, I’m Mary Johnson. I’m sorry I ______ (not remember) you.
A: That’s all right! You were too little. We ______ (live) on the same street, and I worked with your father.
You ______ (have) straight blonde hair then. It was very long.
B: Yes, I did. But it changed. My hair got darker — I ______ (not dye) it! But I did make it curly.
A: You look ______ your mother now.
B: Thank you! But my mother has changed, too. Have you seen her
A: No, ______ has she changed
B: Well, she used to have dark hair, ______ she dyed it. It’s red now. She looks great! And she used to be heavy, but now she’s thin. She ______ (exercise) every day.
A: She was always very outgoing. So was your father. Are you outgoing, too
B: I’m outgoing now, but I used to be much ______ (quiet).
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______
6. ______ 7. ______ 8. ______ 9. ______ 10. ______
Ⅴ 完形填空。
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A,B,C,D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Johnnie Martin was born in a worker’s family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good ______ and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that was impossible to go through.
One day when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie went to the school psychologist’s office to ______ for help.
“Johnnie, I’ve been studying your marks of all the tests at school. I’ve made a ______ study of them,” said the psychologist.
“I’ve been trying hard," Johnnie was about to ______.
The psychologist put his hand on the boy’s shoulder, “People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie. There are painters who were ______ able to learn maths, and engineers who can’t sing on key. Some day you will ______ what you are good at, and when you do, you will make your parents and all of us very ______ you.”
Johnnie didn’t go to university. He found a job working in the gardens around the town. Soon ______ amazing happened. His customers began to notice that Johnnie had what they called “green thumb”. The plants he ______ grew, and the roses blossomed. People started to accept his ______ for gardening, because he had an eye for color and light.
One day while he was downtown, he happened to ______ an unused dirty land behind the city hall. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That very afternoon as soon as he got the permission , he started the work, but he couldn’t ______ all the tools or the plants that were ______ for it. People gave him young trees, rose-bushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful little ______.
Today Johnnie is the head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go, they ______ beauty before the eyes of people.
( )1. A. job B. garden C. lesson D. present
( )2. A. ask B. raise C. wish D. collect
( )3. A. funny B. public C. careful D. similar
( )4. A. lie B. cry C. laugh D. agree
( )5. A. always B. usually C. sometimes D. never
( )6. A. spread B. produce C. find D. educate
( )7. A. strict with B. proud of C. angry with D. sure of
( )8. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything
( )9. A. picked up B. pointed at C. talked about D. looked after
( )10. A. suggestions B. invitations C. situation D. attention
( )11. A. buy B. rent C. clean D. notice
( )12. A. afford B. master C. stare D. read
( )13. A. common B. natural C. possible D. necessary
( )14. A. farm B. lake C. park D. market
( )15. A. find B. spread C. collect D. describe