Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected 阅读理解和短文综合填空 专题练 2025-2026学年下学期初中英语人教版九年级全册

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Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected 阅读理解和短文综合填空
专题练 2025-2026学年下学期初中英语人教版九年级全册
一、阅读理解
A few young people are talking about something special on WeChat.
Peter: I hardly ever complain (抱怨) about life. So I’m living a simple and happy life. A smile from a stranger or some easy words from a close friend may make me really happy. Helping others makes me get a feeling of satisfaction, too.
Sally: My parents are used to being hard on me. They always expect me to get better grades. I know they do everything for me, but that makes me upset. I’d rather be a happy person than be a machine for studying. After all, there is something more important than grades.
Jason: Sometimes life is kind of boring. So I try to do something fun to make myself happy. Travelling always makes me pleased. When I take a trip, I can make some new friends, taste good food, and open my eyes by learning a lot. The only problem is that sometimes I don’t have enough money.
Maria: We can’t remember everyone in life. However, I’ll never forget my uncle. Five years ago, he lost his life when he saved a girl from the river. That made me rather sad because that girl was just me! He was a funny, smart and brave man. But he left us so early!
1．What are these young people talking about
A．Some painful experiences. B．Someone who makes them upset.
C．Something that makes them pleased or sad. D．The most important people in their lives.
2．Who was saved from a river five years ago
A．Peter. B．Sally. C．Jason. D．Maria.
3．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE
A．Sally thinks grades are more important than anything else.
B．Sally thinks her parents put so much pressure on her.
C．Sally enjoys studying all day.
D．Sally gets a feeling of satisfaction by helping others.
4．Why does Maria always remember her uncle
A．Because he used to help her a lot. B．Because he onced saved her life.
C．Because he used to take trips with her. D．Because he always made her feel pleased.
5．What can we know from the passage
A．Peter is always unhappy with his life. B．Sally thinks what her parents did is useless.
C．Travelling can help Jason a lot in many ways. D．Maria’s uncle used to tell her funny stories.
Anger isn’t a good feeling. Anger may make us feel uncomfortable, but it’s also normal. Unluckily, many of us have been used to keeping our feelings hidden. Research suggests that this can have long-term bad influence on our health.
Is it better to cry or break things whenever something makes us angry The research points out that when we show our anger in this way, we probably can’t get on well with our friends and our family. The more time we keep being angry, the worse result we’ll get. So how can we deal with our angry feelings in a right way
First, know what makes us angry. Anger is often caused by feelings of fear, disappointment and so on. Second, pay more attention to those everyday things that will make us angry.
One way of dealing with anger is to talk about it. The study has shown that if we name our feelings, we can actually calm ourselves down and feel better.
Do some controlled breathing or find some physical activities. Exercise helps with feelings of anger.
If we learn to deal with anger, we will be happier and healthier.
6．If we hide our angry feelings, what may happen to us according to the text
A．Have some health problems. B．Find it hard to solve problems.
C．Be more likely to become angry. D．Lose our friendships with others.
7．Which picture shows the relation between the time of being angry (x) and the bad result of that (y)
A． B． C． D．
8．Which can help deal with the feelings of anger
a. Exercising b. Eating delicious food
c. Talking about the feelings d. Doing some controlled breathing
A．abc B．abd C．acd D．bcd
9．What does the underlined word “calm” mean in Paragraph 4
A．Pull. B．Cool. C．Drive. D．Cheer.
10．What’s the best title for the text
A．What Makes You Angry B．Why Are You Angry
C．How to Deal with Anger D．When to Deal with Anger
配对阅读。左栏是五个人物的信息介绍，右栏是七个建议。请从右栏中为每个人选择合适的建议。选项中有两项为多余项。
11 . Martha thinks it’s not fair. Her brother goes to bed at nine o’clock, but she has to go at eight. Mom says that he’s older than her, so of course he could go to bed later. 12 . The homework looks really difficult for Jamie. He keeps looking at it and he doesn’t know how to do it. He’s so worried. 13 . The teacher read out the names for the school basketball team. Jordan didn’t believe he wasn’t in the team. He might as well give up. 14 . Rio’s dad is working away from home. He has to travel to where the work is. Rio often complains why Dad can’t work here, like everyone else’s parents. 15 . Annie’s moved here from the USA．She is worried everyone will laugh at her when she speaks because she speaks differently to everyone else. A．Don’t rush. If you slow down, maybe that will help. It’s hard to stay calm when you’re in a rush. But you had really better get going! B．Why don’t you go and speak to the teacher and tell him how much you like basketball Maybe he will tell you the reason or how to achieve it. C． You sound e and meet your deskmate first, and then other classmates. Don’t worry. They’ll love your way of pronouncing. D．Don’t worry. You can look at the homework with your classmate together. It might not be as difficult as you think. E. Have you asked your mom and dad about it They both love you. They might even be able to make you feel better with some answers. F. You may keep yourself busy. You could swim, run, read, hang out with friends, or play the guitar. Try not to be too sad while your father is away. G. If you can think of something good about being the elder one, then you might feel happier.
二、短文填空
Peter kept his eyes on the ground and 16 a heavy weight on his shoulders as he walked home alone. It was the worst day of his life. His mind would not stop 17 about what happened only just an hour ago on the school soccer field. How could he have 18 scoring that goal He had let his whole team down. His stupid mistake made him 19 . His team lost the game because of him. He was really 20 that his coach might kick him off the team. As soon as he walked 21 the door, his father asked, “What’s wrong, son ” Peter’s feelings were 22 all over his face. “I lost the game,” Peter replied. Then he went into his room 23 another word. Ten minutes 24 , Peter heard his father 25 on his bedroom door. He opened the door to let him in. “Look, Peter. I don’t know what happened. But whatever it was, don’t be too hard on yourself.” Peter didn’t say anything but what his father said made him think carefully.
短文填空。（新考法，12选10填空）
happy a I that look wrong any from poor knock help sad
A little girl lost her pet dog and she was always sad. The sad girl went to a clever man and asked, “Are there 26 ways of throwing away my sadness ”
The clever man said to her, “Go and bring 27 a seed (种子) from a home where nobody is sad. I will use it to drive the sadness away 28 your life.” The girl went off at once to look for that magical (有魔力的) seed.
First, she came to a big and beautiful house, 29 at the door, and asked politely, “Excuse me, I am 30 for a home that never has the known sadness. Is this such a place It is very important to me.”
They told her, “You’ve certainly come to the 31 place.” And they began to describe all the sad things that had recently happened to them.
The girl said to herself, “These people have had such sadness like me. Who can help them ” She made 32 decision that she stayed here to cheer them up before she went on.
But wherever she went, whether to the homes of the 33 or the rich, she found one story after another. She became so busy 34 other sad people that she forgot about looking for the seed. She even never realized that when she was helping others, she had left her sadness out. She found her 35 again when she made others happy again. What can you learn from her story
用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空。
pick fact the you deliver on be surprise though play what cake
A short video which showed a delivery (外卖) driver was eating a cake in tears on the side of the road touched many people on the Internet.
36 April 15th, the delivery driver went to pick up a cake for his customer at a bakery (面包店). Reading the note on the order, he was quite 37 to find out the order is prepared for him. He went back to check with the shop assistant. They phoned the customer together and learned that 38 cake was sure for him. The note wrote, “The cake is a gift for the delivery person. Life is not easy, please take good care of 39 .” He was really happy because it happened to 40 his birthday. He asked for a candle and put it into the 41 . When he ate the cake slowly, he couldn’t help crying. 42 the delivery driver was not going to celebrate his birthday, this special gift from a stranger brought him hope and warmth.
Delivery drivers 43 really important roles last year. They helped people to get medicine and meals. In 44 , many people made orders for delivery drivers on food delivery-platforms (平台) to remind them to have meals on time. 45 kind people they are!
“Everyone is lighted at some point in their lives”, one person commented under the video.
参考答案
题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
答案 C D B B C A D C B C
题号 11 12 13 14 15
答案 E D B F C
1．C 2．D 3．B 4．B 5．C
【导语】本文主要介绍了几位年轻人在微信上谈论各自生活中令他们开心或难过的事情。
1．主旨大意题。文中Peter讲述了让自己开心的事，Sally表达了因父母期望产生的烦恼，Jason分享了旅行带来的愉悦，Maria回忆了叔叔救自己的悲伤经历，整体是在谈论让他们开心或难过的事。故选C。
2．细节理解题。根据Maria的描述“Five years ago, he lost his life when he saved a girl from the river. That made me rather sad because that girl was just me!”可知，五年前被从河里救下的是Maria。故选D。
3．细节理解题。根据Sally的话“My parents are used to being hard on me. They always expect me to get better grades. I know they do everything for me, but that makes me upset.”可知，Sally认为父母给她施加了很大压力。A选项与“there is something more important than grades”不符；C、D选项并非Sally的情况。故选B。
4．细节理解题。根据Maria的描述“Five years ago, he lost his life when he saved a girl from the river. That made me rather sad because that girl was just me!”可知，Maria一直记得叔叔是因为他救了她的命。故选B。
5．细节理解题。根据Jason的话“Travelling always makes me pleased. When I take a trip, I can make some new friends, taste good food, and open my eyes by learning a lot.”可知，旅行在很多方面对Jason帮助很大。A选项与Peter的描述不符；B选项中Sally并非认为父母的做法无用，只是觉得有压力；D选项文中未提及。故选C。
6．A 7．D 8．C 9．B 10．C
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了愤怒是一种正常但不好的情绪，隐藏愤怒会对健康有长期不良影响。文章介绍了愤怒产生的原因，并给出了正确处理愤怒情绪的方法，如找出愤怒的原因、谈论愤怒、进行有控制的呼吸和身体活动等，强调学会处理愤怒会让我们更快乐健康。
6．细节理解题。根据第一段“ Unluckily, many of us have been used to keeping our feelings hidden. Research suggests that this can have long-term bad influence on our health.”可知，如果我们隐藏愤怒情绪，可能会对我们的健康有一些不良影响，即出现一些健康问题。故选A。
7．推理判断题。根据第二段“The more time we keep being angry, the worse result we’ll get.”可知，我们生气的时间越长，得到的结果就越糟糕，即生气的时间 (x) 和不良结果 (y) 之间是正相关关系，随着x的增加，y也增加。选项D的图像符合这种关系。故选D。
8．细节理解题。根据第四段“One way of dealing with anger is to talk about it.”、第五段“Do some controlled breathing or find some physical activities. Exercise helps with feelings of anger.”可知，谈论这种情绪、做一些有控制的呼吸、进行体育活动 (锻炼) 都可以帮助处理愤怒情绪，而文中未提及吃美味的食物能帮助处理愤怒情绪。所以a、c、d符合，故选C。
9．词句猜测题。根据第四段“The study has shown that if we name our feelings, we can actually calm ourselves down and feel better.”可知，如果我们说出我们的感受，我们实际上能让自己平静下来，感觉更好，所以“calm”意思是“使平静，使冷静”，与“Cool (冷静)”意思相近。故选B。
10．最佳标题题。文章主要围绕如何处理愤怒情绪展开，介绍了愤怒产生的原因以及正确处理愤怒情绪的方法等，所以“How to Deal with Anger ”作为标题最合适。故选C。
11．E 12．D 13．B 14．F 15．C
【导语】本文是根据五个人的不同情况为他们匹配合适的建议信息。
11．根据“Martha thinks it’s not fair. Her brother goes to bed at nine o’clock, but she has to go at eight. Mom says that he’s older than her, so of course he could go to bed later.”可知，玛莎觉得不公平，她哥哥九点睡觉，她得八点睡，妈妈说哥哥比她大所以可以晚睡。选项E“你问过爸爸妈妈这件事了吗？他们都爱你。他们甚至可能会用一些答案让你感觉好起来。”与之匹配，建议她询问父母来缓解这种感受。故选E。
12．根据“The homework looks really difficult for Jamie. He keeps looking at it and he doesn’t know how to do it. He’s so worried.”可知，作业对杰米来说看起来很难，他一直看着却不知道怎么做，很担心。选项D“别担心。你可以和同学一起看作业。它可能没有你想象的那么难。”与之匹配，建议他和同学一起看作业。故选D。
13．根据“The teacher read out the names for the school basketball team. Jordan didn’t believe he wasn’t in the team. He might as well give up.”可知，老师宣读了校篮球队的名单，乔丹不相信自己没入选，他甚至想放弃。选项B“你为什么不去和老师谈谈，告诉他你有多喜欢篮球呢？也许他会告诉你原因或者如何实现。”与之匹配，建议他和老师交流。故选B。
14．根据“Rio’s dad is working away from home. He has to travel to where the work is. Rio often complains why Dad can’t work here, like everyone else’s parents.”可知，里奥的爸爸在外地工作，要为了工作去各地，里奥经常抱怨爸爸为什么不能像其他父母一样在这里工作。选项F“你可以让自己忙起来。你可以游泳、跑步、阅读、和朋友出去玩或者弹吉他。爸爸不在的时候尽量不要太难过。”与之匹配，建议他在爸爸不在时让自己忙起来。故选F。
15．根据“Annie’s moved here from the USA. She is worried everyone will laugh at her when she speaks because she speaks differently to everyone else.”可知，安妮从美国搬到这里，她担心自己说话和别人不同会被大家嘲笑。选项C“你听起来很棒。先来认识一下你的同桌，然后再认识其他同学。别担心。他们会喜欢你的发音方式的。”与之匹配，鼓励她不要担心发音问题。故选C。
16．felt 17．thinking 18．missed 19．angry 20．worried 21．through 22．written 23．without 24．later 25．knocking
【导语】本文讲述了彼得因为错失进球而感到沮丧，父亲安慰他，无论发生什么，都不要对自己太苛刻。
16．句意：彼得一个人走回家时，眼睛一直盯着地面，感觉肩膀上有个沉重的负担。根据“a heavy weight on his shoulders”可知，是感觉肩膀上有个沉重的负担，feel“感觉”，句子用一般过去时，动词用过去式。故填felt。
17．句意：那是他一生中最糟糕的一天。他不停地想一个小时前在学校足球场上发生的事情。根据“about what happened only just an hour ago on the school soccer field.”可知，是想一个小时前在学校足球场上发生的事情，think about“思考”，stop doing sth.“停止做某事”。故填thinking。
18．句意：他怎么会错过那个进球呢？根据“His stupid mistake”可知，他错过了进球，miss“错过”，此处用过去分词和have构成完成时。故填missed。
19．句意：他愚蠢的错误让他很生气。根据“His stupid mistake”可知，他愚蠢的错误让他很生气，angry“生气的”。故填angry。
20．句意：他真的很担心教练会把他踢出球队。根据“that his coach might kick him off the team”可知，是心教练会把他踢出球队，worried“担心的”。故填worried。
21．句意：彼得一进门，爸爸就问：“儿子，怎么了？”根据“walked...the door”可知，是穿过门，through“穿过”。故填through。
22．句意：他的脸上写满了他的感情。根据“all over his face”可知表情都写在了脸上，write“写”，此处用过去分词和be动词构成被动语态。故填written。
23．句意：然后，他一言不发地走进房间。根据“went into his room...another word”可知，是没有再说一句话就走进了房间，without“没有”。故填without。
24．句意：十分钟后，彼得听到爸爸在敲他的卧室门。根据“Ten minutes”可知，是十分钟后，later“之后”。故填later。
25．句意：十分钟后，彼得听到爸爸在敲他的卧室门。根据“on his bedroom door.”可知，是敲卧室门，knock“敲”，此处是结构hear sb. doing sth.“听见某人在做某事”。故填knocking。
26．any 27．me 28．from 29．knocked 30．looking 31．wrong 32．a 33．poor 34．helping 35．happiness
【导语】本文讲述了一个小女孩因为失去了宠物狗而感到悲伤，最终通过帮助别人而找到了快乐的故事。
26．句意：有没有什么方法可以让我摆脱悲伤？根据“Are there…ways of throwing away my sadness ”及备选词可知，此处是指有任何方法可以让我摆脱悲伤，any“任何的”符合语境。故填any。
27．句意：去一个没有悲伤的家给我带一粒种子。根据“Go and bring…a seed (种子) from a home where nobody is sad”及备选词可知，此处为固定短语bring sb. sth.“给某人带来某物”，应用人称代词I的宾格形式me“我”。故填me。
28．句意：我会用它来驱走你生活中的悲伤。根据“I will use it to drive the sadness away…your life.”及备选词可知，drive sth. from sb.“从某人那里驱赶某物”，介词from“从”符合语境。故填from。
29．句意：首先，她来到一所又大又漂亮的房子前，敲了敲门，礼貌地问道。根据“First, she came to a big and beautiful house,…at the door,”及备选词可知，此处是指敲门，时态为一般过去时，动词用过去式，knocked“敲门”符合语境。故填knocked。
30．句意：我正在寻找一个从来没有悲伤的家。根据“I am…for a home that never has the known sadness.”及备选词可知，look for“寻找”，时态为现在进行时，动词应用现在分词形式looking。故填looking。
31．句意：你肯定来错地方了。根据“You’ve certainly come to the…place.”及备选词可知，来错地方，用形容词wrong“错误的”修饰名词place。故填wrong。
32．句意：她决定留在这里，为他们打气，然后再继续前行。根据“She made…decision”及备选词可知，make a decision“做决定”，应用不定冠词a修饰以辅音音素开头的decision，表泛指。故填a。
33．句意：但无论她去哪里，无论是穷人家还是富人的家。根据“whether to the homes of the…or the rich,”及备选词可知，无论是穷人家还是富人的家，此处应用rich的反义词poor“穷的”。故填poor。
34．句意：她忙于帮助其他悲伤的人而忘记了寻找种子。根据“She became so busy…other sad people”及备选词可知，此处是指她忙于帮助其他悲伤的人，become busy doing“变得忙于做某事”，应用动名词helping“帮助”。故填helping。
35．句意：当她让别人重新快乐时，她又找到了自己的快乐。根据“She found her…again”及备选词可知，此处是指她又找到了自己的快乐，位于形容词性物主代词her后用happy的名词形式happiness“快乐”。故填happiness。
36．On 37．surprised 38．the 39．yourself 40．be 41．cake 42．Though 43．played 44．fact 45．What
【导语】本文叙述外卖骑手遇到的一件令人感动的事。
36．句意：在 4 月 15 日，这位外卖骑手去一家面包店为他的顾客取一个蛋糕。“on + 具体日期” 是英语中表示在某一天的常用用法。根据“April 15th”这个具体日期可知，这里需要用On，故填On。
37．句意：读着订单上的便签，他非常惊讶地发现这个订单是为他准备的。“be surprised to do sth.”表示 “做某事很惊讶”。根据“Reading the note on the order, he…” 可知，看到订单上的内容后他很惊讶，故填surprised。
38．句意：他们一起给顾客打电话，得知这个蛋糕确实是给他的。根据“They phoned the customer together and learned that…”这里是明确提到之前提到的那个蛋糕，是特指，故填the。
39．句意：生活不易，请照顾好自己。根据“please take good care of…”这里是让某人照顾好自己，句子的对象是“the delivery person”，所以是 yourself，故填yourself。
40．句意：他真的很高兴，因为那天正好是他的生日。根据“He was really happy because it happened to…”，“happen to be”表示 “碰巧是”，故填be。
41．句意：他要了一根蜡烛并把它插在蛋糕上。根据“He asked for a candle and put it into the…”，前面提到了蛋糕，这里是把蜡烛插到蛋糕里，故填cake。
42．句意：虽然这位外卖骑手没打算庆祝生日，但这个陌生人送的特殊礼物给他带来了希望和温暖。根据“…the delivery driver was not going to celebrate his birthday, this special gift from a stranger brought him hope and warmth.”前后句是让步关系，故填Though。
43．句意：外卖骑手去年发挥了非常重要的作用。“play an important role”表示 “起重要作用”。根据“Delivery drivers…really important roles last year.”这里是说去年的情况，时态是一般过去时，故填played。
44．句意：事实上，很多人在餐饮外卖平台上给外卖骑手下单，以提醒他们按时吃饭。根据“In…many people made orders for delivery drivers on food delivery - platforms to remind them to have meals on time.”这里是引出一个事实情况，故填fact。
45．句意：他们是多么善良的人啊！“What +形容词+可数名词复数+主语+谓语！”是感叹句的一种结构。根据“…kind people they are!”可知这里是对“kind people”进行感叹，故填What。
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