Module 9 Life history
Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
A组 基础知识
一、根据音标写单词
1. /bI?k?m/ 2. /d?u?n/
3. /eId?/ 4. /?nju?zpeIp?/
5. /?t?Ildr?n/
二、根据句意及汉语提示完成句子
1. My sister was born on （11月） 16th, 2000.
2. —Can you tell me the （准确的） time of the meeting?
—Yes, of course.
3. We went to Beijing and had fun there last （8月）.
4. —What’s the （日期） today?
—It’s January 23rd, 2015.
5. Jane, do you know what festival is in （4月） every year?
三、用所给词的适当形式填空
1. My sister （be） born in November, 1985.
2. Our （nation） Day is on October 1st.
3. On （woman） Day, I asked my mother to rest at home.
4. His father （leave） school at the age of 18.
5. Betty （visit） her aunt near the sea last month.
四、句型转换
1. Teachers’ Day is on September 10th. （对画线部分提问）
Teachers’ Day?
2. I didn’t watch TV last night because I revised for the exam. （对画线部分提问）
you TV last night?
3. I often rode a bike to school when I was a girl. （改为同义句）
I often went to school when I was a girl.
4. I was born in Shandong Province. （对画线部分提问）
born?
5. My uncle left school when he was twelve years old. （改为同义句）
My uncle left school twelve.
B组 能力提升
一、完形填空
Miss Zhao is one of the most popular teachers in the school. Yesterday she came into the 1 with a big smile on her face. She said to her 2 that she was 3 to see they did well in the sports meeting.
But 4 was not pleased to see the classroom last Saturday not as 5 as usual. She hoped they would clean the classroom every day.
Wei Hua was on 6 yesterday. She said everyone was at 7 except Lin Tao. Then she told Miss Zhao about their 8 to the Great Wall last Sunday. Luckily the weather was 9 . They played games and had a picnic there. After Wei Hua 10 her talk, Miss Zhao began her lesson.
（ ）1. A. shop B. classroom C. park D. office
（ ）2. A. students B. teachers C. workers D. doctors
（ ）3. A. angry B. sorry C. glad D. sad
（ ）4. A. she B. I C. we D. he
（ ）5. A. dark B. old C. large D. clean
（ ）6. A. time B. duty C. foot D. top
（ ）7. A. room B. noon C. night D. school
（ ）8. A. visit B. music C. clock D. football
（ ）9. A. bad B. fine C. rainy D. windy
（ ）10. A. started B. had C. finished D. gave
二、阅读理解
In 1942, Stephen William Hawking was born in Oxford, England. His parents’ house wasn’t in Oxford. It was in the north of London. But at that time, people thought Oxford was a safer place to have babies because of the Second World War. Stephen’s father was a good doctor. His mother didn’t work.
In 1950, when Hawking was eight years old, his family moved to St. Albans, a town about 20 miles north of London. At eleven, Stephen went to St. Albans School, and then went to Oxford University. There he wanted to study maths, but maths was not available（可得到的） in the university. So he studied physics（物理）.
In 1988, Stephen’s greatest work A Brief History of Time was published（出版）. And people all over the world began to know the greatest physics scientist—Stephen William Hawking.
（ ）1. Stephen William Hawking was born in
A. London B. St. Albans C. Oxford D. Cambridge
（ ）2. Stephen’s father was , but his mother didn’t have a job.
A. a good teacher B. a good scientist C. a good actor D. a good doctor
（ ）3. Stephen went to St. Albans School at the age of .
A. ten B. eleven C. twelve D. eight
（ ）4. What subject did Stephen study in the university?
A. Physics. B. Maths. C. History. D. Chinese.
三、根据句意，用适当的月份名称填空
1. 10th is Teachers’ Day in China.
2. Thanksgiving is in in America.
3. 1st is called Labour Day in China.
4. We all enjoy New Year’s Day on 1st.
5. Christmas Day is on 25th.
6. Women’s Day is on 8th.
7. We have a long national holiday in .
8. is the second month in a year.
9. People usually play jokes（玩笑） on 1st, because it’s April Fool’s Day（愚人节）.
10. Summer is in June, and August.
四、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空
real age December September write
1. We start school in every year.
2. Christmas is on 25th.
3. He is a very famous in the world.
4. Nobody thinks the story is .
5. I began to learn English at the of eight.
五、根据短文内容及汉语提示完成短文
Tom Sawyer is a great work 1 （由） the famous American 2 （作家） Mark Twain. How much do you know 3 （关于） him? You can 4 （找） out some information about him on the Internet. Mark Twain’s 5 （真实的） name was Samuel Clemens and he was
6 （出生） in 1835 in Missouri. He 7 （离开） school and began work at the 8 （年龄） of twelve. He wrote for a 9 （报纸）. Later he got work on a boat. Then he went to New York and other cities. He took the name Mark Twain and became very famous in the 10 （19世纪60年代）.
六、语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（每空不多于2个单词）。
Mary lived in a small village. One morning, her father took her to her 1 （uncle） home in town. She had 2 good time there.Before Mary 3 （leave） in the evening, her uncle gave her a jar（罐子） and said, “There 4 some candy in it. You may put your hand into the jar and take some when you want 5 （eat）.”
Mary looked at the jar 6 she was on the train. It had a long and small neck. She 7 （put） her hand into the jar and wanted to take five 8 （piece）. 9 she couldn’t get her hand out. She turned her hand again 10 again. At last she let go of four pieces. Then she could pull her hand out of the jar.
参 考 答 案
Module 9
Unit 1
【A组 基础知识】
一、1. become 2. June 3. age 4. newspaper 5. children
二、1. November 2. exact 3. August 4. date 5. April
三、1. was 2. National 3. Women’s 4. left 5. visited
四、1. When is 2. Why didn’t, watch 3. by bike 4. Where were you 5. at the age of
【B组 能力提升】
一、1—5. BACAD 6—10. BDABC
二、1—4. CDBA
三、1. September 2. November 3. May 4. January 5.December
6. March 7. October 8. February 9. April 10. July
四、1. September 2. December 3. writer 4. real 5. age
五、1. by 2. writer 3. about 4. find 5. real
6. born 7. left 8. age 9. newspaper 10. 1860s
六、1. uncle’s 2. a 3. left 4. is 5. to eat
6. when 7. put 8. pieces 9. But 10. and
Unit 2 He decided to be an actor.
A组 基础知识
一、根据音标写单词
1. /pleI/ 2. /wз?k/
3. /n/ 4. /j??/
5. /bIlt/
二、根据句意及汉语提示完成句子
1. Sometimes she writes some （诗）for herself.
2. It took ten years to （建造） the huge bridge.
3. Bill Gates is a very （成功的） businessman in the world.
4. The poor man （去世） in his home town.
5. All of us wish to travel （遍及） the world.
三、用所给词的适当形式填空
1. He （marry） her two years later.
2. They （go） to school in different towns when they were young.
3. Lucy （write） a letter to her friend three days ago.
4. Betty （leave） school and（begin） work at the age of 12.
5. I （take） a taxi to school yesterday.
6. My family （come） to this town in the summer of 1970 because my grandpa （get） a job here.
7. They （buy） a house one year later.
8. We decided （visit） the new factory yesterday.
9. When he was free at home, he always （read） books.
10. The boy wants to be an （act） like Andy Lau.
四、句型转换
1. We enjoyed ourselves at the party last night. （改为同义句）
We at the party last night.
2. Jim got married in 1582. （对画线部分提问）
Jim ?
3. Tan Lei became a member of the Party in 1995. （改为同义句）
Tan Lei the Party in 1995.
4. She is a successful actress. （对画线部分提问）
she?
5. He moved to New York when he was eighteen.（改为同义句）
He moved to New York eighteen.
B组 能力提升
一、完形填空
Last Saturday, Tony went to see Benny. But he didn’t know 1 Benny lived. 2 the way, he stopped in front of a yellow house, and asked an old woman the 3 to Benny’s house. “His house is not far from my house,” said the woman. “It’s behind the trees. But you can’t get there 4 . You can go there by bus. It’ll
5 you several hours to get there 6 foot.” “What’s 7 with her?” Tony thought. “I can see Benny’s house from here now. It’s behind the 8 .”
Then Tony walked to the other side of the trees. He found the old woman was 9 . There was a river in front of him, and he couldn’t see a boat. The house was on the other side of the 10 .
（ ）1. A. what B. where C. how D. why
（ ）2. A. By B. On C. Near D. In
（ ）3. A. place B. house C. bus D. way
（ ）4. A. well B. now C. easily D. hurry
（ ）5. A. spend B. take C. bring D. carry
（ ）6. A. in B. on C. by D. with
（ ）7. A. matter B. trouble C. wrong D. right
（ ）8. A. houses B. rivers C. trees D. boats
（ ）9. A. right B. good C. wrong D. fine
（ ）10. A. road B. street C. tree D. river
二、阅读理解
One day, there was a blind man called John sitting on the bench with a hat by his feet and a sign that read: “I am blind. Please help me.”
A creative publicist（广告员） named Tom was walking by the blind man and stopped to see that the man only had a few coins in his hat. He put a few of his own coins in the hat. Without asking for permission, he took the sign, turned it around and wrote a new message. Then he put the sign by the feet of the blind man, and left.
Later that afternoon the publicist returned to the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost full of bills and coins. The blind man recognised（识别） his footsteps and asked if it was he who had changed his sign. He also wanted to know what the man wrote on it.
The publicist said, “I just wrote the message a little differently.” He smiled and went on his way.
The new sign read: “Spring has come, but I can’t see anything.”
（ ）1. What’s the blind man’s name?
A. Tom. B. John. C. Tony. D. Sorry, I don’t know.
（ ）2. Who wrote a new message?
A. The blind man. B. The teacher. C. The publicist. D. The farmer.
（ ）3. How did the blind man recognise the publicist?
A. By his sign. B. By his footsteps. C. By his voice. D. By his coins.
（ ）4. When did the story happen?
A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In autumn. D. In winter.
（ ）5. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Publicists are always friendly and helpful.
B. We can get more money by chang-ing a sign.
C. The blind man was very stupid, so he had little money.
D. The power（力量） of language is great.
三、用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空
language marry fire rich around the world
1. Anna John two years ago.
2. Yesterday there was a in the old library, but luckily, no one died.
3. Shakespear’s poems are still popular .
4. We all think English is a very important , we should learn it well.
5. Nick has much money, so he is very .
四、根据短文内容及汉语提示完成短文
Shakespeare 1 （结婚） in 1582 and had three children. He became famous2 （围绕） the world for his 3 （戏剧；剧本） and you can see them in many different 4 （语言）. Shakespeare wrote 5 （诗歌） as well. He was also a6 （富有的） and 7 （成功的） actor. You can see his Globe Theatre in London today, but it’s not the same building. There was a
8 （火灾） in the old theatre and they 9 （建造） it again. He 10 （去世） at the age of 52.
五、语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（每空不多于2个单词）。
George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work 1 he was only eight.When George was fourteen, he 2 （become） his father’s helper. He spent a lot of time
3 （learn） about the engine（发动机）. And on holidays he often took one into pieces and studied each 4 （piece） carefully. Soon he became a very good 5 （work）, though（尽管） he could not read 6 write. He began to learn the English letters when he 7 seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked a long way to have lessons from a young school teacher. On his eighteenth birthday, he 8 （write） his own name for the first time in his life. George invented（发明） many things 9 his life. The train was the greatest one of 10 （they）.
Today when we watch or take trains from one place to another, we’ll think of this great man—George Stephenson.
参 考 答 案
Unit 2
【A组 基础知识】
一、1. play 2. work 3. on 4. young 5. built
二、1. poems 2. build 3. successful 4. died 5. around
三、1. married 2. went 3. wrote 4. left, began 5. took
6. came, got 7. bought 8. to visit 9. read 10. actor
四、1. had a good time 2. When did, get married 3. joined
4. What is 5. at the age of
【B组 能力提升】
一、1—5. BBDCB 6—10. BCCAD
二、1—5. BCBAD
三、1. married 2. fire 3. around the world 4. language 5. rich
四、1. married 2. around 3. plays 4. languages 5.poems
6. rich 7. successful 8. fire 9. built 10. died
五、1. when 2. became 3. learning 4. piece 5. worker
6. or 7. was 8. wrote 9. in 10. them
Unit 3 Language in use
一、完形填空
Charles Dickens, one of the greatest English writers, was born 1 1812 in one of the small towns of England. When Dickens was nine years old, the family 2 to London, the capital of England. There were several 3 children in the family. Their life was hard, so Dickens 4 go to school. He didn’t go to school until his father came 5 prison. At that time he was 6 twelve years old. But he didn’t finish school. Two years later, he began 7 . But he often went to the 8 to read books. He read a lot and wrote lots of novels（小说） and stories 9 . Dickens died over a hundred years ago, but people are still 10 his books with great interest.
（ ）1. A. of B. at C. on D. in
（ ）2. A. turned B. got C. moved D. arrived
（ ）3. A. older B. younger C. youngest D. oldest
（ ）4. A. could not B. did not C. was not D. has not
（ ）5. A. off B. out C. out of D. in
（ ）6. A. just B. already C. even D. still
（ ）7. A. worked B. to read C. read D. to work
（ ）8. A. library B. waiting room C. school D. factory
（ ）9. A. his life B. all the time C. in his life D. all day
（ ）10. A. studying B. learning C. reading D. selling
二、阅读理解
Arthur Asher Miller was an American play-wright（剧作家）. He was the son of a women’s clothing company owner. He was born in 1915 in New York City. His father lost his company and the family had to move to a smaller home in Brooklyn. After finishing high school, Miller worked as a radio singer then a truck driver and then a clerk. Miller began writing plays as a student at the University of Michigan. His first Broadway（百老汇） play, The Man Who Had All the Luck, opened in 1944 and his next play, All My Sons, got the Drama Critics’ Circle Award. His play Death of a Salesman won the Pulitzer Prize. In 1959 the National Institute of Arts and Letters awarded him the Gold Medal for Drama. In his life, he wrote many plays. Some of his famous works are still popular with the audience（观众） until now.
（ ）1. Why did Arthur Asher Miller move to Brooklyn?
A. Because he wanted to study there. B. Because his father’s company was there.
C. Because his father lost his company. D. Because Brooklyn was a good place to live in.
（ ）2. When did Miller begin to write plays?
A. When he was at the University of Michigan. B. When he was at the University of Stanford.
C. When he was at high school. D. When he was at primary school.
（ ）3. What was Miller’s first play?
A. The Man Who Had All the Luck. B. All My Sons.
C. Death of a Salesman. D. Pulitzer Prize.
（ ）4. What does the underlined word “awarded” mean?
A. 拿走 B. 奖励 C. 分散 D. 寄送
三、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空
marry join poem build language
1. —Is that girl ?
—Sorry, I don’t know.
2. Li Bai wrote many in his life.
3. Zhan Tianyou the first railway in China.
4. Lingling sings well. Which club can she
?
5. —Mark can speak three .
—That’s his advantage.
四、语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（每空不多于2个单词）。
Once upon a time, there 1 （be） two brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm. 2 （they） family name was Grimm, so people 3 （call） them “the Grimm Brothers”. Jacob was born 4 1785 and Wilhelm was born a year later, in 1786.
In 1798, Jacob and Wilhelm 5 （move） to Kassel to go to school. They studied ten 6 （hour） a day and 7 （become） the best in their classes.
As the Grimm Brothers were interested in history and stories, they decided 8 （collect） stories. In 1812, the Grimm Brothers published（出版） their 9 （one） collection（收集） of stories. Many of 10 stories are famous today: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White.
五、书面表达
【话题呈现】
本模块以“生活经历”为话题，描述人物过去的生活经历，此话题与学生的实际生活息息相关。通过本模块的学习，旨在对自己或他人的经历有更多的了解和认识，并学习一般过去时的用法。
【佳句荟萃】
①He was born in 1835 in Missouri.
他于1835年出生于密苏里州。
②At the age of five, she moved to Hunan with her parents.
她在五岁时同父母一起搬到了湖南。
③Wang Ping decided to be a doctor when she left school.
王萍毕业时决定当一名医生。
④Why didn’t you go to the cinema last night?
昨晚你为什么不去看电影？
⑤He left school and began work at the age of...
在……岁时他离开学校，开始工作。
⑥He wrote for a newspaper. Later he got work on a boat.
他为一家报社写稿，后来在船上找到了工作。
⑦He wrote about thirty-eight plays, 154 short poems and a few long poems in his life.
在他的一生中，他创作了约38部戏剧，154首短诗和一些长诗。
⑧He married in 1582 and had three children.
他于1582年结婚，并且有三个孩子。
⑨He became a successful actor and began to write plays.
他成了一名成功的演员，并开始创作剧本。
⑩He was rich and successful.
他又富裕又成功。
【写作任务】
刘伟是一位无臂（armless）的钢琴演奏者。十岁时，他在一次意外中失去双臂，但他并没有放弃（give up）成为一名钢琴家的梦想。他用脚刻苦练习弹琴。最终在“中国达人秀（China’s Got Talent）”的舞台上实现了自己的梦想。请根据以上内容写一篇80词左右的英语短文。
要求：（1）内容完整，语意连贯，语句通顺；（2）文章必须包含以上信息，可适当发挥；（3）文章开头部分已给出，不计入总词数。
Liu Wei, an armless piano player, has a very special experience.
参 考 答 案
Unit 3
一、1—5. DCBAC 6—10. BDACC
二、1—4. CAAB
三、1. married 2. poems 3. built 4. join 5. languages
四、1. were 2. Their 3. called 4. in 5. moved
6. hours 7. became 8. to collect 9. first 10. the
五、One possible version:
Liu Wei, an armless piano player, has a very special experience.
He lost his arms in an accident at the age of 10, but he didn’t give up his dream of being a pianist. He began to practise playing the piano with his feet. Finally, his dream came true in China’s Got Talent.
As a student, I learnt a lot from his story. We may meet some difficulties in our life, but we should believe that our dreams will come true by working hard.
