Module 3 Life now and then Unit 2 I think life is better today. 随堂小练笔（含答案解析）

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外研版初中英语九年级下册Module 3 Unit 2 随堂小练笔
一、单词拼写（词汇运用）
1.The hole is so t________.The cat can't enter the room through it.
2.It's too dark in the room. Please turn on the l________
3.Miss Li found a(n)________(专职的) job after she came to the city.
4.To improve the situation, the government made the new________(交通) policy.
5.The teacher asked mc to play a(n)________ (角色) in this new play.
二、句型转换
6.同义句转换
（1）I don't think you can finish the work by yourself.
I don't think you can finish the work________.
（2）In general , we enjoyed the trip.
________ ________, we enjoyed the trip.
（3）We all agree that we should make a better plan.
We all ________ ________ make a better plan.
（4）Mr Brown and his wife have been married for 20 years.
Mr Brown and his wife ________ ________ 20 years ago.
（5）To write down everything the teacher says is stupid.
________ ________ ________ to write down everything the teacher says.
三、选词填空（词汇运用）
7.用方框中所给的词填空
cold education postman heat full-time
（1）一What does his father do?
一He is a________ .He works in a post office.
（2）I don't like winter because I can't Stand the________ weather.
（3）She found a________ job in a factory，from 8：00 am to 5：00 pm.
（4）The________ from the fire will soon dry your coat.
（5）Although he had had little________ ，he could read and write well.
四、阅读理解
8.阅读理解
Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and over1, 200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.
Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.
When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent(专利权) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.
Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.
（1）How often did Edison make a new invention？
A.About every fourteen days. B.About every seven days.
C.About once a week. D.About twice a week.
（2）The underlined world "fired" in the passage means " ".
A.Gave somebody a job. B.Set fire to somebody.
C.Let somebody down. D.Forced somebody to leaves his job.
（3）Edison considered his deafness as .
A.something bad B.a gift from God C.a kind of ability D.a disadvantage
（4）Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Edison had only 8 hours' rest each day after his deafness.
B.Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching.
C.Edison had his first job in 1986.
D.Edison' inventions greatly improved the quality of people's life.
（5）What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.The function of the electric light.
B.Edison and his experiments.
C.The importance of inventions.
D.The whole life of Edison.
答案解析部分
一、单词拼写（词汇运用）
1.thin
【解析】句意：这个洞太细了。猫不能通过它进入这个房间。根据下文“猫不能通过它进入这个房间。”可知洞太细小了。thin细的，故答案为：thin。
2.light(s)
【解析】句意：房间里太暗了。请打开灯。根据上文“房间里太暗了。”可知此处是要开灯。light灯，turn on the light打开灯，故答案为：light(s)。
3.full-time
【解析】句意：李小姐来到这个城市之后 找到了一份全职的工作。full-time专职的，全职的，full-time job专职工作，全职工作，故答案为：full-time。
4.transport
【解析】句意：为了改善情况，政府制定了新的交通政策。transport交通，运输，transport policy交通政策，固定短语，故答案为：transport。
5.role
【解析】句意：老师让我在这个新剧中扮演一个角色。role角色，play a role in在......中扮演角色，故答案为：role。
二、句型转换
6. （1）alone（2）Generally；speaking（3）agree；to（4）got；married（5）It；is；stupid
【解析】
⑴句意：我认为你不能独自完成工作。by oneself独自= alone。
⑵句意：总的来说，我们喜欢这次旅行。in general=generally=generally speaking总的来说。
⑶句意：我们都同意我们制定一个更好的计划。agree to do 同意做某事。故填agree to。
⑷句意：布朗先生和他的妻子结婚20年了。ago是一般过去式的标志，可以用短暂性动词，故填got married。
⑸句意：记下老师说的一切是愚蠢的。句型：It is+adj+for sb +to do sth。所以填It is stupid。
三、选词填空（词汇运用）
7. （1）postman（2）cold（3）full-time（4）heat（5）education
【解析】cold寒冷（的）； education教育； postman快递员； heat 热； full-time专职的。
⑴句意：——他父亲是干什么的？——他是一个邮递员，他在一家邮局工作。故填postman。
⑵句意：我不喜欢冬天是因为我不能忍受寒冷的天气。故填cold。
⑶句意：他在一家工厂找到一份专职的工作，从上午8点到下午5点。故填full-time。
⑷句意：火的热量很快把你的衣服烤干。故填heat。
⑸句意：虽然他没有受过什么教育，他会读书写字。故填education。
四、阅读理解
8. （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）C（5）D
【解析】短文大意： 爱迪生生于 1847，在84岁时去世。他主要是自学成才。12岁时就开始工作做实验。他的耳朵几乎失聪，但是他依然明天工作16个小时。他一生发明有1200多种，许多发明如电灯、动态图片的照相机等都极大地改善了人们的生活。
（1）细节理解题。根据About every two weeks he created something new.可看出他每两周就有一项新的发明，故选A。
（2）词意猜测题。题根据文中的句子Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well.不幸的是，他的第一份工作结果并不好。 及Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, …(然后爱迪生作为一名电报员工作了五年，…)可推测fire是解雇的意思，故选D。
（3）细节理解题。根据but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways.但是他认为耳聋是上帝在许多方面对他的袒护。可看出他认为自己一个耳朵聋了是上帝给自己的礼物，故选B。
（4）细节判断题。根据文中的句子He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours.可看出爱迪生每天只有8小时的休息时间，故A项说法正确；从第二段He attended school for only three months. …, but Thomas was mostly self-educated.看出他仅上了三个月学，但是爱迪生多数时间都是通过自学获得知识的，因此选项B说法也是正确的；由文章最后一句话He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.可看出他的发明大大提高了人们的生活水平，故D说法也正确；爱迪生生于1847年，在他12岁时，他获得了第一份工作，所以这一年应该是1859年，而不是1986年，故选C。
（5）主旨大意题。本文通篇介绍了爱迪生的一生，介绍了他的生平，教育以及干的工作、作出的发明等等，故选D。
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