外研版英語九年級上冊短文填空module1-12

1、九年級上短文填空 Module 1-12（一）The Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China is one of the ancient 1._ in the world.Every year,it attracts millions of 2._.The Great Wall has a 3._ of more than 2,000 years.It is about six 4._ kilometres long from east to 5._ and is about 7 metres in 6._.In many places,it i

2、s wide 7._ for 10 men to walk side by side on top of it.When you look at the Great Wall,you cant help thinking how the Chinese people were able to build it 8._modern machines.In fact,it 9._millions of people more than 10 years to build it,and many people even lost their lives.Today,as a 10._ place o

3、f interest,the Great Wall is known to people all over the world.（二） The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.All Chinese families 1._ it.It is always in January or 2._.It is often cold at this time of the year,but people are 3._.Family members get 4._ and then have a big 5._.After

4、 dinner,people like to 6._ TV. There is a great Spring Festival Gala on TV every year. Children have lots of 7._ this day.Usually our parents get presents 8._ for us.We always get 9._ from our grandparents,parents,aunts and uncles.We like to let off fireworks at night.They are 10._ wonderful.（三） Pet

5、er came from a poor family.His father died when he was five.His mother had no money to send 1._ to school.His mothers best friend,Mrs Smith,felt that the boy was clever and decided to give him some 2._ so he could go to school.When the boy finished high school,he found 3._ job in the city. But soon

6、Mrs Smith had a serious illness. As she was dying，she asked Peter to look 4._ her daughter.A few years later,Peter married the girl.He loved her so much that he tried to make her 5._every day. He cooked lots of delicious food and 6._ all kinds of beautiful clothes for her.So she became very fat and

7、found it hard to walk.One day,she felt uncomfortable.She went to the hospital.The doctor looked her 7._and told her not to eat meat,sugar,chocolate and other things like that.She was afraid she might forget the doctors words,8._ she wrote all the names of the food on a piece of paper. When she got h

8、ome,she put the list on the table and went out.When she returned home,she found all kinds of meat,sugar and chocolate in the 9._.Peter was busy.As 10._ as he saw her,he said excitedly,“Ive bought all the food you wanted,dear!”（四） Frank was a teenager living with his father.He had so many family rule

9、s that he couldnt stand,1._ he left home.Because he couldnt find a job,he had to 2._ a living by begging. Years later,his father was old,but he was still 3._for his son.He had been to every corner of the city.Everywhere he went,he put up a big photo of 4._ and Frank on the wall.At the lower part of

10、the photo,he wrote,“I still love you,my dearest son.Please come 5._ home!” One day,Frank saw 6._ of the photos.The faces on the photo were familiar to him.“Is that my father?” He thought for a while and decided to go back to see his father.It was 7._ early morning when he got home.The door was not 8

11、._.He rushed to his fathers bedroom.“Its me! Your son is back home!”The father and the son held each other,full of happy tears (眼淚) in their 9._.The son asked,“Why is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.”The father answered 10._ a soft voice.“Because Im expecting your return.In fact,the door has

12、 never been locked since you left.”（五）Big Ben is not the name of a man.It is the 1._ of a huge clock in London.London is 2._ capital of England.This clock has four faces.So,no matter where you 3._ you can read the time on the face of Big Ben.Each 4._ is the size of a double decker (層) bus.The hands

13、are about four meters 5._.It is about the size of two people standing on the top of each other.If you go to London,6._ may want to visit the Houses of Parliament (國會大廈).There you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the Houses of Parliament.Maybe you will hear it as well as 7._ it

14、.The huge clock makes such a 8._ noise.“Ding dong,ding dong,” it goes every quarter of an hour.The clock was named 9._ a big man.He was Sir Benjamin Hall.This man did much building work in London many years 10._.（六）In a national spelling competition, 1._11-year-old girl,Sara,was asked to spell a wor

15、d.But because of her low voice,the judges (裁判) were not sure if the girl spelled the word 2._B or D.They asked her to repeat what she said.By then,Sara realized that she has made a mistake.Instead of 3._a lie,she told them that she said the wrong letter.As a 4._,she lost the competition. As the girl

16、 5._ back to her seat,all the people stood up and cheered for what she said.She smiled.Many newspapers 6._the girls story the next day.In fact,she won great respect from others 7._she was honest.The young girl could simply tell a lie and nobody would find it out except 8._.But she was brave enough t

17、o tell the 9._.She made the right choice. Its true that the choices we make today will decide what we are like tomorrow.Our children will follow us.So if you want them to grow up to be 10._,we must show them that we are honest ourselves.（七） There was a small boy on a farm.He had to 1._ up before the

18、 sunrise every morning to start his work on the farm.At sunrise he could 2_ a house with golden windows far away from the farm.He thought how great it would be to live there！He then promised to 3._， “Someday I will go there and see that wonderful place.” Then one morning he got a chance.He took a sa

19、ndwich and started walking to the house 4._ the golden windows.He walked 5._ long time and in the afternoon he got close to the house.But he saw 6._ golden windows.There was a very old house.He went to the door and 7._. A small boy of his age opened the door.He asked him 8._ he knew where the house

20、with the golden windowswas.The boy said， “Sure I know！” and invited him to sit in 9._ of the door.As he sat there he looked back where he just came.He saw the sunset (日落) made the 10._ of his home golden.（八） Everyone in our school loves sports.Every morning after we 1._ up, we do morning exercises.

21、After the second class we do exercises again.We only have 2 classes twice a 2._,but we do physical training 3._five every afternoon.The most popular sport is basketball.The boys enjoy playing it and many of the girls like it,4._.Another popular sport is football and in every class 5._ are a lot of f

22、ootball 6._. Volleyball is often played when the weather is 7._. We have school teams in basketball,football and volleyball.Our teams often have friendship matches 8._ teams from other schools.9._ there is a match,many of us go to watch it and cheer for our school team. Besides ball games,some of us

23、 like track-and-field events (田徑項目),and we often practice running,jumping and throwing.Every term we have tests in these events and once a year we hold a sports meeting.Sports help us to keep 10._. Im sure you will love sports.（九） Its 7:45 in the morning,and 26-year-old Steve Clarkson is going to wo

24、rk.He 1._ on his jacket,and picks up his mobile phone and laptop (筆記本電腦).As he leaves the house,he turns on his MP3 player 2._ puts on his headphone.He is ready to go. Today,for millions 3._ people,gadgets (小配件) like Clarksons are a normal part of life.“Im a reporter for a magazine,and Im usually no

25、t in the office.My mobile phone and laptop help me to do my work 4._on the road and at home,” says Clarkson.Today many people can check e-mails,send 5._,or surf the Web,using 6._ mobile phones. Tina Fang is studying photography in New York City.“Some of these gadgets are expensive,but they can 7._ y

26、our money in the long run.I have a digital camera.I can use it to take eighty pictures and shoot videos (record an image onto the video) at the 8._ time.I listen to 9._ on my MP3 player,and I can download and 10._ books on it,too.I use the camera and MP3 for both learning and having fun.”（十） Last su

27、mmer I went to 1._ by plane with my family.There we went on a 2._ride across the desert.My horse that I rode was 3._and it kept lying down.4._funny it was!Then we went to see the interesting 5._like camels and 6._.Also we visited our relatives (親戚) there.They served us 7._ delicious beef and ham.We

28、8._games together.They played Australian football very well.Most Australians live near the 9._,so they love surfing.We got used to the lifestyle at once.We had 10._really good time there.（十一） Im sending you the photos you asked for.First youll find a photo of the house Im 1._ in.Its a very typical E

29、nglish house.You dont see many blocks of flats in England.The English 2._ houses to flats.Sometimes you see 3._ of houses and they are all 4._ the same. I enclose some pictures of the family Im staying with.You can see Sandy and Sue (the children I told you in my 5._ letter),Mr and Mrs Clark.They ha

30、ve all become very good friends of 6._.There are some pictures of the garden,too.Every English house has a small garden.The English people work very 7._in their gardens.Mr Clark has a8._lawn and lots of rose bushes and he grows all his 9._. Everything is so green in England.Mr Clark rarely has to water the garden because it10._so often here!When it rains,my English friends say,“Nice weatherfor the ducks!”