九年级英语期中语法填空复习专练
（一）
When you think about best-selling books, The Secret Garden or the Harry Potter series may come to your mind. ___56___ Guinness World Records confirmed（证实）that the Xinhua Dictionary, published by the Commercial Press in China, is the world’s ___57___（popular）dictionary and a best-selling book that is regularly updated（更新）.
In 1950, Chinese language experts and scholars Wei Jiangong and Ye Shengtao started to edit（编辑）the Xinhua Dictionary. There was a lot of discussion, research and paper work. Many ___58___（people）hard work and interesting stories went into making the dictionary. In 1953, ___59___ first Xinhua Dictionary was published. Today, 567 million ___60___（copy）of the dictionary have been sold worldwide.
However, revisions（修订）to the dictionary continue to ___61___（make）by editors. If the example sentences are out of date, editors need to make new examples. So far, the Xinhua Dictionary has been revised 11 times. ___62___（keep）up with the times, some popular and ___63___（wide）used Internet words were added to the dictionary. ___64___ example, for the 11th edition, the phrases “晒工资（show off salary）” and “晒照片（show off pictures）” were added.
It is known to all that the Xinhua Dictionary ___65___（be）a useful tool for so many years for Chinese people. It is also a good tool for foreigners who are learning about the Chinese language and culture.
（二）
Time flies and you will soon finish your junior high school. It might be a little sad to say goodbye to ___36___ (you) teachers and classmates. This feeling ___37___ (share) more than 1,000 years ago, when the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei (701-761) had to say goodbye to his friend. He wrote the poem:
A Farewell Song
No dust(灰尘) is raised on the road wet with morning rain;
The willows(柳树) by the hotel look so fresh and green;
I invite you to drink a cup of wine again;
West of the sunny pass no more friends will be seen.
It begins ___38___ a lovely morning scene(场景). After the rain, the road is ___39___ (complete) clean and free of dust, and the willows beside the hotel are fresh ___40___ green. In the morning, Wang has to say goodbye to his friend Yuan Er, who will leave for a faraway place ___41___ (call) Anxi in today’s Xinjiang.
In the poem, the last two lines are the best-known. The poet invites Yuan to drink wine because he knows that life in Anxi will be tough(艰苦的). ___42___ most cities in China were prosperous (繁华的) during the Tang Dynasty (618﹣907), the western areas were quite lonely. The journey to ___43___ west would be full of hardship, Wang thought. So when Wang says “I invite you to drink a cup of wine again,” he is pouring ___44___ (much) care than others to his friends and sending good _____45_____ (wish) into the cup as well. This sincere (真挚的) love for his friend makes this poem popular all the time.
（三）
What do you need for an invention to be a success
To begin with, good timing is very important. You can have a good idea which the public doesn’t want yet. Take Giovanni Caselli as an example. He invented _____36_____ first fax machine (传真机) in the 1860s. _____37_____ the quality was excellent, his invention quickly died. The fax machine did not become a necessary piece of equipment (设备) in every _____38_____ (office) until the 1980s.
Money also helps. The Frenchman Denis Papin had _____39_____ (he) idea for a steam engine (蒸汽机) almost a hundred years before James Watt was born. However, Denis never had enough money to build one _____40_____ the 1720s. In the end, the first steam engine was invented by James Watt in 1776.
You also need to be patient. It took scientists nearly eighty years _____41_____ (invent) a light bulb. However, you shouldn’t be too slow. In the 1870s, Elisha Gray _____42_____ (develop) plans for a telephone. Gray saw it only as “a _____43_____ (beauty) toy”. When he _____44_____ (final) sent details (细节) of his invention to the Patent Office (专利局) on February 14th, 1876, it was too late. Almost the same designs had arrived just two hours earlier. The young man who sent them was Alexander Graham Bell. He _____45_____ (remember) as the inventor of the telephone now.
（四）
The Lantern Festival is a Chinese traditional festival. When thousands of lanterns(灯笼) light up the city at night, the Chinese Lantern Festival has arrived. It is celebrated on ____56____ fifteenth day of the Chinese New Year.
Several days ____57____ the Lantern Festival, people begin to make lanterns. All ____58____ (kind) of lanterns shine brightly against the dark night sky. Some of the lanterns are small, and others are really big. Some look ____59____ beautiful flowers and lively animals.
The lanterns ____60____ (make) of different materials. There are plastic lanterns, silk lanterns, and paper lanterns. While making lanterns, people usually write riddles(谜语) on them. On the Lantern Festival, people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns. Usually, people can get a prize by ____61____ (give) the right answer. People together with the family walk ____62____ (happy) in the crowded street, looking at many kinds of amazing lanterns. While some people are enjoying the colorful lanterns, others are watching ____63____ (tradition) Chinese lion dance performances.
People prepare tasty sweet dumplings in the morning for their family and friends ____64____ (enjoy) in the evening. The sweet smell makes everyone hungry. Everything ____65____ very interesting and everyone is very happy.
（五）
A primary school in rural China with more than 1000 ____36____ (teacher) and students has achieved food self-sufficiency（自给自足）by ____37____ (offer) farming for students. Provided with farmland where students can take part in labor (劳动), Jingwai Mingde Primary School has fed itself ____38____ (successful) for 15 years.
Each class is ____39____ (give) a piece of land by the school. They plant seasonal vegetables or raise livestock (牲畜) there, which will be served to their dinner tables. Students do farm chores ____40____ (two) a week under the help of the teachers.
There ____41____ (be) also a zoo in the school keeping sika deer (梅花鹿), ostriches (鸵鸟) and other animals. It helps students develop ____42____ (they) living skills and get along with animals. The school set up a green house with fruit trees and medicinal herbs (草药). That way students can learn about botanical (植物学的) knowledge in nature, instead ____43____ listening to the teachers in the classroom.
“Children who have not kissed the land will not have a complete childhood.” said the school principal Lei Yingfei. “We all look forward to ____44____ (take) up the labor because it’s not only useful but also meaningful. It helps us to form our hard-working qualities for a lifetime.” said one student proudly. “We parents are truly thankful for what the school has provided. How ____45____ (usual) the farming experience is!” said one parent happily.
（六）
A Chinese boy has invented a box to help scan information at the nucleic acid testing site(核酸检测点) in Nankai district, Tianjin. The “magic box” for information input(录入) drew ___36___ (people) attention.
___37___ putting people’s ID cards in the holder, their information can be easily scanned by mobile phones in the box. Within one second, everything is ___38___ (do)!
Xiong Wenhan, 13, ___39___ (make) this “magic box”. When he was doing the nucleic acid testing, he found the process of information input took too much time, so he wanted to improve the process by making ___40___ “magic box”.
The ___41___ (important) and hardest part is to make sure phones of different models and brands all fit in the holder. So Xiong borrowed six phones ___42___ (test) and adjust the holder. He also added a light shield(防护罩) and a bulb to the box ___43___ it could not be influenced by both strong and low light.
Xiong made four of these boxes and called them the “elephant family”—father, mother and two children. All of them can ___44___ (use) at the nucleic acid testing site of his community. “The testing staff said I really solved their problems so that they did their work much ___45___ (easy),” Xiong said.
（七）
Just the other day, I was in a bookshop and found a book named How to make friends with foreigners. As a Canadian living in China for a year. I wondered ____36____ advice a Chinese writer would give on this matter.
One piece of advice really caught my attention, I must say, made me feel quite angry. In the writer’s opinion, foreigners are a “chance” to improve your spoken English. Whenever you ____37____ (give) the chance, for example, when you meet a foreigner, you should practice ____38____ (speak) English with him or her. If the foreigner doesn’t want to answer your questions, then he or she is a(n) ____39____ (polite) person whom you wouldn’t want to spend time with anyway. I thought this advice was not only wrong, ____40____ also might harm the relationship between Chinese and foreigners in China.
Like most other “Lao Wai” living in China, I know how lonely one can sometimes feel living in a culture different from his own. However, I simply accept as part of being here. So far, I ____41____ (make) some very close Chinese friends, improved my Chinese language skills and learned about one of the fastest developing ____42____ (country) in the world today.
If there is any advice to give on making and keeping friendships with foreigners, I would say that it is this: Treat foreigners as people, not chances. Expect to make friendships step by step, over a period of time, not ____43____ a rush, because real friendships stand the test of time.
____44____ (general) speaking, if _______45_______ (you) only reason for becoming friends with a foreigner is to improve your English, then you will probably find that you don’t have a foreign friend for long.
（八）
It is believed that chopsticks were developed over 5，000 years ago in China.In the Spring and Autumn Period，the （1）　 　 （early） metal chopsticks appeared.Today，chopsticks （2）　 　（make） of different materials.
In ancient times， （3）　 　 rich usually used hard green stone or gold chopsticks for showing their wealth.It was said that silver chopsticks would turn black if they touched poisoned（有毒的） food（but we know it was wrong today），so in history many kings used them to see whether the food was bad （4）　 　 them or not.
In China，chopsticks are given to a daughter when she marries to hope that they （5）　 　（have） a child very soon，because the word in Chinese is pronounced like "quick child".People often believe chopsticks mean good luck. （6）　 　 on the first day of a new year，many families will put new chopsticks on the table at dinner，wishing good luck.
It's believed that using chopsticks at dinner （7）　 　 （be） very helpful.It makes your fingers do everything （8）　 　 （free）.People do it （9）　 　 （improve） memory，too.Now many westerners put the knives and forks beside their bowls and （10）　 　 （dish） but choose chopsticks in China.
（九）
Did people eat takeout（外卖）in ancient times In fact, there was takeout as far back as the Song Dynasty (960—1279). According 56 history books, Emperor Xiaozong (1127—1194) enjoyed 57 (eat) takeout late at night. His servants then went around the city 58 (pick) up the dishes and bring them back to the palace.
Not only the emperor but also common people could order takeout 59 themselves. Restaurant waiters would go out into the streets and yell（吆喝) out 60 the people could order that day. They might also show their specials. People could then ask for an order. Later, workers would receive 61 order and bring the food to their homes. In the 62 (fame) Song Dynasty painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival (《清明上河图》), a takeout worker can be seen on a delivery ride with food in hand. People at the time even had special meal 63 (box) for takeout dishes. They 64 (be) long wooden boxes with several layers. People also created warming plates made of two layers（层) of porcelain（瓷). Hot water could be put between the layers, so the dishes could be kept warm by 65 (use) the plates.
阅读表达：阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
International Coffee Day falls on October I every year. This holiday is used to promote（推广）and celebrate coffee as a popular drink. Do you like coffee And do you know who invented it There are many interesting stories about the origins of coffee. One of them is about the Ethiopian goat herder（牧羊人）Kaldi. One day, his goats ate berries from a tree. The man noticed that the animals became very active as a result. After Kaldi told the local monks（僧侣）about this, the monks made a drink from the berries. The drink helped them stay up late for prayers（祈祷）. They then kept drinking it. That berry tree later became known as the coffee tree.
Another story tells of a man named Omar from an ancient city. He was once driven into a desert. The man was very hungry and chewed（咀嚼）some berries from a tree. The berries, however, were too bitter. Omar tried to roast（烘烤）the berries to make them taste better, but in the end they became too hard to chew. So he decided to boil them to make the berries soft. The man ended up creating a brown drink from them. After drinking it, he felt spirited. When Omar later traveled to Mocha（摩卡）, he brought this “magical drink” to the city.
Which story do you believe But anyway, the stories of coffee all ended the same way: The world has had this nice drink to enjoy! It seems that many people all over the world drink coffee. Coffee lovers say that coffee is good for both health and business. What’s your idea
21. What happened to Kaldi’s goats after eating the berries
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22. Did Kaldi make a drink from the berries
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23. Where was Omar from
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24. Why did Omar roast the berries
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25. What do coffee lovers think of coffee
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语篇翻译：阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。
Have you ever eaten a “painting” Here it is—sugar painting. 1. 它是一种传统的中国民间艺术。 Just as its name suggests(暗示), the paintings are made from sugar. They can be regarded as works of art or eaten as desserts.
The art of sugar painting goes back to the Ming dynasty, about 400-600 years ago. At that time, the upper-class (上层的) people used sugar paintings as offerings (祭品) to Gods. In the Qing dynasty, sugar paintings became more popular. 2. They were even sold as desserts by many people. Today’s sugar painting is more creative in forms. Cartoon sugar painting and 3D sugar painting are bringing new life to traditional ones. 3. The shapes of sugar paintings usually include flowers, animals, cartoon characters and so on.
Nowadays, this art is winning support from both the public and the government. It has already been listed as Provincial Non-Material Culture Heritage (非物质文化遗产) by Sichuan government.
4. 制作糖画是相当特别的。 The craftsman (手艺人) uses brown sugar as the main material, a spoon and a shovel as the tools and the marble slab (大理石板) as the “paper” . 5. The craftsman requires a lot of hard work to finish the whole process. So the craftsman has to practice it for hundreds of times. The culture of China and the spirit of sugar painting have been passed down through the sugar spoons of generations of craftsmen.
九年级英语期中语法填空复习答案：
【一】56. But 57. most popular 58. people’s 59. the 60. copies
61 be made 62. To keep 63. widely 64. For 65. has been
【二】36. your 37. was shared 38. with pletely 40. and
41. called 42. Although/Though 43. the 44. more 45. wishes
【三】36. the 37. Though/Although 38. office 39. his 40. in
41. to invent 42. developed 43. beautiful 44. finally 45. is remembered
【四】56. the 57. before 58. kinds 59. like 60. are made
61. giving 62. happily 63. traditional 64. to enjoy 65. is
【五】36. teachers 37. offering 38. successfully 39. given 40. twice
41. is 42. their 43. of 44. taking 45. unusual
【六】36. people’s 37. By 38. done 39. made 40. a
41. most important 42. to test 43. so 44. be used 45. more easily
【七】36. what 37. are given 38. speaking 39. impolite 40. but
41. have made 42. countries 43. in 44. Generally 45. your
【八】1. earliest 2. are made 3. the 4. for 5. will have
So 7. is 8. freely 9. to improve 10. dishes
【九】56. to 57. eating 58. to pick 59. for 60. what
61. the 62. famous 63. boxes 65. using
阅读表达【答案】
21. They became very active.
22. No, he didn’t.
23. He was from an ancient city.
24. Because he wanted to make the berries taste better.
25. They think coffee is good for both health and business.
语篇翻译【答案】
1. It is a traditional Chinese folk art.
2. 它们甚至被许多人当作甜点出售。
3. 糖画的形状通常包括花朵、动物、卡通人物等。
4. Making a sugar painting is quite special.
5. 这个工匠需要很努力的工作才能完成整个过程。

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