1、课后练习 19 九年级 Units 910一、完形填空（30 分） （2017新昌模拟）When Christian Bucks was in the first grade, his dad was considering taking a job in Germany. So the family wanted to find a school for Christian, they looked through the 1 of German schools online. One of the schools they looked at showed a “Buddy Bench”.
2、 It is a 2 bench（长凳） where students can sit when they would like someone to talk to them or ask them to play.Christians dad didnt take the job in Germany, 3 Christian couldnt stop thinking about the Buddy Bench. At his own school, he had often seen children 4 alone at break time. He thought a Buddy
3、Bench would make a great 5 to his school. “I didnt want any kids to be lonely.” he explained.So Christian talked to the headmaster of the school 6 getting a Buddy Bench for the playground. The headmaster, Mr. Miller, thought it was a 7 suggestion and agreed to buy the bench. So Christian went to 8 t
4、he style and colour of the bench at a store.Then Christian made a video, in which he and some of his friends showed the other kids how to 9 the Buddy Bench. “Its for kids who are 10 at break time and dont have anything to do.” explained Christian. “They go to the Buddy Bench and someone will ask 11
5、they want to play or talk.”The kids at Christians school liked the idea and strated using the bench 12 it was fixed. Some kids thanked Christian for bringing the idea to this school. What has surprised Christian most is all the 13 the Buddy Bench has received outside of his school. Other schools all
6、 over the United States have 14 Christians school for information about the Buddy Bench. “Mr. Miller has heard from 36 states!” said Christian15 .And Christian has a message for other kids, “If you have a hope and a dream, take action.”（ ）1. A. subjects B. programs C. reports D. sports（ ）2. A. soft
7、B. safe C. scary D. special（ ）3. A. but B. and C. so D. or（ ）4. A. acting B. standing C. dancing D. laughing（ ）5. A. mess B. deal C. difference D. plan（ ）6. A. for B. about C. by D. with（ ）7. A. great B. foolish C. simple D. crazy（ ）8. A. change B. imagine C. choose D. develop（ ）9. A. make B. clean
8、C. protect D. use（ ）10. A. lazy B. lonely C. brave D. patient（ ）11. A. when B. where C. why D. whether（ ）12. A. before B. after C. since D. while（ ）13. A. attention B. advice C. pleasure D. money（ ）14. A. rung up B. written to C. called on D. dropped by（ ）15. A. politely B. seriously C. proudly D. q
9、uickly二、阅读理解（20 分） （2015杭州市上城区模拟）How long are you willing to wait for a webpage to open before you start to lose your patience? Half a minute? A few seconds? Google engineers have discovered that even 400 millisecondsas short as the blink of an eyeis too long for most Internet users.A millisecond is
10、 one thousandth of a second. People hardly notice such a small time difference, but it does cause them to stop searching, reported The New York Times. “Without question, nobody likes to wait,” said Arvind Jain, a Google engineer. “Every millisecond matters.”Nowadays, millions of smartphones and comp
11、uters are continually gathering and sending out information. With so many people downloading maps, sports videos, news and restaurant suggestions, you can get digital “traffic jams”. Meanwhile, users are expecting faster and faster service.Google found that if one website is 250 milliseconds slower
12、than another website, people will visit it less often. This is why technology companies are now competing to be the fastest. Google said people do expect different things from different websites because they realize not all loading times are the same. For example, a person will be more patient waiti
13、ng for a video to load than for a search result.Even so, four out of five online users will click away if a video takes too long to load. This makes it difficult for video websites to choose between the quality of pictures and fast loading times.Trying to get a higher speed has always been part of t
14、he history of the Internet. In the 1990s, when the World Wide Web first started to become popular, it was very crowded and slow; people called it the “World Wide Wait”. But engineers managed to fight the problem with new inventions. They laid a lot of fiber optic cables（光缆） for sending in high speed
15、; they improved software so it would work more smoothly; they placed computer servers all around the world to be nearer to users, all these increased speed.Nowadays we can enjoy much faster Internet. Famous search engines such as Google and Microsofts Bing usually find search results in less than a
16、second. However, in order to meet the requirement of Internet users, these tycoons should never stop their steps.（ ）1. The report from The New York Times suggests that .A. a millisecond is one thousandth of a secondB. 400 milliseconds are not so long for most Internet usersC. a millisecond has nothi
17、ng to do with the Internet speed D. a millisecond really makes a difference to Internet users（ ）2. The engineers did something to improve the speed, including .making software work more smoothlylaying a number of fiber optic cables insideplacing computer servers throughout the world developing the q
18、uality of pictures on the InternetA. B. C. D. （ ）3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. The quality of pictures comes first for video websites.B. Google is 250 milliseconds slower than other websites.C. Microsofts Bing is the fastest engine in the world now.D. Peopl
19、e are more likely to wait for loading films than maps.（ ）4. What does the underlined sentence mean?A. Internet users are willing to see more search engines set up.B. Google and Microsofts Bing should help find the searching results.C. These companies should mind their steps, or they will break down
20、soon.D. These companies need to catch up with the developing needs of Internet users.（ ）5. What can be the best title of this passage?A. Dont Make Me “www.wait”B. Search Engines Work FasterC. Traffic Jams Keep Us WaitingD. The WWW Becomes Popular三、词汇运用（15 分）A）用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。except custom gree
21、t prefer empty 1. There is nothing in the box. Its .2. Everybody went to the zoo Tom. He had to look after his sick mother at home.3. Different countries have different .4. I dancing to singing when I was young.5. The boy his teachers politely whenever he meets them.B）根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限
22、填一词。Have you ever heard the songs named Kiss My Baby and Id Love to Wait? If your answer is yes, then you must think theyre very beautiful. You may 6 （期望） to know who sing them. Emil Wakin Chau wrote these songs for his son when he was born in 1990. Though the songs sound very 7 （悦耳的） and beautiful,
23、 Emil 8 （更喜欢） his son to his songs. In fact, the two songs 9 （反映） that the fathers love is great and unselfish. You can 10 （感觉到） the strong love that the father shows to his son when you listen to them.Many musicians have 11 （赞扬） Emil Wakin Chau for his songs because he writes the music with love. T
24、here is not any 12 （悲伤） in all his songs. There is never anything awful to do with him. He always spends 13 （大量） of time with his family in his 14 （空闲的） time. And many people call him the real music 15 （大师） .四、语法填空（20 分） （2017诸暨模拟）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 3 个单词） 。
25、You are waiting in line. Several men come and start talking to the person in front of you. 1 seems that they are friends, so they cut in line. Youre angry 2 the only thing you can do is to accept it.Yet none of this would happen in Israel（以色列）. Here, you can always find a straight line of people wai
26、ting 3 （patient ）. Some are drinking coffee and some 4 （chat ）. They almost enjoy waiting in line and take the chance 5 （relax ） a little.To Israelis, its really 6 （importance ） to follow the rules. One day, I had to pick 7 a friend at the airport. I was in a hurry, and I run through a yellow light
27、on my way. The moment I arrived at the airport, 8 old Israeli lady rolled down her car window and told me, “You cant drive like that. Rules 9 （set） to ensure both your own and others safety. Please obey the rules next time.” I realized she had been following me for several10 （mile） to tell me this!T
28、his was burned into my mind, and now when I see a traffic light change to yellow, I stop the car and rest for a moment.五、书面表达（15 分） （2017绍兴市上虞区模拟）你校英语社团将组织谈论“How students in different countries spend the summer vacation?”。请你根据下表内容，描述美国学生和英国学生的暑期活动，并谈谈你的暑期活动以及你对假期活动的看法，准备在社团课上交流。美国中学生做义工或打工有时参加夏令营英国中
29、学生几乎没有作业传统项目：参观博物馆你的活动及看法 注意：（1）文章必须包括表中所有内容，可适当增加细节；（2）看法至少两条；（3）词数：80100；（4）短文首句仅供选择使用，不计入总词数。How students in different countries spendtheir summer vacation?Hello, everyone!Its fun to talk about how students in different countries spend their summer vacation. 参考答案一、15. CDABC 610. BACDB 1113. DBA14
30、. B 【解析】write to.表示“给写信” 。15. C二、1. D 【解析】由第二段最后两句 “毫无疑问，没有人愿意等待，千分之一秒也是有关系的”可知。25. ADDA三、A）1. empty 2. except 3. customs 4. preferred 5. greetsB）6. expect 7. smooth 8. prefers 9. reflect 10. sense 11. praised 12. sadness 13. plenty 14. spare/free 15. master四、1. It 2. but 3. patiently 4. are chattin
31、g 5. to relax 6. important 7. up 8. an 9. are set 10. miles五、One possible version:How students in different countries spendtheir summer vacation?Hello, everyone!Its fun to talk about how students in different countries spend their summer vacation. In America, middle school students usually do volunt
32、eer work or take the part-time jobs in their summer vacation. Sometimes, they also go to the camps to have fun.While in England, students hardly have homework in their vacation. Visiting the museums is their traditional event.As for me, I like to travel around our country because China is such a beautiful country. The summer vacation is a good time to relax and enjoy ourselves. No matter who we are or where we are from, we need to do something interesting or meaningful to spend it.
