九年级英语第一学期期中专项复习—短文填空与完形填空
一、短文填空。
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用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。
smoke，but，make，her，feel，fourteenth，friend，clear，interested，absent
I have a friend named Diana.She is warm­hearted and helpful.But something almost changed her.I still remember it 1.          ．
Diana started smoking at the age of 2.          ．She mixed with the wrong crowd and she thought they were cool.In order to be cool and to be 3.          with them, she began smoking.It influenced her schoolwork.She became 4.          in studying.She often failed her examinations.But she didn't care.Sometimes she was 5.          from classes and hung out wi
th her “friends”．
One day on our way home，she began smoking.I told her she should spend more time on her studies, not just to be cool but 6.          her parents happy，to make 7.          clever and, most of all，to make herself 8.          good.I tried to stay with her all the time, throwing away her cigarettes every time she went for one.Gradually，she stopped 9.          ．
Now it has only been a few months，10.          she is doing well and doesn't smoke.I am really proud of her.I hope she can do better.
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easy, help, patient, public, way, you, active, learn, note, express. some, attention
Some people learn a second language easily, while others have trouble in it. How can you help 1 learn a new language, such as English? There are several 2 of solving the difficulty of learning English and make it a little 3 and more interesting.
  The first step is to be 4 in learning English. If you believe that you can learn and you are thirsty for it, you will learn. Be 5 . It is common to make mistakes when you learn something new. So don't be afraid to make mistakes in 6 .
  The second step is to practice your English. For example, write a diary every day. You will get used to writing it in English. and you will be comfortable to 7 your ideas in English. What's more, you must speak English every day.
  The third step is to keep a record of your language learning. After each class, think about what you did. Did you pay 8 to what the teacher said? You can take all the 9 and try to do better next time.
  Hope all the suggestions will be 10 to you, you will enjoy learning English, and you will feel more confident.
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根据短文内容，用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整。每词只用一次。
gift, celebrate, start, tell, important, message, sock, wash，also, what
  Do you know how Father's Day came out? People 1 it because there was Mother's Day. Some Americans thought that if they had Mother's Day, they should 2 have Father's Day.
  Father’s Day has become 3 in the USA. Children often buy 4 for their fathers. Most would buy their fathers cards. A card would probably have a nice 5 in it. It says 6 a great dad their father is. The newspaper, radios, and TV 7 children what they should do for their fathers. Popular gifts for dads are ties, chocolates or 8 because fathers often use these. Some families might get together to 9 Father’s Day such as going for a meal. Children might give their fathers a rest- make him a cup of tea, or even 10 his car. The most important thing is that we should show our love to our fathers.
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二、完形填空。
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Water is very  1  to living things. Without water there can be no  2  on earth. All animals and plants need water. Man  3  needs water. We need water to drink, to  4  our food and to wash ourselves. Water is needed  5  offices, factories and schools.  6  else is water needed? Water  7  about seventy percent of the earth’s surface. There is  8  in seas, rivers, and wells, but the polluted water in them is dangerous to people’s health. So dirty water from  9  number of cities is now “cleaned”  10  it is used.
(    )1. A. importance      B. useful    C. important    D. helpful
(    )2. A. animals        B. life      C. lives              D. people
(    )3. A. also        B. as well    C. too            D. either
(    )4. A. eat        B. cook    C. grow                D. find
(    )5. A. for          B. in      C. on                D. of
(    )6. A. What      B. Which    C. Where            D. Who
(    )7. A. was covered      B. covered  C. covers        D. covering
(    )8. A. life          B. water      C. earth            D. fish
(    )9. A. a      B. the      C. lots              D. a lot
(    )10. A. after          B. until    C. before        D. when
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  Suppose (假设)you are going to Boston, and You 1 the city before. If someone  2  you about the interesting places in the city, you 3 to get some ideas of what you will see. But you don't have a 4 idea of where these places are or of how to find 5 .However, 6 someonretractable
e has a map of the city and 7 you the main roads and buildings, you may say, " Oh, now I see. I can find my way with 8 trouble at all. "Working on math is somewhat(有点儿) like trying to find your way 9 a new city.Perhaps the words may tell you some information and you have 10 it, but you can't see any clear road to the answers.