新目標(biāo)英語(yǔ)九年級(jí)短文填空(有答案).

1、We can' t stop an earthquake（地震），but we can do things to make sure they don ' t destroy（ 毀壞）whole cities. First, it is not a 1 . idea to build houses along lines where 2.of the earth ' s plates（ 板塊 ）join together. Second, if you think there 3.be an earthquake, it is better to build house

2、s on rocks , not on 4. Third, you must make the houses as 5.as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may 6.Scientistsare 7. thatone day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part aroundSan Francisco（ 舊金山）.They call it“ The Big One ” . However, people today are st

3、ill buildingmore 8. . The population in and around San Francisco is 9. ten times morethan it was in 1906. This means that 10. there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed.1.good 2.two 3. may 4.sand 5.strong 6. stay up 7. afraid 8.houses 9.now 10.if【剖析】這是一篇科普類文章，要求

4、選填的詞匯都是淺顯易懂的常用詞，且都是大綱范圍內(nèi)的詞匯。因此,學(xué)生要通讀全文，了解大意。只要能夠理解文章上下的內(nèi)容，對(duì)短文語(yǔ)境中有用的信息進(jìn)行分析、推敲、 結(jié)合整篇，就可以確定所需詞匯。值得注意的是，題目提供的詞中有兩組形容詞、副詞的同根詞，這就要 求我們既要明白文章的意思，還得善用所學(xué)的綜合知識(shí)。第1題選good。依句型這里需要形容詞，看全文應(yīng)是“好”。第2題選two。文章一開(kāi)始就說(shuō)，我們雖然不能阻止地震，但可以采取措施減少地震對(duì)城市的破壞程度。如果那樣的話，那么在地球板塊與板塊交界的地方建造房屋肯定不是好辦法。（這是一個(gè)跨學(xué)科的問(wèn)題，世界上已經(jīng)發(fā)生的地震多數(shù)發(fā)生在地球板塊與板塊交界的地方，

5、科學(xué)家們稱之為地震帶。由此可見(jiàn)，要學(xué)好英語(yǔ)，還要學(xué)好其他學(xué)科。）第3題選may。在這里表示猜測(cè)、假設(shè)，意思是“可能”。第4題選sand ?！吧车亍迸c前面的rocks 一詞對(duì)應(yīng)。這句話是說(shuō)， 如果你認(rèn)為某個(gè)地方可能要發(fā)生地 震，最好是將房屋建筑在地質(zhì)比較堅(jiān)硬的地帶，而不能建在地質(zhì)松的地帶。比如像沙漠這樣的地帶就不能建造房屋。第5題選strong 。除地質(zhì)條件外，將房屋建得strong “牢固”些，也是減輕地震災(zāi)害的一項(xiàng)重要措施。第6題選stay up 。在這里是“站立、矗立”的意思，與前面的fall down一詞相對(duì)應(yīng)。第7題選afraid。因?yàn)榕f金山這個(gè)城市就建在太平洋板塊與美洲大陸板塊交界的

6、地帶（環(huán)太平洋地震帶）所以說(shuō)科學(xué)家們感到擔(dān)心、害怕。第8題選houses o科學(xué)家們之所以感到擔(dān)心和害怕，是因?yàn)槟抢锏娜诉€在那里建造房屋，這正好與前面說(shuō)的減輕地震災(zāi)害的方法相反。第9題選now 。與前面的1906年相對(duì)比。第10題選if 。文章最后小結(jié)提出假設(shè)：舊金山如果依舊那樣的話，一旦有一天發(fā)生地震，后果將不堪設(shè) 想。（2 ）Mr. Brown had an umbrella shop in a small town. People sometimes 1 him broken umbrellas, and then he took them to a big shop inLondon

7、. They were 2 there.One day Mr. Brown went toLondon by train. He 3 to take an umbrella withhim that day. Sitting in front of him was a man with an umbrella standing 4 the seat.When the train arrived inLondon , Mr. Brown 5 up the umbrella as he oftendid during his journey by train. Just as he was get

8、ting off, he was 6 by the man.He said angrily,"That' s 7 ! ” Mr. Brown ' s face turned red and he gave it backto the man at once.When Mr Brown got to the big shop, the shopkeeper had got his six umbrellas ready. After a good look at 8 of them, he said,"You' ve mended them very

9、well. ”In the afternoon he got into the train again. The 9 man was in the same seat.He looked at Mr Brown and his six umbrellas,"You' ve had a 10 day, " he said.1.brought 2.mended 3. forgot 4. beside 5.picked 6. stopped 7. mine 8.each 9. same 10. lucky【剖析】這是一篇傘店老板Mr Brown在火車上發(fā)生的故事，是敘述類

10、文章。要求填的詞匯都是大綱范圍內(nèi)的詞匯，因此難度不是很大。學(xué)生應(yīng)在短文語(yǔ)境中對(duì)有用的信息進(jìn)行推敲，結(jié)合整篇文章的內(nèi)容，確定所需詞匯。通讀全文，了解大意。再讀全文，確定所需詞的詞義、詞性和詞形。第1題需要?jiǎng)釉~，因?yàn)樵摼錈o(wú)謂語(yǔ)，意思是“帶來(lái)”或“給"，所以選 brought。第2題需要?jiǎng)釉~，由于該句是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，意思是“被修理”，選mended第3題為動(dòng)詞，由空前主語(yǔ)和空后的動(dòng)詞不定式?jīng)Q定，根據(jù)下文判斷意思是“忘記”，選forgot。第4題選介詞。由語(yǔ)境決定的，意思'是"在座位旁邊”，選 beside。第5題選動(dòng)詞，意思是“拾起”，恰好是詞組pick up,故事發(fā)生在過(guò)去

11、，所以選 picked 。第6題選動(dòng)詞，由于句子是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，選 stopped。第7題選名詞性物主代詞，由于句子是主系表結(jié)構(gòu)，意思是“我的"，選mine。第8題選代詞，由后面的of結(jié)構(gòu)決定的，指“每一”或者“全部”，選詞中沒(méi)有提供all ;所以選each 。第9題選形容詞，由于它修飾的是名詞，指“相同的"，選sameo第10題選形容詞，由于它修飾的是名詞，指“幸運(yùn)的或好的"，選 lucky 。(3 )A farmer saw an old man growing something on the other side of the river.The farmer

12、 1.out to him, “ What are you growing , Grandpa? "The old man 2 .for a moment, then said,“Swim over 3. I ' ll tell_ 一 ” you.The farmer didn ' t like the 4. of swimming across the river. But he wantedto know 5. the old man was doing. He swam over. The old man said very 6.in his ear, &quo

13、t;I'm planting peas in my 7.”“You should have shouted. I would have 8. quite clearly on that side." Saidthe farmer.“Oh, no, I wouldn' t 9. that . The sparrows would have heard meand 10. _ "my peas.1 . called 2.didn ' t speak 3. and 4.idea 5. what 6.quietly 7.garden 8.heard 9.do

14、 10.eaten2 . 此題選called 。根據(jù)第一段講的“一個(gè)農(nóng)夫在河對(duì)岸看到一個(gè)老人在種什么東西”推理，當(dāng)他想問(wèn)河對(duì)岸這位老人在種什么時(shí)，就得大聲喊“called out ”。3 .這題選didn ' t speak。因?yàn)閺南挛目芍@位老人并沒(méi)有立刻回答。4 .這里需要并列連詞，選 and o由上文得知老人沒(méi)有急于回答，而是讓他游過(guò)來(lái)，再告訴他。5 .利用排除法，結(jié)合上下文的意思，可知此題選 idea 。6 .從上下文的意思及句子結(jié)構(gòu)，可知此題選what。7 .從后面的in his ear ,可知說(shuō)話的聲音應(yīng)該是悄悄地，所以選quietly 。8 .從上下文可判斷應(yīng)是在gard

15、en里種東西。9 .從這個(gè)農(nóng)夫前一句話有shouted 一詞也知后面為"聽(tīng)”的意思，表示聽(tīng)的結(jié)果應(yīng)為 heard。10 根據(jù)上下文的意思，“我不能那樣做"選 do。選 eaten 。11 .此話表示如果我大聲說(shuō)話，麻雀會(huì)聽(tīng)到的，那么它就會(huì)來(lái)吃我的豌豆，虛擬語(yǔ)氣,（4 ）Mrs Andrews had a young cat, and it was the cat' s first winter.One evening it was 1.when it began to snow heavily. Mrs Andrews looked 2. it everywhere

16、 and shouted its name, but she did not find it, 3.she telephone the police and said,“I have4.a small black cat. Has 5. found one?"“No, madam, “ said the policeman at the other end, “ But cats are really very 6. animals. They sometimes live for days in the snow, and when it melts （融化）or somebody

17、 findsthem, they are quite 7. .”Mrs Andrews felt 8.when sh e heard this. " And , " she said, “ Our cat is very9.1. She almost talks. "well 9. clever 8. happier 10. telephoneThe policeman was getting tired, “Well then, " he said “ Whydon' t you put your 10. down? Maybe she is

18、trying to telephone you now.”1.outside 2.for 3. so 4. lost 5. anybody 6.strong 7.1. 從上下文可看出貓?jiān)谕饷妫虼诉x outside 。2. "look for 尋找”是固定搭配，所以選for。3. 從上下文判斷表因果，所以選so。lost 。ostrong。聽(tīng)了警察安慰她的話后，感覺(jué)好些了，所以選4. 從上下文判斷找不到貓，所以是丟了5. 在疑問(wèn)句中應(yīng)用不定代詞 anybody6. 貓是一種生命力非常強(qiáng)的動(dòng)物，所以選7. 表示身體好當(dāng)用 well 。8. 從上下文可以知道， Mrs. Andrewsh

19、appier 。9. 從后面一句的 "She almost talks ”可推斷出她的貓clever 。10. 聯(lián)系上下文，Mrs. Andrews在打電話，所以警察讓她放下電話telephone 。（5 ）Here are some old ways to sending messages.An Egyptian（埃及人）put his ear to the ground. He 1 .the horses coming this way.He ran to 2.his people . He was a 3. That was one way for Egyptians to s

20、end messages.People in 4. countries sent message, too. Whenenemies came, one man beat his drum. In the next village people heard the drum and beat their drums, too. The messages went from village to village by 5.Much 6., some armies （ 軍隊(duì)）kept many pigeons（ 鴿子）.These pigeons always 7back. When a sold

21、ier was sent far away from his own 8., he might take a pigeon along. He could tie a message to the bird' s leg. It would fly back 9. thesoldier ' s message.These are shown ways to send messages. Can you think of more 10.?1 heard 2. tell 3. guard 4. other 5. drum 6. more 7 . flew 8. army 9. w

22、ith 10.ways1 .他“聽(tīng)到"馬朝這邊跑來(lái)的聲音，故選 heard 。2 .他跑去 “告訴”他的人民，故選 tell 。3 .符合上下文要求，應(yīng)該是放哨的人 guard。4 .“其他”國(guó)家的不特指， other。5 .通過(guò)鼓來(lái)傳遞信號(hào)，drums。6 .“更何況，更不用說(shuō) much more”是固定搭配，所以選 more。7 .常理，鴿子應(yīng)是“飛”回來(lái)的，所以此題選flew。8 .根據(jù)士兵應(yīng)屬軍隊(duì)，這一題選army。9 .表示伴隨，應(yīng)用“帶著 with ” 。10 .根據(jù)上文，推斷這里是問(wèn)，“你能想出更多的方法嗎？ "，所以選 ways。（6 ）Light trav

23、els at a speed（速度）which is about a million times 1 . than that of sound. 2. one second, light travels about 300,000 kilometers, but sound travels only 340 meters. You can get some idea of this difference by 3. the start of a running match. If you stand far away from the starter（ 發(fā)令員），you can see smo

24、ke 4.from his gun 5. the sound reaches your ears.The fast speed of light produces some strange facts. The nearest star is 6.far away that light which you can see from it tonight started to travel to you four years 7. at a speed of nearly two million kilometers every minute. The light from some of to

25、night ' s started on 8.journey towards you even before you were born.50, if we want to be honest（ 誠(chéng)實(shí)）,we 9. say ,“ The stars are shining brightlytonight. " We have to say, “ The stars look nice. They were 10.four years ago but their light has just reached our earth.”l.faster 2.In 3. watchin

26、g 4. come 5. before 6. so 7. ago 8. its 9. cannot 10.shining1. 因?yàn)楣獾乃俣缺嚷暱欤@然“than”之前應(yīng)該用比較級(jí)，所以選 faster。2. 承接上文，這里應(yīng)該用“在 內(nèi)”，選。3. 介詞后應(yīng)接動(dòng)名詞，表示觀看比賽應(yīng)用watch , 所以選watching 。4. see后跟不帶to的不等式，做賓語(yǔ)的補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)，即 see sb. do 結(jié)構(gòu)，因此，選come。5. 發(fā)令槍響時(shí)，在遠(yuǎn)處觀看的人，先看到的是火光和煙，緊接著聽(tīng)到的才是槍聲。選before 。6. 引導(dǎo)一個(gè)表結(jié)果的狀語(yǔ)從句。”如此 以致于so- - that "

27、,下文有that所以這里應(yīng)該用so。7. 由上下文判斷這里應(yīng)選ago。8. ”開(kāi)始 的旅程 on one' s journey ”是固定搭配，選 its 。9. 上文已告訴我們：有的星球離我們太遠(yuǎn)，它們的光線到達(dá)我們地球需要幾年的時(shí)間。因而從科學(xué)的角度講，我們不能說(shuō)“今夜星光燦爛”。選 cannot 。A man was sitting I like football, Doctor.10根據(jù)上文可知，我們現(xiàn)在看到的光是幾年前的發(fā)出的，應(yīng)選 shining 。in the doctor ' s office.He was tellingthe doctor about his

28、1 . t evenHe said, “ Please help me. My life has 2.been a goodone since I became 3.in football and it is getting worse and worse. I canm more 7.than I was before4. from it in my slee p. Whenl close my 5., I ' m out there in the football field and 6. after a flying ball. When I wake up, II went t

29、o bed. What am I going to do?The doctor sat back and said, “ First of all, you 8.to do your best not to dream（做 夢(mèng)）about football. Before you fall asleep, try to 9. about something else. Try to think that you are at a party and someone is going to give you several million dollars.”"Are you crazy

30、 （瘋 了）？ " the man shouted, "I ' ll 10.the ball !”1. problem 2.never 3. interested 4.get away 5.eyes 6. running 7.tired 8.have 9.think10.miss（8 ）You may think there is nothing but sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert we can 1. stones. Wecan see hills, too.

31、There is a little rain in the 2., but it is not 3.for most plants.The animals are 4.to the desert people in many ways. The desert people eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use their skins to 5.shoes, water bags and even tents（ 帳篷）.They use the camels（ 駱駝）for 6.things.The people of

32、the desert have to keep 7. from places to place. They must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in the tents. When there is mo more food for their animals, they take down their tents, put them on the camels and move to 8.place. The desert people are very 9. . N

33、o man in the desert would ever refuse to help the people in 10.and give them food and water.I.find 2.desert 3.enough 4.useful 5.make 6. carrying 7. moving 8. another 9.friendly10.trouble（9 ）The world of the out-of doors is full of secrets. And 1.are so interesting that quite a lot of people are busy

34、 studying them. All around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about 2.they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be.Do you know that one of the great presidents of the United States 3 hours and hours studying birds? A businessman who lives near New York City became so i

35、nterested in insects（ 昆蟲(chóng)）that he began to collect them. He now has more than one thousand different kinds 4.kept in the glass boxes.Come then with me, and I will help you find some of Nature' s secrets. Let us go quietlythrough the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the othe

36、r rabbits that there is danger. Weshall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for 5.sleep. We shall watch bees 6.in the air to let other bees know where they can find food. I will 7.you many other interesting things, but the 8. thing that I can teach you is to

37、 keep your eyes and ears 9.when you go out of doors.Nature tells her secrets 10.to people who look and listen carefully.1.they 2. how 3. spent 4. carefully 5. winter 6. dancing 7. show 8. best 9. open 10. only（10 ）Mr Hill arrives atLondon Airport , at the end of a three-week holiday in 1. Usually he

38、 wears a beard（蓄著胡須 ）.Since it has been 2.there, he has takenit off （弟4掉）.But his passport photo shows him with his 3.An officer looks at the 4. for a moment, and says, "Will you excuse me? Please sit down.I shan't keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second 5

39、.,and says: "I know that face." The second officer looks at the 6.and asks whereMr Hill has come from. Whenhe hears that Mr Hill has arrivedback from Paris, the 7.officer smiles and says: "An Englishman with a beard stole a painting in Paris on Friday, And that man looks just the kind

40、 of man."1.1 t comes to the first officer who Mr Hill is. He returns to him, and asks: "Did you9. at the No.2. High School?" WhenMr Hill answers, 10. , that he did, the first officersmiles and says: "I thought so. I'm Jack Smith. You taught meFrench. You haven't changeda

41、bit."1. France 2.hot 3. beard 4. photo 5. office 6. passport 7. second 8. Suddenly 9. teach10. in surprise（11 ）Thomas Edison was a great American 1. . When he was a child, he was always2. questions and trying out new ideas. No matter 3. hard it was, he never gave up.Young Tom was in school for

42、only three months. His teacher didn ' t understand why he had4. many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teacher didn ' t want to teach Tom any 5. He asked Tom ' s mother to take the boy home. Tom ' s mother taught him to read and write, and she found him

43、6. a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became very 7.in science.One day , he saw a little boy 8.on the railway tracks at a station. A train wascoming near quiclly, and the boy was too frightened to move.Edison rushed out and carriedthe boy to 9 . The boy ' s father was so 10. that he taug

44、htEdison to9. safety 10.thankfulsend messages by telegraph.1.inventor 2. asking 3.how 4.so 5. more 6.to be 7.interested 8.playing（12 ）"Dreams （夢(mèng)）may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream," some scientists say.Dreams take up about one quarter of our 1 .time. People have several

45、2 .each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are3 . old films. They come to us over and over 4. . That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.Somepeople get new ideas 5. their work from dreams.

46、They may have been 6. about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.Sometimes we 7.with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can't remember thedream. Dreams can disappear （¥肖失）8.from memory （t己憶）.Too much dreaming can be harmful （ 有害的）.The 9.we sleep, the longer w

47、e dream.The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is 10.we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.1 .sleeping 2.dreams 3.like 4. again 5. about 6. thinking 7. wake up 8. quickly 9. more 10.why（13 ） see, looked for, hunt , dog ,kill , wolf ,die, tear , remind , back , hunt , his, rememberMo

48、re than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert.One day the Prince wanted to go 1.with his men. He told his 2.to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle （ 搖籃）,which was like a small bed.When the Prince came back from h

49、unting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws（前爪）on the Prince's chest. Then the Prince saw theblood on Gelert's jaws and head."What have you done?" the Prince said. He rushed into his house and 3.his baby son. The cradle was lying on i

50、ts side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them."So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily. "You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword（僉 U） and 4.the dog. Just as Gelert was5., he managed tobark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog.The

51、Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt. Near him was a dead 6. . Thenthe Princeknew that Gelert had defended（保衛(wèi)） the baby and killedthe wolf.The Princeran 7. intothe house but he was too late.Gelertwas dead. The Princewas very sad indeed. 8.ran down his face when he r

52、ealized 'he had killed 9.faithful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried him there. After this, the Prince never smiled again. Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's grave for a few minutes.If you go to Mount

53、Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It10.people of a brave and faithful dog.1.hunting 2. dog 3. looked for 4,killed 5. dying 6. wolf. 7. back 8.Tears 9. his 10. reminds（14 ） Satellites Forecast the WeatherNow satellites are helping to forecast

54、 （預(yù)報(bào)）the weather. They are in space, and they canreach any part of the world. The 1. take pictures of the atmosphere （大氣），because this is where the weather forms （ 形成）.They send these pictures to the 2.station. So the scientists there can see the weather of any part of the world and tell how the wea

55、ther will change.Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries can 3.satellite pictures. 4.they receive the new pictures, they compare （比較）them with the earlierones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have 5.during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground

56、may soon change, too. In their next weather 6. , they can tell people about it. So the weather satellites are of a great 7.to the scientists at the station. In the past they could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours 8. Now they can make good forecasts for three 9 five days. Soon, perhaps,t

57、hey may be able to forecast the weather 10.a week or more ahead.1.satellites 2.weather 3.receive 4.When 5.changed 6. forecast 7. help 8.earlier 9. or 10. for |（15 ）Catherine was a famous writer ofchildren's stories.She lived in a fine oldhouse in a smalltown near London. Often she worked at home

58、, in her quiet 1.Long before her books became popular, she had tried to teach 2 how to use a computer. And now she typed（打字） allher stories on her computer. But sometimes she had to 3 the house to get some books from the library or have a meeting. She didn't like being away because she was worri

59、ed about burglar（盜賊）.So she was very careful. Just before leaving, she always put a full cup of coffee on the writing desk, and left the radio playing to make a burglar think someone 4"So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily. "You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword （僉U） and 4. the dog. Just as Gelert was 5. , he managed to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the