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九年级完型填空与阅读理解练习

一、完型填空

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The rubber coat (橡胶外套) was invented by an Englishman named Macintosh in

1823.

In 1492, Columbus, a well-known Italian voyager (航行者), 36 the New World—

America. He brought a lot of things to Europe from South America. Rubber was one

of them, 37 people didn’t know its use at that time. In 1770, people found that rubber

could be used 38 erasers.

Macintosh was a worker in an eraser factory in Scotland. One day he spilled (洒

出) some rubber liquid (液体) over his coat 39 when making erasers. He was too busy

to clean it and went back home wearing the 40 coat. On the way home, it rained

heavily. When he got home, he 41 the wet coat. To his surprise, the area of the 42

with rubber over wasn’t wet. “Why not make a rubber raincoat?” Macintosh thought.

The next day he brushed the rubber liquid all over his coat. He wore the “rubber coat”

on 43 days and took a walk outside to test if it 44 really keep off the rain. 45 , the

clothes inside the “rubber coat” weren’t wet at all. The rubber raincoat was created in

this way.

Year after year, people kept improving the raincoats. Today raincoats are widely

used in our daily life.

( ) 36. A. invented B. created C. described D. discovered

( ) 37. A. and B. but C. or D. if

( ) 38. A. as B. to C. from D. by

( ) 39. A. slowly B. quickly C. carelessly D. carefully

( ) 40. A. new B. old C. clean D. dirty

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( ) 41. A. took off B. put on C. took out D. put off

( ) 42. A. body B. coat C. house D. liquid

( ) 43. A. cloudy B. windy C. snowy D. rainy

( ) 44. A. might B. should C. could D. must

( ) 45. A. Especially B. Suddenly C. Surprisingly D. Normally

B

The Double Seventh Festival, also known as the Qixi Festival, is a traditional

Chinese festival. Here is a beautiful story 36 it.

Long, long ago, there was a young man named Niulang. One day,

he 37 a beautiful girl — Zhinü, the Goddess’s seventh daughter. She had just run

away from the boring heaven (天国) to look for fun on Earth. Zhinü soon 38 Niulang,

and they got married without telling the Goddess. They lived a happy life on Earth

and gave birth to two children. Unluckily, the Goddess soon found out the fact

and 39 Zhinü to return to heaven. With the help of his magic cow, Niulang flew to

heaven with his children to look for his wife. The Goddess discovered this and was

very 40 . Taking out her hairpin (发簪), the Goddess created a wide river in the sky

to separate (分开) the two 41 . From then on, Niulang and Zhinü had to live 42 on

the two sides of the river. However, their true love touched all the magpies (喜鹊) in

the world, 43 once a year tens of thousands of magpies would fly up to heaven to

make a bridge (“the bridge of magpies”) for the couple to meet each other. At last, the

Goddess allowed 44 to meet each year on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month.

That’s 45 the Double Seventh Festival started. Today, it is a great day for Chinese

young people to express their love.

( )36. A. through B. behind C. with D. after

( )37. A. met B. told C. thanked D. missed

( )38. A. looked forward to B. parted with C. turned down D. fell in love with

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( )39. A. promised B. waited C. ordered D. helped

( )40. A. angry B. sorry C. interested D. satisfied

( )41. A. friends B. lovers C. parents D. children

( )42. A. back B. away C. halfway D. apart

( )43. A. so B. but C. though D. because

( )44. A. him B. her C. us D. them

( )45. A. when B. how C. what D. where

C

It was a very foggy (雾茫茫的) morning in London. The fog was so thick that it

was 36 to see more than a foot or so. Buses, cars and taxis were stopped along the

roadside, unable to move because the drivers couldn’t 37 . People were trying to walk

to their destinations (目的地), but most were losing their 38 in the fog.

Mr. Smith had a very important meeting at the House of Commons, but he was

not familiar (熟悉的) with the area and 39 could take him there in such heavy fog.

So he was a little worried. He was trying to find his way in the fog. Soon, however, he

realized that he was lost. 40 he bumped (撞) into a stranger. Mr. Smith said sorry to

the stranger and then asked him whether he 41 help him find his way. The stranger

said it was a piece of cake and offered to take Mr. Smith to the meeting place. Mr.

Smith thanked 42 and they started to walk. The fog was getting thicker and thicker

every minute 43 the stranger had no difficulty in finding the way. They went along

one street, turned down another, crossed a square and at last, after about half an hour,

they 44 the meeting place.

Mr. Smith couldn’t understand how the stranger found his way. “It is wonderful,”

he said. “But 45 do you find the way in the thick fog?”

“It is no trouble at all to me,” said the stranger. “I am blind.”

( )36. A. simple B. useless C. necessary D. impossible

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( )37. A. see B. touch C. guess D. follow

( )38. A. way B. interests C. lives D. money

( )39. A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody

( )40. A. Usually B. Suddenly C. Probably D. Especially

( )41. A. need B. must C. could D. should

( )42. A. it B. them C. her D. him

( )43. A. if B. but C. unless D. and

( )44. A. gave up B. wrote down C. arrived at D. looked for

( )45. A. how B. why C. where D. when

二、阅读理解：

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Fifth-grader Kayla Martel loves basketball. But her school doesn’t have a girls’

team. So for the past four years, Kayla has played on the boys’ team at St. John the

Apostle School in Clark, New Jersey. That hadn’t been a problem until earlier this

year. The team was told that it either had to ask Kayla and another girl to leave the

team or end its season early.

The team, called the Chargers, plays in a league (联赛) that didn’t allow mixed

teams after fourth grade. When the league leader found out that there were girls in the

team, he gave the coaches (教练) bad news. The team could keep playing but only

without the girls.

Keisha Martel, Kayla’s mom, is one of the Chargers’ coaches. She asked the team

to take a vote (投票), knowing it would be difficult for the kids to choose.

“They all said, ‘It doesn’t matter. We’re a team and we’re sticking together (团结

一致),’” said Keisha.

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