广东省深圳市文汇中学2015届九年级英语上学期第20周周末作业（无答案） 牛津深圳版.doc

1、广东省深圳市文汇中学2015届九年级英语上学期第20周周末作业语法填空21In America, all children from six to sixteen go to school.They spend six years in elementary school, and four or six years in secondary or high school. School (1)_(educate) is free. At the end of every school year, the child takes (2)_ test.If he does well, he go

2、es into the next grade. If he doesnt do well, he has to (3) _(repetition) the grade. Some schools have modern teaching equipment, like computers and closed circuit television, (4)_there are also small country schools, with just one classroom. At the end of their time at school, most students get a h

3、igh school diploma. If they want to go on to college, they take college (5)_(admit) tests.In Britain, all children from five to sixteen go to school. They spend six years in primary school, (6)_ then go on to secondary school. In Britain there are state schools, which (7) _free, and private schools

4、for which parents pay.Many British private schools are boarding schools. The children stay(8)_school all the time, and only come home in the holidays. They usually wear uniforms at all schools.Teaching in both countries (9)_ usually quite informal. Students often work together (10)_ groups, and go t

5、o the teacher only when they need help. 2Washington, Lincoln, Eisenhower, Kennedy some of the great names of American history, the names of her presidents.These days, the American President is one of (1)_( powerful )men in the world. He can make war, or (2)_( peaceful). He can touch the lives of mil

6、lions in many different countries, but the President cannot do just (3)_he wants. The Congress must agree first.In some ways, the United States is like fifty small countries and not one large one. Every state has (4)_(it) own governor, its own police, and its own laws. For example, in some states yo

7、u can buy (5)_alcoholic drink when you are 18. In others, you must wait (6)_ you are 21.The government of the whole country (the federal government) works from Washington, the capital city. This is where Congress is(7) _(base) Congress has two parts, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. The

8、re are 100 members of the Senate (called Senators), two from each state. The President cannot act (8)_(with) the Senates agreement. The House of Representatives (9)_(have) 435 members. Like the senators, they can make new laws.Americans choose a new President every four years. The election is a grea

9、t occasion. It is serious (10)_(busy), of course, but the Americans make sure that it is fun too.3Mr. Harris and his wife moved to another town, and they met a lot of interesting people. They often went to dinner or to parties at other(1) _(people)houses. So Mr. and Mrs. Harris decided (2)_(host) a

10、big party, too.They (3)_(choose) a date, and then Mrs. Harris began to write out invitations. One of the (4)_(sentence) in the invitation said, Mr. and Mrs. Harris would like the pleasure of your company at the party in their residence. The time(5)_( be) between 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.“ That isnt very nic

11、e, is it? Mr. Harris said. Youre telling our guests that they must go at 8:30. (6)_ Mrs. Harris just wrote, The party begins at 6:30 p.m.“ A lot of guests came, and they all enjoyed their time. In fact, they stayed (7)_midnight when a policeman arrived. He said, You must stop the party because someo

12、ne has complained.“ Mr. Harris didnt want to argue(8) _the policeman. All the guests went home quickly. When Mr. and Mrs. Harris were alone again, she asked, It was (9)_ surprise, wasnt it? Who complained about the noise?“ I did, Mr. Harris answered (10)_ a tired voice. 4Mr. Holland drove to work in

13、 a car every day. When he was forty, he was fat and very soft, and he did not wish to get (1)_(fat) and softer every year.One day one of his friends said to him, Would you like(2)_( be )thinner, Fred?Of course I would, Mr. Holland answered.Well, his friend said, stop (3)_(go) to your office by car,

14、and get a bicycle.Mr. Holland had not(4)_( ride)a bicycle for many years. Its very (5)_(danger)to ride a bicycle again at your age, his wife said.But he bought a bicycle for his birthday and practiced (6)_(ride) every evening.He hoped that it would help him get thinner, and he got a lot of pleasure

15、(7)_ practice.Then he began to go to his office on his bicycle. Sometimes all the cars stopped at a red light, and he went past them to the front(8) _ his bicycle was small. He was very happy.Yesterday he stopped at a red light, and(9)_man came up behind him on another bicycle. He stopped too and as

16、ked Mr. Holland, Have the police (10)_(take) your driving license away too?5Once upon a time, there was a boy(1) _(name) Stephen. Stephen had read a lot of books(2)_ ships and their voyages and he was fascinated by them. When he was sixteen, he decided that he wanted to become a navy (3)_(office), s

17、o he went to navy school.One day the teachers(4) _(inform) the students that they are going to have swimming and diving lessons. Stephen arrived (5)_ the pool the next morning with the other students. He was looking forward to (6) _(learn)to swim.The teacher commanded those who could not swim to go

18、into one group, those who could swim but not dive properly to go into a second group, and those who could both swim and dive well to go into (7)_ third one. Stephen went into the second group.The teacher then told the students in the second group to go down into the swimming pool and swim to the oth

19、er end. Stephen climbed down the steps, but as soon(8)_ he began to swim, he sank. When he did not come up again, the alarmed teacher jumped in and (9)_(drag) him out of the water. Then the teacher said to Stephen, Why ever didnt you join the group that cant swim?Because Id never even bathed in a po

20、ol before, Stephen answered, so I didnt know(10)_ I could swim or not.6There is not enough petrol in the world for everybody now, and each year there is less, (1)_ what are we going to do when it finishes? Perhaps we will go back (2)_ horses and carriages and bicycles.In the (3)_(two)World War, some

21、 people did not use petrol in their cars. They made gas from wood and (4)_(plant) instead, and then they put it in big bags on top of their cars. The cars did not go(5)_( fast), but it was better than nothing. We cannot cut down all our trees(6)_( make) gas; we need them for other things too.Besides

22、 gas, we can also use electricity for our cars, but first we must make the electricity! Some(7)_( country) have coal, and they make electricity with that, but we will not always have coal. Other countries have great rivers, which turn turbines and generate electricity more (8)_(easy) and cheaply.We

23、are also (9)_(ability) to get power from the tides. We put turbines in the mouth of a river. Then, when the tide (10)_(come) up, it turns the turbines, and when it runs back towards the sea, it turns them again. We know that the waves of the sea can also turn turbines when they go up and down. Will

24、all of these things generate our electricity in the year 2050? 7Most parties are quite relaxed these days, especially young peoples parties. You dont have to wear a long dress (1)_ a black tie when you want to have a good time. In fact, you can (2)_(unusual) wear what you like anything from jeans to

25、 suits and dresses. British and (3)_(America) people are often quite informal.People will expect(4)_ answer even to an informal invitation.Just call to say if you can or cannot come. Some people of course (especially older ones) still enjoy formal parties. An invitation to a smart party often has RS

26、VP(5)_( write) at the bottom. This is short(6)_ the French phrase responde si vous plait. It means that you must write a letter or telephone to say if you can or cannot come. People often send out invitations weeks(7)_a party. Its polite(8)_( answer) as soon as possible.What do you do if someone ask

27、s you to tea? For some British people, tea means a cup (9)_tea and a biscuit at 4:30 or 5 p.m. For others, tea means(10)_meal at 6:30 or 7 p.m. Formal dress usually means a suit and tie for men, and a smart dress for women. Black tie means that the men wear dinner jackets and the women wear evening

28、dresses. Black tie is only for very special occasions. 8Mr. Gray often travels to rural areas to sell machines to farmers. One of (1)_(him)problems has always been finding proper lodging for himself, and often when he reached a small village he would (2)_(give) a cold room with no hot water or good

29、food after a long and(3)_( tire) day.Late one evening, Mr. Gray arrived (4)_ a small railway station. The journey(5)_train that day had not been at all interesting, and Mr. Gray was cold, tired, and hungry. He was looking forward to a (6)_(satisfy) meal by a burning fire, and then a hot bath and com

30、fortable bed.While he was leaving the exit of the station, he asked a local man, Excuse me, I am a(7)_( strange) here in this town. Can you help me(8)_( find) a hotel to put me up for a night? The man looked at him up and down and then replied, There are altogether two hotels in our town . Which one

31、 would you advise me(9)_( go) to?“ Mr. Gray asked hurriedly before he could finish. The local man scratched his head for a few moments and then answered, Well, it is like this: whichever one you go to, you will be sorry that you didnt go to (10)_ other. 9While Bill left school, he hoped to get himse

32、lf a proper job.“Ill work in a bank,” he said to himself, “(1)_ my uncle works in one”.He went to his aunt and said, “I want to work in a bank (2)_ Uncle Bob.” His aunt smiled, but didnt say anything. When Bills uncle came home that evening, his wife told him that Bill wanted to work in a bank. His

33、uncle agreed that it was a good idea.So Bill went to one of the banks and got a job. “You can work here for a month,” the (3)_(manage) said, and if youre good enough, you can stay. Youll work(4)_ Mr. Unwin. Hell take you round and train you.“ Mr. Unwin was one of the(5)_( clerk) in the bank, and he

34、(6)_(be) there for many years. He took Bill around the bank, and Bill learned a lot of things (7)_ him.Then one day Mr. Unwin gave Bill some ten-pound notes. Count (8)_(this), he ordered him. There ought to be one thousand there.If there arent, let me know right away.“ Bill began to count the notes,

35、 but he quickly became (9)_(bore), and when he had counted half of them, he became (10)_(patient).Five hundred ten, five hundred twenty, five hundred thirty, he counted. Then he stopped, looked at Mr. Unwin and pointed at the pile of notes.Well, he said, if theyre correct up to here, theyll all be c

36、orrect, wont they? 10Fred Farmer has a lot of friends in the city and is very popular (1)_ the neighbourhood kids.Everyone remembers him (2)_ a professional baseball player. Fred used (3)_(be) with a team in Los Angeles several years ago. He had to give up baseball (4)_ he injured his arm in an auto

37、mobile accident.At the time, everyone(5)_( expectation) him to take a job at his fathers ice cream factory. But Fred would rather (6)_(eat) ice cream than sell it. Once he tried (7)_(work) for an insurance company downtown. He had to be on the job at 8:30 in the morning,(8)_ that was too early for Fred and he quit after the first month. Besides, he didnt like being in (9)_office all day.Nowadays, Fred spends most of his time in the park. He enjoys(10)_( teach)boys in the neighbourhood how to play baseball. Whenever Fred needs a little money he sells hot dogs at the sports stadium.