九年级英语上Unit 3单元练习English around the world


Ⅰ. 单项选择
( )1. Mr. Green gave us on how to learn English well.
A. some advices B. many advice C. some advice D. an advice
( )2.—Alice, you on the phone.
—I’m coming. Thanks.
A. want B. are wanted C. are wanting D. have wanted
( )3.— will Mr Green be back?
—In a week, I think.
A. How often B. How many C. How long D. How soon
( )4. At times they go to the cinema. In this sentence “At times” means .
A. all the time B. usually C. on time D. something
( )5. The sign “@” in tzjoy “@” hotmail.com means .
A. a B. to C. at D. on
( )6. The writing brushes(毛笔) bamboo and animal’s hair.
A. are made of B. is made from C. is made of D. are made from
( )7.—Do you need more time to finish the work?
—Yes, another ten days enough.
A. are B. is C. were D. was
( )8. We all how he made such great progress in a short time.
A. believed B. thought C. wondered D. decided
( )9. Tell me next.
A. to do what B. how to do C. what to do D. to go where
( )10. We’ll never give up working on the experiment, difficult it is.
A. no matter how B. no matter when
C. no matter what D. no matter where
( )11.—It’s a secret between us. Don’t tell any body else.
—Sure, .
A. I do B. d don’t C. I will D. I won’t
( )12. They have no problems out the maths problem.
A. work B. working C. works D. to work
( )13.—Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year!
— .
A. You are happy B. Happy birthday to you
C. The same to you D. Good luck
( )14. The letter is in French, I can’t read it.
A. writing B. written C. wrote D. writes
( )15. We’ll do all we could our friends.
A. help B. to help C. helps D. helping
( )16.—My car has broken down. Can I borrow .
—Sorry, they are all out.
A. anyone’s B. someone’s C. anyone else’s D. someone else
( )17. She can’t the difference between the two words.
A. say B. speak C. talk D. tell
( )18.—We have worked for a long time, so we a rest.
—Sound good!
A. stopped to have B. stopped having
C. stop having D. stop to have
( )19. Are you fond staying here?
A. about B. to C. of D. with
( )20. Everyone knows that paper is made wood and books are made paper.
A. of; of B. from; of C. from; from D. of; from
Ⅱ. 完形填空
You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. In fact, an English dictionary you 1 today wasn’t made until the Qin Dynasty. They spent most of the important 2 work on dictionaries. They spent nearly all their lives trying to 3 words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The largest dictionary in the world is Oxford English Dictionary（牛津字典）. The 4 for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. twenty-two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor（编者）of its new dictionary.
Murray had never been to 5 . At the age of fourteen, he left his village
school in Scotland and taught himself while working in bank. 6 he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job. Murray had a small house 7 in his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o’clock and 8 in the small house several hours before breakfast. Often he would work into the night. Murray hoped to finish the new dictionary in ten years but after five year, he was 9 adding（增加）words for the letter “A”! He worked on the dictionary 10 he was very old. Forty-four years later, in 1928, other editors finished the dictionary.
( )1. A. use B. write C. copy D. miss
( )2. A. easy B. boring C. early D. dangerous
( )3. A. spell B. invent C. collect D. make
( )4. A. way B. idea C. use D. prize
( )5. A. school B. cinema C. village D. collage
( )6. A. Later B. Lo
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