专题03 短文首字母填空-备战2023-2024学年九年级英语上学期期中真题分类汇编（全国通用）

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九年级英语上学期期中真题分类汇编

专题03 短文首字母填空

姓名：_________ 班级：_________ 学号：_________

根据上下文及首字母提示补全单词，使短文完整、通顺。

Little Walt Disney took an i    1     in art and wanted to be a famous artist in the future. As he grew up, he began to draw p    2     and create cartoons. His family was very p    3     and he didn’t have his own room, so he often drew pictures in the family garage (车库).

One day, he met a mouse in the garage and gave a piece of bread to it. To his s    4    , the mouse didn’t leave but came and sat on his desk. They became good f    5    . Later he had an idea of making the mouse the main character of his cartoons. He picked up his pencil and began to draw. He drew many different pictures of the mouse. At last he was p    6     with one of his pictures. He c    7     it Mickey Mouse and made many cartoon films about it. As the films were s    8     in cinemas all over the US, Mickey Mouse became very popular. So did Walt Disney.

Besides Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney also made other famous characters such as Donald Duck, Pluto and Snow White. Most of his characters are kind and f    9    , and the cartoon films about them are easy and nice to watch.

One day, an idea came to Disney. He wanted to create a special place for c    10     and parents to have fun together. So he built Disneyland in 1955 in California.

根据短文内容及首字母提示填空。

School counselors (咨询师) are the people you can turn to when you need help. They know how to listen and can help kids with life’s challenges. Counselors have special training in how to help kids s    11     problems, make d    12     and stand up for themselves.

If someone was bullying (欺凌) you, for example, the counselor would talk to you about it and could give you some advice. The counselor may also talk to the bully and maybe even to the kids who saw what happened. The counselor might talk with your teacher and your parents about the problems as well. T    13     this may feel a little uncomfortable, facing the problem and trying to change it is better than living in a bad s    14    . With the counselor’s help, you don’t face difficult school problems alone. And you may have a good r    15     with yourself and people around you finally.

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When I was in high school, I loved the idea of a study group. It forces you to study when you may not really feel like it. But for many, group study becomes an e   16   to have fun together. So paying attention to some useful tips can help i   17   your learning.

First, decide if you should study with your friends. Friendship isn’t the only criterion （标准） that you have to c   18  . More importantly, you should find people who take their study seriously and who are s   19   than you in the area you are weak in and vice versa.

It’s proper to find two to five partners to f   20   a study group. Any more than that will make things complicated （复杂的）. Because not everyone’s v   21   can be heard in the noise of the crowd.

Choose your meeting place w   22  . A good place will save you from being absent-minded. If your group studies at home, a   23   the places near the TV set or the family dog.

What’s more, it’s important to fully p   24   for a group meeting. Studying in groups is a good chance to deal with your problems. So get some questions ready or you’re w   25    everyone’s time.

Through effective ways of group study. you’ll achieve more than you think.

阅读下面短文，并根据所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式， 使短文通顺。

The Olympic flame(火焰) has been put out, bringing down the curtain(帷幕) on the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. But passion lingers(继续存留) for a sporting event that has touched and encouraged the world d    26     the Winter Olympics.

International Olympic Committee(IOC) President Thomas Bach called the Games very successful in his closing ceremony s   27    at the National Stadium. “The Olympic spirit could only shine so brightly because the Chinese g    28     set the stage in such an excellent way and in a safe way,” he said.

At Beijing 2022, a total of 2,877 athletes from 91 countries and regions competed for 109 gold m    29    . Through 17 days of outstanding performances on the ice and snow, 17 Olympic records, i    30     two world records, were broken.

“This is a real example of the Olympic motto(口号): Faster, Higher, Stronger—Together,” said Cai Qi, president of the Beijing organizing committee.

As the first city to ever host both the Summer and Winter Olympics, Beijing p    31     thoughtful services to all the participants(参与者).

Beijing 2022 was the first international multi-sport event to be held on schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic. Athletes were kept safe within a closed loop(闭环), preventing any imported cases(输入性病例) from s    32     to the outside public. “With an infection rate(感染率) of 0.01, it was one of the safest places on the p    33    , if not the safest place on the planet, and this is a great achievement,” said Bach.

The popularity of ice and snow sports is growing around China. The country has achieved its goal to engage(使参与) 300 million people in winter sports. Winter sports facilities(设施) have even spread to the s    34     parts of China where winters are warmer. For example, an indoor ski resort(滑雪场) opened in Guangzhou. The Sunac Snow Park is as large as 22 football f   35    and has received more than 2 million visitors since it opened in 2019.

Orbiting classroom

Do you still remember the lecture from China’s Tiangong space station last year? On March 23, astronaut Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping ang Ye Guangfu gave another one! It was livestream（直播）worldwide. What fun experiments did they do this time?

Hot “ice”

Last time, the astronauts made a water ball in space. This time, they turned a water ball into an “ice” ball! Well, it’s not a    36     ice. It’s supersaturated sodium acetate solution（过饱和乙酸钠溶液）.

The supersaturated solution is very unstable（不稳定的）. The astronauts dropped a small crystal（晶体）of sodium acetate into the ball-shaped solution. Suddenly, more sodium acetate crystals grew, making a white ball of “ice”. This “ice” is anything but cold, however. The p    37     actually gives off heat.

A bridge of water

How do you build a “bridge” with water? It’s h    38     to do it on Earth. But in the space station, with little gravity, it’s quite easy!

In the lecture, Wang Yaping first made two water balls on two plates, then let them touch each other. Next, Wang p    39     the two plates apart, and the water between them didn’t break. It became a “bridge”! This is because the surface tension（表面张力）of water is not disturbed by gravity in space. The surface tension keeps the “skin” of the water strong so that the bridge doesn’t break.

Separate water and oil

If we m    40     oil and water in a bottle on Earth, they will quickly separate because they have different densities（密度）. Gravity brings the water down while the oil stays on top. H    41    , if you do this in the space station, with no gravity, the oil and water will blend together.

How can we separate them, then? In the lecture, Ye Guangfu rotated（旋转）the bottle to c    42     centrifugal force（离心力）. With this man-made gravity, the heavier water is pushed to the furthest point, which brings the lightest oil closer to the center. 

根据短文内容及首字母提示，补全空格内单词，使短文完整、通顺。

Born in 701, Li Bai was one of the greatest poets of the Tang Dynasty. At the a   43    of 24, he left home and started to travel around China. Throughout his life, he wrote more than one t   44    poems about nature, friendship and many other wonderful things.

“To Wang Lun” was one of Li Bai’s p   45    , which was about his friendship with Wang Lun, an important person to him. It is said that Wang Lun respected Li Bai for his talent and d   46    of seeing him. When he heard that Li Bai was travelling to a place nearby, he w   47    a letter to Li Bai and invited him to visit h   48    hometown. In the letter, Wang Lun pictured his hometown as having p   49    flowers extending ten li and ten thousand wine houses.

Li Bai couldn’t find the scenes described by Wang Lun w   50    he arrived. Wang Lun explained that “peach flowers” was the n   51    of a pool of water and Wan was the family name of the wine house owner. Li Bai laughed about Wang Lun’s little trick. He understood that Wang Lun r    52     wanted to see him and the two became good friends.

It is known that Li Bai and the other poets of the Tang Dynasty have left many great poems to us. Together they created the “golden age” of classical Chinese poetry and they will always be remembered by Chinese people.

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Mary Anning: The Fossil Hunter

As a fossil（化石）scientist, Mary Anning (1700—1847) made great contributions（贡献）to her field in the 19th century. Her name is now widely known in Britain and even Europe. But that was not always the case.

Anning was a talented woman. She was born in a poor family in Lyme Regis, Britain. She did not receive any proper education and had to teach h    53     geology（地质学）and paleontology（古生物学）.

Anning grew up by the sea. At a young age, she showed great interest in studying the fossils along the coastline. Anning worked very hard. She went out in all weathers to search for fossils. At the age of 12, she uncovered a skeleton that looked like a crocodile. Then, after ten years of tireless e    54    , she made an amazing discovery. It was a huge fossil of something that the world had never seen before.

However, many of Anning’s findings d    55     with the widely accepted theories（理论）at that time. So most of the scientists didn’t believe or recognize the value of her findings. What’s more, in that period, people s    56     respected women. Anning’s findings were even published without her name. During her lifetime, the woman was never s    57     considered to be a scientist.

But such troubles didn’t stop Anning from making more discoveries. The woman was still keen on studying v    58     sizes and types of fossils alongside the sea. Some of them were as large as a huge rock while others were smaller than an egg. Until 1829, she carefully uncovered a skeleton of a fossil fish which made her known among first-class scientists. Her discoveries helped to study some extinct（已灭绝的）animals. They formed the basis for Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species（《物种起源》）.

In recent years, more and more people have come to realize the importance of Anning’s work. She is now listed among the top ten British women who have greatly a    59     the history of science. Anning was an ambitious and hard-working woman in history. She deserves to be remembered.

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Wanda and Tina studied at the same school and they were best friends. They a   60    ate together, played together and studied together. That’s w   61    Wanda was so surprised one day when Tina wouldn’t talk to her. She saved Tina a seat in the dining hall, b   62    when Tina came in, she went off and sat by herself.

Wanda didn’t know what was w   63   . Could Tina be angry with her? She thought about what she did and said recently（最近）. Was Tina angry because Wanda did b   64    on the history test than her? No, Tina didn’t c   65    about that kind of thing. She was happy that Wanda did well in school.

Wanda d   66    to find out what was the matter. She walked over to Tina. “Tina,” she said softly, “is something wrong?”

Tina l   67    up and was surprised to see Wanda standing next to her. “Oh, hi, Wanda,” she said. “Yes, something is wrong. My cat Zorro d   68    today. I feel really sad. Thanks for asking. You’re a true f    69    .” Then she smiled. Wanda sat down next to her friend and gave her a big hug.

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My favorite video game is Library of Ruina. In the game, you play the r    70     of a librarian in a magic library. A number of guests come to the library to challenge you. If they win the fight, they can use your library at will. If they l    71    , they will be turned into pages and books. A good book will allow you to have new guests with greater secrets. In this way, your library can grow b    72    . Then you can dig out the secrets of the ruined city you live in. You can find wisdom, strength and courage w    73     playing the game. Just become the o    74     of the library and receive your guests!

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Nowadays a lot of students have t    75     problems. Some do not know themselves well. Some have no c    76     but to do mountains of homework. Some think their parents are the strictest in the class. Luckily, the government has taken some action to help.

Since the double reduction policy(双减政策) was c    77     out, the students’ life has changed a lot. Many students can have fun t    78     part in different activities. Besides, it is reported that students can have more time to sleep. As we know, sleep plays an important r    79     in our health.

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Cat cafes are not new. You can find many such cafes in the cities in China. But Toe Beans, a cat cafe in Hawaii, stands out from the c   80   . There, you can get something to drink and adopt (领养) a lovely cat at the same time!

Toe Beans is a non-profit cafe. Its name s   81    for the paw pads on the bottom of cats’ feet. L   82    most other cat cafes, Toe Beans provides coffee and tea while playing with the cats there.

What makes Toe Beans s   83   ? Well, it has two social missions (社会使命). The first is to help rescued cats find h   84   . The cats in the cafe were rescued by an animal charity. If the customer w   85   , he or she can apply to adopt one.

The o   86    mission of the cafe is to help young people with disabilities. Toe Beans provides them with skills training and offers them j   87   . The cafe also works with charities to help children and youth with disabilities through behavioral therapy (行为治疗) .

Toe Beans is o   88    from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends. You are w    89     to visit and spend some wonderful time with the cats and kittens there.

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Have you ever had dreams about building a robot? Or putting together a spaceship? Or even seeing your face m    90     of chocolate? Done. All you need is a 3-D printer! The possibilities of 3-D printing seem endless. What the user has to do is to design an object on the c    91     and choose a material to print in. The printers print in hundreds of different materials including glass, sugar and even skin! When the user p    92     the button(按钮) “print”, the 3-D printer spreads the material layer by layer(一层层) and the object is produced like m    93    .

The first 3-D printer was i    94     in 1986 by an American, Charles Hull. But 3-D printing has only become cheap enough recently for m    95     people to use. Designers now use 3-D printing to c    96     unusual things. The Dutch artist Dirk Vander Kooj prints furniture made from old fridges. And d    97     have used 3-D printing to print human body parts to save people! The Telegraph reported in February that scientists from Cornell Medical College even printed a man-made ear.

But l    98     a lot of new technologies, if 3-D printing gets into the wrong hands, it can be d    99    .

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Every Saturday, Wang Fulin travels 40 minutes to “watch” a movie with his friends.

He b    100     blind in his early 50s. However, he can still enjoy movies in a “talking movie” club-Fun Theater. The club is in Kunming, Yunnan. A g    101     of volunteers there describe movies to blind people. “I listened to a movie for the first time in the summer of 2019, and it was kind of e    102     . The volunteers did a great job.” said Wang. Describing movies to blind people can be challenging. The volunteers must watch a movie several t    103     to know everything in the movie. This way, they can describe the movie very c    104     and carefully.

The owner of the theater is called Zhou Jun. He started the club in 2017. “Movies are for everybody,” said Zhou. “Fun Theater hopes to s    105     movies with blind people and help to 1    106     up their lives. Thanks to this special club, many blind people go out of their homes to e    107     the movies, and their lives are more interesting.

Now many blind people come to Fun Theater to “watch” movies every week. “They can enjoy the movies here. I’m so glad that I can do something to help people in n    108     .” said Zhou.

“It’s meaningful for us to s    109     our free time volunteering. A small action can make the world a better place.” said one volunteer.

Liu Xiaosheng finally had time to himself when the summer vacation recently ended. The 73-year-old had been teaching children English for f    110     six days a week for over a month.

His “classroom” was a rural family courtyard in a village administered by the city of Zunyi, Guizhou province. On the outer wall of the house, there was a small b    111     covered with phonetic symbols. Benches were arranged in a U shape to serve as desks, and a dozen children were packed in for classes.

Before he retired, Liu was a f    112     language professor at a university in Chongqing municipality. In 2012, he brought his family to Guizhou to spend the summer.

One evening, he saw a neighbor’s child learning English. And he heard many mistakes when the child was reading. As a teacher, he knew how important standard p    113     was to leaning the language and he began to correct the child.

In this way, Liu “recruited” his first student. News of free English tutoring from a retired university professor soon spread t    114     the village, and more and more children came to learn.

At first, Liu taught in his living room, and then moved into the corridor for more space. But soon, the corridor was packed with students. One villager volunteered to vacate his rice milling room to use as a classroom, and the villagers pooled their money to buy desks, chairs, benches, and a blackboard.

Later, as the n    115     of students grew, Liu set up a classroom in the courtyard of a villager’s house, and as a result, he is now well k    116     as the “courtyard teacher”.

Every summer, about 40 children come for English tutoring.

So far, some 100 local students have attended the classes, many of whom have been admitted to universities, with some even pursuing doctoral degrees.

Some villagers once tried to pay money or give him gifts to e    117     their thanks, but he refused. He said that teaching had become a part of his life, and he did it for n    118     fame nor profit (赢利).

Before he finished this year’s lessons and returned to Chongqing, he p    119     the children that he would see them again next year. What a great teacher!

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With social development, many people don’t stay in the same place forever. So many things can k   120    you from seeing your loved ones in person, from busy schedules to long distances (距离) to a rather unexpected pandemic COVID-19. Fortunately, thanks to modern technology, the people we miss are o   121    only a phone call or text message away. But if you’re someone who p   122    typed-out messages, you may want to think twice. A new study found that communication that i   123    voice, like a phone call or video chat, created s   124    social connections than communication through typing, like text messaging or email.

Researchers found that although people thought that a phone call with an old friend would be less comfortable, h   125    someone’s voice actually made the experience better. In an experiment, the researchers had strangers connect by e   126    texting, talking over video chat or talking using only audio (语音). They found that both forms of voice c   127   —whether video or audio only—made the strangers feel more connected than when they communicated through texting. Sabrina Romanoff, a doctor from New York, says texting can make it hard to get the t   128    meaning behind a conversation. “While making a voice or audio phone call, each party is there, so the speakers are able to understand the meaning behind the content (内容) w     129      thinking over the endless possible meanings behind words.”

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参考答案

1．(i)nterest    2．(p)ictures    3．(p)oor    4．(s)urprise    5．(f)riends    6．(p)leased    7．(c)alled    8．(s)hown    9．(f)riendly    10．(c)hildren

【导语】本文主要介绍沃尔特·迪士尼和他的创作经历。

1．句意：小沃尔特·迪士尼对艺术很感兴趣，想将来成为一名著名的艺术家。根据“Little Walt Disney took an i…in art and wanted to be a famous artist in the future.”可知，此处是take an interest in短语，意为“对……感兴趣”，故填(i)nterest。

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