外研版英语九年级上册短文填空module1-12.doc

九年级上短文填空 Module 1-12（一）The Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China is one of the ancient 1.___________ in the world.Every year,it attracts millions of 2._________.The Great Wall has a 3.__________ of more than 2,000 years.It is about six 4.__________ kilometres long from east to 5.___________ and is about 7 metres in 6.___________.In many places,it is wide 7.___________ for 10 men to walk side by side on top of it.When you look at the Great Wall,you can’t help thinking how the Chinese people were able to build it 8.____________modern machines.In fact,it 9.___________millions of people more than 10 years to build it,and many people even lost their lives.Today,as a 10.____________ place of interest,the Great Wall is known to people all over the world.（二） The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.All Chinese families 1.____________ it.It is always in January or 2._________.It is often cold at this time of the year,but people are 3._________.Family members get 4._________ and then have a big 5._______________.After dinner,people like to 6.________ TV. There is a great Spring Festival Gala on TV every year. Children have lots of 7._______ this day.Usually our parents get presents 8.________ for us.We always get 9.___________ from our grandparents,parents,aunts and uncles.We like to let off fireworks at night.They are 10.____________ wonderful.（三） Peter came from a poor family.His father died when he was five.His mother had no money to send 1.____________ to school.His mother’s best friend,Mrs Smith,felt that the boy was clever and decided to give him some 2.______________ so he could go to school.When the boy finished high school,he found 3._____ job in the city. But soon Mrs Smith had a serious illness. As she was dying，she asked Peter to look 4.____________ her daughter.A few years later,Peter married the girl.He loved her so much that he tried to make her 5.____________every day. He cooked lots of delicious food and 6._______________ all kinds of beautiful clothes for her.So she became very fat and found it hard to walk.One day,she felt uncomfortable.She went to the hospital.The doctor looked her 7._________and told her not to eat meat,sugar,chocolate and other things like that.She was afraid she might forget the doctor’s words,8.__________ she wrote all the names of the food on a piece of paper. When she got home,she put the list on the table and went out.When she returned home,she found all kinds of meat,sugar and chocolate in the 9._______________.Peter was busy.As 10._______________ as he saw her,he said excitedly,“I’ve bought all the food you wanted,dear!”（四） Frank was a teenager living with his father.He had so many family rules that he couldn’t stand,1.___________ he left home.Because he couldn’t find a job,he had to 2.__________ a living by begging. Years later,his father was old,but he was still 3._________for his son.He had been to every corner of the city.Everywhere he went,he put up a big photo of 4.__________ and Frank on the wall.At the lower part of the photo,he wrote,“I still love you,my dearest son.Please come 5.__________ home!” One day,Frank saw 6.___________ of the photos.The faces on the photo were familiar to him.“Is that my father?” He thought for a while and decided to go back to see his father.It was 7.___________ early morning when he got home.The door was not 8._________.He rushed to his father’s bedroom.“It’s me! Your son is back home!”The father and the son held each other,full of happy tears (眼泪) in their 9.__________.The son asked,“Why is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.”The father answered 10.____________ a soft voice.“Because I’m expecting your return.In fact,the door has never been locked since you left.”（五）Big Ben is not the name of a man.It is the 1._____________ of a huge clock in London.London is 2._____________ capital of England.This clock has four faces.So,no matter where you 3.____________ you can read the time on the face of Big Ben.Each 4.___________ is the size of a double decker (层) bus.The hands are about four meters 5.__________.It is about the size of two people standing on the top of each other.If you go to London,6.___________ may want to visit the Houses of Parliament (国会大厦).There you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the Houses of Parliament.Maybe you will hear it as well as 7.__________ it.The huge clock makes such a 8.__________ noise.“Ding dong,ding dong,” it goes every quarter of an hour.The clock was named 9.__________ a big man.He was Sir Benjamin Hall.This man did much building work in London many years 10.___________.（六）In a national spelling competition, 1.__________11-year-old girl,Sara,was asked to spell a word.But because of her low voice,the judges (裁判) were not sure if the girl spelled the word 2.____________B or D.They asked her to repeat what she said.By then,Sara realized that she has made a mistake.Instead of。