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九年级上学期英语周末作业（第20周）语法填空21InAmerica,allchildrenfromsixtosixteengotoschool.Theyspendsixyearsin'elementary'school,andfourorsixyearsin'secondaryor'high'school.School(1)_____(educate)isfree.Attheendofeveryschoolyear,thechildtakes(2)____test.Ifhedoeswell,hegoesintothenextgrade.Ifhedoesn'tdowell,hehasto(3)______(repetition)thegrade.Someschoolshavemodernteachingequipment,likecomputersandclosedcircuittelevision,(4)____therearealsosmallcountryschools,withjustoneclassroom.Attheendoftheirtimeatschool,moststudentsgetahighschooldiploma.Iftheywanttogoontocollege,theytakecollege(5)____(admit)tests.InBritain,allchildrenfromfivetosixteengotoschool.Theyspendsixyearsin'primary'school,(6)_____thengoonto'secondary'school.InBritainthereare'state'schools,which(7)_____free,andprivateschoolsforwhichparentspay.ManyBritishprivateschoolsare'boarding'schools.Thechildrenstay(8)______schoolallthetime,andonlycomehomeintheholidays.Theyusuallywearuniformsatallschools.Teachinginbothcountries(9)_____usuallyquiteinformal.Studentsoftenworktogether(10)______groups,andgototheteacheronlywhentheyneedhelp.2Washington,Lincoln,Eisenhower,Kennedy—someofthegreatnamesofAmericanhistory,thenamesofherpresidents.Thesedays,theAmericanPresidentisoneof(1)_____(powerful)menintheworld.Hecanmakewar,or(2)______(peaceful).Hecantouchthelivesofmillionsinmanydifferentcountries,butthePresidentcannotdojust(3)______hewants.TheCongressmustagreefirst.Insomeways,theUnitedStatesislikefiftysmallcountriesandnotonelargeone.Everystatehas(4)_______(it)owngovernor,itsownpolice,anditsownlaws.Forexample,insomestatesyoucanbuy(5)______alcoholicdrinkwhenyouare18.Inothers,youmustwait(6)_________youare21.Thegovernmentofthewholecountry(the'federal'government)worksfromWashington,thecapitalcity.ThisiswhereCongressis(7)_______(base)Congresshastwoparts,theSenate,andtheHouseofRepresentatives.Thereare100membersoftheSenate(calledSenators),twofromeachstate.ThePresidentcannotact(8)________(with)theSenate'sagreement.TheHouseofRepresentatives(9)________(have)435members.Likethesenators,theycanmakenewlaws.AmericanschooseanewPresidenteveryfouryears.Theelectionisagreatoccasion.Itisserious(10)_______(busy),ofcourse,buttheAmericansmakesurethatitisfuntoo.3Mr.Harrisandhiswifemovedtoanothertown,andtheymetalotofinteresting
1people.Theyoftenwenttodinnerortopartiesatother(1)_____(people)houses.SoMr.andMrs.Harrisdecided(2)______(host)abigparty,too.They(3)_____(choose)adate,andthenMrs.Harrisbegantowriteoutinvitations.Oneofthe(4)______(sentence)intheinvitationsaid,"Mr.andMrs.Harriswouldlikethepleasureofyourcompanyatthepartyintheirresidence.Thetime(5)____(be)between6:30to8:30p.m.“"Thatisn'tverynice,isit?"Mr.Harrissaid."You'retellingourgueststhattheymustgoat8:30.(6)______Mrs.Harrisjustwrote,"Thepartybeginsat6:30p.m.“Alotofguestscame,andtheyallenjoyedtheirtime.Infact,theystayed(7)______midnightwhenapolicemanarrived.Hesaid,"Youmuststopthepartybecausesomeonehascomplained.“Mr.Harrisdidn'twanttoargue(8)_____thepoliceman.Alltheguestswenthomequickly.WhenMr.andMrs.Harriswerealoneagain,sheasked,"Itwas(9)_____surprise,wasn'tit?Whocomplainedaboutthenoise?“"Idid,"Mr.Harrisanswered(10)______atiredvoice.4Mr.Hollanddrovetoworkinacareveryday.Whenhewasforty,hewasfatandverysoft,andhedidnotwishtoget(1)_____(fat)andsoftereveryyear.Onedayoneofhisfriendssaidtohim,'Wouldyoulike(2)_____(be)thinner,Fred?''OfcourseIwould,'Mr.Hollandanswered.'Well,'hisfriendsaid,'stop(3)____(go)toyourofficebycar,andgetabicycle.'Mr.Hollandhadnot(4)_____(ride)abicycleformanyyears.'It'svery(5)_____(danger)torideabicycleagainatyourage,'hiswifesaid.Butheboughtabicycleforhisbirthdayandpracticed(6)_____(ride)everyevening.Hehopedthatitwouldhelphimgetthinner,andhegotalotofpleasure(7)_______practice.Thenhebegantogotohisofficeonhisbicycle.Sometimesallthecarsstoppedataredlight,andhewentpastthemtothefront(8)______hisbicyclewassmall.Hewasveryhappy.Yesterdayhestoppedataredlight,and(9)_____mancameupbehindhimonanotherbicycle.HestoppedtooandaskedMr.Holland,'Havethepolice(10)________(take)yourdrivinglicenseawaytoo?'5Onceuponatime,therewasaboy(1)_____(name)Stephen.Stephenhadreadalotofbooks(2)______shipsandtheirvoyagesandhewasfascinatedbythem.Whenhewassixteen,hedecidedthathewantedtobecomeanavy(3)_____(office),sohewenttonavyschool.Onedaytheteachers(4)________(inform)thestudentsthattheyaregoingtohaveswimminganddivinglessons.Stephenarrived(5)_____thepoolthenextmorningwiththeotherstudents.Hewaslookingforwardto(6)______(learn)toswim.Theteachercommandedthosewhocouldnotswimtogointoonegroup,thosewhocouldswimbutnotdiveproperlytogointoasecondgroup,andthosewhocouldbothswimanddivewelltogointo(7)_____thirdone.Stephenwentintothesecondgroup.
2Theteacherthentoldthestudentsinthesecondgrouptogodownintotheswimmingpoolandswimtotheotherend.Stephenclimbeddownthesteps,butassoon(8)_____hebegantoswim,hesank.Whenhedidnotcomeupagain,thealarmedteacherjumpedinand(9)______(drag)himoutofthewater.ThentheteachersaidtoStephen,'Whyeverdidn'tyoujointhegroupthatcan'tswim?''BecauseI'dneverevenbathedinapoolbefore,'Stephenanswered,'soIdidn'tknow(10)_______Icouldswimornot.'6Thereisnotenoughpetrolintheworldforeverybodynow,andeachyearthereisless,(1)______whatarewegoingtodowhenitfinishes?Perhapswewillgoback(2)______horsesandcarriagesandbicycles.Inthe(3)_______(two)WorldWar,somepeopledidnotusepetrolintheircars.Theymadegasfromwoodand(4)______(plant)instead,andthentheyputitinbigbagsontopoftheircars.Thecarsdidnotgo(5)______(fast),butitwasbetterthannothing.Wecannotcutdownallourtrees(6)________(make)gas;weneedthemforotherthingstoo.Besidesgas,wecanalsouseelectricityforourcars,butfirstwemustmaketheelectricity!Some(7)_________(country)havecoal,andtheymakeelectricitywiththat,butwewillnotalwayshavecoal.Othercountrieshavegreatrivers,whichturnturbinesandgenerateelectricitymore(8)_______(easy)andcheaply.Wearealso(9)_______(ability)togetpowerfromthetides.Weputturbinesinthemouthofariver.Then,whenthetide(10)_______(come)up,itturnstheturbines,andwhenitrunsbacktowardsthesea,itturnsthemagain.Weknowthatthewavesoftheseacanalsoturnturbineswhentheygoupanddown.Willallofthesethingsgenerateourelectricityintheyear2050?7Mostpartiesarequiterelaxedthesedays,especiallyyoungpeople'sparties.Youdon'thavetowearalongdress(1)_____ablacktiewhenyouwanttohaveagoodtime.Infact,youcan(2)_______(unusual)wearwhatyoulike—anythingfromjeanstosuitsanddresses.Britishand(3)______(America)peopleareoftenquiteinformal.Peoplewillexpect(4)_______answereventoaninformalinvitation.Justcalltosayifyoucanorcannotcome.Somepeopleofcourse(especiallyolderones)stillenjoyformalparties.AninvitationtoasmartpartyoftenhasRSVP(5)_______(write)atthebottom.Thisisshort(6)_______theFrenchphraserespondesivousplait.Itmeansthatyoumustwritealetterortelephonetosayifyoucanorcannotcome.Peopleoftensendoutinvitationsweeks(7)________aparty.It'spolite(8)______(answer)assoonaspossible.Whatdoyoudoifsomeoneasksyouto'tea'?ForsomeBritishpeople,'tea‘meansacup(9)_______teaandabiscuitat4:30or5p.m.Forothers,'tea'means(10)______mealat6:30or7p.m.'Formaldress'usuallymeansasuitandtieformen,andasmartdressforwomen.'Blacktie'meansthatthemenweardinnerjacketsandthewomenweareveningdresses.'Blacktie'isonlyforveryspecialoccasions.8
3Mr.Grayoftentravelstoruralareastosellmachinestofarmers.Oneof(1)______(him)problemshasalwaysbeenfindingproperlodgingforhimself,andoftenwhenhereachedasmallvillagehewould(2)______(give)acoldroomwithnohotwaterorgoodfoodafteralongand(3)_____(tire)day.Lateoneevening,Mr.Grayarrived(4)_____asmallrailwaystation.Thejourney(5)_____trainthatdayhadnotbeenatallinteresting,andMr.Graywascold,tired,andhungry.Hewaslookingforwardtoa(6)_______(satisfy)mealbyaburningfire,andthenahotbathandcomfortablebed.Whilehewasleavingtheexitofthestation,heaskedalocalman,"Excuseme,Iama(7)_______(strange)hereinthistown.Canyouhelpme(8)_______(find)ahoteltoputmeupforanight?"Themanlookedathimupanddownandthenreplied,"Therearealtogethertwohotelsinourtown...""Whichonewouldyouadviseme(9)______(go)to?“"Mr.Grayaskedhurriedlybeforehecouldfinish.Thelocalmanscratchedhisheadforafewmomentsandthenanswered,"Well,itislikethis:whicheveroneyougoto,youwillbesorrythatyoudidn’tgoto(10)_____other."9WhileBillleftschool,hehopedtogethimselfaproperjob.“I‘llworkinabank,”hesaidtohimself,“(1)______myuncleworksinone”.Hewenttohisauntandsaid,“Iwanttoworkinabank(2)______UncleBob.”Hisauntsmiled,butdidn’tsayanything.WhenBill‘sunclecamehomethatevening,hiswifetoldhimthatBillwantedtoworkinabank.Hisuncleagreedthatitwasagoodidea.SoBillwenttooneofthebanksandgotajob.“Youcanworkhereforamonth,”the(3)_______(manage)said,"andifyou'regoodenough,youcanstay.You"llwork(4)_______Mr.Unwin.He'lltakeyouroundandtrainyou.“Mr.Unwinwasoneofthe(5)________(clerk)inthebank,andhe(6)________(be)thereformanyyears.HetookBillaroundthebank,andBilllearnedalotofthings(7)_______him.ThenonedayMr.UnwingaveBillsometen-poundnotes."Count(8)_____(this),"heorderedhim."Thereoughttobeonethousandthere.Iftherearen't,letmeknowrightaway.“Billbegantocountthenotes,buthequicklybecame(9)______(bore),andwhenhehadcountedhalfofthem,hebecame(10)_______(patient)."Fivehundredten,fivehundredtwenty,fivehundredthirty,"hecounted.Thenhestopped,lookedatMr.Unwinandpointedatthepileofnotes."Well,"hesaid,"ifthey'recorrectuptohere,they'llallbecorrect,won'tthey?"10FredFarmerhasalotoffriendsinthecityandisverypopular(1)_____theneighbourhoodkids.Everyoneremembershim(2)_____aprofessionalbaseballplayer.Fredused(3)______(be)withateaminLosAngelesseveralyearsago.Hehadtogiveupbaseball(4)_______heinjuredhisarminanautomobileaccident.Atthetime,everyone(5)______(expectation)himtotakeajobathisfather'sicecreamfactory.ButFredwouldrather(6)______(eat)icecreamthansellit.Once
4hetried(7)______(work)foraninsurancecompanydowntown.Hehadtobeonthejobat8:30inthemorning,(8)_______thatwastooearlyforFredandhequitafterthefirstmonth.Besides,hedidn'tlikebeingin(9)_____officeallday.Nowadays,Fredspendsmostofhistimeinthepark.Heenjoys(10)_______(teach)boysintheneighbourhoodhowtoplaybaseball.WheneverFredneedsalittlemoneyhesellshotdogsatthesportsstadium.
