牛津译林版九年级英语上册Unit8_课后巩固提升训练（含答案）

Unit8 课后巩固提升训练

一、阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

I came from one of those families where you have to shout loudly at the dinner table in order to get a word. In 2013, I spent the summer   1   (live) in South Africa. It was a very important year for   2  , because I learnt to listen.

I listened to a Nigerian taxi driver recalling memories of his fifth birthday; I listened to a German’s   3   (introduce) of Brazil’s beautiful beaches; I listened to   4   old couple’s love story   5   was very moving. I listened, and I listened. Sometimes I   6   (speak), but mostly I listened.   7   that summer, I thought I knew how to listen. I could sit down with anyone and hear their stories. I nodded and responded   8   (proper) at the right times, but most of the time I was thinking   9   I should say next. Ever since my summer in South Africa, I’ve noticed that   10   my mouth is closed, my mind will be wide open and I will learn the most about the speaker and even myself.

1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________

6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________

二、短文填空

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中所给的词中选出最恰当的10个填空。每个词限用一次。

Deal with Conflict

Losing friends is about as easy as making friends if you don’t know how to deal with anger and conflict (冲突）.Conflict is part of everyone’s   1  . It will show up at school, at work and at home. It’s OK to feel angry, annoyed or sad. These feelings are   2  , but different people deal with   3   in different ways. Some people shout, call people names, or even hit the person who has   4   them. Others do their best to keep away from disagreements but very few deal with conflict   5  .

Dealing with conflict is a step-by-step process (过程).   6   you start discussing the problem, calm down, count to 10 and imagine a relaxing   7  . Then. say what is really bothering you, but watch how you express yourself. Don’t complain. Share   8   you feel by using “ I...”. For example, don’t say “You are always ordering me to do this or to do that,” but “I feel sad   9   you don’t pay attention to what I think.”

You want people to   10   your opinion so make sure you practice what you want to say. Listen carefully to the other person and accept that he or she might see the problem in a different way. Be open-minded and willing to say sorry.

三、阅读理解

Mr Smith is telling two funny stories of his police work.

Story A

I remember catching a “thief” in a clothes shop once. It was strange. The man was hiding a yellow sweater inside his coat. I thought he had stolen it, so I caught him. We found later that his wife gave him the sweater for his birthday, but he hated it. He just wanted to return it to the shop for money, but he didn’t want his wife to see him! We soon let him go.

Story B

Another day, a man called Bob went into a bank on Sixth Street. He wrote on the back of an envelope, “Give me the money! Or I’ll kill you.” and gave it to the bank clerk. She gave him $ 100,000 and the man ran away. Then we received a phone call from the bank clerk. She told us to go to the man’s house in Candy Town and get him. We caught him as soon as he got out of the elevator. He couldn’t believe that we found him so quickly. We told him that the front of the envelope he used had his name and address on it!

1. What does Mr Smith do?

A. A bank clerk.  B. A policeman.   C. A thief.

2. Mr Smith caught the man in the clothes shop ____.

A. by exchange  B. by mistake  C. by accident

3. Why did the man return the sweater to the shop?

A. Because he didn’t want his wife to see it.

B. Because he liked money more than the sweater.

C. Because he hated it and wanted to get the money back.

4. Bob was caught so quickly because ____.

A. his address was found on the envelope he used

B. he received a phone call from the bank clerk

C. the police waited for him outside the elevator

5. What do you think of Bob?

A. He is brave.  B. He is careful.  C. He is careless.

参考答案及解析

一、

1. living    2. me    3. introduction   4. an    5. that/which

6. spoke    7. In/During  8. properly    9. what   10. if

二、

1. life    冲突是每个人生活的一部分。

2. natural    这些情感（生气、烦恼、伤心）是自然的。

3. them    此处用来指代 these feelings。

4. hurt    打的那个人应该是伤害过他们的人，故填hurt。

5. successfully    但是很少有人能够成功地处理冲突。

6. Before    由句子结构可知，此处应填一个连词，10个词中只有because，before是连词，但because不合题意，故填before，且首字母大写，表示“在你开始讨论这个问题之前”。

7. place    a relaxing place—个令人放松的地方。

8. how    由后面的by using “I...”可知此处是表达方式，故填how。

9. because    我感到伤心是因为你不注意我所想的。

三、

1. B  细节理解题。由文章第一段“Mr smith is telling two funny stories of his police work.”可知，作者是警察，故选B项。

2. B  推理判断题。通读Story A可知这是一个误抓，故选B项。

3. C  细节理解题。由story A的第五句“We found later that his wife gave him the sweater for his birthday, but he hated it. ”和第六句“He just wanted to return it to the shop for money…”可知他想把毛衣退回去的理由是：他讨厌那件毛衣，想把钱拿回来，故选C项。

4. A  细节理解题。由Story B的最后一句话“We told him that the front of the envelope he used had his name and address on it! ”可知是Bob在银行里使用的信封泄露了他的地址，故选A项。

5. C  推理判断题。根据Story B的最后一句可知这个强盗很粗心，故选C项。