2021年浙江新目标英语暑假作业衔接教材练习（八升九）Day 9 （含答案）

中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 Day 9 2021年浙江新目标英语暑假作业衔接教材（八升九） Ⅰ.完形填空 When George Dennehy was a young boy，he never dreamed he would serve others as a motivational(励志的)speaker and musician.But the armless teenager has spent the last couple of years sharing his story and __1__ others. Born with no __2__ in Romania，Dennehy's condition was terrible，so his parents turned him over to a __3__ in America. Early on，he says his American parents __4__ his musical abilities.When he was 8 years old，his mom took him to cello(大提琴)__5__ and he started playing.However，he didn't really enjoy it at first.His first teacher，Shelley，helped him __6__ with his feet. Shelley actually learned to play the cello with her feet and made up some foot __7__.She wanted to see if it was __8__ to do it.“I am really moved by what she has done for me，” Dennehy says. At the beginning of high school，when the cello became not so cool to play，Dennehy __9__ playing the guitar and picked it up pretty fast. “It was necessary，though，to learn the cello first，__10__ it's the hardest of all to play，” he says.“The only __11__ in the guitar is that I'm playing the cords(弦)．But I play in the same tune(曲调)as everyone else does，” he notes. Learning to play music hasn't been an easy road.He was shy at first.But every time he got on stage to __12__ or play music，he could see how the audience __13__ him for his abilities and that gave him confidence to realize his dream. No matter what situation we're in，__14__ is possible.It is so easy to give up sometimes.But we shouldn't do that.There's more that is meant for __15__. (　　)1.A.encouragingB．praising C．annoying D．fooling (　　)2.A.legs B．arms C．eyes D．hair (　　)3.A.hospital B．school C．company D．family (　　)4.A.lost B．invented C．noticed D．created (　　)5.A.parties B．lessons C．stores D．concerts (　　)6.A.play B．walk C．eat D．dance (　　)7.A.signs B．rules C．exercises D．pictures (　　)8.A.possible B．meaningless C．cruel D．expensive (　　)9.A.turn down B．put off C．gave up D．took up (　　)10.A.so B．because C．or D．if (　　)11.A.knowledgeB．weakness C．difference D．mistake (　　)12.A.record B．change C．write D．perform (　　)13.A.thanked B．asked C．punished D．admired (　　)14.A.nobody B．somebody C．nothing D．anything (　　)15.A.them B．him C．us D．it Ⅱ.阅读理解 We always think that it's OK for us to leave our plants home during our vacation as plants won't scream like pets，right? A recent study done by a group of scientists at the Tel Aviv University has discovered that some plants will scream when they are under stress. The research was carried out on tomato plants and tobacco plants by cutting their stems(茎)and depriving(剥夺)them of water.A microphone was placed 10cm away from them.When their stems were cut，the plants started “screaming” between 20 and 100 kilohertz，and the scientists guess that this scream is probably meant to warn other plants nearby. W ... ...