外研版九年级下册英语中考词汇应用专项训练（无答案）.doc

1、中考词汇专项训练一 姓名姓名_班级班级_ The Chongyang Festival is a1._(tradition) Chinese festival. It is celebrated on the 2._(nine) day of the ninth lunar(阴历) month. Its also called the Double Ninth Festival. The festival 3. _(start) as early as the Warring States Period (475-221BC). It has a history of more than 1,

2、 700 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine, nine is the 4._(high) odd number(奇数). People believe that two ninths meeting together stand for a long life. So it is a special holiday for Chinese people 5._(show) love and respect for their elders. They hold many kinds of 6._(activity) in honor of o

3、ld people to wish them good health and a long life. The festival 7._(come) during the golden time of fall. On the day, people traditionally drink Chrysanthemum(菊花)wine, eat Double-Ninth Cakes and climb mountains. They also carry a kind of plant 8._(name) dogwood, People in ancient times 9._(believe)

4、 that the plant could drive away evil(邪恶的) spirits and prevent them from 10._(catch) an illness in winter. 积累与反思 _ _ _ 中考词汇专项训练二 姓名姓名_班级班级_ When I studied at university, I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some of us worked hard just enough 1._(pass) the exam, but othe

5、rs didnt. Fed was one of 2._ (they). He spent more time3._ (drink ) in the tea house than working in the library. Once, at the end of the term. we had to have an important test in maths. While I _4_ (read)in my room the night before the test, Fred was watching TV. So I told him, Fred, you 5._ (work)

6、 hard, or you will fail. But Fred said. I havent studied maths for months. Im afraid Ill fail in the test. But dont worry. It is a piece of cake. 16. _ (take) a coin with me and toss it. I am sure I can get the half questions right that way.” The next day, Fred came 7._ (happy) into the examination

7、room. He wrote the 8._ (answer) as he tossed a coin. An hour later, he left before us. The next day, Fred 9._ (stop) by the maths teacher. Ah, Fred, I 10._ (look) for you here and there. Then the teacher took out a coin out of his pocket and tossed it. Im terribly sorry, Fred. You failed your exam.

8、He seemed to be very sad when he came back. 积累与反思 _ _ _ 中考词汇专项训练三 姓名姓名_班级班级_ Next time you hold a book in your hands, stop and think. Like most other things in the modern world，it is the result of thousands of years of hum an invention. First, came the invention of writing, 1 _(probable) about 5，500

9、 years ago. With writing，people did not have to remember everything in their heads. They could communicate with people that they never 2_ (see) and share their knowledge with future generations. Later, the Greeks were well-known for their literature(文学）and science，but their “books” locked very diffe

10、rent 53 the books of today. They 3._(call) scrolls(卷 轴）.They were difficult to use and took a lot of space in a library. About 2.000 years ago, books with lots of pages 4_ (invent) For more than a thousand years，the pages of books 5._(made) from animal skin. That changed in the 6._ (thirteen) centur

11、y, when7._(Europe) learned about a very useful Chinese invention： paper. But the biggest change for books in Europe came in 1439，when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. Before that, books in Europe 8._(copy)by hand, so they were very expensive. Many more people could afford the books th

12、at were produced on a printing press. These days it is difficult 9._ (imagine) a world without books. But human invention does not stop. Every year, more 10._(story) are bought as e-books and read on a screen. 积累与反思 _ _ 中考词汇专项训练四 姓名姓名_班级班级_ Helen loves small animals very much. One day she found two

13、weak birds in the grass. She 1._ (take) them home and put them in a small cage. She looked after them 2._ (careful) and the birds were both strong. They often thanked her with beautiful songs. But something happened one morning. Helen left the door of the cage open, one bird flew out from the cage.

14、Helen hurried to catch it, so the bird was in the cage again. It looked 3._ (happy), and it was thinner and thinner. A few days 4._ (late), it died. Helen was very sad. She thought her great love 5._ (kill) the bird. The other bird was moving here and there in the cage. Helen knew the bird needed fr

15、eedom. It wanted to fly into the clear and blue sky. So she took it out of the cage and let it 6._ (fly)away. The bird circled once, 7._ (two), three times. Helen enjoyed 8._ (watch) the bird flying happily. It sang the 9._ (sweet) song that she had never heard. The easiest way10. _ (lose) love is t

16、o hold it too tight. The best way to keep love is to give it wings.（翅膀） 积累与反思 _ _ 中考词汇专项训练五 姓名姓名_班级班级_ In my life, a person who has influenced me most is my father. He is a model for me. Now Ill tell you about his story. My father is in his 1._ (fifty). He never smokes or drinks. He has works in a l

17、ocal factory for years. You will not find anything 2._(usual) about him until you learn more. He works carefully all the time, so he 3._ (respect) by his colleagues. My father has always been kind and helpful. He has fun 4._ (talk) with old people. He gave our TV to a family who could not afford one

18、. He cares for the children who have lost their parents. Whenever he has some money left, he 5._ (give) it to someone in need. My father has donated blood many times since we 6._ (move) here. The blood he has donated is much enough 7._ (save) over 70 lives. He has donated blood cells to people with

19、blood cancer. To 8._(I) surprise, he decides to donate his body for medical research after his 9._ (die). When I was a little girl, I could not understand why my father always seemed to be _11_ (kind) to others than to his own family and why he thought of others more than_12_ (he). Now I realize tha

20、t he owns a heart full of love. 积累与反思 _ _ 中考词汇专项训练六 姓名姓名_班级班级_ Each different part of China has 1._ (it) own special forms of traditional art. The most common things, from paper to clay to bamboo, are turned into objects of beauty. According to Chinese history, sky lanterns were first used by Zhuge

21、Kongming. He sent them out 2._ (ask) for help when in trouble. Today, sky lanterns are used at festivals and other celebrations. They 3._ (make) of bamboo and covered with paper. When the lanterns are lit, they 4._ (slow) rise into the air like small hot-air baboons for all to see. They are seen as

22、bright symbol of 5._ (happy) and good wishes. Paper cutting 6._ (be) around for over1, 500 years. During the Spring Festival, they are put on 7._(window), doors and walls as symbols of wishes for good luck and a happy new year. Chinese clay art is famous because the clay pieces are so small but they

23、 look very real. The pieces are usually cute children or 8._ _ (live) characters from a Chinese fairy tale or historical story. The pieces are 9._ (careful) shaped by hand from a very special kind of clay and then allowed to air-dry. After drying, they are fired at a very high heat. They are then po

24、lished and painted. It takes several weeks 10._ ( complete) everything. 积累与反思 _ _ 中考词汇专项训练七 姓名姓名_班级班级_ Space vegetables are grown from seeds(种子)that have been taken to space. When they 1._ (bring) back to the earth, these seeds produce vegetables that are bigger and 2._ (healthy) than normal（正常的）veg

25、etables. But some people worry about 3_ (have) space vegetables. They think that space vegetables might not be good for us and could make us 4._(get) sick because of the radiation( 辐射) in space. Space vegetables are grown from seeds that are 5_ (care) chosen. When seeds come back from space, they ar

26、e tested to make sure that they will be safe 6._ (eat). Space vegetables are better than normal vegetables. For example, space 7._ (tomato) stay fresh for twenty days, which is one week longer than normal ones. After genetically modified（转基因）food 8._ (appear) in the market, people worried that they

27、were eating 9._ (know) things. Unlike genetically modified food, nobody 10._ ( do)anything with the genes of space vegetables until now. This means that no new genes have been put into them. So there is no risk of eating something unknown. 积累与反思 _ _ 中考词汇专项训练八 姓名姓名_班级班级_ Danny is short and thin. Of a

28、ll the boys around he is the 1._ (thin) kid. So he 2._ (call) Bones(骨头) by his friends. He talks more and laughs louder than anyone. However, he is always 3. _ (happy), because he is not good at sports. One day, Danny watched the 4._ (man) marathon(马拉松) on TV. The runners neednt go fast and they jus

29、t ran on and on. They didnt have big muscles. They were more like Danny. He decided to have a try. “Boy, its better 5. _ (do) a little bit each day，” advised his mum. The next day, Danny started his practice. From then on he kept on training in the park every morning. The race day 6. (come). There w

30、ere 109 runners and they were all bigger than Danny. They all started fast. Danny tried to keep up with7. (they). But he fell further and further behind. Halfway someone got tired. Danny passed a big guy with muscles like footballs. Suddenly he felt like a switch(开关) had been turned on. He passed an

31、other one, the 8._ (three) one. . . All the runners were breathing 9. _ (hard) and looked tired except Danny. He looked like he could run forever. At that time he didnt see the crowds or hear their 10._ (cheer). He just ran and ran. At last he raised his arms like a champion(冠军) as he crossed the en

32、ding line. 积累与反思 _ _ 中考词汇专项训练九 姓名姓名_班级班级_ It is reported that a law has been approved(通过) in Spain. Spain children may soon 1. (require) to help out with housework by law. The law would be part of a wider child protection, and children under the age of 18 have to join in all areas of family life. Th

33、at 2 _ (include) housework and other work in the family. The rules come under a section of the law 3. _ (call) “the right and duties of children” Along with 4. (do) housework, children would also have to be respectful to their parents and teachers, and would do 5. _ (well) in their studies than befo

34、re. But the law doesnt say anything about punishment for children who dont obey the law. Married Spanish men can also face punishments for refusing 6. (do) houseworkrequiring men to share in household duties, and the care of children and elderly family members. Children should learn to do different

35、kinds of housework at different ages, but it is almost 7._ (possible) for Chinese children. They seem to avoid such 8._ (usually) housework at similar ages, because their families 9._ (protect) them too much since they were born. Children should realize that they are part of the families and have re

36、sponsibilities(责任) on taking care of 10._ (they) and the family members. 积累与反思 _ _ 中考词汇专项训练十 姓名姓名_班级班级_ I live in Pennsylvania. It is a 1._ （north）state of America, which is the 33rd 2._ （large）state in America. You might know some of the cities, like Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Allentown. The stat

37、e capital is Harrisburg. Now let me tell you a little more about my state. Several Indian tribes（部落）lived in Pennsylvania before 3. _ （Europe）came. The Dutch came first, 4._ （follow） by Sweden. England started colonies （殖民地） later. After a few fights, they 5. （take）control of the land. Pennsylvania

38、6._ （give） to the Penn family later. That is how Pennsylvania got its name. Pennsylvania was the 7. _ （two）to join the nation. The city of Philadelphia 8._ （be）an important city since the colony was founded. It was even the capital of America, too！ Today, Pennsylvania is sometimes regarded as the sn

39、ack capital of the country. It is famous for snacks, like pretzels and chips, Heinz ketchup and sauces. There is also Hershey, which is well 9._ （know）as the chocolate company. There are steel companies in the state, as well as a lot of colleges. There are plenty of things 10. _ （do） in Pennsylvania

40、. There are several major sports teams. Pennsylvania has 121 state parks, and they all have free entry. Hunting is popular here, too. Are you thinking about visiting the state？ 积累与反思 _ _ 中考词汇专项训练十一 姓名姓名_ _班级班级_ Reading is important in our daily life. But have you ever 1._(think) what we read for, in

41、formation or skills? How do we feel when we read, 2._ (excite) or upset? Is that enough? I think reading is more than pronunciation or thinking about words. The Reader is a 3._ (nation) reading program. The Reader hopes to tell us what the world is like and it takes us 4._ (see) the beautiful world by reading. The show has invited some influential（有影响力的）guests who have rich experience and touching 5._(story) like Ni Ping, Wang Yuan from TF boys and Y