9A Chapter 5 Memory
完形填空
I read a book that we have a short-memory memory and a long-term memory. When people ___1___ older, their short-term memory becomes ___2___, but we can still remember things that ___3___ a long time ago.
My Granddad told me a joke about memory. He said, “When you get old, three things start to go ___4___. First, you start to ___5___ your memory. And I can’t remember what the other things are!”
Memory is essential for ___6___. I saw a programme on television about a man who had an accident and injured his brain. Afterwards, he could not remember ___7___ for longer than a few minutes.
His wife visited him in hospital every day, but he forgot her visits a few minutes ___8___ she left. He was often ___9___ with her because he thought that she never visited him. ___10___ was very sad.
( ) 1. A. becomes B. grows C. get D. make
( ) 2. A. better B. worse C. the best D. the worst ( ) 3. A. is happening B. was happened C. had happened D. happened ( ) 4. A. wrong B. right C. quickly D. fast ( ) 5. A. miss B. lose C. forget D. have ( ) 6. A. child B. adult C. life D. lives ( ) 7. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything ( ) 8. A. before B. after C. since D. when ( ) 9. A. angry B. happy C. pleased D. satisfied ( ) 10. A. They B. It C. She D. This
综合阅读A
Memory is (A) essential for life. I saw a programme on television about a man who had an accident and injured his brain. Afterwards, he could not (B) remember anything for longer that a few minutes.
(C)他的妻子每天都来探望住院的他__________________________, but he forgot her visits a few minutes after she (D) ______. He was often angry her because he thought that she never visited him. It was very sad.
1. 写出划线部分(A)和（B）的同义词或近义词：______ ; _________ 2. 把划线部分(C)译成英语:____________________________________. 3. 在文中(D)的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：________;
4. 找出并抄写全文主题句：___________________________________.
综合阅读B
One basic (A) way of improving your memory is to use the link method. If you want to memorize something, you must make a (B) ______in your mind. If the picture is (C) silly, strange and colourful, you will remember it (D) ______. (E) (例如)__________, I am trying to remember the word “smiles”. An easy way to do this is to imagine there is a ‘mile’ between the first letter and the last letter. (F)This makes it the longest word in the world!
1. 写出划线部分(A)和（C）的同义词或近义词：______ ; _________ 2. 把划线部分(E)译成英语:____________________________________.
3. 在文中(B)和（D）的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：________; _________ 4. 将划线部分（F）改为：This makes it longer than _____ _______ word in the world. 5. 找出并抄写全文主题句：___________________________________.
综合阅读C
In the Guinness Book of Records, we can find some stories amazing memory. For example, Gou Yanling (A) _______ Harbin in China has memorized more than 15,000 telephone numbers. And Dominic O’Brien from Britain remembered the (B) ________ order of 2,808 playing cards, after seeing them (C) just once.
1. 写出划线部分(C)的同义词或近义词：______
2. 在文中(A)和（B）的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：________; _________
综合阅读D
Memory is connected with our feelings. For example, (A) 如果有人说___________‘This is a spider,’ and then puts a (B) large spider on your hand, you will probably remember the word ‘spider’! When something dramatic(C) _______, we (D) usually remember where we were and what we were doing. For example, 98% (E) ______ older people in the USA can remember where they were when they heard about the death of President John F Kennedy in 1963.
1. 写出划线部分(B)和（D）的同义词或近义词：______ ; _________ 2. 把划线部分(A)译成英语:____________________________________.
3. 在文中(C)和（E）的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：________; _________ 4. 找出并抄写全文主题句：___________________________________.
9A Chapter 5 参考答案
完形填空：1—5 CBDAB 6—10 CDBAB 综合阅读A
1. important/necessary ; memorize
2. His wife visited him in hospital every day. 3. left 4. Memory is essential for life. 综合阅读B
1. method; foolish/stupid 2. For example 3.picture; better 4. any other
5.One basic way of improving your memory is to use the link method. 综合阅读C
1. only 2. from ; correct 综合阅读
1. big/huge; often/always 2. If someone says 3. happens; of
4. Memory is connected with our feelings.
9A Chapter 6 Comic Strips 完形填空A
Early one morning, a crow was sitting in a tall tree. She was holding ___1___ in her mouth. She ___2___ it would be a nice breakfast for her baby.
An old fox was ___3___ some food. He ___4___ the crow with the meat. He ___5__ wanted to eat the meat ___6___. He thought very hard about ___7___ he could take it from the crow.
The fox made a plan. He could not climb the tree so he would have to make the crow drop the meat. He ___8___ the crow very politely, and asked how she was and how her baby was.
The fox then told the crow that ___9___ had a beautiful voice and that he would like to hear her ___10___. The crow was happy and thought that the fox was very kind. So she decided to sing a song for him. She opened her mouth and the ___11___ plan worked. The meat ___12___ into his mouth. ( )1. A. a piece meat B. piece of a meat C. a big piece of meat D. a piece of big meat
( )2. A. thinks B. thought C. is thinking D. was thinking
( )3. A. looking for B. looking at C. looking after D. looking forward to
( )4. A. looked at B. watched C. saw D. notice ( )5. A. quite B. also C. truly D. really ( )6. A. himself B. itself C. herself D. themselves ( )7. A. what B. why C. how D. where
( )8. A. talked to B. said to C. spoke to D. told ( )9. A. he B. she C. it D. they ( )10. A. singing B. sang C. to sing D. sing ( )11. A. fox's B. crow’s C. his D. her ( )12. A. fall out B. fell over C. fell off D. fell down
完形填空B
the Wise Blind Man
There once ___1____ a blind man, he was very wise. ____2____ he could not see with his eyes, he was clever and skillful. When he went for a walk at night , he always took a lit candle in one hand and his walking stick in ____3____. Whenever people met him, they would move _____4___ his way to let him ___5_____, one after
the other, however, they could not ____6____ see the reason for ____7____ he was doing. A young man saw the candle, stopped and asked the blind man., “What is the use of your candle?” “My candle ____8____ me for careless people like you. If I did not carry one ,I would ____9____ down by people too busy to look _____10___.”The blind man asked in reply , “Why do you think there is no use for a blind man like me to light a candle? Suddenly, all the people saw the light . They admired his wisdom even more.
( )1. A. were B. is C. lived D. living ( )2. A. Though B. Because C. When D. While
( )3. A. other B. the other C. another D. others ( )4. A into B. to C. across D. out of ( )5. A. pass B. passed C. to pass D. past
( )6. A. truly B. true C. real D. really ( )7. A. how B. which C. how much D. what ( )8. A. prepares B. looks C. care D. makes
( )9.A. knock B. be knocked C. knocked D. be knocking ( )10. A. careful B. carefully C. careless D. carelessly
综合阅读
(A)要做的第一件事when creating a comic strip is to think of a plot. (B) 他需要趣味性或戏剧性，要有一个刺激性的结尾。____________________________(C)It should be full of action to keep the reader interested. The story needs to move fast, and something new must happen in each picture.
The characters need strong personalities which will (D) _________ in the pictures. You can tell (E) _________ the characters above are like just from looking at them.
1. 将(A) 翻译成英语：_____________________________________________ 2. 将(B)处翻译成英语：_____________________________________________ 3. 将(C) 处句子改写成:It should be _______ ________ action. 4. 在(D)处填入一个适当的词语:__________________ 5. 在(E)处填入一个适当的词语:__________________
6. Choose the best title for the passage above:________
A. Creating a comic strip B. Keeping the reader interested. C. The characters need strong personalities. D. Moving fast.
辽宁省法库县东湖第二初级中学九年级英语上册Chapter5-6练习牛津上海版
