九年级英语选词填空

九年级英语中考复习选词填空专项练习

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We can’t stop an earthquake(地震), but we can do things to make sure they don’t destroy(毁坏)

whole cities. First, it is not a 1 .________ idea to build houses along lines where 2. ________

of the earth’s plates(板块) join together. Second, if you think there 3. ________ be an

earthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks , not on 4. ________. Third, you must make the

houses as 5. ________ as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong

ones may 6. ________ . .

Scientists are 7. ________ that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part around

San Francisco(旧金山) . They call it “ The Big One ”. However, people today are still building

more 8. ________ . The population in and around San Francisco is 9. ________ ten times

more than it was in 1906. This means that 10. ________ there is another earthquake, a great

many houses and buildings will be destroyed.

broken umbrellas, and then he took them to a big shop in London. They were 2 ________ there.

One day Mr. Brown went to London by train. He 3 ________ to take an umbrella with him

that day. Sitting in front of him was a man with an umbrella standing 4 _______ the seat. When

the train arrived in London, Mr. Brown 5 ________ up the umbrella as he often did during his

journey by train. Just as he was getting off, he was 6 ________ by the man. He said angrily,

“That’s 7________ !” Mr. Brown’ s face turned red and he gave it back to the man at once.

When Mr Brown got to the big shop, the shopkeeper had got his six umbrellas ready. After a

good look at 8 ________ of them, he said, “You’ve mended them very well.”

In the afternoon he got into the train again. The 9 ________ man was in the same seat.

He looked at Mr Brown and his six umbrellas, “You’ve had a 10 ________ day,” he said.

A farmer saw an old man growing something on the other side of the river.

The farmer 1. ________ out to him, “ What are you growing , Grandpa? ”

The old man 2 . ________ for a moment, then said, “Swim over 3. ________ I’ll tell

you.”

The farmer didn’t like the 4. ________ of swimming across the river. But he wanted to know

5. ________ the old man was doing. He swam over. The old man said very 6. ________ in

his ear, “ I’m planting peas in my 7. ________ .”

“ You should have shouted. I would have

8. ________ quite clearly on that side.” Said the

farmer.