牛津沪教版英语九年级上首字母专项练习.doc

牛津沪教版英语九年级上首字母专项练习
九年级上首字母专项训练

Exercise 1
Do you like to read science books? Reading science is not quite like reading a p____1__ or story. You read to get information. Over the years much of the scientific information that has been c___2_____ has been put into books. So we read to learn. We should try to be better readers in science.
Books on science often contain many s__3____ new words and much new information. It is important for us to know the m__4____ of every word we read. There are many difficult words in science books and articles. We must understand these words in order to understand the m____5___ the words bring.
We must keep our m__6___ on what we are reading. We must know why we are reading. We ask questions before we read. “What is this book about? Why should I read it? Will the title help me find out why I should read it?”
If we can keep a record of what we read, that is, write down important words and information, these records help us remember what we have read. We read some books more than once. Often, we read to discover f___7___that we didn’t find in our first reading.
Exercise 2
Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even a___1__ to England, the United States or Australia. The Chinese believe that themore expensive an education is , the better it is . So the parents will spend a lot ofmoney on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.  Though they are not rich, they would rather pay for the education.
Parents can see that their children's skills vary , skilled in some areas while poor in others . But most parents fail to r____2_____ that today's children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents aren't teaching them the most important skills that they need. And these skills are important to help them to be confident , happy and c___3______.
Parents can a___4___ this by teaching practical skills like cooking , sewing and doing housework . 
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that the will need later in life . Cooking demands p_____5___ and time . It's an enjoyable but difficult experiment. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually to finish his job s___6______. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.
Some old m___7____ , such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest He will spend hours looking at them , trying to fix them ; your childmight become an engineer when he grows up . These activities aren't merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think , to use his mind . And that is more important.
Exercise 3
We can’t really say that one language is easier or more difficult than another language. In some ways, English is an easy language to learn. Take the verbs for example, in some languages, you have to make many,many c____1___ to the verb—in Latin, for example, there are more than 120 different f___2__ of one verb! In English, there are only five. With verb “go” for example, there’s “go”, “goes”, “went”, “going”, and “gone”, but we use them in a lot of different ways！ But the spelling and pronunciation of English are more difficult than in many other languages. We have a lot of s__3___in English, and the spelling isn’t very regular.
Nobody know e___4__ how many people are learning English in the world today, but it’s c__5___ more than it was 50 years ago. For example, fifty years ago very few people in China learned English, but now the n___6__ of people learning English in china is bigger than the population of the united states! So there are probably about 300 million people learning English at the m__7___，which is more than any other language, and some experts(专家) say that by the year 2050—that’s about thirty-five years from now—half of the world’s population will speak English. I’m not sure, and I think we’ll have to wait and see.
Exercise 4
Learning is natural. It begins the minute we are born. Our first teachers are our family members. At home we learn to talk and to dress and feed ourselves. Then we go to school. A teacher tells us what to learn and how to learn. Many teachers g____1____ us, and we pass many exams. Then people say we are educated.
Are you really educated? Let’s think about the real meaning of learning. Knowing facts does not mean being able to solve problems. Solving problems r__2___ creativity, not just a good m____3___. Some people who don’t know many facts are good at solving problems.
Henry is a good e_____4____. He left school at the age of 15. Later when his company could not build cars fast enough, he solved the problem. He thought of the assembly line(装配线).
What does a good teacher do? Does he give students facts to remember? Well, yes, we must remember facts. But a good teacher shows how to find answers. He brings us to the stream of k____5____. So we can drink for ourselves. When we are t___6__, we know where to go.
True learning combines intake and output. We take information into our brains. Then we use it. Think of a computer: it stores a lot of information, but it can’t think. It only o___7___ commands. A person who only remembers facts is not really learned. Learning takes place only when a person can use what he knows.
Exercise 5
To us students, learning is no doubt(怀疑，疑问)the most important thing, because learning is closely related to our future. All of us have experienced learning from p____1____ to senior high school. We learn knowledge; and furthermore, we also learn to b__2__ a man.
Nowadays, with the rapid d____3___ of economy, our society and our country need more and more talents of all kinds to meet different requirements in every f___4_____. The more knowledge we learn and master, the better we’ll p__5______ ourselves for the future. What we are learning should be combined with p___6_____ and with our future as well.
As a famous s___7____ goes, “one is never too old to learn,” let’s try hard to learn for the future.
Exercise 6
High school students in Japan choose the universities they want to go to and apply for before January of their final year. The university e____1____ exam is a standard nationwide test held every year in January. It p____2____ tests for 31 subjects in six subject areas: Japanese language, geography and history, civics, math, science and a foreign language. All national and public universities, as well as some p__3____ ones make use of this exam. But many also have their own tests in February or later, before the new school year s____4_____ in April.
In order to pass the exam for the best universities such as the national university of Tokyo, many students a____5_____ special preparation schools on top of their regular classes. These exra schools can l____6___ for one to two years between high school and university.
A____7____ every student has the chance of going to a Japanese university, only 50 percent of high school seniors actually choose further study.
Exercise 7
Test scores make you either happy or sad and your parents pay high attention to your test results. You spend days filling in blanks, trying to make the best answer to question after question. Maybe you tried your hardest or maybe you never tried! What you need to remember is that a test is a picture of you’re a____1______ from just one day. It consists of some pieces including your health, your personality, your interests, and your motivation. You need to look at all the pieces to get a clear idea of your p____2_____. So whether your scores are higher than you thought, or less than you had hoped, try not to think of them as what you will be at last. It probably c____3____ you why your scores have become the focus of your life. The purpose of a test is to c___4____ how much you have learned about a subject. It not only helps make your newly acquired knowledge forever, but also e__5____ you to find out what needs to spend more time improving. If you’re p leased with the results, encourage yourself to work for a further aim. If disappointment has overcome you, ask your teacher and your parents to help you set a reasonable goal for improvement. Most exams are about to test your skill in certain subject areas such as math, language and arts. Some c___6___ your skills to other students’ skills from across the country, o (98)    just test whether or not you have mastered a specific skill. These scores can be very puzzling…even to adults. You should speak to both your teacher and your parents to find out what they mean in your e____7_____ journey. It is important to take a correct attitude towards test scores.

Exercise 8
In American schools, computers have taken over many of the jobs that teachers used to do. Computers ask students questions. If the students give the right answer, the computer will say, “Fantastic!” Some students can do e___1____ and homework on their computers.
Both students and teachers are crazy about computers. “With computers, students get help at once,” said one teacher. “But if the students don’t have computers, they must w___2__ for me to walk around and get to them.”
“I can t__3___ faster than write,” said a student. “Using a computer is easier than using an eraser.”
Computers are also very p___4____. A teacher may get angry with a student, but computers are always calm. When a student gives the wrong answer, the computer just say, “Please try a___5_____.”
Companies that make software for schools have a difficult job. They must make the software as interesting as the p___6_____ that students watch on TV. But they are s____7____, because students like computers as much as teachers do.
Exercise 9
As we know, our school is going to give extra lessons during Labor Holiday. It set off a warm d____1___ among the teachers and the students. So the student union made a s___2____ about it. Here are the results.
Almost 90 percent of the teachers are a__3___ giving extra lessons during holiday. They think it is time for relaxation and rest, both for teachers and students. Students should be given enough time and f____4____ to develop their own interest and enjoy outdoor activities. It is good for their study later on.
60 percent of the students have the same idea as the teachers. They say they need more time to relax and get ready for a b__5___ start. On the other side about 40 percent agree to have lessons during the holiday. They want to learn more things.
What about the parents? They all agree to it, though they c__6___ about the high price they have to p__7____. They think that having someone take care of their children is better than leaving them alone at home, and also children at school can learn something no matter how little it is.
Exercise 10
Every year, high school juniors and seniors from across the US take the Scholastic Aptitude Test（SAT,学术自能测试）.
The SAT 1 is a three-hour exam that tests students' maths and verbal（词汇的）s___1____. Most universities will not a___2____students without this test. his also used to decide how much financial aid（经济资助）should be given to each student. Scores range from 200 to 800 for each part. There is a total of 1 600 points. The test is held each year from October to June. But seniors must take it before December in order to include their scores in their university application. The a___3_____ total score for an American high school student is around 1, 000.
A poor SAT 1 score can p___4____ a student from going to a good university. Students who want to go to one of America's best universities, such as Harvard or Yale, must score between 1 430 and 1 600.
The test can be taken over and over again, but all the scores will a___5____ on the students' records. However, unlike Chinese universities, the score is not the only thing needed. American universities also look at a student's subject grades, what they do outside of school, and their teachers' recommendations.
In addition to the SAT 1 some universities r___6___ high school students to take at least three SAT 2s. These one-hour exams can be taken in any subject, for example c__7_____ or French.
Exercise 11
Never try to work when you are very hungry. If you want to do your homework right after school, you may want to eat something before getting to work. Always do your homework before you get too t___1___. Don’t wait until very late in the evening, or the assignment(作业) will seem much harder than it r___2____ is.
O___3____ your time into a few parts if you have more than an hour’s work, give yourself a b____4___ after an hour. On the other hand, don’t break it up so much that you can’t get anything done. You should be able to work at least half an hour at a time without s___5_____.
Don’t put it off until the last minute. If you put off doing your homework, you will have it on your mind, and you won’t enjoy your free time so much. If you put it off until the end of the week or until right before a test, you will have too much c___6___ up. A little bit each night, enough to keep up with what is happening each day in school, will take the fear at tests and keep you on top of it all.
Do your homework at the same time every day. This will help you make it a habit—part of your daily work. It will make it easier to do, and it will make your free time more e___7____ as well.
Exercise 12
There are many things you have to do each day. But no matter what you’re trying to do, there are three important steps you need to take: Get organized. Stay focused(集中注意力). Get it done!
Get organized.
For schoolwork, it means having one notebook where you s___1____ all your work. Then you know what you have to do and when.
Planning means d____2____ what you will do and when you will do it. Calendars, lists and schedules can help you plan. Making a schedule or a “to-do” list is a good idea. Add new things as you get new assignments and c____3____ off those you’ve done. Use your list to help you decide which one is the most important thing to do first.
Stay focused
To keep your mind focused, talk to yourself through the work. Ask yourself, “what do I need to do now?” answer your question, then go a____4_____ and do it. Sometimes, your mind wanders. Then you might have to change the way you’re sitting so you’re more comfortable. Take a nice deep b____5____ or get up and stretch.(伸展)
Get it done
Hang in there until it’s all done, and don’t g___6______ up when you’re halfway through.
For anything you do, getting it done means finishing what you start, doing a good job and checking your work.
Oh, one more important thing: take a moment to admire(欣赏) the work you’ve done. You have a good rea