
新目标英语九年级期末专项复习--短文填空 一、语法填空 (一) The oil-paper umbrella has a history of over 1, 000 years in China. It used 1 (be) a water-proof (防水的) tool for daily use. There are different 2 (story) about the umbrella in China. The most popular one is related to Lu Ban. It is 3 (say) that once he and his younger sister visited the West Lake, it started raining 4 (sudden). The sister said, “Let’s have a competition. Before the sun rises tomorrow, whoever comes up with a way to make it possible for people to visit the West Lake even on 5 (rain) days will be the winner.” Lu Ban thought it was easy. He collected some tools and materials and 6 (spend) the whole night building 10 pavilions (凉亭) around that lake. He was proud of them. The next morning, 7 , Lu Ban was surprised to see something unusual in his sister’s hand. It was a round shape while it was opened. It was made 8 silk and bamboo strips (竹条) and could be opened and closed easily. It was light, beautiful and easy to carry. Lu Ban said, “You win. Your ‘pavilion’ can protect 9 (we) from rain.” So the umbrella was invented. Later people used a much cheaper paper to take 10 place of silk. To make the umbrella water-proof, people brushed tung oil (桐油) across the surface. That was how the oil paper umbrella was invented. (二) There are many different stories about the history of the umbrella. According 1 an old Chinese story, the umbrella 2 (invent) by Luban’s wife about 3,000 years ago. Luban was 3 (famous) craftsman (工匠) in ancient China. One day, Luban and his wife was walking by the West lake. They were enjoying the beautiful scene when it suddenly started to rain 4 (heavy). After they returned home, they were all wet. “Can you make something to keep the rain 5 ” Luban’s wife asked. “I can build some pavilions (亭子) along the West Lake and you can hide under 6 (they) when it rains.” Luban replied. Luban’s wife shook her head. She thought about this question for a long time. One day, Luban’s wife saw some children 7 (play) in the rain. They were holding up large lotus (荷花) 8 (leaf) to keep out the rain. She got a good idea 9 the children. The next day, she made the 10 (one) umbrella in ancient China. (三) Li Wen lives with his grandparents in the countryside. He is 1 14-year-old boy. He 2 (work) hard and does well in school. It is hard to believe that he used to have many 3 (problem) in school. When he was a little boy, he hardly caused any trouble. But after his parents went to work in the city, they could not look after him 4 (careful). So Li Wen disliked study 5 missed classes. Then his parents decided 6 (send) him to a new school. However, he was a shy boy and couldn’t make friends quickly. One day, he wanted to leave the school. His parents were very worried 7 him and came back to talk with him. After a long talk, Li Wen realized that his parents loved 8 (he) deeply. He 9 (move) by his parents. Now, he is much 10 (happy) than before. It’s v ... ...
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