江苏省扬州地区2018-2019届上学期九年级英语12月月考试卷分类汇编：短文填空(包含答案)

江苏省扬州地区2018-2019届上学期九年级英语12月月考试卷分类汇编：短文填空（包含

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江苏省扬州地区

2018-2019届上学期九年级英语12月月考试卷分类汇编

短文填空

扬州市树人学校

It would be difficult to find one herring (鲱鱼) swimming alone in the sea. Herring always swim in groups c__86___schools. Sometimes hundreds of thousands of small, silvery herring swim together, covering the surface of the sea for miles.

In a school of herring, all the fish are about the same size and age. Since n___87___ of the fish is older or wiser than the others, there is no leader, or “teacher”. All the fish is in a school swim in the same d__88__ and at the same speed. When one turns, they all turn. When there is danger, the fish move closer together.

One r__89___ that herring swim in schools is that they are more protected from danger. Herring have no defense weapons (防卫武器) to use a___90___ their many enemies in the sea. When they crowded together, the fish inside the group are p___91____ by the bodies of the ones on the outside. A school of close swimming herring may look like a s___92__ , giant fish. Some enemies may be frightened away by the large shape.

As the herring g__93___ larger, the school is attacked by larger, hungry fish. Each time some herring are lost, but many survive. The survivors stay t___94___ in smaller schools or join another school of herring.

Female herring do not lay eggs u__95__ they are three or four years old. Each mature fish can lay as many as 40000 eggs. From these eggs come some new schools of herring to replace the disappearing older schools.

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扬州市梅岭中学

A young rich man was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit fast in his new sports car. There were many kids playing a 86 the cars.

As his car passed, one child appeared, and s 87 a brick hit the car’s side door. The young man stopped and j 88 out of the car. He pushed the kid against another car, s 89 , “What is wrong with you? That’s a new car. What you did just now will c 90 me a lot of money. Why did you do it?”

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“Please, sir, please, I’m sorry. I didn’t know w 91 else to do! It’s my brother,” he said. “He fell out of his wheelchair. I can’t lift him up.” Almost crying, the boy asked the man, “Would you please help me get him b 92 into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me.” The young man was deeply t 93 and had tears in his eyes. He lifted the kid’s brother back into the wheelchair. The man then watched the little boy push his brother toward their home. It was a long w 94 back to his car ... a long, slow walk. He never repaired the side door. He kept it that way as a reminder. Don’t go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your a 95 . Listen to the whispers of your soul or wait for the brick! 七、86. among 87. suddenly 88. jumped 89. shouting 90. cost 91. what 92. back 93. touched 94. walk 95. attention

江都区第三中学等六校

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Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday. The day after it has been k 86 as Black Friday. It is the start of the holiday shopping season, and it has been the b 87 shopping day of the year in the US since 2005.

Most stores offer big sales on Black Friday. They open their doors quite early in the morning. They try to a 88 shoppers with big discounts （打折）. Some items （商品）like TVs and clothes are much cheaper than u 89 . Stores may even lose money on these items. They hope that shoppers will buy gifts for other people while they are in the store.

Black Friday is a great time to go shopping. However, there are problems. The biggest one is that there are not enough low﹣priced items. Each store may only have a few. These items are in great n 90 , so people stand in long l 91 to get them. They may wait three to four hours before a store opens. They may be hoping to get a low price on a TV or computer, but not everybody can get one. Some people leave, disappointed.

The situation makes people worried. Some Black Friday e 92 have been crazy. There have been fights over toys a 93 shoppers. Some workers have even been hurt by large crowds. But most Black Friday events are safe and fun. Still, if you plan to go, you will e 94 large crowds and a bit of pushing.

Now people all over the country take part in Black Friday events. It is even s 95 to other parts of the world. Stores have held Black Friday events in the UK, Australia, and Brazil

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since 2012. I guess people everywhere like to buy things on sale. 86. known 87. busiest 88. attract 89. usual 90. need

91. lines 92. events 93. among 94. expect 95. spreading

高邮市

The Great Wall, one of China's best-known faces, has now become a magic ladder for Taylor Walker-Lear, an 11-year-old Australian school girl. The Great Wall carried her closer to her d__86__.

Taylor was born with a s__87__ disease that affects movement. But she has made up her mind to catch public a__88__ about the disease and raise funds (资金) for people living with it.

In March 2016, she climbed to the top of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia. When her mother asked her w__89__ her next goal was, she answered: \might be a little too hard right now, but maybe the Great Wall.\

On June 6 this year, her dream came true. With her walking aid (助行器), and the s__90__ of her parents and some volunteers, Taylor realized her dream in China by climbing Mutianyu, part of the Great Wall.

It was a little cold that day, Taylor moved ahead s__91__ in the rain but steadily (坚定地). When the stairs were too steep to move on her own, her parents lifted her, encouraging her to k__92__ going.

D__93__ her climb, a group of Chinese primary school students followed Taylor closely. Before she s__94__, they gave her a red rooster doll, representing the Year of the Rooster according to the Chinese lunar calendar, to bring her luck. The little g__95__ lit up Taylor's face. The volunteers brought her confidence and made the climb easier.

86. dream 87. serious 88. attention 89. what 90. support 91. slowly 92. keep 93. During 94. started 95. gift

仪征市古井中学

It was my first day at school. I felt nervous and f (86) . I went to all my classes with no friends. I l (87) anxiously(焦虑的) to all the lessons and waited for lunch break at one. Then finally the bell rang announcing the time to talk and have f (88).

In the lunch line I met a new friend with a hijab (头巾) on her head, and though I am Jewish, we got a (89) fine, and I was so relaxed when she said, “Sit with us, at our table.” I agreed,

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took my dish and was about to walk with her w (90) I felt a soft push on my shoulder. “Hey,” said a tall girl in a long skirt. “I see your Jewish star necklace. You should sit with us.”

At that moment I looked around, and that’s when I noticed, to my surprise, the nations of the world, separating themselves from o (91). That’s what I saw through my own e (92) . The Spanish only sat with Spanish, the Russians always with the Russians, but the Arabs n (93) with the Jews.

I saw the r (94)why war gets started. Everyone sticks to their own kind. The lunchroom was a map of the world. Why was everyone so blind? So I turned down this girl, and went with the first. I b (95) a bridge between two worlds when I sat with those different from me! 86. frightened 87. listened 88. fun 89. along 90. when 91. others 92. eyes 93. never 94. reason 95. built

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