《2025年一本同步训练九年级初中英语下册外研版》

Ⅴ. 完形填空
There are two kinds of opinions on “the life in the past and the life today”.
Someone thinks that the life today is quite __1__ from that in the past. On the one hand, the significant technological developments do help people solve a lot of problems. However, on the other hand, the life in the past __2__ more happiness to people than that does today.
The life was __3__ in the past. As the __4__ of the world is getting larger, competition is getting fiercer(更加激烈的) now. If you are not able to do your job well, someone will __5__ you soon.
However, others think the life today is much better than that in the past. There are many new __6__ that make our life easy and comfortable. The rice cookers, gas stoves and microwave ovens are of great __7__ to many housewives. The rice cooker is a real time - saver. It is so simple to use that even a child can __8__ rice with it. There are some other machines which __9__ the long hours of doing housework for the housewives.
There are many other inventions which make our life better. For example, the __10__ help people get in touch with each other more conveniently and the Internet makes people's life more colourful.
( )1. A. different B. difficult
C. better D. same
( )2. A. connected B. brought
C. showed D. went
( )3. A. boring B. busy
C. fast D. simple
( )4. A. pollution B. weather
C. population D. air
( )5. A. take B. hurt
C. look D. replace
( )6. A. inventions B. stories
C. opinions D. scientists
( )7. A. exercise B. ability
C. help D. information
( )8. A. plant B. cook
C. grow D. throw
( )9. A. spend B. waste
C. take D. save
( )10. A. phones B. letters
C. watches D. videos

答案： 1—5 A B D C D 6—10 A C B D A 

熟词生义
light n. 电灯 生义→adj. ①浅色的 ②清淡的 v. 照亮
(1)The sun only lights up the side of the moon that faces the sun. ________
(2)Drinking a lot of water, keeping a light diet and having a good sleep are also strongly suggested. ________

答案： （1）照亮
（2）清淡的