《2025年名校课堂九年级英语上册人教版陕西专版》

Ⅴ. 短文填空：用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。(每个单词限用一次，每空限填一个单词。)
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I have three friends. They are David, Jack and Sam. David is an Asian boy. Jack is a(n) 24. African boy. Sam is a European boy. When I first met them, they were very young. Now they have grown up and have changed a lot. Please listen to the general 25. introductions to their changes.
David used to be shy. In the daily life, he always kept 26. silent. He was afraid of meeting strangers and he seldom talked with 27. them. He told me when he thought of 28. dealing with this problem, he decided to take up dancing. Now this boy is outgoing. He 29. dares to dance in front of the crowd, and he is not afraid of giving a speech in public. He became much more confident than before.
Jack used to be afraid of 30. examinations. Now he never worries about his tests. Sam is from Britain. In fact, he is 31. exactly a London boy. Sometimes he caused lots of problems. Since his head teacher talked to him in person, he has 32. changed a lot. Now he behaves(表现)well and often helps others. He says that his head teacher has influenced his study and life and he is really 33. thankful.
My three friends are very nice and I enjoy being with them.
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“-tion” is added to some verbs to form nouns that indicate state, condition, action, process, or result.
Try to guess the meanings of the following words:
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答案： Ⅴ.24. African 25. introductions 26. silent 27. them 28. dealing 29. dares 30. examinations 31. exactly 32. changed 33. thankful Tips 竞争 连接 收藏品

Ⅵ. 任务型阅读：阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成下列各题。
There once lived a wealthy man named Katu. He only wanted the finest things in life. He thought everything he owned was the best.
Katu's wonderful home was not good enough for him. He decided to build a new house with long logs（原木）. He bragged（吹嘘）that his logs were the best.
Katu needed a strong elephant named Lago to move the heavy logs. All the people in the village watched Lago pile the heavy logs to build the house. Katu began bragging about his house to two men nearby.
Katu said, “How wonderful my logs are! My house will be the best house in the village.”
Katu continued to brag. But he did not know everything about Lago. The elephant understood every word that Katu said. The elephant did not like what he heard.
One of the men interrupted Katu while he was bragging. The man pointed over Katu's shoulder.
“What are you doing?” Katu asked in an annoyed voice.
Katu tried to ignore the man. The man kept pointing. Katu finally stopped talking and turned around. Lago was coming straight at him! Katu was so afraid that he couldn't move.
Lago caught Katu with his trunk and lifted Katu high in the air. Then, holding Katu over the new house, Lago hit it so hard that the house fell down into piles of logs. Lago set Katu gently on the ground.
It took Katu many weeks to rebuild his house, but he learned his lesson. From that day on, he never bragged anymore.
34. What did Katu think of everything he owned?
He thought everything he owned was the best ____.
35. Why didn't the elephant Lago like Katu?
Because Katu kept bragging ____.
36. Which English word in the passage means “忽视”?
It is “ignore”.
37. How did Lago deal with Katu's house?
He hit the house so hard that it fell down into piles of logs ____ ____.
38. What is the passage mainly about?
It's mainly about Katu’s lesson ____.

答案： Ⅵ.34. was the best 35. kept bragging 36. ignore 37. that it fell down into piles of logs 38. Katu’s lesson