《2025年启东中学作业本九年级英语上册译林版徐州专版》

五、完形填空。
A video showing a 12-year-old boy from Moche, Peru, doing his homework on the sidewalk, under a streetlight, has been watched several million times on Facebook after being ______ by the local police.
Staff at the Moche police station first ______ Victor Martin late last month, while checking security cameras(监控摄像). They found a young boy sitting on the sidewalk by ______ at night. At first, they thought he was doing something bad, but later they realized he was ______ writing something in his notebook, taking advantage of the streetlight overhead. Moved by the boy's ______, the police shared the video on Facebook.
At the time of this writing, Victor's heartwarming and ______ heartbreaking story has spread all around the world. Local TV stations ______ to find the boy and sat down with his mother to learn why he was doing his homework on the street instead of at home.
It turned out that the 12-year-old's family was so ______ that they couldn't pay for electricity(电), so they just depended on a ______ during the night. Unluckily, Victor Martin could ______ finish his homework before the sun went down, and recently he couldn't ______ the weak candlelight any more.
"One day, my son said '______ I continue with the candle, I will be crazy! I'd better go outside to finish my homework'," Rosa Angulo Cordoba told Panamericana TV. She ______ that Victor's neck would often become hard to move because of tilting(倾斜) his head to let the candlelight through.
Victor's mother said that although he ______ housework and takes care of the family sheep every day, the sixth grader takes ______ very seriously and gets good grades.
(A)1. A. shared
B. taken
C. discussed
D. praised
(C)2. A. met
B. interviewed
C. noticed
D. caught
(D)3. A. itself
B. yourself
C. myself
D. himself
(B)4. A. shyly
B. actually
C. carelessly
D. certainly
(C)5. A. wish
B. plan
C. spirit
D. hobby
(C)6. A. by the way
B. at least
C. at the same time
D. in the end
(A)7. A. managed
B. stopped
C. promised
D. refused
(D)8. A. traditional
B. popular
C. special
D. poor
(B)9. A. flash
B. candle
C. camera
D. fire
(A)10. A. seldom
B. even
C. only
D. still
(B)11. A. change
B. stand
C. enjoy
D. protect
(C)12. A. Although
B. Because
C. If
D. Until
(A)13. A. added
B. warned
C. hoped
D. lied
(D)14. A. puts off
B. worries about
C. gives up
D. helps with
(B)15. A. health
B. schoolwork
C. friendship
D. safety

答案： 1. A
 【点拨】share 分享；take 拿，取，拍摄；discuss 讨论；praise 赞扬。结合第二段最后一句可知，这个十二岁的秘鲁男孩在路灯下写作业的视频被当地警察分享后，在脸书上引起了数百万人的注意。
2. C
 【点拨】该句是指上个月月末，警局的职员在检查监控录像时，注意到了维克多·马丁。
3. D
 【点拨】by oneself 独自，此处是指警察发现独自坐在人行道上的维克多·马丁。
4. B
 【点拨】shyly 害羞地；actually 实际上；carelessly 粗心地；certainly 当然。此处指警察开始以为男孩想做坏事，后来发现男孩实际上是在路灯下写作业。
5. C
 【点拨】wish 希望；plan 计划；spirit 精神；hobby 爱好。该句是指警察被男孩的精神感动了。
6. C
 【点拨】by the way 顺便说(问)；at least 至少；at the same time 同时；in the end 最后，终于。男孩的故事既感人又令人心碎。
7. A
 【点拨】manage to do sth. 设法做成某事。此处是指当地的电视台设法找到了这个十二岁的男孩。
8. D
 【点拨】由空后“家里支付不起电费”可知男孩家庭贫困。
9. B
 【点拨】flash 闪光灯；candle 蜡烛；camera 相机；fire 火。此处是指男孩家依靠点蜡烛来照明。
10. A
 【点拨】seldom 很少；even 甚至；only 仅仅，只是；still 仍旧，仍然。该句是指维克多·马丁很少能在太阳落山前写完作业。
11. B
 【点拨】change 改变；stand 站立，忍受；enjoy 喜欢；protect 保护。此处是指维克多·马丁再也无法忍受微弱的烛光，所以才跑到路灯下写作业。
12. C
 【点拨】此处是由 if 引导的条件状语从句，表示“如果我继续用蜡烛照明，我会疯的”。
13. A
 【点拨】此处指男孩的母亲补充说道。
14. D
 【点拨】put off 推迟；worry about 担心，担忧；give up 放弃；help with 在……方面帮助。此处是指男孩经常帮助父母做家务并照看家中的绵羊。
15. B
 【点拨】health 健康；schoolwork 学校作业；friendship 友谊；safety 安全。take sth. seriously 认真对待某事。此处是指男孩认真对待作业，成绩优秀。