《2025年教材补充练习九年级英语上册外研版天津专用》

四、阅读理解。
My nine-year-old daughter, Maria, is in Year Four. Every evening we get into homework battles (争执). Three afternoons in a week, she has activities (netball, singing) after school and by the time we get home, homework is the last thing she feels like doing. The other two days, she gets home early and we argue (争论) about whether she should do her homework right after school, or if she should have some time to rest and play first. When Maria at last sits down to do her homework, she seems to want me there to help all the time. I do want to help her, but I’m sure that she needs to do it on her own. In fact, most of the time, I have other things to do. It seems that children these days have much more homework than we did, and some of it is really beyond (超越) their abilities (能力). As you can see, I’m really worried about homework and I really don’t know what I should do. Any ideas?
( ) 1. The writer’s daughter is ______.
A. four years old B. six years old C. eight years old D. nine years old
( ) 2. Maria doesn’t have any activities after school for ______ afternoons.
A. two B. three C. four D. seven
( ) 3. Maria wants to ______ first when she gets home early.
A. do her homework B. play netball and sing
C. have supper D. have a rest and play
( ) 4. The writer thinks that Maria should do her homework ______.
A. by herself B. with the mother C. with the father D. with the classmates

答案： 1. D 2. A 3. D 4. A

五、用括号中的词将下列句子合为一句。
1. We shall still go out. It rains heavily. (although)
2. He spoke quickly. We could not understand him. (so… that)
3. Mary likes classical music. Her husband likes rock music. (but)
4. I went to school. I didn’t have breakfast. (without)
5. It was raining. We stayed at home. (so)

答案： 1. Although it rains heavily, we shall still go out. 2. He spoke so quickly that we could not understand him. 3. Mary likes classical music but her husband likes rock music. 4. I went to school without having breakfast. 5. It was raining so we stayed at home.