《2025年新课程新教材导航学九年级英语上册外研版》

Read the text and answer the following questions.
1. When is Thanksgiving?It is on the fourth Thursday in November.
2. How did the first pioneers from England arrive in America?By ship.
3. What did the Native Americans do to help the pioneers?They taught the pioneers how to grow corn.
4. How do people celebrate Thanksgiving today?By eating a traditional dinner, giving thanks before the dinner, and so on.
5. What do you think of Thanksgiving?I think it is a festival to give thanks to people who help us and care about us.(答案不唯一)

答案： 1. It is on the fourth Thursday in November.
2. By ship.
3. They taught the pioneers how to grow corn.
4. By eating a traditional dinner, giving thanks before the dinner, and so on.
5. I think it is a festival to give thanks to people who help us and care about us.(答案不唯一)

- **重、难点词汇专项练**
**Ⅰ.根据汉语提示完成下列句子**
1. Lucy is the youngest girl among (在……之中) us.
2. Our teachers invited a famous writer to make speeches (演讲) for us.
3. A farmer is working in a field of corn (玉米) in the hot sun.
4. We should depend on ourselves (我们自己) to win the match.
5. Linda laid (摆放) the table by the window just now.
6. The young pioneers (先锋) lived in a little wooden house during their summer camp.
7. Tony, I was washing some dishes (盘子) when you called me yesterday.
8. Tom will celebrate his twelfth (十二) birthday with his classmates.

答案： Ⅰ.
1. among 2. speeches 3. corn 4. ourselves 5. laid 6. pioneers 7. dishes 8. twelfth

- **Ⅱ.用所给词的适当形式填空**

1. I like this one most among all of the clothes you choose for me.
2. Dad will grow some flowers in our small garden as soon as the Tree Planting Day comes.
3. I often help Mum wash dishes after we have supper.
4. I felt sick the following day after I ate that ice cream.
5. Could you please lay the newspaper on the floor?
6. They were pioneers in the field of bike sharing.
7. There is corn, beans and chicken on the menu of our festival dinner.
8. Students can’t leave the classroom until the class is over.

答案： Ⅱ.
1. among 2. will grow 3. dishes 4. following 5. lay 6. pioneers 7. corn 8. over

**Ⅰ.用所给词的适当形式填空**
1. We haven't seen (not see) each other since I came to Beijing, but we send e-mails very often.
2. Jack will have (have) a good rest as soon as he finishes the exam.
3. —How do you like Thomas? —He is pretty active and he’s been my friend since we met (meet) for the first time.
4. The clever boy called (call) 120 after his mother fell down in the kitchen.
5. Jessica studied (study) every night before her test last term.
6. While we were singing (sing) an English song, some visitors came to our class.

答案： Ⅰ.
1. haven't seen 2. will have 3. met 4. called 5. studied 6. were singing