《2025年作业本浙江教育出版社九年级英语上册外研版》

*Ⅲ. Cloze test.
When talking about Australia, no one can forget about the country's most famous animal: the kangaroo. The kangaroo is a national 1 of Australia. In some degree, it can stand for the country.
Australians love kangaroos so much that some people want to make the "Boxing (拳击) Kangaroo" a part of the national flag. The boxing kangaroo flag is a green flag 2 a picture of a golden yellow kangaroo wearing red boxing gloves on it. You will see the boxing kangaroo flag 3 Australia takes part in an international sporting competition.
The kangaroos 4 everyone's attention. Only a few months ago, pictures of a male kangaroo taking care of its 5 "wife" became very popular in Australia. In the pictures, the male kangaroo holds the head of his dying "wife" up to her baby kangaroo. Also, a video of two kangaroos fighting on a street in Australia became internationally popular. The video 6 the two huge animals swinging their forearms, jumping around each other in circles and sometimes kicking at each other with their strong legs.
7 Australians love kangaroos, they sometimes eat kangaroo meat. But it is not 8. You can buy kangaroo meat in some supermarkets. However, a new 9 choice — kangatarianism is becoming popular. Kangatarians only eat vegetables and kangaroo meat. They don't eat the meat of other animals, such as beef or pork.
(A)1. A. symbolB. heroC. artD. model
(C)2. A. aboutB. onC. withD. for
(B)3. A. howeverB. wheneverC. whateverD. whoever
(D)4. A. haveB. findC. payD. get
(D)5. A. sleepingB. cryingC. surprisingD. dying
(A)6. A. showsB. plansC. warnsD. appears
(C)7. A. IfB. WhenC. AlthoughD. Because
(C)8. A. interestingB. naturalC. commonD. modern
(B)9. A. sportB. dietC. hobbyD. culture

答案： 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. B