《2025年全优方案夯实与提高九年级英语全一册外研版A版》

Ⅶ 短文填空
阅读短文,根据短文内容和所给中文提示,在空白处填入一个适当的单词。
Sneha was alone at home for the first time. Her parents would never leave her 1. ______ (单独的) even for some hours. But this time they had to do so, because her grandfather was suddenly ill and her mother had an important 2. ______ (会议) to attend. Sneha's mother was very worried while leaving, but Sneha assured (向……保证) her that she would be fine. And it was just for the night because her aunt would 3. ______ (到达) the next morning.
Sneha spent the whole afternoon watching TV on the 4. ______ (沙发). In the evening, she shut the door and all the windows. She had a 5. ______ (杯子) of hot milk before going to bed. At first she thought she would sleep with the light on, but then she couldn't fall asleep because the light was 6. ______ (照耀) on her face, so she turned it off.
The house was so 7. ______ (空的) that Sneha started getting afraid. While tossing (辗转) and turning in bed, she could not hear anything but the loud ticking (嘀嗒声) of the 8. ______ (时钟) in the hall. Sneha couldn't fall asleep until 9. ______ (午夜). At about 5 am, she heard a noise in the hall. She went into the hall and heard the noise once again. She quickly turned on the light and saw her aunt coming in. Sneha stayed with her aunt before her mum came back. She became brave enough to 10. ______ (管理) herself alone when her aunt went out for shopping or somewhere else.

答案： Ⅶ.1. alone 2. meeting 3. arrive 4. sofa 5. cup 6. shining 7. empty 8. clock 9. midnight 10. manage