《2026年期末直通车九年级英语上册人教版》

五、词汇运用(本题有 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分)
A. 用方框中所给词或词组的适当形式填空，每词或词组仅用一次。

Once a young man came to ask Socrates how to succeed. Socrates said 51.nothing but took him to a river. 52.Suddenly, Socrates pushed him into the river. At first the young man thought Socrates was kidding. But Socrates also jumped into the river and pulled his head into the 53.water. The young was so afraid that he 54.tried his best to get Socrates out and climbed to the bank.
The young man asked Socrates why he did that angrily. "I just want to tell you 55.whatever you do, you must do your best, and then you can make it," Socrates replied.

答案： A. 51. nothing 52. Suddenly 53. water 54. tried his best 55. whatever

B. 阅读下面短文，然后根据括号内所给汉语意思写出单词的正确形式(每空一词)。
Nowadays, we can find salt in most kitchens. But in the past, salt was a valuable mineral(矿物). Back in the 56.sixth(第六)century, salt was even worth as much as gold! During the Stone Age, people ate a lot of red meat. Because red meat is naturally 57.rich(富有的)in salt, people didn't need to find salt elsewhere. However, as farming became popular and people ate more wheat and rice, they had less salt in their diets. So, people had to 58.search(搜寻)for other ways to get salt.
Around 6000 B.C., the Chinese began collecting salt 59.from(从……)lakes to flavor(给……调味) their food. This is the 60.oldest(最古老的)recorded history of salt production. But there were other ways of collecting salt, too. 61.Asian(亚洲的)people mined(开采) rock salt underground around 4500 B.C. Around 3000 B.C., the Egyptians began to collect salt from seawater. By 800 B.C., the Chinese 62.had produced(生产)salt by boiling seawater. It took less time than waiting for the seawater to evaporate(蒸发). Because these methods took a long time, salt was very valuable. In 63.fact(事实), it was even used as money. In China, people paid taxes(税) with salt. In Rome, soldiers were paid part of their wages in salt. Salt is now very cheap to buy. But 64.without(没有)doubt, it 65.remains(保持不变)an important part of the human diet.

答案： B. 56. sixth 57. rich 58. search 59. from 60. oldest
61. Asian 62. had produced 63. fact 64. without 65. remains