九年级英语提前招生训练卷4.docVIP

英语辅导练习（四） 一、完形填空 A famous scientist was being interviewed by a reporter, who asked what made him more creative than_1__. He answered that it’s a(n)___2____ with his mother when he was two. He had been trying to remove a bottle of___3_____ from the refrigerator when he lost his control of the bottle and it fell, spilling the milk all over the kitchen_____4___. When his mother came___5__ the kitchen, instead of punishing him, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful____6___ you have made! I have ___7___ seen it. The damage has already been done. Would you like to___8___ and play in the milk for a few minutes___9____ cleaning it up?” And he did. After a___10____, his mother said, “You know, Robert, _11___ you make a mess like this, finally you have to clean it up. So, how would you like to do that? Which do you prefer, a___12___, a towel or a map?” He chose the sponge(海绵) and together they__13__ the milk. Then she said, “What we have here is a failed experiment in how to___14____ a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let’s go out in the backyard and fill the bottle with water and see___15__ you can discover a way to carry it without dropping.” The little boy___16____ by grasping the bottle at the top near the lip__17___ both hands. What a wonderful lesson! This well-known___18___ then pointed that at that moment he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he thought__19__ were just chances for learning something____20___. Even if the experiment “doesn’t work,” we can learn something valuable from it. A. other B. others C. another D. the other A. job B. lesson C. experience D. play A. milk B. coffee C. tea D. water A. wall B. floor C. door D. table A. up B. towards C. into D. at A. mess B. lesson C. work D. trouble A. ever B. often C. always D. never A. turn down B. get down C. look up D. get up A. after B. before C. when D. while A. year B. month C. day D. while A. whenever B. wh