( )2. Businessmen prefer ______ emails to communicate with each other rather than ______ phone calls.
A. write; make
B. to write; make
C. to write; to make
D. write; to make

B

( )3. The computer requires ______. I think I need ______ to ask Mr Zhang for help.
A. fixing; going
B. to fix; going
C. fixing; to go
D. to fix; to go

C

( )4. David enjoys ______ music at weekends, but I prefer ______ for a picnic.
A. listening to; go out
B. listening to; to go out
C. to listen to; to go out
D. listen to; going out

B

( )5. —Why do you like orange so much?
—Because it represents ______ and it can make me feel ______.
A. happy; joy
B. joy; happy
C. happy; happy
D. joy; joy

B

( )6. —The song ______ the old days and the love of family.
—Sure. It's my favourite song.
A. reminds us of
B. helps us out
C. lets us down
D. cheers us up

A

( )7. —Why are you looking ______ in class all day?
—Because I can't finish my homework until eleven every night.
A. awake
B. asleep
C. sleeping
D. sleepy

D

( )8. —Do you think Li Lei will be an excellent doctor?
—No, I don't. The job of being a doctor ______ carefulness, but he is so careless.
A. reminds
B. requires
C. records
D. reduces

B

( )9. Millie was ______ glad ______ say a word when she heard the good news.
A. so; that
B. enough; to
C. too; to
D. such; that

C

( )10.(2024·江苏宿迁九上期中)—What are you going to do this weekend?
—I am going to visit the sick kids in the hospital and ______ them ______ as a volunteer.
A. wake; up B. cheer; up C. give; up D. pick; up

B

五、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
How come it is so difficult to find English food in England? In England, it is ____1____ (easy) to find Indian and Chinese restaurants than English ones. In London, you can eat dishes almost around the world, but where are the English restaurants?
It is not only in restaurants that foreign dishes ____2____ (take) the place of traditional British food. In every supermarket, spaghetti and pizza are more popular. Why has this happened? What is wrong with the cooks of Britain that they prefer cooking spaghetti to ____3____ (potato)? Why do the British now like cooking in wine and olive oil? That's ____4____ they can get ingredients(食材) from all over the world in just a few hours. Anyway, wasn't English food always terrible and tasteless? The answer to this question is "No", but ____5____ (understand) this, you have to go back to before World War Ⅰ.
____6____ fact, the British have always imported(进口) food from abroad. From ancient times, foreign trade was ____7____ main influence on British cooking. English kitchens got ingredients from all over the world. All of them ____8____ (use) in British dishes successfully. Another important influence on British cooking was ____9____ (certain) the weather. For the British, the good old rain gives ____10____ (they) rich soil and green grass. That means they are able to produce some of the finest meat, fruit and vegetables, which don't need many sauces(调料) to cover their taste.
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________
6. ____________ 7. ____________ 8. ____________ 9. ____________ 10. ____________

easier
; are taking
; potatoes
; because
; to understand
; In
; a
; were used
; certainly
; them