( )2. —Julie has made great progress. How did she make it?
—She works much harder than before. She says if she doesn't catch up, she will ______.
A. be angry
B. fall behind
C. give in
D. get excited

B

( )3. —What's your plan for the coming holiday?
—I'll devote much time to ______ some voluntary work.
A. doing
B. do
C. does
D. did

A

( )4. We all know that we'll meet all kinds of difficulties in our lives in the future. We should learn to be ______ any challenge!
A. confident enough to take on
B. active enough to take up
C. enough careful to try on
D. enough patient to try out

A

( )5. (2023·江苏扬州仪征三模)If you don't take the BDS with you, you will be ______ a blind man in the rainforest.
A. as good as
B. as well as
C. as silly as
D. as slow as

A

( )6. (2023·江苏南通如皋二模)Try to be the master of your life. Life is a horse and ______ you ride it ______ it rides you.
A. either; or
B. neither; nor
C. both; and
D. not only; but also

A

( )7.(2023·江苏泰州高新区二模)—Being a psychological counsellor(心理咨询师) is a very helpful job.
—______. I also want to work on it when I grow up.
A. I don't think so
B. I can't agree more
C. Not exactly
D. It's hard to say

B

( )8. My father always tells me never to ______ when I am in trouble.
A. give up
B. put on
C. help out
D. pick up

A

四、根据汉语提示完成句子。
1. 孙老师的辛勤劳动赢得了学生和家长的高度赞扬。
Mr Sun ____________________________________ students and parents because of his hard work.
2. 学习就像马拉松比赛。你要么领先，要么落后。
Studying is like a marathon. You ________________________________________________.
3. 现在，年轻人应该更多地关注传统文化。
Now young people should ____________________________________ traditional culture.
4. 作为九年级的学生，我们应该随时准备迎接新的挑战。
As Grade 9 students, we should ____________________________________ at any time.
5. 对我们来说，失之毫厘，谬以千里。我们承担不起犯任何错误。
To us, ____________________________________ a mile. We can't ____________________________________.

has won high praise from
; either take the lead or fall behind
; pay more attention to
; be ready to take on new challenges
; a miss is as good as
; afford to make any mistakes