新目标（Go for it）版2018-2019学年初中英语九年级全册Unit 11 Sad movies make me cry. 单元练习

—Since ten years ago.

—I     as captain of the school football team.

—Rice and vegetables.

—They don't fit me well.They are    too long    too short.

—So it is. I prefer    rather than    on such a rainy day.

    We usually choose clothes in fashion.Sometimes what we wear also1 on our moods and personalities (性格).Some people show their feelings in the way they dress and2the colors they choose. Generally speaking, we like to dress in3 colors when we are in a good mood.On the other hand, we dress in black when someone that is important to us is4. Dressing in black is a way to show our sadness.But there are also some other reasons why some people choose to wear black clothes.For 5 ， some fat people think that wearing black clothes can make them look thinner.It's the 6 that color can also show a person's personality.7 people usually like wearing light-colored clothes.Silent people like dressing in8 colors. And we can choose black when we want to look elegant (优雅的), because the black color gives people the impression that you are powerful, rich and9.In a word, color shows people's moods, personalities, likes and 10.So it is very important for us to find out which color suits us fine.

    At the end of a writing class, I asked the students to share what they had written. We had a new student at the school, whose name was Johnson. Johnson had been with us for only a short while and was still trying to fit in, so I was a little surprised when he volunteered to read. I asked him to read, but inside I wished that the other students would not laugh at him.

    Johnson began to read, ”If I had one wish, it would be to meet my dad …” He started out loud and clear. He told how he had never seen his father. He told how he tried to be the only man in the house at such a young age.

    I took a look at the students. I knew some kids liked to laugh at others. However, all of my students were listening. They were letting him do this, I thought. They were allowing him to share something.

    “If I had one wish, it would be to meet my dad, so I wouldn't have to close my eyes every night just wondering what he looks like, ” Johnson finished. The class stood up and applauded (鼓掌).They all ran to Johnson with hugs. My eyes got wet.

    This is why I teach. I teach because I can watch kids grow and laugh and learn and love.

    A little girl was born in a very poor family. Her name was Wilma Rudolph. When she was four years old, she had pneumonia(肺炎) and it left her with a paralyzed(瘫痪的) left leg. She had to wear an iron leg brace(支架). Her mother told her that she could do whatever she wanted to do.

    So at the age of nine, the little girl took off the leg brace, and she tried her best to walk. In four years, she could walk for some steps, which was a medical wonder. Then this girl had a dream that she would like to be the world's greatest woman runner.

    At the age of 13, she entered every race in high school, and in every race she came in last. Everyone asked her to stop! And then there came a day when she won a race. From then on, she won every race that she entered.

    She went to university, where she met a coach. The coach trained her so well that she went to the Olympic Games. She went to her first Olympic Games when she was sixteen years old. There she was racing against the greatest woman runner of the day, a German girl named Jutta Heine. Nobody had ever beaten Jutta. But in the 100-meter race, she won. She beat Jutta again in the 200-meter race. She had two Olympic gold medals.

    Finally came the 400-meter relay(接力赛). It would be Wilma against Jutta once again. When the third runner handed the baton(接力棒) to Wilma, she was so excited that she dropped it. It was impossible that anybody could catch Jutta. But Wilma did just that! Wilma had earned three Olympic gold medals.

    They called her “the Black Pearl”. Wilma Rudolph received a lot of attention from the public, but she did not forget her teammates. She said that her favorite event was the relay, because she could share the victory with her teammates.