牛津版（深圳·广州）初中英语九年级上册Module 1 Unit 2 同步练习（2）

— _____________.

— Not yet. He's still ___________ the way.

— Yes. He played _____ and all the audience clapped loudly at the end.     

— Oh, come on! No lectures for me. I've been tired ____ to lectures.     

— Thank you for your advice.

— I agree with you.

— Yeah. He often makes us laugh.

— Thank you again for your coming.     

— I'm afraid to take the exam. I'll let my mother _____ if I can't pass it.     

— Cheer up! _______.     

— Simon's ability ______ with customers.     

      Thomas Alva Edison is one of the greatest inventors of all times. One of his most famous achievements is the electric light. He tried thousands of times to make a long lasting light bulb. Although the light bulb is not his invention, he is the only one to have made such a successful light bulb. Many people remember him for the invention of the electric light. He held a lot of patents (专利权) worldwide. Many of them were approved(批准) in America.

    We can find his inventions in many fields. In fact, many of the advanced inventions were based on his ideas. He invented a phonograph (留声机),a film picture camera, a ticket recorder and so on.  

    Edison was not a good student at school. But he loved to do new experiments. When he was still a child, he built his first lab to perform his experiments.

      An amazing story of Edison's childhood is that he almost made his servant die. Edison used to think that birds ate insects and these insects might make them fly. So he collected these insects and blended (混合) them to make juice. He then let his servant drink the juice. After drinking the juice, the girl lost her sense. But luckily, she was saved.

    If you often feel tired and the doctor can't find anything wrong with you, you may be in a state of subhealth(亚健康). Subhealth is a state between health and illness. Most of the subhealthy people are middle-aged ones who are usually stressed out because of work and family. And some of them are students who are having exams.

If you are subhealthy, it is not difficult for you to become well soon. You should have good living habits. For example, you should get up early and go to bed early. And you should exercise regularly. Exercising can keep you healthy. As for meals. it is better to eat less salt and sugar. Vegetables, fruit and fish are important to your body. You should eat more of them. It is not good to eat too much at one meal, because it may cause unhealthy changes in the digestive tract(消化道). And at last, a balanced diet is very helpful in staying away from subhealth.

    Bill and Mari are a happy couple(夫妻) Bill is musical, strong and fun-loving. Mari is creative and playful. Bill's 1 are skiing, hiking, and gardening while Mari 2 time cooking and gardening. They 3 love music and playing the guitar. They live in a rich and 4 neighborhood(街区).  Bill and Mari 5 their son Sammy five years after they got married. He is a lovely boy now. This family love playing music 6, going to Granny's house, camping, playing with friends, and visiting different kinds of fun places 7 the park, zoo, and beach. Mari loves being a stay-at-home Mom. She and Sammy are always 8 doing fun activities together. Bill loves playing with Sammy in their studio after a day's work.

    They especially look forward to holidays. They love holidays 9 they can get together with family members and friends to enjoy good food. Christmas is a good time for their family. They love decorating(装饰) their home and the tree. and singing Christmas songs together after 10 a Christmas Eve dinner.

    Nelson Mandela was one of the greatest leaders in the world. He was born in Transkei, South Africa July 18^th, 1918. bad news! He died on December 5^th, 2013. He died at the age of 95. Nelson Mandela was an important person all over the world.

    When Nelson Mandela was young, he went to school and studied at school. In the 1950s, almost all black people didn't go to school. Only a few black people had rights (go) to school. Nelson Mandela was (luck). He went to school and finished his schoolwork (successful). After (graduate) he became a lawyer.

    Nelson Mandela (elect) President in 1994. He became his country's (one) black president after spending 27 years in prison. He loved his country and served it with all his heart. He tried to bring people of different (race) together. He once won about one hundred prizes. The most important prize was Nobel Peace Prize. He won the prize in 1993.

    I'm John Wood, a doctor at a famous Boston hospital. During the first two years of high school, I found biology very  . My report cards always said things like “must study harder” or “John shouldn't choose science  .” It was really terrible for  who had always dreamed of becoming a doctor. I lost confidence, so I left high school at sixteen and  working at a supermarket.

    One evening I saw a documentary about Albert Einstein. According to the documentary, Einstein had done really  at school. I began to think that if Einstein could  , then I may have a chance, too. I didn't want to leave my job,  I decided to go to night school to finish high school. Two years later, I went to a  university.

    I've often thought I should contact the  from the Einstein documentary and  him. As for the biology teacher, I might contact her, too, one day—but not to thank her!

A: Hey, Gina. Do you want some ice cream?

B: No, thanks.

A: Really? Where are you going?

B: I'm going to play baseball. Do you want to come?

A: Sorry, I can't. 

B: Well, come later then. We're playing baseball all afternoon.

A: But I'm not very good at baseball.

B: Don't worry about that. You can just watch. Come on, it'll be fun.

A: Well, OK.

B: OK. See you!

参考词汇: 欧洲冠军杯European Champions League, 巴西世界杯Brazil FIFA World Cup,  亚军second place, 控球ball control,  射门 goal-scoring

要求:

①条理清楚, 意思连贯, 语句通顺, 标点正确;

②80词左右。