Unit 9. 单项选择（15分） 选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。( ) 1. The students at this school always take active part in volunteer work during summer vacation. A. a B. an C. the D. /( ) 2. My dad doesnt like the sour in the slightest. A. sound B. smell C. taste D. sight( ) 3. The water is not enough. Add some more sugar, please.A. crispy B. sweet C. salty D. sour( ) 4. What do you think of this football match? Ive no idea. But is believed that Spanish team will win. A. that B. this C. which D. it( ) 5. Mr Zhang left for America in 1998, and he didnt return home 2002. A. unless B. when C. until D. since( ) 6.What do you think of our plan?I think its reasonable. But _ Bob, what we did is a waste of time. A. thanks to B. instead of C. according to D. because of( ) 7. They are made _ for 14 hours a day.A. work B. to work C. worked D. working( ) 8. The number of teachers in our school _ 60 and a number of them _ male teachers. 来源:Zxxk.ComA. is; are B. are; is C. are; are D. is; is ( ) 9. What kind of potato chips do you like? I like _ ones because they are hard, dry and easily broken.A. crispy B. sweet C. soft D. sour ( ) 10. Mum added lots of _ on the food but it still wasnt _. A. salt; enough salt B. salt; salty enoughC. salty; enough salt D. salty; salt enough( ) 11. I often notice Wang Fang to the old peoples home. I hear she often helps the old people there.A. come B. comes C. came D. to come( ) 12. The camera _ in 1827 by Joseph Nicephore Niepce.A. invented B. is invented C. was invented D. is inventing( ) 13. Tom, you can go out to play football after your homework .A. will finish B. is finishedC. was finished D. finished( ) 14. I think the task _ on time if we put our time to good use.A. was done B. will do C. can doD. can be done( ) 15. Do you know ? In the 6th century.A. who is the abacus invented B. when the abacus is inventedC. when was the abacus inventedD. when the abacus was invented. 完形填空（10分） 阅读下列短文，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 The 50-year-old farmer (农民), Wu Yulu is quite different from the others at his village. He is the 16 of 38 handmade robots. He has been 17 to show his robots at the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo. Born in a 18 family, he did not have the opportunity to go to school. But even as a child, he knew he wanted to make machines. “I think 19 machines is a talent I was born with,” he said.In 1987, he finally finished his 20 robot that could walk like a man. He named it “Wu No. 1.” 21 , his experiments (实验) have not been without danger. One of his fingers was injured in 1989. And in 1999, his house was 22 by fire. In 2003, Wu and his robots were invited to perform in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, and in 2009, his robots were on 23 along with the Chinese Shenzhou spaceships.Wus latest dream is to invent robots 24 can help people in daily life. He will invent robots to help the disabled or look 25 children. ( ) 16. A. farmer B. coach C. inventor D. discoverer ( ) 17. A. refused B. invited C. collected D. developed( ) 18. A. poor B. rich C. small D. warm ( ) 19. A. selling B. repairing C. cleaning D. making ( ) 20. A. first B. second C. best D. worst 来源:学科网ZXXK( ) 21. A. However B. Until C. Instead D. So ( ) 22. A. cut B. built C. destroyed D. made ( ) 23. A. sale B. display C. time D. vacation ( ) 24. A. what B. when C. where D. that( ) 25. A. up B. for C. after D. into . 阅读理解（30分）A Since a training course opened in November, 2008 at the Science Palace in Harbin, children have made more than 16 small inventions. Here are three of them.A boy demonstrated his invention, a pen with a reading glass, in Harbin, capital of northeast Chinas Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 20, 2009. A boy demonstrated his invention, a musical alarm clock, in Harbin, capital of northeast Chinas Heilongjiang province, Jan. 20, 2009. A boy demonstrated his invention which could cut an apple into pieces in Harbin, capital of northeast Chinas Heilongjiang province, Jan. 20, 2009. 根据材料内容，选择最佳选项。（10分）( ) 26. The training course opened in _ at the Science Palace in Harbin. A. January, 2008