Exercise 5 of Unit 1 of 9A Integrated skills and Study skills
一、单项填空
( ) 1. — Which of the two T - shirts will you take?
— I'll take ___. One is for my brother and the other is for myself.
A. either
B. both
C. all
D. neither

( ) 2. Not only his parents but his brother ___ to Yixing Bamboo Sea many times.
A. have been
B. have gone
C. has been
D. has gone

( ) 3. — The article says that one's personality depends on his or her animal sign.
— You ___ read it for fun, but don't believe in that.
A. can
B. must
C. shouldn't
D. needn't

( ) 4. — I will take this hat and that dress. How much are they? — 180 yuan ___.
A. at all
B. after all
C. in all
D. above all

( ) 5. — Oh, I hear your favourite writer will arrive in Suzhou next Tuesday.
— ___. He is more likely (可能的) to arrive next Thursday.
A. That's true
B. I hope so
C. I can't agree more
D. That's not the case

二、词汇检测
1. To our great joy, the superstar ___ (出现) at the end of the art festival.
2. The famous writer's ideas were ___ (塑造) by his childhood experiences.
3. The fruit is sold at ___ (固定的) prices. They don't change often.
4. The basketball team from No. 2 Middle School was more ___ than we thought. Our team should go all out for the match.
5. It used to be a tradition for a Chinese family to buy a new ___ when the New Year came.
6. — What sign do you think can ___ our country best? — The sign of panda, I think.

三、短文填空
Zhang Yugun is head of Heihumiao Primary School in Henan Province. He is 1. ___ person full of love and responsibility (责任).
After graduation (毕业) in 2001, Zhang chose to work in the poor countryside. Over the past 21 years, he has 2. ___ (see) many teachers come and go because of the poor conditions in the village. 3. ___, he has stayed on and made every effort to help the children deal with (处理) their 4. ___ (problem).
One winter, travelling on the mountain road was much 5. ___ (hard) than usual. The school was about to start, but those 6. ___ (student) books were still in a town outside the village. Then Zhang and another teacher left early in the morning with a shoulder pole (扁担). They carried back books after walking almost 30 kilometres. When they got to the school, they were both covered in mud (泥), but the books were protected 7. ___ (good). In 2006, a cement road (水泥路) was 8. ___ (build) in the village. So Zhang started to carry the books with a motorbike. Four motorbikes broke down, but he never 9. ___ (stop).
In order to provide better care 10. ___ the students whose parents had left the village to find work in the city, Zhang's wife gave up her job to help cook and clean for the students. Thanks to the people like them, the students in Heihumiao Primary School are able to learn at school and hope for a brighter future.