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上海本地版（五四制）九年级下册初中英语Module 2 Unit 4同步练习
Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835,in the state of Missouri. When he was four, his family moved to the town ofHannibal, Missouri. Hannibal was a port on the Missippi River, and Clemensloved to watch the big steamboats going up and down the river. He said that allthe boys in his school had one ambition in life: to work on a steamboat!
His father died when he was just 12 yearsold, and Clemens then went to work for a printer to help support his family. Hetravelled around, and worked in many different cities. But when he was 22, heachieved his ambition—he got a job working on a steamboat. He sailed up anddown the wide Missippi River until the American Civil War began.
He then moved around America, and triedseveral jobs. He was a soldier, and a silver miner. Then he started working asa writer for a newspaper. It was at that time that he decided to use a pen namefor his stories, and he chose the name "Mark Twain".
The name is interesting. It comes from hisdays on the steamboats. He used to throw a piece of rope into the river. Therewas a heavy weight on the end of the rope, and the rope had some marks on it.He used the rope to find how deep the river was. Then he shouted out, "MarkOne" or "Mark Twain", meaning "Mark Two". Each markwas about two metres, so when he shouted "Mark Twain", it meant thatthe river was deep enough for the big boat.
In 1865 Clemens wrote a story about ajumping frog. The story and the writer became famous. In 1867 he toured Europe.He married when he returned, and lived for most of the rest of his in Harfort,Connecticut. He wrote many books, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, whichhe wrote in 1876. He also gave many lectures, and became a very famous andpopular man.
Once two of his friends decided to write tohim, but they had lost his address. So on the envelope they just wrote "MarkTwain, God knows where". Several weeks later, they received a replay fromthe writer. It just said, "He does!"
Samuel Clemens died in 1910. He isconsidered to be one of America's most important writers.
One day last November, Liz Douglas went shopping. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} After she paid for all the things she bought, she went back to her car and put the shopping bags on the back seat of the car. Then she started to drive home.
Ten minutes later, it began to rain heavily. Soon, Liz found it hard to see the road clearly. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Although Liz was an experienced driver, she felt afraid.
Suddenly, Liz saw a tree in front of her and tried to stop the car. But it was too late. Liz closed her eyes, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Unluckily they didn't.
However, Liz was lucky. When the car hit (碰撞) the tree, a bag of bread flew out of one of the shopping bags. The car turned over, and the bread landed between Liz' s head and the roof (顶部) of the car. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
About half an hour later, firefighters helped Liz go out of the car. They sent her to the hospital, but she went home soon because she didn't have any serious injuries (损伤). {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Liz's son went to get the things Liz bought from the car and gave the bag of bread to her. She was going to keep it as a souvenir (纪念品) because it brought her good luck.
根据材料内容，从方框中选择恰当的句子填入文中空缺处，使材料完整、通顺。
A. There was a lot of water on the road, so she drove slowly. B. Her head was fine and she only had a few cuts. C. She spent hours at the supermarket. D. It stopped her head from hitting the roof of the car. E. She hoped that the airbags in the car would inflate (充气) when the car hit the tree. |
easy, though, cheap, expensive, village, receive, |
Song Yanru begins her day of work early in the morning, sorting and loading(装载) packages.
Working as a courier(快递员) in the countryside, she needs to drive 200 kilometers to visit faraway {#blank#}1{#/blank#} almost every day.
In February, several companies, led by ZTO Express, set up express delivery sites in 19 villages of Nitun, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} local people with convenience to send and receive packages. And Song is responsible for sending and collecting packages {#blank#}3{#/blank#} all the 19 villages.
"In the past, I had to go to the town to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} packages. But now I can {#blank#}5{#/blank#} get the clothing sent by my daughter from the city, " says Mrs. Wang, while receiving her package from Song.
"Things are much {#blank#}6{#/blank#} these days. So I bought a lot online during the recent mid-year online shopping festival, " Mrs. Wang says.
"The express delivery service(快递服务） is now available in 89 villages, which is almost 85 {#blank#}7{#/blank#} of the total villages, in Yangqu County. And the number of packages delivered to these villages has jumped about 300 percent {#blank#}8{#/blank#} February, " says a manager of ZTO Express.
It is getting dark. Song unloads the last package and says goodbye {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the villagers. She heads back toward the town, carrying packages to be sent to places across the county.
{#blank#}10{#/blank#} it is not easy to be a courier in the countryside, Song believes that it is a meaningful experience to be able to provide convenience for those in need.
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