八年级英语上册
Unit9 Section A Grammar focus
巩固练习
、用所给单词的适当形式填空
1.They are busy __________ (prepare) for the picnic on Sunday.
2.Alice doesn't like this kind of card, so she __________ (refuse) to buy it.
3.Tom ________ (invite) some good friends to his birthday party last night.
4.I'm looking forward to ___________ (accept) the invitation from you.
5.I got up early this morning so I ___________(catch) the first bus.
二、单项填空（语法专练）
( )6.—Can I go fishing with you, Dad
—No, you ______. You ______ stay at home and do your homework first.
A.won't; may B.shouldn't; can C.can't; must
( )7.—I can't stop smoking, doctor.
—For your health, I'm afraid you ______.
A.can B.must C.can't
( )8.His leg is all right. He ______ go to see the doctor.
A.not have to B.doesn't have to C.don't have to
( )9.—Must I stay at home to wait for you
—______. I have my keys with me.
A.No, you mustn't
B.Yes, you must
C.No, you don't have to
三、语法选择
It was Mary's birthday. She got a letter from her uncle. “Dear Mary,” he wrote in __11__ letter. “Happy birthday. I'm sending you some chickens. They __12__ tomorrow. I hope you'll like them.”
Mary was very happy. She liked eating eggs__13__ chicken.“I can __14__ the chickens for their eggs or eat them,”she thought.
When the chickens arrived the next day, they were put in a box. She took the box off the truck and began to carry it into her garden, but the box was so heavy that she dropped（掉）__15__.
The box fell on the ground and broke. The chickens all __16__ out. They ran here and there. Mary spent hours in __17__ to find them.
A few __18__ later her uncle came. He asked, “Did the chickens arrive safely ” “Yes, but I dropped the box. It broke open and the chickens ran everywhere. It took me the whole morning __19__ for them,” Mary said.
“Did you find them all ”asked her uncle.“I hope so,” Mary answered, “but I only caught eleven of them.”
“That's very interesting. I only sent you six,” her uncle said __20__ a smile．
( )11.A.the B.a C.an
( )12.A.arrive B.arrived C.will arrive
( )13.A.but B.and C.or
( )14.A.keep B.to keep C.keeping
( )15.A.its B.it C.itself
( )16.A.runs B.ran C.run
( )17.A.trying B.try C.to try
( )18.A.day B.days C.days'
( )19.A.looking B.look C.to look
( )20.A.with B.in C.for
短文填空。
请从方框内选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使文章完整连贯。注意每空一词，每词仅用一次，有两词为多余项。
for buy glad party when invitation ready they reply of write prepare
A birthday is an important day in one's life, especially for children.For 365 days the child waits __21__ that unusual day because he or she will get lots of gifts that day.
The birthday is also the best time to have a __22__ with your friends and family members.To have a different birthday party, you need to prepare lots __23__ things.You should have enough time to get everything __24__.You may want most of your friends to come to the party, because you spend much time __25__ for it.The best way is to send some beautiful birthday party invitations to __26__.The birthday party __27__ can tell them your birthday party plans.
You can __28__ some birthday invitations in the shop.And you can choose online birthday invitations and send them to all your friends.__29__ you have time, you can make birthday invitations by yourself.You can draw some pictures to make your birthday invitations more beautiful.And you can __30__ your birthday plans on them.
21._______________ 22._______________
23._______________ 24._______________
25_______________ 26._______________
27._______________ 28._______________
29._______________ 30._______________
参考答案：
一、1. preparing 2. refuses 3. invited 4. accepting5. caught
二、6~10 CBBCA
三、11~15 ACBAB 16 ~20 BABCA
四、21.for 22. party 23. of 24. ready 25. preparing
26. them 27. invitations 28. buy 29. When 30. write
