九年级动词填空专项练习_初中英语试题-初中英语

 1.      Once a boy came to ask a fisherman how ___________(become) cleverer because his mother always called him “foolish boy”.  “That is easy, ” answered the fisherman. “I know one way to make you _______(be ) a clever boy.”“Really?” 　　

“Of course. A fish head is good for brains. If you eat one a day, you ______(become) much cleverer.  _________(pay) only three pounds for one fish head.” The boy paid him three pounds and the fisherman _________(cut) off a fish head and gave it to him.　　

A raw(生的)fish head is no good--- not even for a hungry boy ______(eat)----but the boy ate it up in two gulps.　　

“Do you feel anything?” asked the fisherman after the boy ate the fish head.　　

“Not in my head,” said the boy.　　

The boy sat on the ground and _________(think), “One whole fish _________(cost) only two pounds, but I _________(pay) him three pounds for the fish already. Why couldn’t I have the whole fish for soup, a head for brain and one pound left over?” He jumped up and shouted at the fisherman, “The fish head _________(work) now, you see?”　　

2.    Tom is a boy of fifteen. His parents ______(die) two years ago, and he had to make a living by himself. Now he ________(work) as a servant at Mr Jackson’s. He works hard and the 　　Jackson　　 is pleased with him.　　

Mr Jackson enjoys _________(plant) all kinds of trees. There are many kinds of precious(珍贵的)trees in his garden.　　

The week before last Mr Jackson _________(bring) a few trees home, planted them in the garden himself and watered them every day. Some days later, he had to _______(leave) for another city. Before he started, he said to Tom, “________(take) good care of the plants when I ‘I ‘m out. Some boys of our neighbors always want _______(steal) them.”　　

“________(not worry) about them , sir,” answered Tom. “I ________(try) my best to watch them.”　　

Six days passed and Mr Jack son came back. As soon as he saw Tom, he asked, “________anyone _______(come) to steal the trees?” “No, sir,” said Tom. “I pulled them six days ago. Now they have been hidden for nearly a week!”　　

3.      Mr Smith was a cook. He worked in a restaurant. Once he decided to go to a village _______(spend) his holidays when it was very hot in the town.　　

One afternoon Mr Smith________(walk) in a forest, and found it was very cool. He went farther and farther. Suddenly he saw a bear __________(come) at him. He tried his best to run away. And soon the bear__________( disappear) but he lost his way. He came out of the forest when the sun ____________(sink). He didn’t know how ________(get) to the village and was  much hungry. Just then he saw an old man _________(work) in the fields.　　

“Hi! Old man,” shouted Mr Smith. “Where does the road go?”　　

“I never notice it can move. It __________(lay) here for hundreds of years,” answered the old man.　　

“How far is the village from here?”　　

“I don’t know,” said the old man. “I haven’t measured(测量)it.”　　

Mr Smith became angry. He shouted . “What do you know? You are the most foolish in the world, I think.”　　

“Maybe I am,” said th