Patricia is a pianist and music teacher in California.She wanted to___________money for music scholarships at her local community college.One day she had an idea.She thought,"I'm going to ride my_________across the United State this summer.I'm going to ask people to give money________________every mile I ride."She talked to the people in the community about________________idea. They all liked the idea and strongly supported her.So she felt very________________for it.
Patricia joined about forty other_____who were all from California.They began the long ___across the US in Astoria,Oregon.Patricia went up and down huge hills.She saw beautiful countryside and____friendly people.___there were problems,too.The ___________was sometimes very hot,windy or cold.Patricia was tired and sore every night.
One day she_________________an accident.She_________________her bike and her toes were badly hurt.But she continued to ride.She overcame many difficulties and spent two_________________on the whole ride.She raised more than $10,000 for music scholarship.Patricia was happy and_________________of it. She did it!
People don't _________________her when she tells them her age.Patricia looks very young and acts very young.Can you imagine that she is 67 years old? The 67-year-old woman rode across the US in sixty days !
1.A. make B. borrow C. use D. save
2.A. car B. bus C. bike D. plane
3.A. on B. for C. with D. from
4.A. my B. his C. her D. your
5.A. sorry B. worried C. excited D. comfortable
6.A. riders B. drivers C. players D. writers
7.A. life B. trip C. holiday D. distance
8.A. met B. made C. told D. found
9.A. So B. But C. And D. Then
10.A. weather B. journey C. environment D. temperature
11.A. had B. saw C. took D. happened
12.A. got off B. set off C. went off D. fell off
13.A. days B. weeks C. months D. years
14.A. shy B. proud C. shame D. serious
15.A. understood B. accept C. thank D. believe
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When I was twelve years old, my parents allowed me to apply for an afternoon newspaper route. I had a friend who was a little older than me. He had a morning route and he was earning(挣钱) what I ____ big money. I had helped him deliver(递送) his newspapers a few times and I thought I could ___ it. In those days most towns had both a morning newspaper and an afternoon newspaper. My parents did not want me to have to ___before dawn but they said yes to an afternoon route.
I was excited about being able to make my own money. __ , I needed a bike to be able to handle the large bag required for ___ the newspapers. I was not a large boy and the only bike we had in our family was too tall for me to handle with a load of newspapers. I needed a ____ one. My father suggested we go shopping for a suitable bicycle with the understanding that I would pay for it out of my income(收入).
At that time the Western Auto Company had a line of bicycles. My father arranged(安排) for me to ____ a bicycle that was just the right size for me. But for the next several months I dutifully rode my bike to the Western Auto Store to make my $5.00 monthly bike payment.
It was a great __ for a twelve-year-old boy to learn. I learned how to make money and pay my debt(债务). I did not know it at the time but that bicycle influenced hugely on my life. It gave me my first taste of independence. But most of all it led me to wife because her parents were among my__ on the newspaper route. Get on your bike and ride and you __knowwhere it will take you.
1.A. showed B. considered C. took D. stuck
2.A. remember B. notice C. manage D. understand
3.A. get up B. go back C. give in D. come over
4.A. Whether B. Besides C. That D. However
5.A. changing B. achieving C. carrying D. making
6.A. lighter B. stronger C. prettier D. smaller
7.A. buy B. borrow C. rent D. try
8.A. success B. shock C. surprise D. lesson
9.A. friends B. customers C. relatives D. classmates
10.A. usually B. sometimes C. never D. seldom
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Dogs are people's friends. They will do anything their masters(主人) ask them to do and they do their duty very well.
Curly is my black dog. He is big and strong. He is strong enough to carry on his ____. He likes running and playing with me. He likes to ____ my father around in the fields, too.
One day my father took off his coat, put it on the ground _____a big tree and said to Curly, "_____ my coat."
Curly sat down on the coat. Then my father remembered he had to ____ dinner for the family. ____ he went home and forgot all about his coat and dog.
Late in the evening I ____my dog and looked for him everywhere in the yard. I called, "Curly! Curly!" But Curly did not answer.
Soon my father wanted something in his coat pocket. Suddenly(突然) he remembered ____ he had done. Quickly he went back to the big tree. What do you think he saw? Curly was____ sitting on the coat! He was afraid someone would take it _____.
1.A. hand B. back C. foot D. leg
2.A. follow B. put C. go D. run
3.A. for B. under C. to D. from
4.A. Look B. Listen C. Watch D. Hear
5.A. fix B. discover C. cook D. tell
6.A. Because B. So C. Though D. Or
7.A. hoped B. rode C. missed D. saw
8.A. that B. what C. if D. who
9.A. always B. often C. still D. usually
10.A. away B. in C. down D. for
九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
A few days ago, I bought some ink for my printer at my favorite $1 Supermarket, which sold everything from fresh produce to birthday cards at one dollar. Then I found a better _______ at a computer store. So I went back to the supermarket to _______ it for some other products. With nobody telling me exactly what to do, I put the ink into a plastic bag, tied it up, placed the bag into a push-cart and started shopping.
I was midway through when a clerk suddenly stopped me. "You are not allowed to carry a bag around in this store. Open it and show me the thing!" she yelled coldly.
_______, I opened the bag and showed the ink to her. "I'm returning it. "I said.
"You should have left the bag with the clerk upon entry. Let me see your receipt!" she asked. I did as told, looking around, embarrassed as if everyone was laughing at me. "Perhaps in the future you'll learn how to follow the store rules." she added.
By the time I finished shopping, I was angry. How dare she treat me as a _______? I went looking for her and asked for her _______. She mumbled (嘀咕) something. I asked her again, and this time I heard "Ursula."
"Ursula, what?" I asked. She yelled at me, "Ursula!" and stormed away.
"This woman is about to become fired, "I _______ when I got home. I rang their headquarters (总部). I described my unpleasant experience to the person in charge. She was understanding, "Our employees (雇员) are taught to be _______. Give me your phone number and I will ring you back. "
She did two days later. "I'm sorry," she said, "but there's no Ursula at that supermarket. Can you describe her so that I can find out who she is? I assure you, we do not stand rude behavior, nor do we stand_______to our customers. "
By this time, I had calmed down. I didn't really want the employee to lose her job. So I told her to forget about it.
1.A. ink B. introduction C. choice D. price
2.A. receive B. replace C. return D. change
3.A. Disappointed B. Stressed C. Excited D. Shocked
4.A. thief B. troubler C. beggar D. worker
5.A. number B. address C. name D. email
6.A. thought B. calmed C. found D. got
7.A. patient B. polite C. clever D. hardworking
8.A. shouting B. pointing C. lying D. talking
九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Many years ago, I owned a service station (加油站) and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.
One very cold wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a ______ on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from head to toe, explained that he had ______ out of petrol (汽油) and left his pregnant (怀孕) wife and his two children ______ in the car. He said that he would hitchhike (搭便车) back.
Once I had ______ a can with petrol, I took him back to his car. When we got there, his 2-year-old and 4-year-old children were both crying. I invited them to my house. I had turned the heater on in the roadhouse ______ I left, so when we went in, it was nice and warm. And then I prepared bread and butter for the ______. and hot chocolate for the adults.
It was about 5 a.m. before they left. The young fellow asked me ______ he owed me and I told him that the petrol pump (加油泵) had shown $15.
About a month later, I ______ a letter from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to get to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It ______ that the young fellow was its general manager.
In his letter, he thanked me again and informed me that, from then on, all their ______ would stop at my service station. In this case, a little bit of kindness was rewarded (报答) with a huge amount of benefits (益处).
1.A. sign B. knock C. noise
2.A. got B. stayed C. run
3.A. away B. behind C. off
4.A. filled B. dealt C. played
5.A. once B. since C. before
6.A. children B. wife C. man
7.A. how many B. how long C. how much
8.A. look B. received C. accepted
9.A. turned up B. turned around C. turned out
10.A. letters B. children C. buses
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It is a hard thing to forgive(宽恕) people. My best friend and I had a(n) ______ recently and we decided not to talk to each other over the summer. For me it was really difficult not to talk to her, since we had always been together for so many years. But I was not sure how to ______ the problems. I apologized to her but nothing seemed to _______.
I had the same ______ once, and that taught me a couple of lessons. Being misunderstood by another person is a way of reminding us how _____ we can be hurt, and perhaps we will be careful not to hurt others.
I realize that we are not _____ and that it’s not possible to meet other’s standards all the time and that it’s also painful when we can’t _______ our own. Forgiveness seems to be the key to the bad cycled(循环) of the mistakes we ______.
I was not clear whether we were going to be friends after the summer or not, but I did learn something ______. We need forgiveness in our lives, because we are different and we shouldn’t ask our friends to be the same in everything. So all I can do is to allow disagreement to be there. Never try to change others. I trust that forgiveness can make a big difference in us and that our ______ is strong enough to overcome the difficulties standing in our way.
1.A. meeting B. change C. argument D. discussion
2.A. fix up B. set up C. look up D. cheer up
3.A. appear B. work C. remain D. stop
4.A. experience B. question C. sense D. thought
5.A. hard B. strongly C. deeply D. easily
6.A. proud B. honest C. perfect D. important
7.A. meet B. understand C. know D. realize
8.A. learned B. saw C. knew D. made
9.A. valuable B. interesting C. difficult D. meaningful
10.A. friendship B. feeling C. reaction D. power
九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Johnnie Martin was born in a worker's family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good_____and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that was impossible to go through.
One day when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie went to school psychologist's office to____ for help.
"Johnnie, I've been studying your marks of all the tests at school. I've made a ____study of them," said the psychologist.
"I've been trying hard." Johnnie was about to_____.
The psychologist put his hand on the boy's shoulder, "People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie. There are painters who were_____able to learn maths, and engineers who can't sing on key. Some day you will ____what you are good at, and when you do, you will make your parents and all of us very____you."
Johnnie didn't go to university. He found a job working in the gardens around the town. Soon ___amazing happened. His customers began to notice that Johnnie had what they called “green thumb". The plants he____grew, and the roses blossomed. People started to accept his ___for gardening, because he had an eye for colour and light.
One day while he was downtown, he happened to___ an unused dirty land behind the city hall. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That very afternoon as soon as he got the permission , he started the work, but he couldn't ____all the tools or the plants that were____for it. People gave him young trees, rose-bushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful little _____
Today Johnnie is the head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go, they____beauty before the eyes of people.
1.A. job B. garden C. lesson D. present .
2.A. ask B. raise C. wish D. collect
3.A. funny B. public C. careful D. similar
4.A. lie B. cry C. laugh D. agree
5.A. always B. usually C. sometimes D. never
6.A. spread B. produce C. find D. educate
7.A. strict with B. proud of C. angry with D. sure of
8.A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything
9.A. picked up B. pointed at C. talked about D. looked after
10.A. suggestions B. invitations C. situation D. attention
11.A. buy B. rent C. clean D. notice
12.A. afford B. master C. stare D. read
13.A. common B. natural C. possible D. necessary
14.A. farm B. lake C. park D. market
15.A. find B. spread C. collect D. describe .
九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
In China, children like to make promises by hooking pinkies with each other. They say, “A pinkie promise must be ___ for 100 years.” Then they may press their thumbs together to complete the promise. Sometimes, __ will hook pinkies and promise to be together forever.
There are many theories(推测) on the origin of the pinkie promise. Some say it comes from a nursery rhyme. __ say it was introduced from the West – born out of a love story where a man and a woman hooked fingers.
One theory is that it may have ___ to do with the role of fingers in Chinese culture. The Chinese character for “finger” also means “aim(旨)” (referring to people’s thoughts). So hooking fingers can be seen as the exchanging of ___.
Therefore, the fingers play a(n) ____ role in making an oath(盟约): They can not only be used to complete a promise, but also be cut for making a blood oath. When someone swears to heaven, he uses his ____ to point to the sky.
____, hooking fingers means making a serious promise. In some movies, a person who breaks a promise may have his little finger cut ____! Of course, this kind of thing is not very likely to happen in real life. But we can still see____important “pinkie promises” can be. So next time, when you hook pinkies with someone, you’d better be careful with your promise!
1.A. recorded B. kept C. remained D. noticed
2.A. enemies B. cousins C. strangers D. couples
3.A. The other B. Another C. Others D. Other
4.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
5.A. promises B. gifts C. roles D. thoughts
6.A. ancient B. important C. pleasant D. modern
7.A. head B. hand C. shoulder D. finger
8.A. Generally B. Suddenly C. Simply D. Luckily
9.A. over B. into C. off D. in
10.A. what B. how C. when D. whether
九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
One Sunday, I walked to the supermarket. As usual, there I picked all things on the shopping list my mother gave me. As I turned to go out, I saw a beautiful dress in the window. I turned away, feeling sad that I could _______own (拥有) such a dress.
Outside, I couldn’t take my mind off that dress. I worked so hard to help my family but I got _______ in return, just more housework to do. I was so angry that I _______to realize the apples were falling out of the bag onto the road. Suddenly, I saw a pair of hands,_______ me two of the apples. I looked up and saw a homeless old man. His clothes were old. But his eyes were soft and kind.
“Thanks,” I said. No other words were spoken as he_______ to help me. Soon all the apples were back in the bag. I said “thank you” one more time and was ready to leave_______I had many other things to finish. Suddenly, he said, “Have a good day”. And then he gave me the biggest _______ I had ever seen. Right then, he looked years younger — I and I felt such a fool.
Seeing him disappear into the crowd, I couldn’t stop feeling _______for myself. The homeless old man “taught” me so much. Life was never easy for him. He had reminded(提醒) me with his big smile that my life was good enough, and there were worse things than not having a dress.
My mother will give me the list next Sunday. I will make the same _______ to the supermarket and probably see something I want but cannot have, too. But before I start to feel down, I will________the kind stranger with the big smile.
1.A. never B. ever C. even D. only
2.A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
3.A. seemed B. stopped C. failed D. planned
4.A. selling B. handing C. lending D. drawing
5.A. expected B. continued C. agreed D. refused
6.A. but B. so C. though D. because
7.A. smile B. gift C. apple D. bag
8.A. proud B. safe C. sorry D. nervous
9.A. decision B. journey C. effort D. mistake
10.A. control B. escape C. invent D. remember
九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
When it comes to the word to describe the weather in the UK, “dramatic” is the first word coming to my mind.
If you’ve ______ about the basic introductory articles about the UK, you may know “whether” is always an easy-to-use topic to start a conversation ______ you come across a stranger. A typical (典型的) start of a conversation between two people ______ at the door of a store may be like, “It’s rainy again,” one says, and the other goes, “Yeah. You ______ to take an umbrella as well?” The former (前者) may respond, “Obviously. Haha.”
You may also have heard about a saying that “How’s the weather in the UK? Well, ______, it’s pretty good. It only rains twice a year. One is four months, and the other is eight months.” Even though it’s a ______, it tells almost the truth about how terrible the weather can be in the UK. The first ______ will be warm sunshine place when they plan for travelling. That’s why the coast in Spain and Italy has been the most ______ tourist destinations among the British.
The weather forecast of BBC is the most boring TV program, ______ you always need to prepare for the rain no matter what the weathermen say. Although weather in the UK is so dramatic that weather forecast is never reliable, it wouldn’t be a big ______ for British people, as they always prepare an umbrella for the rain.
1.A. talked B. read C. cared D. thought
2.A. after B. before C. when D. until
3.A. standing B. working C. shouting D. kicking
4.A. decided B. forgot C. hoped D. regretted
5.A. in all B. in fact C. in general D. in public
6.A. joke B. notice C. report D. survey
7.A. event B. design C. change D. choice
8.A. polluted B. comfortable C. impossible D. popular
9.A. while B. because C. though D. unless
10.A. result B. puzzle C. problem D. dream
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