It was too late_______when an old man came to...

It was too late at night when an old man came to a small town. He found a small hotel and wanted to stay there for the night. After he went into his room, the owner said to his wife, “Look at his bag, there must be much money in it. Let's take it away when he is asleep, shall we?”

“No, no.” said the woman, “He must look for his bag tomorrow morning. If he can' t find it, he'll telephone the police. "They thought for a few minutes. Then the woman had an idea, “We have forgetful grass. Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he will forget to take his bag away. “The old man had the food with the forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning, when the owner got up, he found the door open, and the man had left with the bag. He was angry and woke his wife up, "What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn't useful at all.”

“No, I don't think so He must forget something.” she said. “Oh! I remember now!”cried out the man suddenly, “He forgot to pay for the night.”

Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Only one word for each blank.

From the story we know the owner of the hotel wanted to1.the old man's bag when he slept. But his wife2.with him, and she3.up with a good idea that they put some forgetful grass into the food4.that the old man would forget his bag. The forgetful grass worked. The old man really forgot something-he didn’t 5.to pay for the night.

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It was too late at night when an old man came to a small town. He found a small hotel and wanted to stay there for the night. After he went into his room, the owner said to his wife, “Look at his bag, there must be much money in it. Let's take it away when he is asleep, shall we?”

“No, no.” said the woman, “He must look for his bag tomorrow morning. If he can' t find it, he'll telephone the police. "They thought for a few minutes. Then the woman had an idea, “We have forgetful grass. Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he will forget to take his bag away. “The old man had the food with the forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning, when the owner got up, he found the door open, and the man had left with the bag. He was angry and woke his wife up, "What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn't useful at all.”

“No, I don't think so He must forget something.” she said. “Oh! I remember now!”cried out the man suddenly, “He forgot to pay for the night.”

Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Only one word for each blank.

From the story we know the owner of the hotel wanted to1.the old man's bag when he slept. But his wife2.with him, and she3.up with a good idea that they put some forgetful grass into the food4.that the old man would forget his bag. The forgetful grass worked. The old man really forgot something-he didn’t 5.to pay for the night.

九年级英语填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

It was too late_______when an old man came to a small town. He found a hotel and wanted to stay there for the night. After he_______his room, the owner said to his wife(妻子), "Look at his bag. There must be________money in it. Let's_______when he is sleeping."

"No," said the woman. "If he can't find his bag tomorrow morning, he'll telephone the police. "

They thought for a few minutes. Then the woman had______. "We have forgetful grass(健忘草). Why_______some forgetful grass into his food? If he has the food, he will forget to take his bag away."

The old man had the food________the forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning when the owner got up, he found the old man went away with the bag. He said to_____, "Your forgetful grass isn't useful at all."

"No, I don't think so! He_______forget something," his wife said.

"Oh! I________now!" said the man. "He forgot to pay for the night."

1.A. at night　　 B. in night　　 C. in the evening　　 D. in the afternoon

2.A. came over　　 B. went to　　 C. came back　　 D. went out

3.A. little　　 B. no　　 C. much　　 D. a few

4.A. put it down　　 B. take it away　　 C. ask for it　　 D. put it away

5.A. a reply　　 B. a road　　 C. a hope　　 D. an idea

6.A. not put　　 B. not to put　　 C. not putting　　 D. don't put

7.A. in　　 B. of　　 C. from　　 D. with

8.A. the man　　 B. his wife　　 C. the police　　 D. the owner

9.A. must　　 B. doesn't　　 C. never　　 D. can

10.A. finish　　 B. need　　 C. remember　　 D. hope

九年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

It was very late at night. An old man came to a small town. He found an inn (小旅馆) and Wanted to slay there for the night. After he went to his room, the owner said to his 41   ."Look at his bag. There must be much money in it. Let's take it away when he's 42 , shall we? '

"Oh, no," said the woman. "He must 43 his bag when he wakes up tomorrow morning. If he can't find it, he'll telephone the police."

They thought for a few minutes. Then the woman had an 44 . "We have forgetful grass. Why not put some forgetful grass into his food? If he 45 the food, he will forget lo take his bag away."

The old man ate the food 46 the forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning when the owner got up, he found the door 47 and the old man had gone away with his bag. He woke his wife up and said to her angrily, "How foolish you are! Your forgetful grass isn't 48 at all."

"No, I don't think so. He must forget_49__," his wife said.

"Oh! I remember now! He forgot to 50 for the night," cried out the man suddenly. Then they looked at each other without saying a word.

1.A. sister B. friend C. aunt D. wife

2. A. asleep B. awake C. alive D. alone

3.A. set off B. give up C. look for D. take off

4.A. idea B. advice C. instruction D. excuse

5. A. eats B. receives C. likes D. refuses

6.A. onto B. for C. with D. into

7. A. open B. opens C. opening D. lo open

8.A. interesting B. important C. delicious D. useful

9.A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything

10.A. spend B. cost C. take D. pay

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The sun went down when an old man came to a small mountain village with a heavy bag. He found an inn(小旅馆) and wanted to stay there for the night.

After he had gone to his room, the owner of the inn said to his wife, “Look at his heavy bag, dear! I’m sure there’re a lot of valuable(贵重的) things. I want to steal it when he’s asleep tonight.” “No, no,” said his wife. “He must look for his bag tomorrow morning. Then he’ll take you to the police station.”

They thought hard and at last the woman had an idea. “We have forgetful grass,” said the woman. “Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he’ll forget to take his bag away tomorrow morning.” “How clever you are!” said the owner, “don’t forget it when you cook supper for him.”

The old man had the food with forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning, when the owner got up, he found the door was open and the old man had left. He looked for the bag for a long time, but he didn’t find it. He hurried to wake his wife up and said angrily, “What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn’t useful at all!”

“No, no,” said the woman. “I don’t think so. He must forget something.”

“Oh, I’ve remembered!” the owner called out suddenly, “He forgot to pay us the bill!”

1. The old man carried __________ when he got into the inn.

A. a large camera                   B. a heavy bag

C. an umbrella                    D. a heavy basket

2. What did the owner want to do?  _________________

A. He wanted to call the police.

B. He wanted to kill the old man.

C. He wanted to steal the old man’s bag.

D. He wanted to invite the old man to dinner.

3. The old woman put _____________ into the old man’s food.

A. some sleeping pills           B. some pepper

C. some beef                 D. forgetful grass

4. The next morning the owner found ____________.

A. the old man left his bag in the inn   B. the bag was still there

C. the old man had died         D. the old man had gone with his bag

5. The old man forgot to __________________.

A. pay the owner the bill                B. take his bag

C. look at the time                   D. say goodbye to the owner

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Yesterday evening, when I went to town with my ____, we met a strange old man. It was raining ____ and we had no umbrella. We were trying to get into a taxi when he came up to us. He was carrying a nice ____ and he said he would give it to ____ for only one pound. He said he had ____ his wallet and he needed taxi fare(费用) to go back home. My mother didn’t believe ____ he said at first, and asked him a lot questions. but she finally believed the man and gave him a pound. She was ____ to buy a good umbrella for so little. but the old man didn’t get into a taxi. We followed him and found he went into a pub(酒吧) and bought ____ a glass of whiskey(威士忌) with a pound. ____ he drank it, he put on his hat and took one of the many wet umbrellas there and went off with the new one. Soon after that, he ____ it again.

1.A. sister　 B. brother　 　 C. father D. mother

2.A. big　 　　 B. hardly　 　　 C. heavily　 D. small

3.A. hat　 　　 B. umbrella C. shirt　 　 D. ball

4.A. us 　　 B. him　 　　　 C. her 　　 D. you

5.A. lost B. seen　　 　　 C. found 　 D. got

6.A. that　　 B. what　　 　　 C. when 　　 D. how

7.A. angry B. sad　 　　　 C. happy　 　 D. kind

8.A. myself　 B. herself　　 C. himself D. yourself

9.A. Because B. After　 　　 C. Though　 D. If

10.A. sold　 B. bought　 　 C. threw　 　 D. lent

九年级英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

Mr. Dawson was an old man with a bad temper(脾气). And everyone in town knew it. Kids were afraid to go into his yard to pick apples.

One Friday, 12-year-old Janet and her friend Amy had to walk past Mr. Dawson’s house. When Janet saw him, she suggested crossing the street to the other side. But Amy said they needn’t.

When Mr. Dawson saw Amy, he smiled and said, “Hello, Amy! I see you have a new friend with you today.” Amy smiled back and told him that Janet would stay with her that night. Mr. Dawson looked friendly and gave them each a fresh apple. The girls were glad to get them.

Later Janet asked Amy, “Everyone says he is the most unwelcome person in town. Why was he so kind to us?” Amy explained that when she first walked past his house, she was also afraid of him. But she pretended(假装) there was an invisible (看不见的) smile on his face and so she always smiled back at him. It took a long time, but one day he half-smiled back at her, and then started talking to her.

“An invisible smile?” Janet was puzzled. “Yes,” answered Amy, “My grandma told me to think so. She says smiles can run around. If we keep smiling at someone, sooner or later he will really smile back.”

Remember what Amy’s grandma said, and we will find that most people can’t refuse our smile.

1. What did people feel about Mr. Dawson? （不超过10个词）

2. Who did Amy learn “an invisible smile” from? （不超过10个词）

3.What does the writer want to tell us? （不超过20个词）

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Omar Chajam is a wise old man who lives in a small town. One day when he was walking down the street, he met a man who was always jealous (嫉妒的) of him. The man came up and began saying something bad to Chajam,“You are a drinker! You are a thief! You are an idiot!”

Chajam didn’t care. He just smiled and walked on.

Another man dressed very well saw this. He didn’t understand and asked Chajam,“How can you bear such offences (冒犯)? Don’t you feel hurt?”

Chajam smiled again and said,“Come with me. I’ll show you something.”

The man followed Chajam to a dusty (落满灰尘的) room. Chajam lighted the candles and began searching through a pile of old clothes. Then he found a completely worthless robe (长袍). He threw it to the man and said,“Try it, it will suit you.”

The man took the robe and looked at it. It was so old that it even had some holes in it.

“What are these dirty rags (破布) for?”asked the man angrily.“I am well dressed. You must be crazy!”He threw the robe back.

“You see,”Chajam said,“you didn’t want to try on the rags. Similarly, I did not want to try those dirty words that man threw at me. To get angry by offences means to try on rags someone throw us. Now you see?”

1.How did Chajam behave when someone said dirty words to him?

A. He showed his anger to the man.

B. He said something bad of the man.

C. He felt hurt but pretended to be calm.

D. He kept smiling and didn’t care about it.

2. A well-dressed man was _____ when he saw what had happened to Chajam.

A. excited　　　　　 B. surprised　　　　　 C. sacred　　　　　 D. moved

3.What did Chajam ask the well-dressed man to do in the dusty room?

A. To light on some candles.

B. To find some old clothes.

C. To try on a poor robe.

D. To clean some dirty rags.

4.What is the main message of the story?

A. Never speak ill of other people.

B. Never judge a person by his or her appearance.

C. It is important to keep a cool head in the face of difficulties.

D. Smiling is the best way to push back others’ bad behavior.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

It was a morning, about 8:30 am, when an old man in his 80’s reached my hospital to take care of his finger. He said he was in a hurry because he had an appointment at 9 am.

While taking care of his finger I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The old man told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to have breakfast with his wife. I asked if she would be unhappy if he was a bit late. He replied that there was something wrong with his wife’s mind and she hadn’t known who he was since five years ago.

I was surprised, and asked him, "And you still go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?"

He smiled to me and said, "She doesn’t know me, but I still know who she is."

1.The old man went to meet his wife ___________.

A．in the evening      B．at night           C．in the morning      D．on weekends

2.The old man went to the nursing home to _____________ with his wife.

A．play sports        B．have breakfast      C．enjoy music        D．have classes

3.There was something wrong with his wife’s ____________.

A．finger            B．feet              C．heart             D．mind

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

An old man went to India. When he got there, he saw a lot of fruit for sale, but much of it was very expensive. Only a big basket of red fruit was cheap.

“How much per kilo?” the old man asked.

“Two rupees (卢比),” the shopkeeper answered. Two rupees in India is almost nothing. So the old man bought a kilogram and started eating them.

However, as soon as he started eating, his mouth began to burn, his eyes began to water and his whole face became as red as the fruit. As he coughed and struggled to breathe, he jumped up and down, screaming (尖叫), “Ah! Ah! Ah!”

And then he continued to eat the “fruit”!

Some people saw him and said, “Those are chili peppers (红辣椒)! You can’t just eat them by the handful (一大把)!”

The old man said, “I paid for them, so I must eat them.”

This old man must seem pretty stupid. But are we a lot smarter? In our life, all of us have put money, time and effort into something—maybe a relationship or a job—and sometimes, even if we know there’s no hope that things will get better, we still continue with it. Why? Because we’ve put in all that money, time and effort.

What we can learn from the old man is this: if you’ve lost a lot for something that doesn’t work, let it go and move on. It’s better than continuing losing.

根据短文内容判断对错，对的为“T”，错的为“F”。

1.The old man bought a kilogram of chili peppers because of the beautiful color.

2.Two rupees doesn’t mean a lot of money in India.

3.The old man continued eating because he was too hungry to stop.

4.The writer compares something in our life like a relationship or a job to the chili peppers in the story.

5.The story wants to tell us that sometimes we need to give up wisely.

九年级英语阅读判断中等难度题查看答案及解析