Dear Laura,I just heard you tell an old story...

Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you ____.

I wanted to do something very ___ for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He ____ all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it ___ it looked almost new. I was so ____ of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.(一套服装)

I could ____ wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I hardly slept the night before. Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to start the coffee, tea, and morning food. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a __: “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so __. It had been a long-standing (长期存在的) joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could ____ lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one.” was my husband’s response.(反应)

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could ____ this expensive gift.

Of course, the house awoke, and my son was excited with my reaction. Many kisses were ____, and I immediately wanted him to ___ my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not ____ what I was expecting. Then I ____ that he has sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother ever on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still exists(存在) and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to __ this story with me.

Yours,

Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

1.A. an exampleB. advice    C. support    D. courage

2.A. polite    B. similar    C. special    D. private

3.A. played    B. studied    C. traveled    D. worked

4.A. after    B. before C. unless    D. until

5.A. sure    B. fond    C. proud    D. confident

6.A. perhaps B. really    C. almost    D. hardly

7.A. note    B. notice    C. word    D. sign

8.A. disturbedB. frightening    C. surprisedD. surprising

9.A. give    B. take    C. draw    D. teach

10.A. present　 B. afford    C. find    D. order

11.A. exchanged　　 B. happenedC. helpedD. lost

12.A. tear    B. open    C. check    D. receive

13.A. purely B. basically　　　　 C. obviously    D. exactly

14.A. realized B. remembered C. imaginedD. supposed

15.A. send    B. publish    C. share    D. write

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Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You don’t know whether it is true that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you ________.

I wanted to do something very ________ for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He worked all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it ________ it looked almost new. I was so proud of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet(头盔)and a riding outfit(全套装备）.

I could hardly wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I couldn’t sleep the night before. Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to ________ the coffee, tea, and morning dishes. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a ________: “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so surprised. It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could take lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s promise.

I stood there shocked, crying a river, ________ myself how my son could ________ this expensive gift.

Of course, the house awoke, and my son was very pleased with my reaction（反应）. Many kisses were exchanged, and I immediately wanted him to ________ my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not exactly what I was expecting. Then I realized that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard. Of course I was the proudest mother ever on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love is ________ present and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to ________ this story.                                 Yours,

Hilary

1.A. hope                           B. advice                             C. spirit                           D. courage

2.A. strange                       B. similar                             C. special                            D. private

3.A. after                            B. before                            C. unless                             D. until

4.A. start                                 B. cook                        C. set                                   D. serve

5.A. sign                                  B. notice                              C. word                      D. note

6.A. asked                          B. asking                             C. to ask                              D. ask

7.A. present                       B. find                            C. afford                     D. order

8.A. tear                                 B. open                       C. check                              D. Receive

9.A. only                             B. still                              C. ever                             D. even

10.A. send                          B. publish                           C. share                              D. Write

九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You don’t know whether it is true that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you 36 .

I wanted to do something very 37  for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He worked all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it 38  it looked almost new. I was so proud of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet(头盔)and a riding outfit(全套装备）.

I could 39  wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I couldn’t sleep the night before. Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to 40  the coffee, tea, and morning dishes. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a 41 :” To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so surprised. It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could 42  lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s ________promise.

I stood there shocked(震惊的), crying a river, asking myself how my son could 43  this expensive gift.

Of course, the house awoke, and my son was very pleased with my reaction（反应）. Many kisses were exchanged, and I immediately wanted him to 44  my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not exactly what I was expecting. Then I 45  that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother ever on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love is 46  present and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to 47  this story.

Yours,

Hilary

1.A. hope           B. advice           C. spirit               D. courage

2.  A. strange              B. similar              C. special              D. private

3.  A. after            B. before           C. unless           D. until

4.A. perhaps            B. really           C. almost           D. hardly

5.  A. start                B. cook             C. set                  D. serve

6.  A. sign                 B. notice           C. word             D. note

7.A. give               B. take                 C. draw             D. teach

8.A. present            B. find                 C. afford           D. order

9.A. tear               B. open             C. check            D. receive

10.A. realized              B. remembered      C. imagined             D. supposed

11. A. only             B. still                C. ever                 D. even

12. A. send             B. publish              C. share            D. write

九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Dear Santa,

Thank you for all of the great gifts you give me this Christmas.

My parents can’t seem to decide whether you gave the presents directly, or if you just helped them and my grandma pick out the right presents. So, if you are advising her, please tell her next year that I do not own a Wii.

I don’t remember asking you for so many pairs of pants, but thank you for giving me the chance to try them on in the front of my whole family. I enjoyed them so much that I continued to wear them, with the tags（商标）still on.

My mom and the holiday movies are always quick to remind me that Christmas isn’t about the presents. It’s about togetherness. But without the presents, there’s nothing to do to fill up this long, long day. So I think Christmas is about the presents, and I’m sure you agree.

If you do, I have some suggestions about ways that you could make the present part of the day last longer: using packing tape to wrap presents instead of Scotch tape（透明胶带). It took, like, ten minutes to open just one present.

My final suggestion is pretty simple: more presents! If it took the whole day to open all of the presents, then I wouldn’t have that terrible time, because my mom says it’s wrong to go play video games in my room, but there’s nothing else to do outside of my room.

Anyway, thank you again and I look forward to seeing you next Thanksgiving. It’s an iTunes gift card for you and hope you like it.

Merry Christmas!

1.What present does the writer want most?

A. Many pants.　　 B. A Wii.

C. Christmas cards.　　　 D. An iTunes gift card.

2.In the opinion of the writer, Christmas is a festival about _______.

A. holiday movies B. family togetherness

C. gift　　　 D. playing video games

3.Why does the writer suggest using packing tape to wrap presents?

A. Because packing tape can make presents hard to open.

B. Because packing tape can make presents more beautiful.

C. Because packing tape can make presents last long.

D. Because packing tape is cheap.

4.What always make the writer’s mother angry with him on Christmas Day?

A. His disliking to her Christmas.

B. His never saying thanks to the family.

C. His wrong suggestions about presents.

D. His staying in the room playing games.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

“Gift” comes from the old Germanic root for “to give”. It meant an act of giving, and then turned into the thing being given. In Old English it meant the dowry(彩礼) given to a bride’s parents. “Present” comes from French. A present is the thing presented or given. But from the 13th century, the two words were in use for the idea of something given to others without paying.

However, they still have some differences in meaning and usage.

“Gift” has more meanings. Gifts can be talents. For example, you can have the art gift or a musical gift. Gifts can be invisible. There is the gift of understanding or the gift of a quiet day.

But we don’t use presents for things like this. Presents are real objects. If your whole family donated to pay for your college on your birthday, would you say “I got a lot of presents”? It doesn’t exactly sound wrong, but since you never hold these donations in your hand, “gifts” seem to fit better.

“Gift” can also act like an adjective to be put in front of another noun. What do you call this kind of shop where you can buy presents? A gift shop. What do you call the basket of presents that you can send to others? A gift basket. “Present” can’t be used like this. We may have gift boxes and gift cards, not present boxes or present cards!

“Gift” is used more often than “present” in modern English. “Present” also means “the time now”.

1.We can use the following expressions EXCEPT _________ .

A. Bill has a gift for sports

B. Mary got into a present store

C. Jack has received lots of birthday gifts

D. Rose enjoys shopping at present

2.What can we know about the words “gift” and “present” from the passage?

A. They both have the same meaning from the beginning.

B. “Present” is used more often than “gift” in modern English.

C. We can call the basket of gifts sent to others “a present basket”.

D. They’re both used for describing something given to others for free.

3.What does the passage mainly want to tell us?

A. “gift” has more meanings than “present” in English.

B. “Gift” and “present” come from different language families.

C. “Gift” and “present” have some differences in meaning and usage.

D. “Gift” and “present” have similar meanings, but people prefer to use “gift”.

4.Where can we probably read the passage?

A. In a fashion magazine.

B. In a travel guide.

C. In a newspaper.

D. In a sports magazine.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

You may have heard of the old story about the world's most whole-hearted fisherman. He had out-fished his friend all morning long. They used the same live bait (鱼饵), the same equipment and fished together in the same mountain stream. But he had almost caught a bucket of fish while his friend had yet to catch even one.

"What's your secret?" asked the friend. "I haven't even gotten any one!"

The successful fisherman emptied the bait of his mouth into a cupped hand and replied. "You have to keep your worms (鱼虫) warm."

Whether or not we fish or even eat fish, there is a lesson to be learned here. We are most likely to succeed when we fully put our hearts into a task. Especially if the task before us is difficult or there seems little probability of success. Whether we want to build a new business or write that first novel, we should see how willing we are to do what it takes-even if it means keeping the worms warm.

So I often ask myself. "How much do I want this?" when some people fish, if they don't catch, they don't eat. Some things are too important for me to risk failure. So how much do I want to succeed at this career (事业) or this dream? And how hard am I willing to work? If "success" only comes before "work" in the dictionary, I may have to work harder than I've ever worked before. But if I want it enough, the hard work will be worth it.

"Always bear in mind," said Abraham Lincoln, "that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing."

And that is where it always begins: with a whole-hearted resolution to succeed—in a task, in a career, in a life. How much do you want this? And, how hard are you willing to work? Start there, and great things can happen.

1.Paragraph 1 is mainly about the old story of ________.

A.two friends B.Abraham Lincoln C.some baits D.a fisherman

2.The lesson we learned is to ________ from Paragraphs 2-4.

A.only keep the worms warm B.write the first novel soon

C.put our hearts into any task D.be willing to do nothing

3.Why does the writer often ask himself the two questions?

A.See if he has been whole-hearted. B.Be able to risk failure anytime.

C.Find out if the hard work is worth it. D.Work less harder than before.

4.What does the word "it" in Paragraph 5 refer to?

A.Career. B.Dream. C.Success. D.Work.

5.What does the writer want to tell us according to the last two paragraphs?

A.Own your resolution is the most important.

B.Do as Abraham Lincoln says, you'll succeed.

C.To succeed begins with a whole-hearted resolution.

D.Start anywhere, and great things can always happen.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Let me tell you a story. A good friend of1.　　 lives with six hundred animals on an island. Ever since he left school, he has traveled all over the world 2.　 for animals for his own zoo. He writes 3.　 about his travels, and about his wonderful animals. The money from his books helps him to 4.　　 for all the animal food. My friend told me that there is not enough water on the island, 5.　　 there is a lot all around it. When he was looking for water last week, he 6.　　 oil. He needs 7.　 for his travels and for his zoo, and a little oil would buy enough water for a long time. But he knows that 8.　　 he tells anybody else about it, it will be the end of his zoo and his life’s work. So I think he 9.　　 tell anybody except you and me about what he found — because oil and water can’t be put together. Oil may bring greater trouble 10.　　 his animals than not having enough water. Do you think so?

九年级英语其他题困难题查看答案及解析

―What do you think of the action movie Mulan?

―It comes from an old Chinese story. Mulan dresses up as a boy and takes her father's place 　　　 in the army.

A. to fight　　 B. fighting　　 C. fights　　 D. fought

九年级英语单选题简单题查看答案及解析

There is an old Chinese saying, “If someone gives you a little drop of water, you should return a spring of water. ”That means if someone helps you a bit, you should remember it and thank them gratefully(感激地)in return.

We should live in a world of gratitude. We should prove it with actions, not just words. We thank people who hurt us, because they teach us important things. We thank people who give us up, because we learn how to be independent. We thank people who are selfish(自私的), because we learn the importance of being kind. Of course, we should thank people who help us. We should thank people who teach us. We should thank people who care about us.

We thank our parents. They work hard all the time in order to give their sons and daughters a better life. They cook meals for us, they do the chores for us, they always give us food and clothes, they teach us what is right and what is wrong.

We thank our teachers who give us dreams. They teach us a lot of things but they ask for nothing from us. We are well-educated by them.

There are a lot of people that we should be grateful to in our life. We should find a way to thank them.

1.According to the writer, what should you do if someone helps you?

A. We should thank them gratefully in return.

B. We should do nothing.

C. We just go away at once.

D. We should give them money.

2.The word “them” in the fourth paragraph refers to(指代)　　 .

A. parents B. teachers　　 C. friends　　 D. students

3.We should thank our parents because　　 .

A. they work hard for us all the time

B. they give us everything they can

C. they teach us what is right and what is wrong

D. A, B and C

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. We don’t have to care about those who care about us.

B. We learn nothing from our teachers.

C. Our parents work hard to give us a better life.

D. Our parents don’t cook for us.

5.What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence?

A. 滴水之恩, 涌泉相报　　 B. 落花有意, 流水无情

C. 大地回春, 春意盎然　　 D. 兵来将挡, 水来土掩

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

There is an old Chinese saying, “ If someone gives you a little drop of water, you should return a spring of water.” That means if someone helps you a bit, you should remember it and thank them gratefully(感激的）in return.

We should live in a world of gratitude. We should prove it with actions, not just words. We thank people who hurt us, because they teach us important things. We thank people who give us up, because we learn how to be independent. We thank people who selfish(自私的），because we learn the importance of being kind. Of course, we should thank people who help us. We should thank people who teach us. We should thank people who care about us.

We thank our parents. They work hard all the time in order to give their sons and daughters a better life. They cook meals for us, they do the chores for us, they always give us food and clothes, they teach us what is right and what is wrong.

We thank our teachers who give us dreams. They teach us a lot of things but they ask for nothing from us. We are well-educated of them.

There are a lot of people that we should be grateful to in our life. We should find a way to thank them.

1.According to the writer, what should do if someone helps you?

A. We should thank them gratefully in return　　 B. We should do nothing

C. We just go away at once　　 D. We should give them money

2.The word “them” in the fourth paragraph refers to(指代）　　

A. parents　　 B. teachers　　 C. friends　　 D. students

3.We should thank our parents because　　　　　

A. they work hard for us all the time　　 B. they give us everything they can

C. they teach us what is right or not　　 D. A,B and C

4.Which of the following statements is True?

A. We don’t have to care about those who care about us

B. We learn nothing from our teachers

C. Our parents work hard to give us a better life.

D. Our parents don’t cook for us.

5.What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence?

A. 滴水之恩，涌泉相报　　 B. 落花有意，流水无情

C. 大地回春，春意盎然　　 D. 兵来将挡，水来土掩

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析