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Once upon a time there was an unfriendly and lonely river.He _____to share his water with any fish, plant or animal. That’s why his life was full _____ loneliness for many centuries.

One day a little girl with a goldfish bowl came to the river and set free her favorite goldfish.______the goldfish fell into the river, he felt the river’s loneliness. But he found______hard to touch the river’s heart. Every time he tried talking, the river told him to go away angrily.　 However, the little fish wasn’t going to______so easily. He continued asking, swimming and jumping in and out of the river----He did what he could______the river’s attention. At first, the river was not______in it, but later he smiled, laughed and the look of______appeared on his face. Then warm talks began. The longer the river stayed with the goldfish, the _____he felt. By the end of that day, the goldfish and the river had become good friends.

All night, the river was thinking about how much fun he had by having a friend today, and regretted how much fun he had______by not having a friend for years.

1.A. hoped　　 B. preferred　　 C. refused　　 D. decided

2.A. for　　 B. with　　 C. of　　 D. over

3.A. Even though　　 B. As soon as　　 C. So that　　 D. As long as

4.A. one　　 B. it　　 C. that　　 D. this

5.A. take up　　 B. look up　　 C. stay up　　 D. give up

6.A. catching　　 B. catch　　 C. to catch　　 D. caught

7.A. interested　　 B. interest　　 C. interesting　　 D. interests

8.A. sadness　　 B. surprise　　 C. shame　　 D. joy

9.A. much happy　　 B. more happy　　 C. happier　　 D. more happier

10.A. got　　 B. missed　　 C. dropped　　 D. made

九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time, there was a king. He only had one leg and one eye, but he was very smart and kind. Everyone lived a happy and healthy life because of the king. One day, the king was walking through the palace hallway and saw the paintings of his ancestors(祖先). He thought that one day his children would also walk in the same hallway and remember all the ancestors through these paintings. He wanted his children to remember him, too. So he invited many famous artists to his palace.

All of the artists began to think about the king's physical disabilities. How could his painting be made very beautiful? It was not possible. They weren't sure what his painting would be like. So one by one, they all started to politely refuse to make a painting of the king.

But suddenly one artist raised his hand and said he would make a very nice painting of the king. The king became happy hearing that. Then the artist started painting. After a long time, the painting was ready.

When the artist showed the painting, everyone was shocked. In the painting, the king was sitting on a horse, on the one-leg side, holding his bow(弓箭)and aiming(瞄准)something with his one eye closed. The king was very happy and gave him lots of money.

As we all know, no one is perfect. So we should try to focus on(关注)others' advantages instead of their disadvantages. Just take an optimistic view(乐观的观点)of the event. Everyone can do a good job.

1.What did the king look like?

_____________________

2.Why did the king invite artists to draw a painting of him?

_____________________

3.What did the artists think of making the king's painting beautiful?

_____________________

4.How did the king feel with the painting?

_____________________

5.What can we learn from the artist?

_____________________

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Once upon a time, there was a garden in the village. Its owner was an old man. He had been away for several years to visit his friends. It was a large lovely garden with soft green grass and beautiful flowers. While the old man was away, some children came to play in the garden every afternoon. The birds in the garden sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games to listen to them. For them, the time they spent there was the happiest they had ever had.

One day the old man came back. When he saw the children playing in his garden, he was very angry. "What are you doing here?" he shouted. "Nobody except myself is allowed to play in my garden." The children were terrified and ran away. Then spring came, but it was still winter in the old man’s garden. There were blossoms (花) and birds all over the village, except in the garden. The birds didn’t like singing in his garden, since there were no children." Why is spring arriving so late this year?" the old man thought. "How pretty it would be if it were spring now!" One morning, the old man was woken up by some sounds. He heard birds singing and children laughing. When he opened the window, he saw the birds sitting in the trees and the children running about happily. "I’m sure spring has come. What I’m seeing is the most spellbinding scene (场景) I have ever seen, and the sounds which I’m hearing are the most beautiful in the world," said the old man.

1.When the children were enjoying themselves in the garden, the old man ______.

A. was happy to watch them

B. was away to visit his friends

C. pretended that he didn’t see them

D. was angry but didn’t drive them off

2.What did the children think the old man was like at first?

A. Kind       B. Creative      C. Outgoing      D. Terrible

3.The underlined word "spellbinding" in the passage means "______"in Chinese.

A. 迷人的       B. 无聊的       C. 普通的        D. 丑陋的

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The old man’s garden was small but pretty.

B. The old man didn’t like the birds in his garden.

C. The old man was anxious (渴望)for a peaceful life.

D. The birds and the children made the old man’s garden full of life again.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

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Once upon a time there was a monster. He was very ugly）（丑陋的）, and had no friends. No one wanted to talk to him. Even other monsters thought he was ugly.

He lived alone and was very unhappy because he was so lonely.

“I wish I had a friend.” he said to himself every day. “One friend would be enough. Someone to talk to.”

“Dear Editor.” he wrote. “ I am an ugly monster. How can I find a friend?”

“Dear Monster.” the Editor replied. “ Advertise（登广告）for a friend in this magazine.”

The monster wrote an advertisement（广告）.

“Monster wants a friend, male or female. I have two heads, four arms, six legs and three tails. I have one blue eye, one green eye and one brown eye. Smoke comes out of my noses. But I am really a kind monster and will be a good friend to someone. If you would like to meet me, please stand outside Blake’s Store at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 22nd. Write to me at Box 45. Everybody’s Magazine.”

A few days later he went to the magazine.

“Do you have any letters for Box 45?” he asked.

The Editor looked in Box45.

“Yes, there is one.” she said, and gave it to him.

The monster opened the letter, and read, “Dear Monster, I think a person’s character（品行）is more important than his appearance. I will wait outside Blake’s Store on Friday. Please carry a flower so that I will recognize you. Yours sincerely, Miss Alice Thwaite.”

1.Why was the monster unhappy?

2. What did the monster advertise for?

3. How did the monster describe himself in the advertisement?

4. What was wrong about Miss Thwaite’s letter?

九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time,there was an island where all the feelings and senses,including Love,Happiness, Sadness and Wisdom lived. One day they were told that the island would sink(下沉),so they all got on boats and left except Love.

Love was the only one that stayed until the last possible moment. Finally, Love decided to ask for help.

Wealth was passing by Love in a beautiful boat.　 Love said,"Wealth,　 can you take me with you?"

Wealth answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no room for you."

Love decided to ask Pride, who was also passing by in a beautiful ship. "Pride,please help me!"

"I can't help you, love. You are all wet and might damage(损坏)my boat," Pride answered.

Sadness was close by,so Love asked," Sadness,let me go with you."

"Oh…Love,I'm so sad. How can I take someone else with me?"

Happiness passed by Love too.　 But she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called out to her.

Suddenly,there was a voice, "Come, Love,I'll take you." It was an elder. Love was so excited that he forgot to ask the elder where they were going.　 When they arrived at the river bank(河岸),the elder went his own way. Love was grateful to the elder, so he asked Wisdom,another elder.　 " Who helped me?"

"It was Time," Wisdom answered.

"Time?" asked Love.

Wisdom smiled and replied,"Only Time can understand how valuable you are."

1.How many times was Love refused by others when asking for help?

_____________________________________________________________________________

2.Why did Time help Love?

_____________________________________________________________________________

3.If you are in trouble and ask your friends for help, will your friends help you? Why or why

not?

_____________________________________________________________________________

九年级英语回答问题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time, there was a king. He had only one leg and one eye. One day, when the kings was walking through the palace hallway, he saw the portraits（肖像）of ________ ancestors. He thought that one day his children would also remember him through portraits on the walls.

However,_________his disabilities, he wasn’t sure how his painting would turn out. So he ________ many famous painters to his palace and said, “I want a beautiful portrait to be________ in the hallway.”

The painters began to think, “The king had only one leg and one eye. It is ________ to paint his portrait beautifully. If the portrait doesn’t look beautiful, the king may get angry.” They were afraid to be ________, so one by one, they started to make ________ and politely refused to paint a portrait of the king.

________, one painter raised his hand and said, “I will paint a very beautiful portrait and I’m sure you will like it.” The other painters were ________ to hear this. After the painting was finished, it was shown to the king. In the picture, the king was sitting on a horse, on the one-leg side, shooting an arrow with his one eye closed. He did make a perfect picture by hiding the king’s ________ parts.

This story tells us that we should pay attention to good things instead of weaknesses in life.

1.A.his B.its C.her

2.A.according to B.as for C.because of

3.A.led B.invited C.introduced

4.A.put up B.put on C.set up

5.A.meaningless B.unnecessary C.impossible

6.A.questioned B.educated C.punished

7.A.wishes B.excuses C.mistakes

8.A.Unexpectedly B.Unluckily C.Undoubtedly

9.A.excited B.worried C.surprised

10.A.strong B.weak C.favourite

九年级英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time, there was an owl（猫头鹰）in the middle of a dark forest. All the animals knew that he was the wisest among ______ of them. So they often went to him and told him their problems. Then the owl always told them ______ to solve their problems.

One day, a little bird came to the owl. She was ______.

“What’s wrong with you?” asked the owl.

“I’m not happy at all, Mr. Owl. I don’t want to be a bird any more.” the bird ______.

“Why don’t you want to be a(n) ______?” asked the owl.

“Because I am so small and weak,” she cried. “I want to be as big and strong as the lion. He is important, but I am not.”

The owl said ______ in her ear. Then the bird dried her tears and ______ away. One week later, the bird came back. “Thank you very much, Mr. Owl. You are so ______,” she said to the owl. “I’m very happy now. Every day, I watch out for lions and tigers. When they come ______, I shout as loudly as I can. Then my friends all run and hide. They often ______ me for that. I am useful and important now.”

The wise owl smiled and said: “Dear, no one in the world is useless.”

1.A. both　　 B. all　　 C. either　　 D. none

2.A. how　　 B. why　　 C. what　　 D. when

3.A. crying　　 B. smiling　　 C. singing　　 D. sleeping

4.A. agreed　　 B. advised　　 C. replied　　 D. asked

5.A. lion　　 B. bird　　 C. tiger　　 D. owl

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

7.A. ran　　 B. flew　　 C. drove　　 D. swam

8.A. bright　　 B. bored　　 C. polite　　 D. active

9.A. late　　 B. slow　　 C. far　　 D. near

10.A. hate　　 B. leave　　 C. thank　　 D. worry

九年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time there was a man in a small town. He had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking but the girl was not.

One day they found a mirror （镜子） for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very happy and he said to his sister, “How handsome I am! I look much nicer than you!”

The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push （推） . “Go away!” she said.

Their father saw what was happening. He went up to them and said to the boy, “You must always BE good as well as LOOK good.”

Then to the girl he said, “my dear, if you help everyone and do your best to make him happy, everyone will love you. It does not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother.”

1.Once upon a time a man had __________.

A.a bad-looking boy B.a good-looking girl

C.two good-looking children D.a boy and a girl

2.The boy was happy because he __________.

A.found a mirror B.knew he looked as nice as his sister

C.was handsome D.she was not happy with her brother

3.The girl gave the boy a hard push because__________.

A.she was stronger B.what her brother said was wrong

C.her father loved her D.she was not happy with her brother

4.What can we learn from this story?

A.To be good to people is more important than to be good-looking.

B.To be good-looking is very important.

C.If you want to make yourself good-looking, you must be good to people.

D.If you often help people, you will become more and more beautiful.

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Once upon a time, there was a famous saint admired by the local people who lived lonely in the hills. 1. _, they used to ask him for help, and certainly he was wise enough to answer any difficult questions. Every time, he could give the right answers and offer the ways to solve the problems for the people who needed.

2.One day he caught a bird and held it in his cupped hands (捧着的手掌). Then he gathered his friends around. He said “Let's play a trick on that old man. 3. . Of course, he’ll answer that I have a bird. Then I will ask him if the bird is alive or dead. If he says the bird is dead, I'll open my hands and let the bird fly away. If he says the bird is alive, I'll quickly crush （压坏）it and show him the dead bird. Either way, he'll be wrong. "

4. Up the hill, they went to the old man's house.

"Saint, we have a question for you, they all shouted. What's in my hands?”Asked the little boy. "Well, it must be a bird, "replied the old man." 5.? "Asked the excited boy. The saint thought for a moment and then replied, “It is up to you, my child.”

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A.Among the people, there was a naughty(淘气的) little boy

B.The children agreed this was a clever plan

C.But is it alive or dead?

D.Whenever the people are in hot water,

E.I'll ask him what I'm holding in my hands

九年级英语补全短文5选5困难题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time, there was a man named Anansi. He knew that he was very clever but he also knew he wasn't wise. He didn't like this, but he did not know what to do. One day he had an idea. He went around the village with a basket and asked each person to give him some of their wisdom（智慧）. The people laughed at Anansi because they knew that he needed wisdom the most. So each person put a bit in his basket and wished him good luck.

Soon his basket was full, but Anansi was worried that his neighbors might be jealous（嫉妒） of his wisdom and take it from him. He decided to hide it at the top of a tall tree. When he had tied the basket to the front part of his body, he tried to climb the tree, but it was too difficult. He tried again and again without success.

Then his youngest son walked by. "What are you doing, father?" he asked and  Anansi told him.” Why don't you carry the basket on your back instead?” his son said.

Anansi put the basket on his back and climbed the tree easily, but he wasn't happy.  "I walked all over the village and collected so much wisdom that I am the wisest person ever, but my baby son is still wiser than me. Take back your wisdom!" he said. And he threw the basket of wisdom into the air and went home. And that's how wisdom went all over the world.

1.Anansi went around the village for ________________________________________________________________________________ .

A. food　　 B. luck　　 C. wisdom　　 D. money

2.Anansi wanted to get his wisdom from ________________________________________________________________________________ .

A. his son　　 B. his father　　 C. the neighbors　　 D. the villages

3.The passage above is ________________________________________________________________________________ .

A. a report　　 B. a story　　 C. a survey　　 D. a diary

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析