Beethoven(贝多芬) was never afraid to show his f...

Beethoven(贝多芬) was never afraid to show his feelings. Once when he was playing at a rich man’s house, one of the listeners, a man of good family, was talking to a girl. He liked girls more than music, and he didn’t stop talking when Beethoven started to play. The voice was not a quiet one, and Beethoven could hear well in those days. The music stopped in the middle and Beethoven stood up. “I don’t play for animals of this kind!” he cried. “No! Not for animals!” Then he walked out.

根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)

1.Beethoven was a musician.

2.The listener was from a poor family.

3.One of the listeners still talked to a girl when Beethoven started to play.

4.This listener was more interested in girls than in music.

5.Beethoven went on playing after he heard their talking.

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Once there was a king. He was wise but everyone was afraid of him. His face showed the sadness deep in his heart. So there were deep　 ___lines(皱纹) on his face.

In his country lived a beautiful girl. Everyone seemed to love her, so did the king. He wanted to ___ her, and finally he decided to speak to her of his love. After he dressed in his best clothes. he looked in the ___,but he saw a hard face, ___when he tried to smile.

“ How about wearing a mask(面具)?” he thought. Then he ordered his magician to paint a mask that looked kind and happy and handsome. The magician ___ and said, " But you must keep your own face in the same lines that I paint and be kind to all people from your heart. If not, the mask will break. "The mask looked so __ that no one knew it was not the true face of the king. Months passed, the beautiful lady was ____ the king, and the king treated everyone ___ to keep the mask from breaking.

At last, the king didn't want to cheat his beautiful wife anymore. ___ he asked the magician to take the mask off. Surprisingly, he found his face was just like the mask he had worn __ so long!

This story tells us that a man is what he is in his heart

1.A.ugly B.kind C.beautiful D.peaceful

2.A.love B.hate C.kill D.marry

3.A.wall B.door C.mirror D.window

4.A.yet B.even C.just D.still

5.A.looked B.refused C.agreed D.laughed

6.A.sad B.happy C.natural D.serious

7.A.married to B.got to C.went to D.agreed to

8.A.badly B.kindly C.cold D.differently

9.A.So B.Or C.But D.However

10.A.with B.at C.for D.in

九年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

Beethoven (贝多芬) was born in a small city near the Rhine in Germany. His father always drank and his mother was a maid (女仆). They lived a poor life.

Beethoven was a talented (有天赋的) child in music. People at that time thought he was as clever as Mozart. His father wanted to make money from his talent, so he told him to practice and play all the time. If he didn’t do that, his father would be angry with him and beat him.

Beethoven was very short and ugly. He couldn’t hear well from the age of 22 and later he heard nothing, but all these unhappy things didn’t make him dislike music. He began to write sonatas (奏鸣曲) at 12, and later he became a great musician.

His life was so short that he didn’t leave many works. But people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

1.Beethoven was from a ________ in a small city near the Rhine in Germany.

A．educational family                       B．teacher’s family

C．rich family                             D．poor family

2.Beethoven’s father told him to practice and play all the time because his father wanted to make________.

A．him be a great musician

B．him not drink too much like him

C．himself rich

D．him beat Mozart in music

3.What did people think of Beethoven at that time ?

A．He wasn’t a rich boy.

B．He did as well as Mozart in music.

C．He didn’t love his parents.

D．He would be a great singer.

4.He was ugly and deaf , ________.

A．that often made him dislike music

B．but all these things didn’t make him dislike music

C．that made him stressed out

D．but he didn’t regard all these things as challenges

5.Which of the following is NOT true ?

A．His father would be angry with him and beat him unless he practiced and played all the time.

B．His father never stopped drinking wine.

C．He left so many works that people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.

D．After writing sonatas at 12, he became a great musician.

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Once there was a boy who would never get dressed when his parents told him to do so. He_______to dress in a strange way, but above all, he liked to take his time. His parents were_______ in a hurry, and wanted him to be quicker._______the boy didn't like this, and he would do it even more slowly.

One day, his parents were in their hurry, and when the boy refused to dress, they were so_______that they told him he would have to go out naked(赤裸的).The_______didn't mind this at all. So they went out.

While the boy was standing outside his house and waiting for his parents to_______the car, a big farmer came along. There was something wrong with his hearing and his eyesight was very poor. Not only that, but also he forgot to wear his_______ that day. When he saw the little boy's pink skin, he thought it was one of his pigs. Though the boy shouted, the farmer_______to get the boy back to the pigsty(猪圈).He stayed there for the whole day, living_______the pigs and sharing their food.

Finally, his parents found him, but the boy had such a(n)________day. Now he is the first to get dressed, and always looks tidy.

1.A.stopped B.agreed C.liked

2.A.always B.hardly C.nearly

3.A.So B.But C.Or

4.A.angry B.surprised  C.excited

5.A.mother B.boy C.father

6.A.find B.sell C.drive

7.A.clothes B.glasses C.shoes

8.A.decided B.helped C.managed

9.A.except B.without C.with

10.A.terrible B.relaxing C.happy

九年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

I will never forget one thing in Grade 8. Once I had a bad mark in a math test. I was shy and afraid 1. (meet) my parents. I got back home late after school. My parents were 2. (worry) about me a lot. But when they knew what happened, they said to me, “It doesn’t matter, my dear. Remember we’ll be always 3. you when you need help. We believe you can be 4. (good) next time. Never give up!” I was moved and I made up my mind 5. (work) harder and harder.

Whenever I am in trouble, I can always feel my parents’ love. I want to be a good child for my parents.

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Though he was born in a rich family, he never_ his wealth.

A. showed up　　 B. showed around　　 C. showed off　　 D. was on show

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Everyone uses his or her own special words to show his or her ideas and feelings. Some of these expressions are ________ used for many years. ________ are popular for just a short time. Such an American expression is “Where is the beef?” It is used when something is not as good as it ________ to be. In the early 1980s. “Where is the beef?” was one of ________ expressions in the United States. It seemed as if everyone was using it at that time.

We all know “McDonald’s” was famous for a hamburger made ________ beef. ________ some businessmen saw it, they opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company called “Wendy’s” said its hamburgers were bigger than the ones sold by McDonald’s or ________. The company began to use the expression “Where is the beef?” to make people ________ that Wendy’s hamburgers were the biggest. The television showed three old women eating hamburgers. The bread ________ covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat. One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef. “Where is the beef?” She shouted in a funny way. The idea for Wendy’s hamburger restaurant was a ________. As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression “Where is the beef?”

1.A.common B.commonly C.in common D.commons

2.A.Other B.The other C.Others D.Another

3.A.says B.said C.saying D.is said

4.A.popular B.more popular C.most popular D.the most popular

5.A.of B.from C.by D.in

6.A.Though B.Before C.When D.Because

7.A.someone else B.someone else’s C.anyone else D.anyone else’s

8.A.know B.knows C.knowing D.knew

9.A.who B.whose C.which D.why

10.A.succeed B.success C.successful D.successfully

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Beethoven, a famous musician in the world, was born in Germany in 1770.

In his childhood Beethoven didn’t have a happy life. His father was a singer. When he was only four, his father began to make him practise hour after hour on different musical instruments. If he did not put his heart into it, his father would beat him or make it hard on him.

Beethoven loved music and he learned so fast that he was able to go around to give concerts, when he was only a boy of eleven. At the age of seventeen, he won high praise from Mozart, the great musician at that time.

Beethoven was often poor and ill during his life. After one illness, he suddenly found himself deaf．At that time he was only thirty-one. It was a blow（打击）to him indeed.

But he still went on working and writing music pieces. To people’s surprise, some of his best pieces were written after he lost his hearing.

In 1827, leaving more than 300 pieces, the great musician died. But his name is still remembered to this day.

1.Why didn’t Beethoven have a happy life in his childhood?

A. Because his family was poor.

B. Because he had to practice a lot of musical instruments.

C. Because his father was strict with him.

D. Both B and C.

2.When were some of his best pieces written?

A. At the age of 11.　　　　　　 B. At the age of 17.

C. Before he was deaf.　　　　　 D. After he became deaf.

3.What did Beethoven do after he lost his hearing?

A. He never gave in .

B. He stopped writing music pieces.

C. He lost his heart.

D. He went to see a doctor.

4.How many pieces did the musician write during his life?

A. 200.　　 B. 300.　　 C. 400.　　 D. 100.

5. Beethoven didn’t like music as a child, did he?

A. Yes, he did.　　　 B. No, he didn’t.

C. Yes, he didn’t. D. No, he did.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Beethoven, a famous musician in the world, was born in Germany in 1770.

In his childhood Beethoven didn't have a happy life. His father was a singer. When he was only four, his father began to make him practice hour after hour on different musical instruments. If he didn't put his heart into it, his father would beat him.

Beethoven loved music and he learned so fast that he was able to go around to give concerts when he was only a boy of eleven. At the age of seventeen, he won high praise (表扬) from Mozart, a great musician at that time.

Beethoven was not in excellent condition during his life. After one illness, he suddenly found himself deaf. At that time he was only thirty-one. It was a blow (打击) to him indeed.

But he still went on working and writing music pieces. To people's surprise, some of his best pieces were written after he lost his hearing.

In 1827, leaving more than 300 pieces, the great musician died. But his name is still remembered to this day.

1.Beethoven was born __________.

2.Beethoven didn't have a happy childhood, because his father made him practice different __________ hour after hour.

3.At the age of seventeen, Beethoven __________ from Mozart.

4.Beethoven suddenly became __________ after one illness.

5.After Beethoven lost his hearing, he never__________, He wrote some of his best pieces at that time.

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Once there was an English prince called Henry. He liked to study languages, but smiles never came on his face. His father, the king tried to make him happy in every possible way. Yet the young prince was not happy.

One day the king had an interview with a man named Sir Arthur. Sir Arthur told the king, “I have a method to make Prince Henry happy, but you have to send him to the countryside”. At first, the king refused. But Sir Arthur insisted on taking the prince to the country. Finally, the king agreed.

Prince Henry and Sir Arthur went to Sir Arthur’s house. His big yard was divided into two parts— inside yard and outside yard, and the outside yard was a big garden with a flowerbed. Sir Arthur told Henry, “Do you know my flowerbed can talk, and it has a secret?” The prince thought it very strange. Sir Arthur went on, “It tells the secret only to those who watch it every day. If you learn the secret, you will be happy.”

Prince Henry looked, but there was no flower, not even a leaf upon it. Then he circled the flowerbed every day. Even when a storm came, he didn’t go inside, so he caught a cold.

Many days passed. The flowerbed was wet, and the warm sun shone upon it. At last, one fine morning, he saw tiny plants coming up.

Day after day he saw that these plants made lines, and that the lines formed some letters. He thought about the spelling and tried to translate them into his own language. At last, he got it: DO SOMETHING GOOD TO SOMEONE EVERY DAY.

1.Why was Prince Henry sent to the countryside?

A. Because his father wanted him to experience the life.

B. Because he wanted to experience a different life.

C. Because his father wanted to make him happy:

D. Because he wanted to become happy again.

2.What happened at the end of the story?

A. Prince Henry was told the secret of the flowerbed.

B. Prince Henry wasn’t happy with the secret of the flowerbed.

C. Prince Henry could hear what the flowerbed said.

D. Prince Henry got the secret of the flowerbed on his own.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Prince Henry wasn’t happy if he was not allowed to study languages.

B. The king disliked Sir Arthur’s idea and he didn’t follow his advice.

C. Prince Henry was OK when he watched the flowerbed.

D. Sir Arthur was a helpful man and he finally succeeded in helping Prince Henry.

4.What does the story want to tell us?

A. It’s easy to be happy.

B. Helping others is useful.

C. Everyone should do something good.

D. Doing something good can make us happy.

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