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Little Women is a novel by an American writer, which was published in 1868 and 1869. The novels follows the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo , Beth, and Amy March from childhood to womanhood.
These four sisters live with their mother. Meg and Jo March, the eld sister, both work outside the home for money to support the family. Meg teaches four children in a nearby family, while Jo helps her grand-aunt March, who is very rich. Beth helps with the housework, and Amy attends school. Their nearest neighbor is a rich man whose orphaned grandson lives with him. The sisters introduce themselves to the handsome shy boy, Laurie, who is the age of Jo.
Meg is the beautiful sister; Jo is the tomboy(爱打闹的女孩); Beth is the musician; and Amy is the charming artist with the blond curls. Jo is easy to get angry. One of her challenges(挑战) in the growing up is to control her anger. Laurie enjoys his neighbors, joining the family often in play. His grangfather, Mr. Laurence, is charmed (吸引) by Beth, and gives her the piano sued by Laurie’s late sister。
1.Who wrote the novel Little Women?
A.Louisa May Alcott. B.Jo March. C.Laurence. D.Laurie.
2.What does Little Women tell about?
A.About the lives of fours sisters when they are young.
B.About the lives of fours sisters when they are old.
C.About the lives of fours sisters after they get married.
D.About the lives of fours sisters when they grow up.
3.What is Amy and how does the look like?
A.She is an artist and has golden curly hair. B.She is a musician and charming.
C.She is a teacher and has blond curls. D.She is an artist and easy to get angry.
4.Who is Laurence?
A.He is very rich. B.He is an orphan. C.He is Laurie’s grandfather. D.He is Jo’s grandfather.
5.What do we know about Laurie from the passage?
A.He lives with the four sisters. B.He is an orphan.
C.He is easy to get angry. D.He doesn't like his late sister.
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Little Women is a novel by an American writer, which was published in 1868 and 1869. The novels follows the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March from childhood to womanhood.
These four sisters live with their mother. Meg and Jo March, the elder sister, both work outside the home for money to support the family. Meg teaches four children in a nearby family, while Jo helps her grand-aunt March, who is very rich. Beth helps with the housework, and Amy attends school. Their nearest neighbor is a rich man whose orphaned(孤儿) grandson lives with him. The sisters introduce themselves to the handsome shy boy, Laurie, who is the age of Jo.
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Meg is the beautiful sister; Jo is the tomboy(爱打闹的女孩); Beth is the musician; and Amy is the charming artist with the blond curls. Jo is easy to get angry. One of her challenges(挑战) in the growing up is to control her anger. Laurie enjoys his neighbors, joining the family often in play. His grandfather, Mr. Laurence, is charmed(吸引) by Beth, and gives her the piano sued(请求) by Laurie’s late sister.
1.Who wrote the novel Little Women?
A. Louisa May Alcott. B. Jo March. C. Laurence. D. Laurie.
2.What does Little Women tell about?
A. About the lives of four sisters when they are young.
B. About the lives of four sisters when they are old.
C. About the lives of four sisters after they get married.
D. About the lives of four sisters when they grow up.
3.What is Amy and what does she look like?
A. She is an artist and has blonde curly hair.
B. She is a musician and charming.
C. She is a teacher and has blond curls.
D. She is an artist and easy to get angry.
4.What do we know about Laurie from the passage?
A. He lives with the four sisters. B. He is an orphan.
C. He is easy to get angry. D. He doesn’t like his late sister.
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Kwame Alexander is an American writer of children's fiction. His novel The Crossover was written in poetic (诗歌的) form and won several awards in 2015. Alexander's most recent novel Booked is about a middle school student Nick Hall, whose love for soccer helps him deal with the challenges of growing up. Recently, a reporter had an interview with Alexander about his books.
(R=Reporter, A= Alexander)
R: 1.
A: It has to do with my love of sports. As a kid, I loved to play sports. I was a tennis player. I love to watch sports and to get excited about what happens on the field. Why not use sports as a way to tell these stories? I know kids are going to get into it. What kid doesn't love tennis or swimming or soccer?
R: 2.
A: I've always been interested in the power of poetry. I've been trying to write my feelings and ideas about the world we live in and poetry allows me to talk about some heavy and deep things in a pleasant way. I love poetry and for me, it's so cool.
R: 3.
A: Video games and television mostly offer fantasy (幻想). They offer interesting and unrealistic fantasy. Literature (文学) opens up a world of possibility to readers. As a writer for kids, I want to help readers imagine what's possible in the world — how to make it better and how to make themselves better in it.
R: 4.
A: Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, E. E. Cummings — those are the main ones. It's the things they wrote about, the way they played with language and held the readers' attention.
R: Are you planning a new novel? 5.
A: It will be. I'm writing a prequel (前传) to The Crossover. It's about the father, Chuck Bell, when he was 12 years old.
A. Will it be in poetic form?
B. What can literature offer young people that video games and television cannot?
C. Why are both of your recent novels about sports?
D. Do you write from your experience or imagination?
E. Why did you write these two novels in poetic form?
F. Which writers have had the greatest influence on your writing?
A. Will it be in poetic form?
B. What can literature offer young people that video games and television cannot?
C. Why are both of your recent novels about sports?
D. Do you write from your experience or imagination?
E. Why did you write these two novels in poetic form?
F. Which writers have had the greatest influence on your writing?
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Liz Moore was born early in the morning on May 25, 1983. She is an American writer of fiction novels. She is the author of four novels: The Words of Every Song, Heft, The Unseen World, and Long Bright River. A lot of people like to read her novels. Her short novels have appeared in places such as Tin House and New York Times.
Her first novel, The Words of Every Song, centers on a fictional record company in New York City. It draws partly on Liz's own unhappy experiences as a musician. It was chosen for Border's Original Voice program. Roddy Doyle wrote of it. “This is an excellent novel and beautifully constructed (构想). I loved the book.” After the publication (出版) of her first novel, Liz got her Master of Fine Arts in novel from Hunter College. In 2009, she moved to Philadelphia.
Her second novel, Heft, was published by W.W. Norton in January 2012. Of Heft, The New Yorker wrote, "Moore's characters are lovingly drawn...a truly unusual voice." The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "Few novelists of recent memory have put our unwelcoming loneliness into words as clearly as Liz Moore does in her new novel". and editor Sara Nelson wrote, " Beautiful...sad and hopeful." The novel was published in five countries and it was included on several “Best of 2012” lists, including the Apple iBookstore.
Her third novel, The Unseen World, was published by W.W. Norton in July of 2016. It is about a moving story of a daughter's search to discover the truth about her beloved father's hidden past. Louisa Hall called it "petty intelligent" in her review in The New York Times; The Unseen World was included on "Best of 2016" lists by The New Yorker, the BBC, Google Play, and Audible.com.
Her fourth novel, Long Bright River, was published by Riverhead Books in January 2020. Over the past few years, she has spent a lot of time in Kensington, the Philadelphia neighborhood in which Long Bright River is set.
Now she lives with her family in Philadelphia and is a talented member of the Master of Fine Arts program Creative Writing at Temple University. Although she is famous around the world, she will never stop writing novels.
1.According to the passage, Liz Moore ______.
A.had happy experiences as a musician in The Words of Every Song
B.expressed some sad and lonely feelings in Heft
C.told her own moving story in The Unseen World
D.Long Bright River came out in January 2016
2.The writer develops Paragraph 3 by ______.
A.asking questions B.listing numbers
C.showing opinions D.telling stories
3.If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is the best?
(①=Para.(自然段)1 ②Para.2 ③=Para.3 ④=Para.4 ⑤=Para.5 ⑥=Para.6)
A.①;②③;④⑤⑥ B.①②③;④⑤;⑥
C.①②③;④⑤;⑥ D.①;②③④⑤;⑥
4.The best title of the passage may be “______”.
A.Liz Moore's Plan as a Famous Writer B.Liz Moore's Three Important Prizes
C.Liz Moore and Her Published Novels D.Liz Moore's Four Favorite Novels
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The Little Prince, a classic novel was written by the French pilot and writer, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It ______ a story that happened in the Desert of Sahara, about a pilot and a little prince. The pilot had an accident with his plane. ______ was wrong with his engine. And he made friends with the prince who ______ from another planet.
The main ______ in this book, a special little prince, lived on a______planet known as Asteroid B-612. It ______ only three volcanoes(火山) and a rose with surprising beauty. The flower was rarely found and charming ______ words, but she was also proud and self-centred. And it made the little prince leave his planet because he was ______ to face her. During his journey, the little prince visited several planets, and had conversations with their ______, including a king, a conceited(自负的) man, a tippler（酒鬼）, a businessman, a lamplighter and a geographer. From them, he found how meaningless the world of grown-ups was. ______, he arrived on the Earth, where he was shocked by a heart-breaking fact that his flower was not the only one in the world. At that moment a ______ appeared , asking the little prince to “tame” (驯服)him, then he did so. ______ the little prince left, the fox made him believe that the rose was special to him and the meaning of love and responsibility . At the end of the story, the little prince ________ to go back home. The pilot walked ______with his friend to the place where he landed. He saw a yellow poisonous snake bite the little prince.
The next morning, the pilot was unable to find the prince’s body. He finally ______ to repair his plane and leave the desert.
The pilot wrote this story to remember everything between himself and the prince.
1.A. repeats B. tells C. explains D. writes
2.A. Something B. Nothing C. Everything D. Anything
3.A. got B. rode C. felt D. fell
4.A. director B. character C. suspect D. actor
5.A. round B. big C. small D. square
6.A. was made of B. was made from C. was made up of D. was made in
7.A. before B. beyond C. after D. behind
8.A. ready B. happy C. unusual D. unable
9.A. citizens B. workers C. friends D. relatives
10.A. Firstly B. Secondly C. Thirdly D. Finally
11.A. flower B. pilot C. fox D. rose
12.A. After B. Before C. Since D. Until
13.A. decided B. agreed C. refused D. seemed
14.A. sadly B. happily C. excitedly D. quickly
15.A. failed B. afforded C. managed D. promised
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O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because the stories finished with a sudden change at the end, to the readers' surprise.
1. People enjoyed reading O. Henry's stories because _______.
A. they had surprising endings.
B. they were easy to understand.
C. they showed his love for the poor.
D. they were about New York City.
2.O. Henry went to prison because _______.
A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper.
B. he broke the law by not using his own name.
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners.
D. people thought he had taken money that was not his.
3.What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
A. He was well-educated.
B. He was very good at learning.
C. He was devoted to the poor.
D. He was not serious about his work..
4. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
A. His life inside the prison.
B. The newspaper articles he wrote.
C. The city and poor people in New York.
D. His exciting early life as a boy.
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O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His name was William Sydney Porter. He wasborn in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an life. He did not go to school for very long, but he teach himself everything he needed to . When he was about 20 years old , Henry went to Texas, where he tried jobs. He first worked a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. some money went missing from the , O. Henry was believed to have it. Because of that, he was to prison. During the three years in , he learned to write short stories. After he prison, he went to New York and writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were , would finish with a sudden change at the end to the surprise.
1.A. real B. the other C. last D. first
2.A. important B. exciting C. unhappy D. uneasy
3.A. yet B. still C. managed to D. wanted to
4.A. do B. write C. read D. know
5.A. difficult B. different C. important D. good
6.A. with B. on C. for D. as
7.A. Because B. So C.When D. Where
8.A. newspaper B. prison C. school D. bank
9.A. seen B. got C. had D. stolen
10.A. sent B. made C. given D. taken
11.A. school B. bank C. North Carolina D. prison
12.A. got out of B. stayed in C. went in D. looked out of
13.A. stopped B. continued C. enjoyed D. finished
14.A. readers B. people C. they D. he
15.A. readers’ B. newspaper’s C. book’s D. stories’
九年级英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because the stories finished with a sudden change at the end, to the readers' surprise.
1.People enjoyed reading O. Henry's stories because _______.
A. they had surprising endings.
B. they were easy to understand.
C. they showed his love for the poor.
D. they were about New York City.
2.O. Henry went to prison because _______.
A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper.
B. he broke the law by not using his own name.
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners.
D. people thought he had taken money that was not his.
3.What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
A. He was well-educated.
B. He was very good at learning.
C. He was devoted to the poor.
D. He was not serious about his work..
4.Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
A. His life inside the prison.
B. The newspaper articles he wrote.
C. The city and poor people in New York.
D. His exciting early life as a boy.
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The Little Prince was written by a French pilot and writer Antoine de Saint—Exupery. It is one of the most famous books around the world. It was published in 1943. This story has been translated into 42 languages and was adapted(改编) into a movie.
The little prince lives on a small planet alone. He leads a happy life. One day the winds brings him a seed. The seed then turns into the loveliest flower he has ever seen. He takes good care of the flower, but finally he decides to leave it and his planet in search for a secret—the most important thing in his life.
During his journey in space, the little prince meets a king, a businessman, a lamplighter and a geographer. They all live alone on different planets. At last he finds out the secret from a fox of the Earth. Before he returns to his planet, he tells his secret to the writer of the book, whom he meets in the desert. The secret is: the power of love.
When you read this touching and sincere story of the little prince, you can’t help smiling and feeling the beauty of life and love in your heart.
1. Where did the writer of The Little Prince come from?
A. England B. France
C. America D. Canada
2.After reading the passage, we can’t know______.
A. who wrote the book
B. when the book was published
C. what is the book about
D. who adapted the book into a movie
3.Who told the little prince the secret?
A. A fox. B. A king.
C. A geographer. D. A businessman.
4. The underlined word “ touching” means “_______”in Chinese.
A. 无聊的 B. 感人的 C. 惊讶的 D. 失望的
5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The story has been translated into 24 languages.
B. The secret is the power of knowledge.
C. The little prince met the writer of the book in the desert.
D. The king, the businessman, the lamplighter and the geographer live on the same planet.
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The Little Prince was written by a French pilot and writer Antoine de Saint—Exupery. It is one of the most famous books around the world. It was published in 1943. This story has been translated into 42 languages and was adapted(改编) into a movie.
The little prince lives on a small planet alone. He leads a happy life. One day the winds brings him a seed. The seed then turns into the loveliest flower he has ever seen. He takes good care of the flower, but finally he decides to leave it and his planet in search for a secret—the most important thing in his life.
During his journey in space, the little prince meets a king, a businessman, a lamplighter and a geographer. They all live alone on different planets. At last he finds out the secret from a fox of the Earth. Before he returns to his planet, he tells his secret to the writer of the book, whom he meets in the desert. The secret is: the power of love.
When you read this touching and sincere story of the little prince, you can’t help smiling and feeling the beauty of life and love in your heart.
1.After reading the passage, we can’t know______.
A. who wrote the book
B. when the book was published
C. what is the book about
D. who adapted the book into a movie
2.Who told the little prince the secret?
A. A fox. B. A king.
C. A geographer. D. A businessman.
3.The underlined word “ touching” means “_______”in Chinese.
A. 无聊的 B. 感人的
C. 惊讶的 D. 失望的
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The story has been translated into 24 languages.
B. The secret is the power of knowledge.
C. The little prince met the writer of the book in the desert.
D. The king, the businessman, the lamplighter and the geographer live on the same planet.
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