Once upon a time, there was a bird in a cage who sang for her merchant(商人) owner. He was very happy with her . Before he left for a business trip one day, he asked if she had a wish: “I will go through the forest where you were born. What should I take for the birds there?” The bird said, “Tell them I am full of sorrow in a cage singing my captive (被监禁的）song and I’m cut off from all of life’s sweet things. I hope it won’t be long before I can fly _ through the trees with them again.”
When the merchant reached the forest, he stopped and said, “Dear birds! to you all from my pretty bird locked in her cage. She asks for a from you. She wants to join you, but I would her beautiful song and cannot let her go.” Suddenly one bird screamed and to the ground.
Nothing else could be more shocking. The merchant thought it was dead. He continued on to the city and his goods. On returning home, the merchant said, “I do not know what happened. I told them your message. Then, one of them fell down dead.”
Suddenly the bird a terrible scream and fell on her head to the bottom of the cage. The merchant was terrified and wept in . He opened the cage door and took her into his hands carefully. The bird suddenly flew up, then out of the window and on the nearest tree. She turned to him and said gratefully,” I really appreciate your delivering my message. That bird instructed me how to my freedom. All I had to do was to pretend to be dead.”
1.A. cry B. poem C. speech D. song
2.A. report B. conversation C. message D. invitation
3.A. carefully B. proudly C. luckily D. freely
4.A. Thanks B. rewards C. Greetings D. Congratulations
5.A. reply B. story C. joke D. letter
6.A. avoid B. miss C. ignore D. quit
7.A. flew B. ran C. fell D. jumped
8.A. afforded B. served C. offered D. traded
9.A. let out B. worked out C. thought out D. found out
10.A. surprise B. interest C. hopelessness D. curiosity
11.A. hid B. started C. hit D. landed
12.A. fight B. treat C. win D. strike
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Once upon a time, there was a bird in a cage who sang for her merchant(商人) owner. He was very happy with her . Before he left for a business trip one day, he asked if she had a wish: “I will go through the forest where you were born. What should I take for the birds there?” The bird said, “Tell them I am full of sorrow in a cage singing my captive (被监禁的）song and I’m cut off from all of life’s sweet things. I hope it won’t be long before I can fly _ through the trees with them again.”
When the merchant reached the forest, he stopped and said, “Dear birds! to you all from my pretty bird locked in her cage. She asks for a from you. She wants to join you, but I would her beautiful song and cannot let her go.” Suddenly one bird screamed and to the ground.
Nothing else could be more shocking. The merchant thought it was dead. He continued on to the city and his goods. On returning home, the merchant said, “I do not know what happened. I told them your message. Then, one of them fell down dead.”
Suddenly the bird a terrible scream and fell on her head to the bottom of the cage. The merchant was terrified and wept in . He opened the cage door and took her into his hands carefully. The bird suddenly flew up, then out of the window and on the nearest tree. She turned to him and said gratefully,” I really appreciate your delivering my message. That bird instructed me how to my freedom. All I had to do was to pretend to be dead.”
1.A. cry B. poem C. speech D. song
2.A. report B. conversation C. message D. invitation
3.A. carefully B. proudly C. luckily D. freely
4.A. Thanks B. rewards C. Greetings D. Congratulations
5.A. reply B. story C. joke D. letter
6.A. avoid B. miss C. ignore D. quit
7.A. flew B. ran C. fell D. jumped
8.A. afforded B. served C. offered D. traded
9.A. let out B. worked out C. thought out D. found out
10.A. surprise B. interest C. hopelessness D. curiosity
11.A. hid B. started C. hit D. landed
12.A. fight B. treat C. win D. strike
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Once upon a time, there was a man 1. was very wealthy. He wanted to do something for the people in his village. 2. that, he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.
In the center of the main road into the village, he placed 3. very large stone. Then he 4. (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his horse.
“Who put this stone in the center of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. 5. man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove 6. . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, 7. (say) to himself, “The night 8. (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 9. (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! 10. the stone, he found a bag of money.
高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Once upon a time there was a painter who had just finished his course from a great painter. He wanted to assess his skills, so he decided to display one of his best works on a busy street.
He put his painting at a busy street-crossing. And below it a board read — "Gentlemen, I have painted this piece. Since I'm new, I might have made some mistakes in my work.________1.________"
When he came back in the evening to collect his painting, he was completely shocked to see that the whole painting was filled with crosses.
________2.________He burst into tears and said sadly, "I'm useless and if this is what I have learned to
paint, I'm not worth teaching."
The master smiled and suggested, "My son, I will prove that you are a great artist." The master told him, "Just paint the same painting once again and give it to me."
Then they went to the same street the next morning and displayed the same painting. The master took out another board which read — "Gentleman, I have painted this piece. Since I'm new, I might have made some mistakes. I have put a box with colors and brushes just below. Please dome a favor.________3.________"The master and the young painter went back home.
They visited the place in the evening. The young painter was surprised to see that actually there was not a single correction done!________4.________If you want to help people improve their behaviors, it is worth investing your effort in learning how to help people change their behaviors, attitudes and skills. Also, always remember not to get carried away or judge yourself by someone else's criticism and feel depressed as you are the best judge to judge yourself!
A．It is easy to criticize, but difficult to improve.
B．Please put a cross wherever you see a mistake.
C．Discouraged and broken, he ran to his master's place.
D．If you see a mistake, kindly pick up the brush and correct it.
E. Criticizing has the function of helping people improve themselves.
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Once upon a time there was a painter who had just finished his course from a great painter. He wanted to assess his skills, so he decided to display one of his best works on a busy street.
He put his painting at a busy street-crossing. And below it a board read — "Gentlemen, I have painted this piece. Since I'm new, I might have made some mistakes in my work.65 "
When he came back in the evening to collect his painting, he was completely shocked to see that the whole painting was filled with crosses.
66 He burst into tears and said sadly, "I'm useless and if this is what I have learned to
paint, I'm not worth teaching."
The master smiled and suggested, "My son, I will prove that you are a great artist." The master told him, "Just paint the same painting once again and give it to me."
Then they went to the same street the next morning and displayed the same painting. The master took out another board which read — "Gentleman, I have painted this piece. Since I'm new, I might have made some mistakes. I have put a box with colors and brushes just below. Please do
me a favor.67 "The master and the young painter went back home.
They visited the place in the evening. The young painter was surprised to see that actually there was not a single correction done!68 If you want to help people improve their behaviors, it is worth investing your effort in learning how to help people change their behaviors, attitudes and skills. Also, always remember not to get carried away or judge yourself by someone else's criticism and feel depressed as you are the best judge to judge yourself!
A. It is easy to criticize, but difficult to improve.
B. Please put a cross wherever you see a mistake.
C. Discouraged and broken, he ran to his master's place.
D. If you see a mistake, kindly pick up the brush and correct it.
E. Criticizing has the function of helping people improve themselves.
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Once upon a time there was a crook（骗子）who only thought about how to get money. What he hated most was when people were polite to each other, saying things like “please”, “thank you”, and “don’t mention it”.
The crook thought all those kinds of words were a waste, so he spent a lot of time inventing a machine which could steal words. With this machine, he planned to steal “please”, “thank you”, “don’t mention it”, and similar words people used to be polite. After he stole these words, he intended to take them apart and sell the letters to book publishers. After he started up his machine, people would open their mouths, intending to say kind and polite things, but nothing came out. All those words ended up inside the big machine.
The crook was happy with his success, but he didn’t count on (料想到)a couple of very special little girls. Those girls were deaf, and had to communicate with sign language. Because the machine couldn’t steal gestures, these girls continued being kind and polite. Soon they realized what had been happening to everyone else, and they found out about the crook and his plan. The girls followed him and found the machine busy separating all the words into letters. They approached the machine and started being polite to each other.
Try as it might, the machine couldn’t steal those words, and it started to suffer a power overload(超载). Finally, it exploded, sending all the letters it had gathered flying into the sky. These letters started coming down, like rain, and most ended up in the sea. After that, everyone could be polite again.
Seeing all those letters fall into the sea, those little girls had an idea. A little while later they opened a factory, making alphabetic spaghetti soup!
1.What the crook hated most was ______.
A．his machine B．money C．language D．politeness
2.The crook spent a lot of time inventing a machine to ______.
A．publish books B．steal words
C．write letters D．make alphabetic soup
3.Why did the machine have no effect on the two girls?
A．Because they were kind and polite.
B．Because they were very clever.
C．Because the machine couldn’t steal gestures.
D．Because there was something wrong with the machine.
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Once upon a time, there was a man from the State of Chu who loved his sword very much. One day, he was sitting in a boat1.(prepare)to cross a river, when he accidentally dropped his sword into the water. 2.he ship moving fast on and the water running, the people on board reminded that he should go into the water to find his beloved sword back. The man felt in great3.(anxious)too. However, he turned a deaf ear to that and instead, he 4.(immediate) took out a knife and made a notch(刻痕)on the side of the boat5.his dear sword fell. The people wondered why he did so. He said proudly the notch could help6.(get)his sword back. Shortly after the 7.(arrive)at the shore, he entered the water just beneath the notch he made. Though8.(spend)rather a long time, he returned empty-handed. Without doubt, he was laughed at in public and his story became9.well-known joke in China.
Today the idiom 10.(relate)to the story is used to describe a person who stick to rigid rules without considering a changing environment or describes an action made pointless by changing circumstances.
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Once upon a time, there was a man who was so famous that everyone in his country knew him.
One day, the famous man was sitting in a restaurant with his sister. “It must be great to be famous. Everyone tries to please you, and you can do whatever you want to,” said his sister. “It’s quite the opposite sometimes, in fact. Because I’m famous, I can’t do what I want to,” he denied. “But look, we’re sitting at the best table and eating the best food. We couldn’t sit here and eat this if you weren’t famous,” said his sister. “I’ll show you what I mean,” said he.
The next day, the famous man picked up his sister and took her to another country. “I’m not at all famous here,” he said. “Let’s see how we get on.” Soon they found a restaurant, but it was very busy, so they had to queue. “This wouldn’t have happened if you were famous,” said his sister, but the famous man just smiled.
When they finally got a table, it took the waiter years to bring what they ordered. And the food supposed to be hot was cold, and the food supposed to be cold was hot! Eventually, the famous man couldn’t stand any more and asked to see the manager. “This food is awful. We had to wait an hour for a seat, and the service is also very poor. Look, even my spoon is dirty!”
Showing his horribly yellow teeth, the manager, smiling, said, “Well, that’s just bad luck for you.”
“Don’t you know who I am?” asked the famous man.
“I’ve no idea,” replied the manager.
So the famous man and his sister ran away, without paying.
1.What’s the attitude of the man’s sister toward famous people?
A. Indifferent. B. Envious. C. Curious. D. Annoyed.
2.The famous man took his sister to another country to ________.
A. see how famous he was there B. enjoy the delicious food there
C. enjoy the beautiful views there D. see what would happen if no one knew him
3. In fact, the famous man thought that being famous ________.
A. was a thing worth taking pride in B. could bring him all he needed
C. was not all great with everything D. would enable him to travel abroad
4.The passage is written mainly ________.
A. to describe famous people’s life
B. to explain the importance of being famous
C. to show how to deal with problems in a restaurant
D. to show that famous people are watched more
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Once upon a time, there was a wonderful old man who loved everything on the land —— animals and plants.
One day while walking through the woods, the old man found a cocoon of a butterfly. He took it home. A few days later, a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther. Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and cut the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then came out easily.
But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, or they would be smaller. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled （枯萎）wings. It never was able to fly.
What the man in his kindness and hurry did not understand was that the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening was nature’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any difficulties, it would cripple (无能) us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. And we could never fly.
1.The old man cut the cocoon in order to ____.
A. kill the butterfly
B. play with the butterfly
C. make the butterfly come out easily
D. have the butterfly
2.The reason why the butterfly could not fly is that _____.
A. the old man broke its wings
B. it was too small
C. newly born butterflies can’t fly
D. it came out of its cocoon without enough struggle
3.What can we know from the passage?
A. That old man was fond of everything except the butterfly.
B. It was the old man that stopped the butterfly flying.
C. The old man realized his mistake.
D. It’s not hard for the butterfly to come out of the cocoon.
4.What does the author want to tell us by writing the passage?
A .We should help others.
B. Without others' help we can still succeed.
C. Struggles in our life can make us stronger.
D. Butterflies can fly without people’s help.
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Once upon a time there was a great man who married the woman of his dreams. With their love, they created a little girl. She was a bright and cheerful little girl and the great man loved her very much.
When the little girl was growing up, the great man would hug her and tell her, “ I love you, little girl.” The little girl would shout and say, “ I’m not a little girls anymore.” Then the man would laugh and say, “ But to me, you’ll always be my little girl.”
The little girl who- was- not- little- anymore left her home and went into the world. As she learned more about herself, she learned more about the man. She saw that he truly was great and strong, for now she recognized his strengths. One of his strengths was his ability to express his love to his family. It didn’t matter where she went in the world, the man would call her and say, “ I love you, little girl.”
The day came when the little girl who-was- not- little-anymore received a phone call. The great man was damaged. He had had a stroke(中风 ). He couldn’t talk anymore and they weren’t sure that he could understand the words spoken to him.
And so she went to the side of the great man. When she walked into the room and saw him, he looked small and not strong at all. He looked at her and tried to speak, but he could not.
The little girl did the only thing she could do. She climbed up on the bed next to the great man. Tears ran from both of their eyes and she drew her arms around the useless shoulders of her father.
Her head on his chest, she thought of many things. She remembered the wonderful times together and how she has always felt protected. And then she heard from within the man, the beat of his heart. The heart where the musid and the words had always lived. The heart beat on, steadily unconcerned about damage to the rest of the body. And while she rested there, the magic happened. She heard what she needed to hear.
His hear beat out the words that his mouth could no longer say…
I love you
I love you
I love you
Little girl
Little girl
Little girl
And she was comforted.
1. In the 2nd paragraph, the little girl showed her ____ by pouting.
A. displeasure B. disappointment C. agreement D. excitement
2. The following except ____ can be inferred as the consequences of the father’s stoke.
A. the loss of speaking ability B. the inability to move around
C. that his arms could no longer function properly D. the beat of his heart
3. The girl felt _____ when she returned home and saw her father in bed.
A. she was protected just as before B. she could never have left home
C. the difficulty of being old and sick D. the need to show him her love
4. Which statement is true according to the story?
A. The daughter left her home because she had a fight with her father.
B. The girl returned home when she got a letter from his father about his illness.
C. The father recovered as if by magic soon after the daughter’s return.
D．From the father’s example, the daughter learned how to express her love.
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（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a prosperous(繁荣的) country. One day, he went on a trip to1._______ distant area of his country. When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, 2._________ it was the first time that he had made such a long trip, and the road 3.__________ he went through was very rough and stony. He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country 4.________ leather.
Of course, this 5.__________ (cost) thousands of cows’ skin, and a huge amount of money. Then one of his wise servants risked his life in advising the king, “Do you have to spend that 6.__________ (necessary) amount of money? Why don’t you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?”
The king was shocked and angry, 7.__________ he later agreed to his suggestion, to make a “shoe’ for himself.
There is a 8._________ (value) lesson of life in this story: 9.__________ (make) this world a happy place to live in, you’d better change10._________ and not the world.
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