Once there was a farmer who owned a donkey. The donkey was now too ________ to work. One day, it fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer thought neither the donkey nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. ________ he called his neighbors together. He told them ________ had happened and asked them to help carry dirt to bury the old donkey in the well. At the beginning, the donkey was very sad. But as more and more dirt hi his back, an idea came to him: he should shake it off and climb up! “Shake it off and climb up! he told himself again and again. No matter how it ________, the old donkey fought hard to shake the dirt off and climb up! Before long the tired old donkey had stepped over the wall of that well! The dirt hadn’t ________ him, but had helped him. It was all because of his attitude that he saved himself.
1.A.fat B.lazy C.old D.slow
2.A.And B.But C.Because D.So
3.A.how B.what C.which D.that
4.A.tried B.fell C.hurt D.threw
5.A.killed B.carried C.helped D.buried
九年级英语完型填空简单题
Once there was a farmer who owned a donkey. The donkey was now too ________ to work. One day, it fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer thought neither the donkey nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. ________ he called his neighbors together. He told them ________ had happened and asked them to help carry dirt to bury the old donkey in the well. At the beginning, the donkey was very sad. But as more and more dirt hi his back, an idea came to him: he should shake it off and climb up! “Shake it off and climb up! he told himself again and again. No matter how it ________, the old donkey fought hard to shake the dirt off and climb up! Before long the tired old donkey had stepped over the wall of that well! The dirt hadn’t ________ him, but had helped him. It was all because of his attitude that he saved himself.
1.A.fat B.lazy C.old D.slow
2.A.And B.But C.Because D.So
3.A.how B.what C.which D.that
4.A.tried B.fell C.hurt D.threw
5.A.killed B.carried C.helped D.buried
九年级英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析
Once there lived a farmer who owned a land along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Even after letting out several advertisements to look for someone to take care of his farm, no one seemed to sign up for it.
People were reluctant to work along the Atlantic, it had frequent storms. These storms were cruel, violent and destroyed every building and crop field they touched.
After months of advertising and request refusals, a man came to the farmer for the job. “Do you have any skills or experience to work on a farm like this?” the farmer asked him.
“Well, I may not have enough experience, but I can sleep when the wind blows,” replied the man.
Although the farmer wasn’t sure if the man was the right person for the job, the farmer was too desperate to have someone to help him on the field that he hired him anyway. The man worked well around the farm. The farmer was pretty satisfied with the man.
Then one stormy night, the strong wind blew hard and woke the farmer. The farmer immediately got off his bed and headed towards the quarter where his helper was sleeping.
“Wake up!” the farmer shouted, throwing the soundly asleep man off the bed, “A storm is coming. Tie things down before they get blown away.”
The man sat up and said, “No, sir. I told you I can sleep when the wind blows.”
The farmer turned red with fury after listening to this. He controlled all his will to fire the man because at the moment it was more important to secure his fields and barn than to argue with his helper. The farmer ran out to tie the things up and was surprised by what he saw.
All of the chickens were in the cages, the cows were in the barn, the doors were closed, and the shutters were firmly secured. Everything was tied down so that nothing could be blown away.
The farmer smiled. Now, he understood what the man meant by when he said he could sleep when the wind blew. He went off to bed and slept soundly through the storm.
Word Bank
desperate 急切的hire 雇佣 secure 保 护 barn 谷仓; 畜棚
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1.What does the underlined word “reluctant” mean?
A.不情愿的 B.很失望的 C.极震惊的 D.有信心的
2.Why did the farmer decide to hire the man?
A.Because the man said he was really experienced.
B.Because the man could sleep well when the wind blew.
C.Because the farmer believed the man could do things well.
D.Because the farmer wanted the man to have a try for the job.
3.How did the farmer feel at first when the man refused to get up on that stormy night?
A.Excited. B.Worried. C.Angry. D.Surprised.
4.Why did the farmer smile in the end?
A.Because the storm became weak.
B.Because he understood what the man meant.
C.Because the man helped him get all things done.
D.Because he successfully tied all things up by himself.
5.What can we learn from this text?
A.When you’re prepared, you have nothing to fear.
B.Life is always full of chances if you try hard enough.
C.Don’t worry too much about things that may never come.
D.It’s difficult to wake up a person that pretends to be sleeping.
九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析
There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn (谷仓). The watch was only cheap but was very ____36 to him because it was a gift from his father.
After _37 __ the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for __38 __ from a group of children playing nearby.
He __39 __ them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded.
Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn ___40 __. They searched everywhere but still could not find the __41 ___. Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another ___42___.
The farmer looked at him and thought, “ Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”
So the farmer __43 _ the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he ___44__ where the rest had failed.
The boy replied, “ I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch.”
This shows us that sometimes a __45__ mind can think better than an excited one.”
1.A. important B. expensive C. useless D. interesting
2.A. finding B. searching C. watching D. studying
3.A. money B. danger C. work D. help
4.A. promised B. taught C. warned D. believed
5.A. angrily B. slowly C. immediately D. hardly
6.A. rule B. book C. child D. watch
7.A. way B. chance C. lesson D. smile
8.A. threw B. sent C. gave D. caught
9.A. came B. knew C. succeeded D. suggested
10.A. beautiful B. smart C. peaceful D. quick
九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
There was once a farmer who lost his watch in his barn ( 仓库 ). The watch was only cheap but it was very ________ to him because it was a present from his father. After ________ the barn for a long time ,he gave up and asked for ________ from a group of children playing nearby.
He promised them that the person who ________ the watch would be rewarded ( 奖赏 ).
Hearing this , the children hurried inside the barn at once . They searched ________ but still could not find the watch . Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another ________.
The farmer looked at him and thought , “ Why not ? ________, this kid does look honest .”
So the farmer sent the little boy back to the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand ! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he ________ where the rest had failed.
The boy ________ , “ I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch .”
This shows us that sometimes a peaceful mind can think _______ than an excited one .
1.A. important B. expensive C. useless D. interesting
2.A. finding B. searching C. watching D. studying
3.A. money B. danger C. work D. help
4.A. saw B. found C. looked D. watched
5.A. somewhere B. anywhere C. nowhere D. everywhere
6.A. way B. chance C. lesson D. present
7.A. In all B. That’s all C. After all D. Above all
8.A. came B. knew C. succeeded D. stopped
9.A. spoke B. added C. talked D. replied
10.A. badly B. better C. worse D. Well
九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Once there was once a farmer who was always criticizing his wife. One day, she was so angry with him that she said, "I’m going to work in the fields. You can do my work in the house. Let’s see how w1. you do it!"
The man’s first task was to make the butter. The work soon made him t2., so he went down to the cellar to drink some wine. While he was opening the barrel(桶), he heard the pig come into the house and knock over the butter dish.
He ran back upstairs to stop the pig from doing more d3., forgetting to put the cork(软木塞) back in the wine barrel.By the time he had chased the pig out of the kitchen, it was lunchtime.
He put the soup on to boil, and then remembered that he had not f4. the cow yet. There wasn’t time to take the cow out to the field, so he decided to take it onto the roof. There it could eat the grass that grew among the tiles(瓦片).
It wasn’t easy getting the cow onto the roof, but at last he s5.. To make sure that it did not fall off, he tied it to the chimney with a rope.
He did not want it to burn, so to get to the kitchen quickly, he decided to lower himself down the chimney.
He tied one end of the r6. to his foot and the other end to the cow. He had just reached the kitchen when the cow slipped and fell off the roof.The first thing his wife saw when she came home was the cow hanging from the rope, so she cut it loose.When the woman entered the house, she saw the floor covered with butter, the cellar flooded with wine and her husband upside down with his head in the soup!
The farmer p7. never to complain again if his wife would do the housework in the future.
九年级英语短文填空极难题查看答案及解析
There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard(橄榄果园). He was hard-working, but his three sons hated farm work. When the farmer was dying, he called the three sons to him and said, "My sons, there is a pot (罐子) of gold hidden in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you want it."
The sons tried to get him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden; but he would tell them nothing more.
After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.
They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them. But no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it. The three sons were rather disappointed to have all their work for nothing.
The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, "There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you want it."
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.What did the farmer leave for his sons when he died?
A. A pot of gold. B.A large house
C. An apple orchard D. An olive orchard
2.Why did the farmer’s sons begin to work in the orchard?
A.Because they liked farm work.
B. Because farm work was very exciting.
C. Because they wanted to find gold.
D. Because someone put a pot of gold in the orchard.
3.After they dug up all the soil of the orchard, the farmer’s sons were very ___________.
A.excited B. disappointed
C. moved D. interested
4.What does the underlined word “bore” mean ________in Chinese?
A.结出 B.爆发 C.承受 D.回报
5.Which of the following has the similar meaning of the old farmer’s words?
A. The keys to your wealth(财富) are in your hand
B. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
C. One is never too old to learn.
D. Two heads are better than one.
九年级英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
There was once a farmer who lived near a road. It was not a road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm.
Near the farm gate, there was a large in the road. This hole was always full of water.
The drivers of the cars that passed by could not how deep the hole was. They thought it was probably shallow (浅的). Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive because it was very deep.
The farmer did not spend much time on his farm. He spent most of time watching the hole. When a car drove into it, he pulled the car out with his tractor (拖拉机) and demanded a lot of for doing this.
One day, a driver of a car said to him: “You must make a lot of money by pulling cars out of this hole .”
“Oh, no,” the farmer said. “I don’t pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill the hole with water.”
1.A. busy B. wide C. nice
2.A. stone B. bag C. hole
3.A. understand B. see C. hear
4.A. out B. away C. along
5.A. walking B. living C. working
6.A. food B. money C. questions
7.A. day and night B. from now on C. again and again
九年级英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Once there lived a farmer called Henry. He had a brother, Mike, in town who was an excellent gardener. His skill and his beautiful trees were everywhere.
One day, Henry went to town to visit Mike. "Look, my brother," said Mike, "Here is the best tree from my garden. Take it home and it so that you, and your children, and your children's children can enjoy it.” Henry was with the apple tree and went back home. The next morning, he began to where he should plant it.
"If I plant it on the hill,” said he to himself, "the wind might catch it and flown the fruit; If I plant it close to the road, people who pass by will pick some of them; But if I plant it ..."
he planted the tree in the comer behind his house, where no one else could notice it. But the tree bore(结出) no fruit the first year, nor the second. Then Henry sent for his brother and said to him , “You have cheated me. This is the third year and it bring me but leaves.
When Mike saw where the tree was planted, he laughed and said, "You have planted the tree in such a cold corner without or warmth. How, then, could you expect flowers and fruil?"
1.A. simple B. famous C. similar D. common
2.A. pear B. grape C. apple D. banana
3.A. sell B. wash C. hide D. plant
4.A. tired B. patient C. pleased D. popular
5.A. learn B. wonder C. realize D. understand
6.A. put B. cut C. push D. shake
7.A. Finally B. Firstly C. Luckily D. Certainly
8.A. happily B. angrily C. kindly D. carelessly.
9.A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything
10.A. air B. earth C. water D. sunlight
九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
There was once a hardworking farmer who had a fine olive orchard (橄榄果园). But his three sons farm work. When the farmer was , he called the three sons to him and said: “My sons, there is a of gold hidden in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you it.” The sons tried to him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden, but he would tell them more.
After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold. they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money. They dug until they had the soil from one end of the orchard to the other. But no pot of gold was to be found. The three sons were very to have done all their work for nothing.
The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given; when the fruit was , it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
When they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant.
1.A. enjoyed B. hated C. cared D. minded
2.A. sick B. lonely C. dead D. dying
3.A. box B. bag C. pot D. bucket
4.A. miss B. hate C. care D. want
5.A. make B. order C. let D. get
6.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
7.A. Since B. And C. So D. But
8.A. turned up B. turned on C. turned over D. turned around
9.A. uncomfortable B. disappointed C. angry D. worried
10.A. picked B. collected C. sold D. found
九年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
Once there lived a farmer called Henry. He had a brother, Mike, in town who was an excellent gardener. His skill and his beautiful trees were everywhere.
One day, Henry went to town to visit Mike. “Look, my brother,” said Mike, “Here is the best tree from my garden. Take it home and it so that you, and your children, and your children’s children can enjoy it.” Henry was with the apple tree and went back home. The next morning, he began to where he should plant it.
“If I plant it on the hill,” he said to himself, “the wind might catch it and down the fruit; If I plant it close to the road, people who pass by will pick some of them; but if I plant it…”
he planted the tree in the corner behind his house, where no one else could notice it. But the tree bore（结出）no fruit the first year, nor the second. Then Henry sent for his brother and said to him , “You have cheated me. This is the third year and it brings me but leaves.”
When Mike saw where the tree was planted, he laughed and said, “You have planted the tree in such a cold corner without or warmth. How, then, could you expect flowers and fruit?”
1.A.simple B.famous C.similar D.common
2.A.pear B.grape C.apple D.banana
3.A.sell B.wash C.hide D.plant
4.A.tired B.patient C.pleased D.popular
5.A.learn B.wonder C.realize D.understand
6.A.put B.cut C.push D.shake
7.A.Finally B.Firstly C.Luckily D.Certainly
8.A.happily B.angrily C.kindly D.carelessly
【小题9 】A.nothing B.something C.everything D.anything
9.A.air B.earth C.water D.sunlight
九年级英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析