阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成句子。Once upon a time ， a hippo ...

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成句子。

Once upon a time ， a hippo (河马）lived in a river next to a big tree. One day, a bird came and nested (筑巢）in the tree. The songs of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy (羡慕） that he couldn't think of anything else. Every day he would think why he wasn't born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was so lucky to be so big and such a good swimmer.

Finally, the hippo made up his mind that he would come out of the river, climb the tree and start singing. However, when he tried to climb the tree, it was very clear that the hippo didn’t have wings ， nor claws (爪子）to climb with.

Realizing that he would never climb up the tree, he angrily hit the tree until it came crashing (坠落）to the ground. Then he stepped onto the leaves of the fallen tree,and began singing.

Unfortunately (不幸地)，all that came from his mouth were terrible noises and when the other animals heard this, they all came around to make fun of the hippo.

He was so ashamed by this. He also felt bad about having knocked the tree over. He used all his strength (力气）to raise the tree back up again ， and looked after it until it completely recovered (康复).

1.The hippo envied the bird because the bird __________.

2.The hippo tried to climb the tree, but finally he __________.

3.Then he was so angry that __________ and began singing on the leaves of the fallen tree.

4.Unfortunately, the sound he made was so __________ that the other animals all laughed at him.

5.At last he felt __________ about what he had done.

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Once upon a time, a hippo(河马) lived in a river next to a big tree.

One day, a bird came and nested(筑巢) in the tree. The songs of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy(羡慕) that he couldn't think of anything else. Every day he would think why he wasn't born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was so lucky to be so big and such a good swimmer.

Finally, the hippo made up his mind that he would come out of the river, climb the tree, and start singing. However, when he tried to climb the tree, it__was__very__clear__that__the__hippo__didn't__have__wings,__nor__claws__to__climb__with.

Realizing that he would never climb up the tree, he angrily hit the tree until it came crashing to the ground. Then he stepped onto the leaves of the fallen tree, and began singing.

Unfortunately, hippos can't sing, either. All that came from his mouth were terrible noises, and when the other animals heard this, they all came around to make fun of the hippo.

He was so ashamed by this. He also felt bad about having knocked the tree over. He used all his strength to raise the tree back up again, and look after it until it completely recovered(康复)．

From this experience, the hippo knew it's wrong to do something against his nature.

30题完成句子；31～32题简略回答问题；33题写下本文的主题句；34题将文中画线句子译成汉语。

1.The hippo envied the bird because ____________________.

2.Did the bird envy the hippo as well?

________________________________________________________________________

3.What did the hippo do after he knocked down the tree?

________________________________________________________________________

4.________________________________________________________________________

5.________________________________________________________________________

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Once upon a time，a hippo （河马）lived in a river next to a big tree．

One day，a bird came and nested （筑巢）in the tree．The songs of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy （羡慕）that he couldn’t think of anything else．Every day he would think why he wasn’t born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was so lucky to be so big and such a good swimmer．

Finally，the hippo made up his mind that he would come out of the river，climb the tree and start singing．However，when he tried to climb the tree，it was very clear that the hippo didn’t have wings，nor claws to climb with．

Realizing that he would never climb up the tree，he angrily hit the tree until it came crashing to the ground．Then he stepped onto the leaves of the fallen tree，and began singing．

Unfortunately，hippos can’t sing，either．All that came from his mouth were terrible noises，and when the other animals heard this，they all came around to make fun of the hippo．

He was so ashamed by this．He also felt bad about having knocked the tree over．He used all his strength to raise the tree back up again，and look after it until it completely recovered．（康复）．

1.The hippo envied the bird because　　　 ．

A. he could fly high

B. he could build a nest

C. he could sing well

D. he could live in the tree

2.After reading this passage，we know　　　 ．

A. the writer is telling us a true story

B. the story happened on an autumn day

C. the bird thought he was luckier than the hippo

D. the hippo tried to do something against his nature．

3.The hippo in this story　　　 ．

A. was happy all the time

B. did not respect his friends

C. liked to talk a lot but did nothing

D. corrected his mistake when he realized it

4.From the passage，we can infer（推断） that the hippo would　　　 after such an experience．

A. be a good singer

B. be good at climbing trees

C. stop envying the bird

D. not make friends with other animals

5.The best title of this passage may be“　　　 ”．

A. The hippo that wished to sing

B. The tree that was knocked over

C. The bird that wished to swim

D. The animals that were in high spirits．

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阅读表达,阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Once upon a time there lived a poor farmer called Smith. He didn’t like to share things with others. Smith had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apples he grew.

One day, his friend gave Smith a young apple tree and told him to take it home and planted. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but when he got home, he did not know where to plant. He thought and thought. Finally at night he planted the tree in his wood where no one could see it. But without sunlight and good soil, the tree soon died.

Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place.

“What’s the difference?” the farmer said angrily. ”If I had planted it near the road, strangers would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted it in one of my fields, my neighbors would have come at night and stolen some of the apples. If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the fruit,” “Yes,” said the friend, “but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have got nothing, but also you have destroyed a good apple tree.”

1.Was Smith happy about the gift?

______________________________________________________________

2.When did he plant the apple tree?

______________________________________________________________

3.Where did Smith plant the apple tree in the end?

______________________________________________________________

4.Why did the apple tree soon die?

______________________________________________________________

5.What would probably happen if the farmer had planted the tree near his house?

______________________________________________________________

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Once upon a time, a hippo lived in a river next to a big tree.

One day, a bird came and nested in the tree. The songs of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy(羡慕) that he couldn’t think of anything else. Every day he would think why he wasn’t born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was so lucky to be so big and such a good swimmer.

Finally，the hippo made up his mind that he would come out of the river, climb the tree, and start singing. However，when he tried to climb the tree, it was very clear that the hippo didn’t have wings, nor claws to climb with.

Realizing that he would never climb up the tree, he angrily hit the tree until it came crashing on the ground. Then he stepped onto the leaves of the fallen tree, and began singing.

Unfortunately, hippos can't sing, either. All that came from his mouth were terrible noises, and when the other animals heard this, they all came around to make fun of the hippo.

He was so ashamed by this. He also felt bad about having knocked the tree over. He used all his strength to raise the tree back up again, and look after it until it completely recovered.

1.The hippo envied the bird because the bird ________.

A.had wings to fly B.could nest in the tree

C.was good at building a nest D.could sing very well

2.After the hippo realized that he couldn’t climb the tree, 　　　 　　 .

A.he tried to climb it again B.he hit the tree angrily

C.he soon felt ashamed of himself D.he ran away angrily

3.Which of the following is in the right order according to the passage?

a.　　 The hippo made great efforts to raise the tree back.

b. The bird came and built a nest in the tree.

c. The bird told the hippo that he was a good swimmer.

d. The other animals laughed at the hippo.

e. The hippo tried to climb the tree.

A.b-c-e-d-a B.c-e-d-b-a C.b-d-c-e-a D.c-b-d-e-a

4.According to this passage，we can infer that the hippo would 　　　　　　 after such an experience.

A.be good at singing B.not make friends with other animals

C.stop envying the bird D.learn how to climb trees

5.The best title of the passage may be “　　　　　　　　 ”.

A.The bird that could sing well B.The hippo that was envied

C.The bird that wished to swim D.The hippo that wished to sing

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。

Once upon a time there lived a poor farmer called Smith. He didn't like to share things with others. Smith had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apples he grew.

One day, his friend gave Smith a young apple tree and told him to take it home and planted.

The farmer was pleased with the gift, but when he got home, he did not know where to plant He thought and thought. Finally at night he planted the tree in his wood where no one could see it. But without sunlight and good soil, the tree soon died.

Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place.

"What's the difference?" the farmer said angrily. "If I had planted it near the road, strangers would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted it in one of my fields, my neighbors would have come at night and stolen some of the apples. If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the fruit,"

"Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have got nothing, but also you have destroyed a good apple tree."

1.Was Smith happy about the gift?　 ______________________________

2.When did he plant the apple tree?　 ______________________________

3.Where did Smith plant the apple tree in the end? ______________________________

4.Why did the apple tree soon die? ______________________________

5.What would probably happen if the farmer had planted the tree near his house? ___________

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根据所给首字母提示，完成短文。

Once upon a time there lived in Germany two brothers named Jacob Grim and William Grim. They liked to listen to old stories and then wrote them down. Then they had enough stories to make a book. You can guess the n 1.________ of their book! It is Grimms’ Fairy Tales (《格林童话》)

The story of this little book began when the brothers were still at school. And it started w 2.  a good teacher. This teacher liked to find out how things happened. S 3.________ the two brothers were doing the same thing. They asked questions and then looked for a 4.________ to them.

Among the q 5.________  the brothers asked were. “Who made up the old fairy tales?” “Who first told about Cinderella (灰姑娘)?” “Who made up the story of Snow White and the story of Sleeping Beauty?”

They found that no one knew the answers to such questions. The tales were made up in very early times. Most of them were made up in days before people knew h 6.________ to write. People told the stories to one another and to their children. But only few still r 7.________ them. “When these old people die, the stories will d 8.________ with them.” said the brothers. We must write d 9.________ all the stories we can find.”

Jacob and William hunted for stories for five years. At last they had 89 tales. Just before Christmas in 1812 and first book was published.

People loved the book! They asked for more fairy stories. So the two brothers published two m 10.________ books. In all, they collected 210 stories to put into their books.

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读下面一段短文，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

Once upon a time, there lived a family of 　 1.　 (mouse) in the kitchen. One Saturday morning Father Mouse and his son felt hungry and came out for food. While they 　 2.　 ( look) for food, they saw a big cat. Baby Mouse was very afraid and climbed onto his 3. (father) back. Father Mouse shouted at the cat. “Woof, woof!” The cat ran away 　 4. (quick). “Wow, dad, you’re great!” said Baby Mouse. “Well, son, that’s why it’s important to learn a 5.　 (two) language.” answered Father Mouse.

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完形填空　 阅读短文, 从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Once upon a time, a little fish lived in a pond. But she wanted to go to the forest. The pond was deep, and high banks keep it from the view of the forest. Wanting to see the forest, the fish would jump out of water now and then, reaching 　 ______　 over the pond with the strength of her tail. It seemed to her that, with a little more effort, she could fly, but unfortunately each time she would fall right back into the 　 ______　 .

The fish’s mother—a big fish with kind eyes would 　 ______, “What would you want the forest for? We fish must live in water, and that is the way it is.”

The fish would answer, “I want to go to the forest and that is my 　 ______ . And it must come true.”

So she went to the little fairy(仙子) who had been friends with her for her whole life and pleaded(恳求), “Oh little fairy! I have been living in the water all the time. Now I am ______　 my small world. I want to see those big trees covered with beautiful flowers, leaves and fruits. I want to meet______ and animals.”

To make her friend happy, the little fairy swung her little wand(魔杖). The rain started falling on the earth, and a few days later, the forest around the pond was covered with water,

______　 the small pond into a lake. The fish swam to the forest. How 　　 ______ it was! The fish was very excited because her dream would come true soon.

“Hello,” the fish said to the flowers and the trees. She ______　 on and saw animals sitting on fallen trees which were sticking out of the water. But as soon as she swam closer to the trees, she saw that all the animals were very sad. “ We are without ______　 . The water has flooded the whole forest,” the animals told the fish ______　 . All this made the fish very unhappy.

“I am 　 ______　 with this rain but my friends—trees and animals are quite unhappy. Oh little fairy! Please ______　 the rain. I will go back to my pond. I will be more pleased when trees, animals and birds are happy,” pleaded the fish. The water began to ______　 , and the animals were very glad and ran off, and the fish 　 ______ to the pond and she was happier than ever before.

The art of happiness is to serve all. To be really happy, we must think not only of how we can help ourselves, but how we can help others.

1.A. lower　　 B. farther　 C. higher　　 D. faster

2.A. land　　　 B. pond　　 　　 C. lake　　 D. forest

3.A. say　　　 B. speak　　 　 C. shout　　 D. laugh

4.A. way　　　 B. dream　 　　 C. reply　　 D. future

5.A. pleased with　　 B. angry with　　 C. tired of　　 D. worried about

6.A. friends　　 B. insects　　 C. fish　　 D. birds

7.A. rushing　　 B. taking　 C. going　 　 D. turning

8.A. beautiful　 B. terrible　 C. quiet　　 D. noisy

9.A. insisted B. jumped　　 C. walked　 D. swam

10.A. food　　 　 B. water　　 C. sunshine D. idea

11.A. excitedly B. happily　　 C. hopefully D. sadly

12.A. unhappy　　 B. happy　　 　 C. sorry　　 D. busy

13.A. continue　 B. stop　　 　 C. restart　　 D. keep

14.A. rise　　 　 B. appear　 C. fall　　 　 D. lose

15.A. went　　 　 B. came　　 　 C. returned　 D. rushed

九年级英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

完形填空　 阅读下面短文，从短文后每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Once upon a time there lived a wise king who wanted to marry off his favorite daughter. He 1.　　 how he could find the right person. Finally, the king had an　　 2.　 . He decided to hold a contest(比赛) to decided which gentleman would achieve this great honor. The king ordered that anyone　 3.　　 wanted to marry the princess must report to the palace. To win his daughter, a man must fill up a whole room with a(an)　 4.　 thing very quickly.

The first brave man anived at the palace. He brought bags full of feathers. With great　 5. , he started to fill the large room with feathers, but time ran out and he failed.

　　　 The next day, 　　 6.　 young man tried to quickly fill the room, this time with beautiful silk. Time ran out again, and he left the palace　 7.　 .

　　　 The contest　 went on day afterday, 　 8.　　 contestants hoped to pass the test but no one　 9. . The king began to lose heart. Wasn’t anyone in the kingdom qualified(有资格的)to many the beatiful princess?

　　　 One day, a young man arrived at the palace empty-handed. The king wondered how this man planned to win the contest. Entering the room, the young man 　 10.　 the lights. He reached into his pocket, got a small　 11.　 and lit it. In no time, the light filled the whole room.

　　　 The king was very happy because he had found the perfect match for his lovely daughter.

　　　 To get through a problem, sometimes we must　 12.　 the way we’re thinking about it. We need to re-educate ourselves by looking at the problem in a different way.

13.A.surprised　　　　 B.wondered　　　　　 C.hoped　　　　 D.recognized

14.A.opinion　　　　　 B.impression　　　　　 C.idea　　　　　 D.opportunity

15.A.whom　　　　　　 B.who　　　　　　　　　 C.which　　　　 D.why

16.A.expensive　　　　 B.cheap　　　　　　　　 C.heavy　　　　 D.light

17.A.confidence　　　 B.doubt　　　　　　　　 C.shame　　　　 D.sadness

18.A.the other　　　　 B.another　　　　　　　 C.any other　　 D.other

19.A.disappointed　　 B.happily　　　　　　　 C.excited　　　　 D.freely

20.A.hundred　　　　　 B.Hundred of　　　　　 C.Hundreds　　 D.Hundreds of

21.A.success　　　　　　 B.succeeded　　　　　　 C.successful　　 D.successfully

22.A.put off　　　　　　 B.put up　　　　　　　　 C.put out　　　　 D.put down

23.A.candle　　　　　　 B.ice　　　　　　　　　　 C.stone　　　　 D.gold

24.A.follow　　　　　　 B.change　　　　　　　　 C.turn　　　　　 D.make

九年级英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析