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新目标(Go for it)版初中英语九年级上学期 Unit 9 I like music that I can dance to. 第4课时SectionB 2a~2e 同步练习

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    A long time ago, there was a king who liked music so much that he ordered his men to get him the best instrument in the world.

    One day, a young man offered the king a harp (竖琴). The king took it to the palace, but when he started playing it, the harp was out of tune.

    Many other musicians tried it, and they agreed that the harp was useless(没用的) and the king had been cheated. The harp was thrown out as rubbish.

    A poor little girl later found the harp. And even though she did not know how to play, she decided to have a try. She played and played, for months and years, always with the harp out of tune, but she played better and better.

    Then one day, suddenly, the harp began to play the most beautiful music. It was a magic harp, and could only be played well by someone willing to spend much time practicing.

    One day, the king heard the music from his window, and the girl was invited to the palace. When the king saw the girl playing the harp, he was full of joy. At that moment he made the girl his private musician, giving her and her family lots of money.

(1)、________ found the harp later after it was thrown.
A、The king B、A musician C、A little girl D、A young man
(2)、The girl could play the harp well because ________.
A、she had musical talent B、she liked musical instruments C、an excellent musician taught her D、she tried her best to practice it
(3)、The king felt very ________ when he heard the girl playing the harp.
A、angry B、glad C、bored D、bad
(4)、Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A、Some musicians thought the harp was magic when they first tried it. B、The little girl didn't know how to play the harp at first. C、One day the harp played the most wonderful piece of music. D、The little girl became the king's musician in the end.
(5)、What is the best title for this passage?
A、An intelligent king B、A poor girl C、A magic harp D、How to play the harp
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阅读下列短文, 从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将相应字母编号涂黑。

The Man of Many Secrets

    Harry Houdini was one of the greatest American entertainers(表演者·演艺人员) in the theater this century. He was a man famous for his escapes-from prison cells(囚室), from wooden boxes floating in rivers, from locked tanks full of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his “magic” tricks.

    Of course, his secret was not magic, or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had ability to move his toes as well as to move his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.

Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in a New York club. They called themselves the Houdini brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant, but for a long time they were not successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape, in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspaperman to watch. It was the publicity(名声) that came from this that started Harry Houdini's success.

    Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs(手铐) and toes trained to escape from ankle chains(脚镣), but his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck-and a small skeleton key(万能钥匙), which is a key that fits many locks passed quickly from her mouth to his.

    Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local jail of every town he visited. In the afternoon the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result? Worldwide fame, and a name remembered today.

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