题型：完形填空 题类： 难易度：普通
广东省惠州市小金茂峰学校2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷
One day, a rich and well-dressed lady came to see her doctor. She said to him that she thought her whole life was empty and it had no1 .
Her doctor thought for a while and called over the old lady who was cleaning the office floor, and then he said to the rich lady, "I'm going to ask Mary to tell you how she got2 . All I want you to do is to listen. "
So the old lady put down her broom(扫帚), sat on a chair and told her story, "Well, my husband3 illness and my only son was killed by a car. I lost all my families. I had nothing left. I felt4 and I couldn't sleep or eat. I even thought of taking my own life. Then on evening, a little5 followed me home from the hospital. It was cold outside, so I decided to let the cat in. I gave it some milk and food and it finished them very soon. Then it purred (咕噜叫)6 , and ran around me. And for the first time in months, I7 . Then I began to think. If feeding a little cat could make me smile, maybe doing something for people could make me happy too. So the next day, I made some biscuits and8 them to a neighbor who was sick in bed. She ate happily and thanked me. Every day I tried to do something9 for someone. It made me so happy. "
When the rich lady10 that, she cried. She had everything that money could buy, but she had lost the things which money couldn't buy.
A. hand B. telling C. real D. when E. happily F. many |
One evening, I invited a group of my friends to my house, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}them that I need their help for a study and it would take only a few minutes.
They all sat down nervously (紧张地) when they saw a recorder （录音器）in my{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Seeing that, I told a "lie" that there was only one small task (任务) for them—ｔhat was just to count from one to twenty.
Then each of them in turn counted from one to twenty. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}it was over, I pretended (假装) to turn the recorder off and brought some drinks for them. Enjoying the drinks, we started to talk and joke{#blank#}4{#/blank#}.
Well, my{#blank#}5{#/blank#} task began—to record each one's speech （发言）for a study.
My parents usually celebrate a special day by enjoying a special kind of wine called Canadian ice wine.
My mother once told me the story of ice wine. To make it. people must freeze grapes on the vine. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Sometimes. a great new product is invented by accident. And that's exactly how we got ice wine.
In the 1700s in Germany, a man was away from his farm in autumn. The weather suddenly turned cold and his grapes froze when he came back. How terrible! Anyway, the man tasted the grapes. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Then, he decided to use these grapes to make some wine. Guess what? {#blank#}3{#/blank#} For two centuries, Germany was the only place where ice wine was made.
Then, a Canadian got the idea that this kind of wine could be produced in Canada, After all, the winters are cold in Canada, and that's the main requirement for making ice wine. After hard work, some grap e farmers found the best process. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
The story of ice wine got me thinking. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} It's really hard to imagine the world without penicillin and the microwave. Penicillin has saved millions of lives. And the microwave has certainly changed the way we cook.
Life is sometimes like that. When we look for one thing, something even better comes along … if we keep our eyes and minds open.
A. To his surprise, the grapes tasted so sweet. B. People really liked his wine. C. What other inventions came about by accident? D. You might think this is strange, but it is true. E. And soon Canadian ice wine began to be sold all over the world. |
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