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浙江省衢州市风华外国语学校2024-2025学年九年级上学期第三次质量检测英语试卷
Once upon a time, in a small village, there lived a group of people who were known for their complaining(抱怨). They met at the town 1 every day, and their talks were always sad and negative (消极的). It seemed like 2 could ever change their minds or lift their spirits.
One sunny afternoon, a wise man entered the village. He had 3 the villagers and their habit of complaining, and he decided to pay them a visit. As he got closer to the group, he listened quietly to their problems and then did something 4 .
He said, "I have a joke for you all." The villagers, surprised by this sudden stop, fell silent and looked at the wise man.
He told them a joke, and happily, they all laughed out loud. Their 5 was heard all over the square, a sound that didn't happen in their daily conversations.
The wise man was encouraged and 6 to tell the joke again. This time, only 7 people smiled.
8 , the wise man told the joke for the third time. 9 they had laughed at the joke before, this time all the villagers looked at him with confused expressions.
The man smiled and said, "You're not going to laugh at the 10 joke more than once. So, why do you 11 to complain about the same problems over and over again?"
The villagers were surprised by the wise man's 12 . They had never considered that always complaining was doing them more 13 than good. They realized that they could change 14 they look at things and choose happiness over sadness. From then on, the villagers tried hard to think positively. They still talked about their problems, but they also started to 15 their joys and successes. The town square became a place of laughter and hope.
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