完形填空专项训练

一"UNGRATEFUL GUEST" Among the soldiers of King Philip there was a poor man who had done brave deeds. He had (1) the king in more ways than one, and so the king put (2) trust in him. One day (3) was on board of a ship at sea (4) a great storm came up. The winds drove the ship upon the (5) , and it was hroken into pieces. The soldier would have died there, (6) it not been for the kind care of a farmer who lived close by. When the soldier was (7) enough to go home, he thanked the farmer for what he had done,and     

脑筋弯弯绕

同学们,请读一读下面的小故事,再回答问题吧. (一) A wise king wants an honest (诚实的, 正直的)child to take his place on the throne (王座, 君主). He gives each of his 3 sons a pack of flower seeds (种子)and tells them that the one who grows the most beautiful flowers from these seeds will have his throne. Six months pass and the king checks (检查, 核对)the flowers. The first 2 had beautiful flower beds while the last child had nothing in his plot but weeds (野草)and no flowers. Yet(然而, 但是),the king chose this child to have the throne. Why?     

A Goose With Only One Leg（初三适用）

Once there was a clever farmer. Though he was poor,he decided one day to take a roast goose(烧鹅) to the king as a present. He had not had much that day, and soon the smell of the roast goose became too much for him as he carried it to the king, so he ate one of its legs.     

英语阅读理解分类练习

A friend of mine was sitting in the living room one day when his cat dragged in a little ＂gift＂ in his mouth--a dead animal of some sort. Taking a closer look, he was surprised to recog- nize the dead animal to be a bunny that belonged to a little girl who lived next door. Her name was Bonny. My friend felt terrible, believing his cat had killed Bonny＇s bunny.     

国王的高速公路

Once a king had a great highway built for the members of his kingdom.After it was completed, but before it was opened to the public(对公众开放), the king decided to have a contest. He invited as many as desired to participate (参加). Their challenge was to see who could travel the highway the best.     

在场就足够了(英文)

"What's the most important thing you've done in your life?" The most important thing I've ever done occurred on October 8, 1990. I began the day playing tennis with a secondary-school friend I hadn't seen for a while. Between points we talked about what had been happening in each other's lives. He and his wife had just had a baby boy, who was keeping them up at night.     

一罐金子(英文)

Once a farmer was put in prison. Even though(即使)this farmer was in prison,he wasn't a bad man. He hadn't done anything wrong. At this time the king's men were collecting money. The king needed money so that he could fight wars and the people had to pay a lot of taxes(税). Now this farmer didn't have any money. He told this to the king's men. When they came to his house,he said,"I can't give you any money. I am such a poor man that I've hardly got enough to live."The king’s m en laughed. …     

Where're Their Hands?

It happened about one hundred years ago.Mr Gaul,a____artist(画家),drew very well and the people in thesmall country____him.He often helped the poor but____the men who were had to the people.So the peopleliked him too. Once the king wanted Mr Gaul to draw a portrait(画像)for his____.He said to him,"You're the____artist in our country.I'm sure you're able to do it.Workhard,and I____you much." Of course the artist knew it was____for him torefuse(拒绝)and began to work.A few days later he____his work and gave the portrait to the king.____     

饭菜的香味要付钱买吗?

There is a fruit stand near a restaurant in thestreet.One day the salesgirl said to her friend thatshe had only plain meals every day,but thedelicious smells from the next kitchen of therestaurant made her meals very tasty indeed.     

卧薪尝胆

In the Spring and Autumn Period (B.C. 770-476), countries often fought each other. Once, the Yue Kingdom was defeated in a battle by the Wu Kingdom, so the king of the Yue kingdom Gou Jian had to go to the Wu Kingdom with his wife as servants of King Fu     

钥匙还是吻(英文)

A friend of mine was giving an English lesson to a class of adult who had recently come to live in the United States. After placing quite a number of everyday objects on a table, he asked various members of the class to give him the ruler, the book, the p…     

英语考试答题指南

Jack went out to Junch with his friend George who was very fat.George liked good food. They sat at a big round table in the restaurant.After a big meal they had some dessert(甜点） and drank several cups of coffee.     

Bicycle or Bull?

A burly professional wrestler was visiting his friend in a small town and one night they stayed a little too long at the pub. Not wanting to drive they decided to walk home. As they were crossing a farmers field a bull charged them. The wrestler grabbed the bull by the horns and they went down in a snarling heap. Finally the bull jumped up and ran away. "Wow" said the friend "that was quite a tussle." "Yeah" the wrestler replied "and if I hadnt had that last drink I wou…     

Finding a Happy Man

Once upon a time, and in a country a long way off, there was a king who was very ill. All the doctors of the court (宫廷) attended him but, in spite of all they could do, he got worse instead better. At last in despair (绝望) they called in a famous doctor from another country.He came, looked at the king, and then, looking very grave (沉重) , said,"Your Majesty (陛下) , there is only one thing that can cure you."" What is that?" said the king, " Whatever you want shall be brought for you."     

聪明的毛驴

1. One day the king went out for a walk in the street.2. As he walked, the king found a donkey working around a mills tone(磨盘).Around its neck there were some small bells ringing all the time.     

钥匙还是接吻

A friend of mine was giving an English lesson to a class of adult who had recently come to live in the United States. After placing quite a number of everyday objects on a table, he asked various members of the class to give him the ruler, the book, the pen and so on. The class went very smoothly and the students seemed interested and serious about the work that they were engaged in until when my friend turned to an Italian student and said,"Give me the keys."The man looked surprised and somewhat at a loss. Seeing this, my friend thought that the student hadn't heard him clearly, so he repeated. "Give me the keys." The Italian shrugged his shoulders. Then, he threw his arms around the teacher's neck and kissed him on both     

幽默与笑话(英文)

1. Still in the Same Cemetery A man asked an acquaintance how his wife was; then, suddenly re- membering that she had been dead, she blurted out, “Does she still live in the same cemetery?” 2. The Juice in the Downpour It had been a long, hot summer, and a Vermonter was mighty glad when the rain came. One day while it was raining, he was out on the pa- tio having breakfast. “It felt so good, ”he told a friend.“I just went ahead and ate in the downpour. The only trouble was that it too…     

The Divine Right of Kings, Different from China's

In feudal China and Europe once had a seemingly same phenomenon of godding the kingship. The European believed in the idea of Divine Right of kings, while the Chinese deeply thought that Emperor was entrusted by Heaven to rule the world. Both king and Emperor were authorized rulers. However, those theories have difference in connotation, foundation and representation; therefore they are different at the core.     

勿以善小而不为

As our friend walked along,he began to see another man in the distance.As he went nearer,he noticed that the local native kept picking things up and throwing them out into the water. As our friend approached even closer,he noticed that the man was picking up 1)starfish that had been washed up on the beach,and one at a time,he was throwing them back into the water.     

阳光季节(英文)

Goodbye to you, my trusted friend we've known each oth'r since we were nine or ten; together we've climbed hills and trees, learned of love and A-B-C's, skinned our hearts and skinned our knees. Goodbye my friend, it's hard to die, when all the birds are singing in the sky; now that the spring is in the air, pretty girls are ev'ry where; think of me and I'll be there. We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun; but the hills that we climb were just seasons out of time.