初三英语阅读专项练习 话题练习之寓言故事

话题练习-寓言故事

一、完形填空（共12小题；共12分）

Once there was a clever farmer. Though he was poor, he decided one day to take the king a roast goose (烤鹅) as a present. He had not had 1 to eat that day, and soon the 2 of the roast goose became too much for him as he 3 it to the king, so he ate one of its legs. When he came before the king and gave him the goose, the king at once saw that it had only one leg. Now, the king himself was born with one bad leg, so he had never been able to walk properly. When he saw the goose with only one leg, he thought the farmer had 4 this to laugh at him. Of course he got very 5 . The farmer was told that if anybody laughed at the king, he would be killed at once. \"Where is 6 leg of the goose?\" the king asked.

\"All the geese in this city of the country have one leg only,\" the farmer answered. \"Do you think I'm a fool?\" the king shouted. \"Certainly not,\" said the farmer, \"if you look out of the window, you will see geese with one leg by the 7 .\" The king looked, and there the geese were 8 on one leg beside the

water. The king at once told one of his men to 9 them with a big stick, and of course, they 10 their other legs and ran away. \"You were lying. That shows that the geese here have two legs, like all other geese in the country,\" said the king. \"But it doesn't show 11 ,\" answered the farmer, \"your men threw a big stick like that at me, and I would grow two 12 legs myself to help to run away more quickly.\"

1. A. many B. all C. little D. much

2. A. head B. neck C. smell D. taste

3. A. returned B. carried C. sent D. handed

4. A. kept B. done C. made D. found

5. A. sorry B. worried C. sad D. angry

6. A. other B. another C. that D. the other

7. A. hole B. forest C. lake D. house

8. A. swimming B. resting C. flying D. lying

9. A. fill B. lock C. hit D. keep

10. moved away

A. sent up B. put down C. turned down D.

11. A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything

12. A. slower B. faster C. quick D. more

二、阅读与表达(问答式)（共5小题；共5分）

There was once a king who liked music so much that he ordered his men to get him the best instrument in the world.

One day, a 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 (走调). Many other musicians tried it, and they agreed that the harp was useless and the king had been deceived(欺骗). The harp was thrown out as rubbish.

A poor little girl later found the harp. Although she didn't 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 started to play the most beautiful music. It was a magic harp, and could only be played well by someone willing to spend a lot of 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 quite pleased. At that moment he made the girl his own musician, giving her and her family a lot of money.

根据短文内容，完成下列小题。

13. What did the king and other musicians think of the harp when they first tried it?

14. Did the poor girl know the harp was a magic one at first?

15. Why could the girl play the harp well?

16. How did the king feel when he heard the girl playing the harp?

17. What's the passage mainly about?

答案

一、完形填空

1. D 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. D

6. D 7. C 8. B 9. C 10. B

11. D 12. D

二、阅读与表达(问答式)

13. It was useless.

14. No, she didn't.

15. Because she tried hard to practice it.

16. Happy / Pleased.

17. A magic harp.