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八年级上册 Units 3-4
一、完形填空
Once upon a time, there lived a fox and a stork(鹳) in a forest. One day the fox asked the stork to dinner, with the naughty purpose of playing a __1__ on his guest.
The stork came at the hour __2__, with a good appetite for her meal. But she was little pleased on finding that it was made of meat, served up in a shallow(浅) dish. With her long slender bill(细嘴), she could __3__ pick up enough food to satisfy a tinny bird! The fox kept eating all the time, only __4__ a moment to say, “I hope, madam, that you enjoy your big meal. Don't you think that my speciallyprepared meal is firstgrade?”
The stork made no reply, but left, hungry and much displeased, from the almost __5__ meal.
A few days afterwards, the stork returned the fox's invitation by asking him to dinner.
The fox hurried to the place of meeting, __6__ the stork had made ready her meal. The fox became greatly dissatisfied, __7__ the food served up in a longnecked jar(罐), which let in the stork's slender bill, but he could not stick into the jar even his sharp nose!
“I hope, sir, that you like your big meal.” said the stork, who was not __8__ enough to return good for evil(恶), and who wished to give the fox a __9__. And as the hungry fox looked sadly up into his face, the stork added, “Those who cannot take a joke in good part should __10__ make one. Never do to others what you would not like them to do to yourself.”
1.A.song B.drama C.trick D.guess
2.A.agreed B.imagined C.introduced D.finished
3.A.nearly B.really C.exactly D.hardly
4.A.catching B.counting C.stopping D.getting
5.A.untasted B.uncooked C.unmixed D.untouched
6.A.whether B.unless C.where D.although
7.A.laughing at B.staring at C.looking for D.waiting for
8.A.lucky B.kind C.curious D.patient
9.A.meal B.gift C.beat D.lesson
10.A.never B.Ever C.sometimes D.often
二、阅读理解
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