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浙江省杭州市西湖区
2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末英语试卷
第二部分完形填空
通读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后在各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出一个最佳选项。
Long ago there was no man. The crow (乌鸦) was the most ___1___ bird in the world. His wings (翅膀) were made of rainbow feathers (羽毛), and his voice was the sweetest.
Then one day, ___2___ came to the forest for the first time. The animals thought little of it at first, but soon a little mouse was covered. They had to stop the snow ___3___ it covered everyone.
Rainbow Crow offered to fly to the Great Sky Spirit and ask him for help. After three days he ___4___ the Great Sky Spirit and asked him to stop the snow. The Great One said he couldn’t give what Rainbow Crow ___5___ because the snow had its own spirit. ___6___, he gave the gift of fire to warm the earth. He gave the bird a burning ___7___ to carry in his mouth back to the forest.
Rainbow Crow flew quickly toward Earth. On the ___8___ day, sparks (火花) from the stick burned its tail feathers, but he ___9___ flew on. The next day, he noticed his wing feathers were covered with something ____10____. On the third day, Rainbow Crow could hardly breathe from the fire burning his throat, but he reached the woods just in time to ____11____ his friends.
Crow looked at ____12____. He was no longer beautiful, and his voice had become terrible. Crow began to cry. The Great Sky Spirit appeared to him. He ____13____ that one day man would come to Earth and hunt animals. “Man will not want your meat or your black feathers,” he said. “But, you will always know your true beauty. ____14____ your feathers closely, for you will see all the colors of the rainbow reflecting in them. “Crow returned to his friends in the forest, feeling ____15____, brave, and beautiful.
1.
A. hard-working B. valuable C. beautiful D. creative
2.
A. snow B. rain C. water D. fire
3.
A. after B. until C. because D. before
4.
A. reached B. warned C. praised D. educated
5.
A. received B. cooked C. requested D. repeated
6.
A. Also B. Instead C. Besides D.