Once there was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists 16 . The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose 17 them.
One picture was of a 18 lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful high mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white soft clouds. All that saw this picture 19 it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had 20 , too. But these were rugged (崎岖的) and bare (光秃的). Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall This did not look peaceful 21 . But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a bush 22 in the crack (裂缝) in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest (鸟窝). She sat on her nest, watching the running water.
After the king compared the two pictures 23 , he chose the second picture 24 explained, "Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means when facing unhappy situations, you can still be calm in your 25 . That is the real meaning of peace."
16. A. argued B. invited C. tried D. invented
17. A. between B. except C. within D. through
18. A. calm B. round C. small D. deep
19, A. announced B. thought C. doubted D. promised
20. A. lakes B. clouds C. mirrors D. mountains
21. A. at all B. at last C. at once D. at present
22. A. lying B. growing C. dying D. moving
23. A. actively B. carefully C. angrily D. widely
24. A. so B. but C. or D. and
25. A. voice B. world C. heart D. view
科目：初中英语 来源：2011-2012学年广西北海合浦县教育局教研室初二下学期期中英语试卷（带解析） 题型：完型填空
Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered（坏脾气的）and never gave way（让步）to 1
One day the father 2 to ask some friends to dinner in his house. He 3 his son to buy some meat in town. When the son walked to the town gate, a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn’t 4 enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But neither of them(他们都不) 5 give way to the other. They stood face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried."What 6 I do? My son hasn’t come yet. I can’t wait any more.” He wanted to know what the 7 with his son was. So he left his friends at home, and went to town 8 his son.“You may first take the 9 home for my friends. Let me 10 here against him instead（代替）of you.” He said to his son when he knew what had happened．
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科目：初中英语 来源：2012年初中毕业升学考试（江苏宿迁卷）英语（带解析） 题型：完型填空
Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often 1 sad and lonely.
One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small 2 was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away 3 failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned 4 a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very 5 .
“Thank you for 6 me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.
The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be 7 !”
The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the kind little girl grew up, she was 8 ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the 9 of her happiness. She always smiled and 10 , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind 11 when I was a little girl.”
When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the 12 all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were 13 that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”
The lovely old woman still 14 and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or 15 . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”
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科目：初中英语 来源：2012-2013学年云南省建水县建民中学八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
Once there was a little girl in a village. She spent summers on her grandfather’s farm. The year she was four, she knew some ducks. The ducks were white with orange feet. They lived in a little wooden(木头的) house near the road. The little girl liked these ducks very much.
Every day they walked down the road to the pond（池塘）. The ducks went into the water. The little girl sat on the bank（岸） and saw them swimming in the pond. The little girl talked to the ducks and they quacked back to her.
Then one day the ducks were gone. No one would say anything about them. The little girl was afraid to ask where they were. One night everyone sat down for dinner. The food looked a little like chicken. The girl didn’t want to eat. Can you guess why?
根据短文内容，从每小题后所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卷相应的位置用2B铅笔涂黑。
【小题1】The story is mainly about _______.
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| C．white and orange feet | D．white and black |
| A．嘎嘎叫 | B．与......交谈 | C．跑开 | D．飞起来 |
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| A．she wanted nice cakes | B．the food was ducks |
| C．the food was too hot | D．the plate was empty |
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科目：初中英语 来源：2015届江苏无锡怀仁中学初二上学期第一次阶段测试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完型填空
Once, there was a wild donkey (驴) and a tame (驯养的) donkey.
The wild donkey was thin and small. He spent his life in the ____. The grass on the hill was his food all the year around. Sometimes, he had to walk miles to find clean water and at night there was always ____ from lions. The tame donkey was much fatter and ____. During summer, the owner fed him grass while in ____, he was given corn and hay (干草) to eat. There was always clean water for him to ____ and at night he stayed inside safely.
The wild donkey always wished he could live ____ the tame donkey.
One day, the wild donkey was looking for grass on the hill. Looking down, he saw the tame donkey walking slowly along the road, ____ heavy wood. As he watched, the tame donkey stopped to eat some ____ by the roadside. Suddenly, his owner began to drive him with a ____.
“I don’t want your way of life,” thought the wild donkey. “I see that you have to pay ____ for the food they give you.”
1.A. house B. zoo C. wild D. river
2.A. danger B. noise C. drink D. food
3.A. taller B. shorter C. weaker D. stronger
4.A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
5.A. eat B. smell C. drink D. feel
6.A. with B. without C. like D. unlike
7.A. cutting B. carrying C. eating D. burning
8.A. grass B. meat C. fish D. water
9.A. stick B. knife C. fork D. string
10.A. easy B. easily C. heavy D. heavily
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科目：初中英语 来源：2013届江苏省宜兴市八年级上学期期中考试英语卷 题型：阅读理解
Once there was an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him, “Don’t forget this!”
One day he went on a long trip alone. Before he left home, his wife said, “Now you have all these things. They are what you need for your trip. Take care of your things during the trip.” He went to the station, bought a ticket and got on the train with it.
About half an hour later, the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and said, “Will you please show me your ticket?” The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets, but he could not find it. He was very worried. “I can’t find my ticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train.”said the old man.
“I believe you bought a ticket. All right, you don’t have to buy another one,”said the conductor kindly. “But how can I know where I’m going? I can’t remember my station!”the old man said sadly.
( )1.The old man in the story was very___________.
A. kind B. poor C. forgetful D. sad
( )2.Where is the ticket?
A. The old man forgot go buy it.
B. The old man could not remember where it was.
C. The old man showed it to the conductor.
D. The old man’s wife took the ticket away.
( )3.The old man bought the ticket ________ he got on the train.
A. after B. before C. as D. when
( )4.The conductor __________ the old man.
A. didn’t believe B. laughed at C. believed D. felt sorry for
( )5. The old man was sad because
A. he had to buy another ticket.
B. he lost all the things his wife gave him.
C. he did not know where he was.
D. He did not know where he should get off.
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