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  One day a rich man 1. _______ his friends to a party and they drank a lot of wine. At last there was only a pot(壶)of wine left. Who could 2._______ it? They thought 3.______an idea and decided to have a match. The person who finished the painting of a snake4. _______ could drink the wine, so they began drawing.

One of them drew quickly. After he finished, he saw others were still busy drawing. He said, “ How 5._______ you are! I am the first to finish the painting. I still have enough time to draw something else.” So he added feet to the snake. However, before he could finish the feet, 6._____ man also finished drawing. He7.________ away the pot and said, “8.______ has ever seen a snake with feet? Snakes have no feet, so yours is not9._______ snake. I am the winner, I will get the wine.” With the words, he went away. The man looked at his10._______ and regretted wwhat he had done.

As Grade 9 students,we are busy studying for the coming entrance exam.Every day we have lots of exercises to do and many ___to take .Some of us feel upset,and some even lose heart.But we’ll not help ___if we lose heart. There’s a saying ,”Difficulty is like a spring(弹簧).If you are weak,it will be ____.”If we have a problem we should face it__ a smile.Once I____ a short story called The Smile. In this book,he _____his experiences as a soldier in World War II. He  _by enemy and sent to jail.(监狱)But he tried to think of ways to run away._ __he wanted to smoke ,but he had no match. So he asked his jailor for a __.When the jailor came up to him ,he smiled ______and naturally.The jailor seemed to be affected and smile,too.Then they began to talk. They ___took out pictures of their families and showed them to each other.The soldier said sadly he would never see his ___again because he was to be killed .He would never have a chance to see his children grow up.The jailor was moved by the soldier’s words.___ ___saying a word ,he unlocked the cell and quickly let him go .__ __ a smile ,the soldier was saved. Even in a terrible solution the man  was optimistic .He didn’t____.Surely we can do the same.Life is like a mirror,if you smile at it,it will smile back at you,too.

1.A. meetings       B. exams                 C. books                 D. photos

2.A. ourselves        B. yourselves           C.  themselves          D.  myself

3.A. weak                           B. strong                 C. long                     D.  short

4.A. by                        B. for                        C. with                        D.  to

5.A. watched              B. looked                    C. saw                       D. read

6.A. talked to                      B. talked with            C. talked  about       D. talked over

7.A. was killed            B. was taught             C. was caught            D. was told

8.A. One day                 B. Some day                C. A day                       D. Any day

9.A.  book                           B. pen                         C. light                         D. cake

10.A. loudly                       B. slowly            C. coldly                      D. politely

11.A. all                              B. both                        C. either                      D. neither

12.A. friend                        B. classmate                C. family                     D. neighbour

13.A. Without           B. Except            C.  Through       D. With

14.A. At the beginning of  B.As a result of          C. At the end of        D. As well as

15.A. give in                        B. give out                  C. give  away            D. give up