《2025年黄冈100分闯关九年级英语下册人教版》

五、短文填空。
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。每词限用一次。（有两个词多余）
invite, prevent, steal, wealth, happy, help, when, in, show, pale, bank, careful
Once upon a time, there was a rich man. He was a 26. ______ and collected many valuable antiques（古董）, paintings and jewels. In order to 27. ______ someone stealing them, he used a tight security system（严密的安保系统）and seldom went to enjoy his collections, only as part of his personal 28. ______ to show off.
One day, the rich man suddenly decided 29. ______ a poor street cleaner to widen his view.
30. ______ the street cleaner entered the rich man's house, he didn't show his envy（嫉妒）, but slowly looked through the collections one by one and enjoyed them 31. ______. The businessman couldn't help 32. ______ off, “What about them? Having seen so many good things, aren't you well worth your lifetime?”
The street cleaner said, “Yes, I now feel myself as rich as you, and 33. ______ than you. I would rather be a street cleaner than a rich man.”
“What?” the rich man asked 34. ______ surprise.
“I have seen all your collections, so am I not rich as you? Besides that, I don't have to worry about those things 35. ______, so am I not happier than you?”
To appreciate（欣赏）is often happier than to possess（占有）.

答案： 26.banker 27.prevent 28.wealth 29.to invite 30.When 31.carefully 32.showing 33.happier 34.in 35.being stolen