《2025年阳光夺冠九年级英语下册》

J(齐齐哈尔中考)
There was a young painter 1 made money by painting portraits (肖像). His dream was to 2 famous. One day, a rich man asked him to paint a portrait for him and promised to pay him 10,000 dollars.
After a week, the rich man came to 3 the painting. Although the painting was wonderful, he was not 4 with it. He told the young painter, “I will only buy this painting for 3,000 dollars. ” The young painter was 5 . He argued with the rich man, 6 the rich man would keep his promise.
The rich man 7 , “The man in the painting is me. If I don't buy this painting, 8 else will buy it. ” So he said, “I will ask you one last time, ‘Will you sell it for 3,000 dollars?’ ”
The young painter said firmly, “No. I 9 not to sell it, rather than be humiliated(侮辱) by you. Someday, you will pay 20 times the cost 10 breaking your promise. ”
After that, the painter worked hard day and night. 11 , he achieved his dream in the art world.
The rich man forgot about the artist and 12 he had told him. But one day, some friends told him, “There is a painting to sell for 200,000 dollars and the man in the painting looks 13 like you. The painting is titled ‘Thief’.”
Then, the rich man remembered the 14 that he had fooled. He quickly went to say sorry to him and paid 200,000 dollars to buy the portrait. The young painter 15 the rich man hang his head in the end.
1. A. who B. which C. whom
2. A. grow B. become C. turn
3. A. take B. bring C. carry
4. A. pleasant B. pleasure C. pleased
5. A. sad B. angry C. worried
6. A. hoped B. hoping C. to hope
7. A. thought B. asked C. said
8. A. nobody B. somebody C. anybody
9. A. would rather B. prefer C. had better
10. A. on B. in C. for
11. A. Luckily B. Finally C. Recently
12. A. why B. how C. what
13. A. exactly B. mostly C. nearly
14. A. thief B. friend C. painter
15. A. asked B. made C. allowed

答案： 1.A 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.B 6.B 7.A 8.A 9.B 10.C 11.B 12.C 13.A 14.C 15.B