《2025年走进重高培优讲义九年级英语全一册人教版浙江专版》

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There was a kingdom long, long ago. It 1. ______ (rule) by a king who loved riddles(谜). Once a year the king made a new riddle. He gave a prize to the person 2. ______ could solve the riddle.
There was a baker in this kingdom. Everyone agreed he baked the finest bread. The baker had almost everything he needed 3. ______ a horse. If the baker had a horse, he could sell his fine bread from one end of the kingdom to the other.
One year the king made a new riddle that puzzled everyone. "Whoever solves my riddle will pick one of my strongest 4. ______ (horse)." He then drew a line down the middle of the courtyard. "Make this line shorter without erasing any part of it," the king 5. ______ (challenge).
"How can you make a line shorter without erasing any part of it?" the people in the crowd asked each other. Many of them tried 6. ______ failed. The people were 7. ______ (disappoint).
A week passed, and nobody had any new ideas.
Then one day the baker came 8. ______ a bag of flour(面粉). "Your Majesty," the baker said to the king 9. ______ (polite), "I can make your line shorter without erasing any part of it." Then the baker poured out a line of flour right next to the king's line. The line the baker made was longer than the king's line.
The king laughed and clapped his hands. "You have won the prize. I will give you a horse of your 10. ______ (choose)." Now the baker could sell his bread all over the kingdom.

答案： 1. was ruled 2. who/that 3. except/but 4. horses 5. challenged 6. but 7. disappointed 8. with 9. politely 10. choice