《2025年通城学典初中英语阅读组合训练九年级英语苏州专版》

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范畴:人与社会 主题:人际交往 体裁:记叙文 难度:★★★★ 建议用时:7 分钟 评价:____/10
读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中单词的正确形式填空。
A king wanted to marry a beautiful girl. However, the girl lived in a faraway place. The trip there was long and 1. ______dangerous (danger). The king didn't mind. He had a servant, Faithful John. Faithful John always kept him safe.
The king and Faithful John left together. Then one night, John saw three 2. ______birds (bird). They started to talk to him.
Three bad things would happen to the king soon, they said. Only John could stop 3. ______them (they). However, if Faithful John told anyone, he would turn to stone.
The birds were right. The 4. ______first (one) bad thing happened when the king found a horse. The king wanted to ride it, but the birds said it would kill him. So, John killed it first. Then, an old man 5. ______gave (give) the king some wine. The birds said it was poisonous. So, John knocked it over. The king was happy. John saved him twice.
6. ______Finally (final), John and the king found the girl. They went home and got ready for the wedding. At the wedding, the birds said, the girl would fall over 7. ______and die.
8. ______To save (save) the girl, John needed some of the girl's blood. When he took it, the king got angry. He thought John was hurting the girl. He told his men to kill John.
John was scared. He told the king 9. ______about the birds. Then he turned to stone. Now, the king was sad. Faithful John was just helping him. The king kept John's statue safe. Then one day, the king got 10. ______a surprise. Faithful John was alive again!
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答案： 1. dangerous 2. birds 3. them 4. first 5. gave 6. Finally 7. and 8. To save 9. about 10. a