A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After a few weeks the editor 21 the story to her. The lady was 22 . She wrote back to the editor:
“Dear Sir.
Yesterday you sent back a story of mine. How do you know that the story is not good? You did not read it. 23 I sent you the story, I pasted together pages 18, 19 and 20. This was a 24 to see whether you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were 25 pasted together. Is this the way you read all the stories that are sent to you?”
The editor wrote back:
“Dear Madam,
At breakfast then I have an egg. I don’t have to eat the whole egg in order to discover(發(fā)現(xiàn)) that it is bad.”
1.A. gave B. came back C. handed D. returned
2.A. angry B. happy C. satisfied D. glad
3.A. After B. until C. Before D. Since
4.A .lesson B. test C. question D. thing
5.A. already B. still C. even D. yet
科目:初中英語 來源:江蘇期中題 題型:完形填空
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"I've been writing a book, John. Do you think anyone would be interested in __1__ it?" said the old lady. John took over the papers from her shaking hand and seated her in a chair. He remembered her rich __2__ in the early days of the Old West. He looked through the papers. "It's good, Grandma," he said gently. Then realizing that she__3__ hear him, he shouted into her ears. "I think it's very good. I'll send it to a publisher (出版商)." Ten days later, he reported that the publisher had read a few__4__ . He agreed to publish it, and he had paid $100 for the copyright. __5__ money would be given as an advance (預付款). Every month, John brought her$100 with a letter from the publisher telling about the progress of the book. One morning, three months after her 100th birthday, Grandma didn't get up. The doctor told her that she couldn't __6__ more than a few days. She was ready to go, but she first wanted her book to be in print. John promised that she could get it very soon. Grandma held on until the day the book came into her hands. She proudly touched her book with her fingers, tears in her eyes. Two hours later, she died peacefully, __7__ holding her book. Her granddaughter took up the book and __8__ it. "Why, it's just blank pages!" she cried in surprise. John's face turned __9__. Then the girl understood. There never was a book. It was John __10__, who couldn't take away her grandmother's only hope, had written the letters and sold his car to pay the advance. | |||
( ) 1. A. borrowing ( ) 2. A. advice ( ) 3. A. couldn't ( ) 4. A. words ( ) 5. A. Some ( ) 6. A. die ( ) 7. A. still ( ) 8. A. closed ( ) 9. A. white ( ) 10. A. herself |
B. publishing B. experiences B. needn't B. letters B. Much B. stop B. yet B. opened B. red B. himself |
C. reading C. thoughts C. mustn't C. pages C. Enough C. last C. always C. turned on C. grey C. him |
D. lending D. family D. wouldn't D. books D. More D. remain D. then D. turned off D. yellow D. her |
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