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2014年高县九年级英语阅读能力竞赛试题 （总分：80分 答题时间：60分钟） 学校 姓名 总分 I.Cloze(完形填空)（共20小题，每小题1分，计20分） A 阅读下面短文，然后从四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they __1__ their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work..” At last, one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can __2__ fill the basket.” __3__ man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at __4__ so foolish.” He __5__ his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying __6__. At last the well was almost __7__. As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. __8__ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You __9__ so well in this little thing,” he said, “ __10__ now I know I can believe you with many things.” （ ）1. A. finished 　B. did 　 C. began D. had （ ）2. A. ever 　B. never 　C. easily D. no （ ）3. A.The other 　 B. Another 　C. One D. A second （ ）4. A. anything 　B. something C. nothing 　 D. everything （ ）5. A. picked up 　 B. put away C. took away　D. threw away （ ）6. A. water 　B. basket C. well 　D. work ( ) 7. A. full 　B. empty C. filled 　D. clean ( ) 8. A. While　 　　B. As soon as 　C. Before 　D. Since （ ）9. A. have done 　B. will do 　　C. do 　　　　D. are doing （ ）10. A. what 　　　B. why 　　　C. when　　 D. that B 阅读下面短文，从方框中所给的12个单词中选10个，并用其适当形式填空一空一词 Recently, the haze weather（雾霾天气） is __1__ in our country. It has not only done harm to people’s health, but also affected the public transportation. Many terrible traffic accidents ___2___ every now and then just because of t