天门杭州九年级英语培优试卷（四） 一、完形填空。(A)One evening a young woman walked on the beach. She _1_ to see the footsteps (足迹) she had left in the sand，but they had already been washed away by the water. When she turned to continue her walk，she was surprised to see an old woman _2_ by a fire.She walked up to the old woman and asked，“Where did you come from？I didnt see you here a minute ago.”_3_ answering her question，the old woman said，“Sit with me，my child. I have something to show you.”As the young woman sat down beside the fire，the old woman handed her a book. She turned the pages of the book one by one and was _4_ to discover they told the story of her whole life，from the early days of _5_ to the present. But when she turned to the next page，she found it empty. And the rest of the pages in the book were all empty.“Does this mean my life ends tonight？” she asked.“No，my child. It means tonight your life _6_”At that time the old woman took the book into her hands and began to tear (撕掉) each of the pages that had words out of the book. She then threw _7_ into the fire until all left were empty pages. She handed the book of empty pages to the young woman.“You see，” she said，“just as the water washed away your footsteps in the sand，your past is forever gone. What you _8_ have is here and now. Each moment is the beginning of the rest of your life and you should live it to the fullest，because you wont live that moment a(n) _9_ time. For your future，you are free to shape it as you wish，_10_ it has not yet been written.”( ) 1.A.turns Bturned Cis turning D. turning( ) 2.A.sitting B.to sit Csat D.to sitting( ) 3.A.Thanks to BInstead of CAs for D. Thanks for( ) 4.A.tired Bsad Camazed D. tiring( ) 5.A.childhood Badulthood Cold age D. middle-age( ) 6.A.ends Blives Cbegins D. beginning( ) 7.A.them Bit Cher D. him( ) 8.A.hardly Blately Ctruly D. true( ) 9.A.other Banother Csecond D. third( ) 10.A.whether Bbecause Cthen D. if B jobless man wanted to apply (求职) for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The staff manager interviewed him and then gave him a 11 :clean the floor. The man passed it: he cleaned the floor very well. “You are hired，”the manger told the man. “Give me your email address, and Ill send you the form to 12 .I shall also send you the date you should report for the work.” The man replied, “I dont have a 13 ,or email!” “I am sorry,” said the manager. “If you dont have email, that means you do not exist(存在）.And we cannot 14 persons who do not exist.” The man was very 15 .He didnt know what to do. He only had 10 dollars with him. Once that was 16 .he wouldnt have any money to buy even food. He went to the supermarket and bought a box of tomatoes with his 10 dollars. He went from door to door and sold the tomatoes in small bags. He doubled his money. He 17 this three times, and returned home with 60 dollars. He realized that he could continue to live this way. He started to go earlier every day, and returned later. He doubled or made even three times his money every day. Soon, he 18 a cart, then a truck. In a very short time, he had his many delivery(递送）trucks. Five years later, the man became one of the most biggest food sellers in the country. He started to plan his familys future. He called an insurance(保险）broker, a man who sells insurance. At the end of the conversation, the broker asked him for his email address. The man replied, “I dont have en email.” Hearing that, the broker felt very 19 . “You dont have email, and yet have succeeded in becoming so 20 .Can you imagine what you could have been if you had email?” he said aloud, The man thought for a while, and replied, “an office boy at Microsoft.!” If you just lost your job or just failed an interview, dont worry, hink of the positive. Good days are on the way and something better will happen to you.( ) 11. A. job B. hand C. chance D. test( ) 12. A. checked out B. put up C. fill in D. write down ( ) 13. A. computer B. screen C. website D. letter ( ) 14.A. believe B. pay C. accept D. refuse( ) 15.A. pleased B. excited C. embarrassed D. disappointed( ) 16.A. exchanged B. spent C. wasted D. lost( ) 17.A. repeated B. reminded C. tried D. counted( ) 18.A. borrowed B. repaired C. received D. bought( ) 19.A. worried B. satisfied C. upset D. surprised( ) 20.A. clever B. healthy C. rich D. confident二阅读理解。