初中英语逸闻趣事类阅读阅读填空

Once upon a time，a fox was walking along a road．He saw some beautilul grapes hanging over a high wall．He stopped to look at the grapes．They looked nice to eat．The fox wanted to eat the grapes very much，but he couldn't reach them．So he jumped as high as he could．Sometimes his nose touched a grape，but his mouth could not reach it．The fox jumped and jumped until he was very tired．

Finally he stopped jumping and walked away with his nose held high．He said，"I don't need those grapes．They look nice but I'm sure they are sour．"

In our dailly life，when people can't get something they want，they may say，"The grapes are sour．"

根据短文内容，判断句子的正误，正确的填T，错误的填F．

（1）The fox was walking along a river． 　　

（2）The grapes were beautiful and looked nice to eat． 　　

（3）The fox didn't want to eat the grapes very much． 　　

（4）The grapes were too high for the fox to get． 　　

（5）Today，when people can't get what they want，they often say it's not good． 　　．

It was too late at night when an old man came to a small town． He found a small hotel and wanted to stay there for the night． After he went into his room， the owner said to his wife， "Look at his bag， there must be much money in it． Let's take it away when he is asleep， shall we？"

"No， no．" said the woman， "He must look for his bag tomorrow morning． If he can' t find it， he'll telephone the police． "They thought for a few minutes． Then the woman had an idea， "We have forgetful grass． Why not put some into his food？ If he has the food， he will forget to take his bag away． "The old man had the food with the forgetful grass and went to bed． The next morning， when the owner got up， he found the door open， and the man had left with the bag． He was angry and woke his wife up， "What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn't useful at all．"

"No， I don't think so He must forget something．" she said． "Oh! I remember now!"cried out the man suddenly， "He forgot to pay for the night．"

Fill in the blanks according to the passage． Only one word for each blank．

From the story we know the owner of the hotel wanted to（1） 　　the old man's bag when he slept． But his wife（2） 　　with him， and she（3） 　　up with a good idea that they put some forgetful grass into the food（4） 　　that the old man would forget his bag． The forgetful grass worked． The old man really forgot something﹣he didn't （5） 　　to pay for the night．

Three travelers，Allan，Carl and Paul were sitting on the chairs in a train station．They were waiting for a train that was very late．

To pass the time，they began talking to each other．

At first，they talked about the weather and their work．Then Paul asked，"What would you most like to do if your doctor told you that you have only three months to live？"

The other two men thought about this for a while，then Carl spoke first．

He said，"Well，if I have only three months to live，I'll take all my money out of the bank and go to foreign countries for holidays with my best friend，Eric．I'd like to travel to many places in the world as possible as I can．And I'll stay at the best hotels and then eat the best food．I think I'll have a wonderful time．"

"That's very interesting．"Paul said．

With these words，he turned to the other man，saying，"And what about you，Allan？"

"I'll tell you a secret．"Allan said．"I always want to be a racing driver．So if I have only three months to live，the first thing I'd like to do is to sell my house．With the money I'll buy the fastest car in the world．Maybe I can go into all the big motor races．"

"Now it's your turn．"Allan went on，"If your doctor told you the bad news，what would you most like to do？"

"Oh，"said Paul with a smile．"I'll go and see one more doctor．"

Fill in the blanks according to the passage．Only one word for each blank．

There were three travelers chatting together while waiting for a train．One of them，Paul，asked a question，"What would you most like to do if your doctor told you that you have only 3 months to live？"Carl said he would take all his money to go（71） 　　for holidays with his best friend．And he would travel to as （72） 　　places as possible in the world．Allan wanted to sell his house to buy the fastest car in the world to be a racing driver and perhaps he could （73） 　　all the big motor races．But Paul's answer（74） 　　 them surprised．He said he would go to see（75） 　　 doctor．