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9B Chapter 4 Text 1Tom Sawyer Paints The Fence Saturday morning came, and everything was bright and fresh. Every boy in town was happy, (1)_ Tom Sawyer. Tom stood on the sidewalk (2)_ a bucket of white paint and a brush with a long handle in his hands. He looked at the fence that his aunt had told him (3)_ and felt very (4)_. It was thirty yards long and three yards high! He dipped his brush in the palm and painted a corner of the fence. Then he stood back and(5)_. The section that was painted was so small, and the (6)_ section was so big! He sat (7)_ a tree to have a rest. He began to think of all the games (8)_ he had planned for the day. (A)很快空闲的男孩们就会走过来取笑他。But just then, he had a wonderful idea. He picked up his brush and went (B)_ to work. Ben Rogers came along the road, (9)_ happily and carrying an apple. He stopped and looked at Tom. Tom went on painting and (10)_ Ben. Im going swimming, said Ben. Do you want to go swimming, Tom? But I guess you cant. You have to stay and work, (11)_ you? Tom went on painting. Work? he said. This isnt work. Im enjoying myself. Does a boy get a chance to paint a fence like this every day? Ben thought about this. Tom went on painting, carefully. (C) Sometimes he stopped, stood back to look at the fence, and (D) then added a bit more paint in just the right place. Ben was watching Toms every move. He was getting (E)越来越感兴趣. After a while, (F) he said, Tom, will you let me do some painting? Tom thought about it, and said, No, Ben, I cant. You see, Aunt Polly wants it to be done properly.(G)我是唯一能做到的。 Oh, please, Tom, (12)_ Ben. I can do it. Ill be (13)_ careful. Just let me try. Ill give you half of my apple. Ill give you all of it! Well, all right, Ben, said Tom. But you must be careful. He gave Ben his brush (H)一脸担忧，心里却乐开了花. He sat down again under the tree, and started to eat the apple that Ben had given him. All day, boys came to make fun, but they ended up (14)_ to paint. When Ben got tired, Billy Fisher was waiting. He gave Tom a kite (15)_ a chance to paint. Then Johnny Miller offered him twelve marbles, and so on. By late afternoon Tom had gained (I) all sorts of toys, and the fence had gained three coats of paint. Later Aunt Polly came to look at Toms work. She was (J)_ pleased when she saw the painted fence that she gave Tom a large cake!(A)完形填空：( )1.A.except B.except for C.besides D.beside( )2.A.have B.with C.without D.had( )3.A.painted B.mended C.to paint D.to build( )4.A.tired B.depressing C.sadly D.depressed ( )5.A.looked at it B.looked it at C.looked for it D.looked it up( )6.A.painted B.unpainted C.unpainting D.painting( )7.A.down B.under C. down under D. down in( )8.A.what B.who C.when D./( )9.Asinging B.sang C.to sing D.sings( )10.A.ignoring B.ignored C.to ignore D. ignores( )11.A.have B.havent C.dont D.do( )12.A.ask B.said C.shout D.begged( )13.A.really B.real C.true D.terrible( )14.A.to stay B.staying C.staiing D.stayed( )15.A.to B.with C.for D.of（B）综合阅读：16.将A处译成英语 _ 17.请在B和J处填入适当的词语 _ _18.请写出和处划线部分的同义词语 _ _19.将D处译成汉语 _20.将E处译成英语 _ 21.请将F处画线句子变为间接引语 _22.将G处译成英语 _ 23.将H处译成英语 _ Text 2阅读短文，然后根据其内容从方框中选择适当的词语并用其正确形式填空。watch from refuse fight with true knock him outbe out scare remember something wake up callOne night, Tom Sawyer (1)_ with Huck Finn, his best friend. They went in a graveyard. Suddenly, they saw three men. They were young Dr Robinson, Muff Potter and Injun Joe. Dr Robinson wanted to dog up the body of a man (2)_ Horse William. Horse had died a few days before.The two boys decided to hide and (3)_ behind a big tree. Muff an Injun Joe (4)_ to do it for the doctor, so they began (5)_each other. Dr Robinson hit Muff potter and (6)_.Then Injun Joe managed to kill the young doctor with Muff Potters knife. He intended to blame Muff for the murder, so he put the knife in Muffs hand. When Muff (7)_ , he failed (8)_. Injun Joe told Muff that he (Muff) had killed the doctor. Muff believed him. The boys saw it all. They knew the (9)_ but they were very (10)_. Text 3阅读短文，然后根据其内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案。The next day, people discovered the body of Dr Robinson. They found the knife (1)_ belonged to Muff Potter. He did not deny killing Dr Robinson when he (2)_.Weeks (3)_, Muffs trial began. Everyone thought Muff would (4)_ .Then at the last moment, The judge suggested calling Tom to court. Tom told the judge that he had gone walking near the graveyard that terrible night and had seen everything (5)_ had happened. The judge said to Tom, “ Would you mind telling us (6)_ you saw?” Tom said that Injun Joe was the man that had killed the doctor. Injun Joe feared (7)_ , so he tried (8)_. However, he failed and had to admit killing the doctor the other night. Muff was set (9)_. He was very grateful to the boy (10)_ had saved his life.( )1. A.that B.what C.whose D.if( )2. A.caught B.was caught C.was catching D.was found( )3. A.before B.after C.later D.ago ( )4. A.hung B.be hung C.hanged D.be hanged( )5. A.which B.who C. where D.that( )6. A.who B.that C.waht D.when( )7. A.to be arrested B.being arrested C.to arrest D.arresting( )8. A. to escape B.running C.to away D.escaped( )9. A.free B.freely C.off D.out( )10. A./ B.who C. whose D.he Text 4阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。Samuel Clemens was born in 1835, in the state of Missouri. When he was four. His family moved to the town of Hannibal, Missouri. Hannibal was a por on the Mississippi River, and Clemens loved to watch the big steamboats going up and down the river. He said that all the boys in his school had one ambition in life: to work on a steamboat.!His father died when he was just 12 years old, and Clemens then went to work for a printer to help support his family. He travel around ,and worked in many different cities. But when he was 22, he achieved his ambition when he got a jio working on a steamboat. He sailed up and down the wide Missippi River until the American civil war began.He then moved around America, tried several jobs. He was a soldier, and a silver miner. He started working as a writer on a newspaper. It was at this time that he decided to use a pen-name for his stories, and he chose the name Mark Twain.The name is interesting. It comes from his days on the steamboats. One man used to throw a piece of rope inti the water.There was a heavy weight on the end of the rope, and the rope had some marks on it. The man used the rope to find out how deep the river was. Then he shouted out, Mark One or Mark Twain , meaning Mark Two. Each mark was about two metres, so when he shouted Mark Twain, it means that the river was deep enough for the big boat.In 1865 Clemens wrote a story about a jumping frog. The story and the writer became famous. In 1867 he toured Europe. He married when he returned, and lived for most of the reszt of his life in Harfort, Connecticut. He wrote many books, includeing The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which he wrote in 1876, He also gave many lectures, and became a very famous and popular man.Once two of his friends decided to write to him,but they had lost adderss. So on the envelope they just write Mark Twain, God knows Where. Several weeks laterthey received a reply from the writer. It just said, He did!Samuel Clemens died in 1910. He is considered to be one of Americas most important writers.1.What jobs did Mark Twain try after the American civil war began?2.When did Samuel Clemens begin to use his pen-name Mark Twain?3.What does Mark Twain mean?4.What is his earliest famous story?5.How old was Mark Twain when he died? Text 5阅读下面短文，然后按要求完成下列各题。Tom and Becky walked down a winding passage, holding their candles high. They saw names and dates written on the wall with candle smoke by visitors to the cave before. They read and talked that so much that it was a little while before they noticed they were now in a part of the cave that had no writing on the wall. They used candle smoke to write their own names on the rock and walked on.In one place they found a huge, open space full of shining stalactites, (A)如同人推那样长和粗。They walked around it and left by one of many passages that opened into it. (B)他们找到的下一个地方满是蝙蝠。There were thousands of them. The candlelight (C)_ them _, and they flew at the candle flames at once. Tom knew this was dangerous and took Beckys hand to hurry her away. He pulled her into the first opening he found. And not too soon, one of the bats struck Beckys candle out (D) _ its wings. (E)They chased them quite a long way, but they ran into every new passage that they came to, and at last they got away from the bats.1. 将划线部分（A）译成英语：_2. 将划线部分（B）译成英语：_3. 在(C)和(D)的空白处分别填入一个适当的词语 _ _4. 将划