2020-2021学年江苏省扬州市梅岭中学八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版）

2020-2021学年江苏省扬州市梅岭中学八年级（下）期中英语试卷

二、完形填空：（选择最佳答案．共1小题；每小题10分，共10分）

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1. ????Something in Stephen Green's voice touched Neil Brown one cold day two years ago．Green had come close to Brown's （1）_______ at a crossing in New York City,?hoping to earn some money（2）_______ washing his windshield（挡风玻璃）．Brown said he wasn't interested in it．

????Green put his head into the window．"Come on,?sir．I need a （3）_______．"he said．

????In?the time before traffic （4）_______ moving again,?Brown,?the general manager of a famous hotel in New Jersey,?handed Green a business card（名片） and told him to call him （5）_______ he was serious（认真的）．

????"My?friends told me he was just playing a trick on me,?"says Green,?an out﹣of﹣work taxi driver．"But I believe that he was a （6）_______ businessman．"

????The?next day,?29﹣year﹣old Green went to Mr Brown's hotel．Mr Brown gave him a job and three meals a day,?and （7）_______ him pocket money while training（培训） him．

????Today,?Green works well in the hotel．In the past two years,?he's found a flat,?married and paid back Brown's money．

????"There's no future in washing windshields,?"says Green．"Mr Brown gave me a chance,?and I made the（8）_______ use of it．"

????Usually,?Mr Brown is very （9）_______ with New York's street people．"But Mr Green looked so honest and open,?（10）_______ for a chance instead of money,?"Brown says．"I don't hand my business card to just anybody．But I'm glad I handed it to Green that day．

（1）

A.house B.school C.company D.car

（2）

A.in B.by C.for D.with

（3）

A.job B.rest C.help D.money

（4）

A.tried B.kept C.stopped D.started

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