初二下册英语期末试题完形填空训练

Passage 1    A Second Chance

Something in Stephen Pearman’s voice moved Robert Fredy one cold day two years ago. Pearman had come close to Fredy’s   1   at a crossroad in New York City, hoping to earn some money   2    washing his windshield(挡风玻璃). Fredy waved to indicate he wasn’t interested.

Pearman leaned into the window. “Come on, mister, give me a break. I need a    3   .” he said.

In the seconds before traffic   4    moving again, Fredy, then general manager of the Berkeley-Carteret Hotel in Asbury Park, New Jersey, handed Pearman a business card and told him to call   5   he was serious. “My friends told me he was just making a joke about me,” says Pearman, an out-of-work taxi and truck driver. “But I believe that he was a   6   businessman.”

The next day, 29-year-old Pearman appeared again    7   Fredy. Fredy gave him a job and three meals a day, and    8    him pocket money while training him.

Today, Pearman works full time setting up the hotel’s meeting rooms. In the past two years, he’s found an apartment, married and paid back Fredy’s money.

“ There’s no future in washing windshields,” says Pearman. “Mr Fredy gave me a second chance, and I     9      the best use of it.”

Ordinarily Fredy is very     10     with New York’s street people. “But Pearman seemed so honest and open,    11   for an opportunity rather than just money,” Fredy says. “ I don’t hand my business card to   12    anybody. But I’m glad I handed it to Pearman that day.

(   ) 1. A. house          B. school           C. company          D. car

(   ) 2. A. in          B. by       C. for       D. with

(   ) 3. A. help     B. rest      C. job      D. money

(   ) 4. A. tried     B. kept      C. stopped     D. started

(   ) 5. A. if       B. as            C. since      D. because

(   ) 6. A. kind     B. rich      C. happy      D. strict

(   ) 7. A. after     B. before      C. for       D. to

(   ) 8. A. got      B. gave         C. lent      D. borrowed

(   ) 9. A. did     B. put         C. made      D. found

(   ) 10. A. serious    B. helpful      C. friendly     D. careful

(   ) 11. A. working    B. asking      C. taking      D. paying

(   ) 12. A. just     B. even      C. only      D. though

Passage 2

On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was very worried. Her    1         had broken down. Just then a poor man named Robert came. He was on his way back home from work as usual.

The lady wondered, “Is the man going to  2   me? He looks very cold and hungry.” But to her surprise, he    3   and said with a smile, “Can I help you, madam?”

After forty  4  , the car was at last fixed by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him.

“No, that’s   5   , madam,” he said. “ I was just helping someone in   6   . If you really want to pay me back, I hope whenever you see someone in need, you should give him a hand.”

A few minutes later, the lady    7    a shabby(破旧的) house by the road. She remembered Robert’s words, so she stopped.

The hostess warmly asked her in. The lady could see that was a   8   family and that they need help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady  9    500 dollars on a table and went away quietly.

Robert came home later than before, thinking how   10    their life was. His wife was pregnant(怀孕)and the baby was to be born the next month but there was not   11    money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and said softly, “Don’t worry, dear! Everything is going to be all right. A   12   has helped us out.”

Let’s always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ourselves.

(   ) 1. A. bike          B. car           C. boat          D. bus

(   ) 2. A. help      B. save     C. kill     D. find

(   ) 3. A. ran     B. agreed       C. stopped    D. left

(   ) 4. A. days     B. homes     C. minutes    D. years

(   ) 5. A. something    B. nothing    C. everything   D. anything

(   ) 6. A. picture     B. rain     C. danger     D. need

(   ) 7. A. saw     B. heard     C. smelt     D. felt

(   ) 8. A. terrible    B. sad     C. poor     D. rich

(   ) 9. A. threw      B. forgot     C. gave     D. left

(   ) 10. A. exciting    B. interesting    C. hard     D. happy

(   ) 11. A. many     B. enough    C. some     D. few

(   ) 12. A. driver    B. doctor        C. stranger    D. teacher