浙江省宁波市鄞州区咸祥中学等校2022-2023学年八年级上学期期末英语试卷

浙江省宁波市鄞州区咸祥中学等校2022-2023学年八年级上学期期末英语试卷（解析版） 四、完形填空。 请选出每小题中一个符合题意的选项，不选、错选均不给分。 9．（15分）Once there lived a rich businessman and a poor shoemaker in（1）　 　same house.The shoemaker was one of the（2）　 　persons on earth.He worked from morning till night，singing happily. The businessman always counted his money late（3）　 　night.When he was able to sleep，there（4）　 　the song of the happy shoemaker，who always got up early.It continued all day and was a（5）　 　to the businessman.He asked a wise friend how to solve the problem. "Well，（6）　 　I were you，I'd give the shoemaker a hundred pounds，"answered his friend."Ask for nothing in return.Simply give the money." The businessman（7）　 　the suggestion. When the shoemaker opened the bag（8）　 　the businessman，he was amazed to find shining coins."I must hide this from my neighbors（9）　 　my wife." he thought.And from then on，he avoided others as much as he could.He（10）　 　sing happily now.Whenever he thought of the money bag，he became so uneasy. Then one day his wife said to him in tears，"Dear husband，what（11）　 　you so sad and uneasy？I'm worried about you.All our neighbors say you have（12）　 　."He was so sorry for her that he told her everything. "We were happy（13）　 　the businessman gave us the money，"said his wife，"We have good（14）　 　.We have plenty of work to do.What more do we need？Send the money back to the businessman，and the happy life will return to us." The shoemaker（15）　 　and went to the businessman to return the bag of money.Later，he was as happy as he had ever been. （1） A.a B.an C./ D.the （2） A.happy B.happier C.happiest D.happily （3） A.at B.in C.on D.of （4） A.went B.ended C.came D.turned （5） A.delight B.gladness C.surprise D.trouble （6） A.as B.if C.unless D.because （7） A.refused B.answered C.threw D.accepted （8） A.from B.by C.to D.for （9） A.and B.than C.besides D.with （10） A.would B.couldn't C.wasn't D.still （11） A.makes B.ma