精品解析：浙江省温州市绣山中学2022-2023学年八年级下学期期中英语试题

2022-2023学年温州绣山中学八下期中英语检测卷 笔试部分(85%) 二、完形填空(本题有 15 小题，每小题 1分，共 15 分) 阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 Living in a small community, Mrs Meredith was a ____1____ woman and she spent lots of time visiting the poor. One morning Mrs Meredith told her children about a family she had cared about for a long time. There was a man sick in bed, his wife, and their little boy. The wife couldn’t go out to work ____2____ she had to take care of her husband. It was hard for the family to live on ____3____ own and they needed all kinds of help. The little boy Bernard, who hoped to get some money to help his family, had ____4____ Mrs Meredith very much. “I wish you could see him,” she said to her children—John, Harry, and Clara. “He is such a ____5____ to his mother. He wants to make money, but I don’t see what he can do.” Then she left. ____6____ that, the children sat thinking about Bernard. “I wish we could help him,” said Clara. “So do I.” said Harry. “We must have a try.” For some moments, John said nothing, but ____7____ he cried, “I’ve got an idea!” The other children jumped up with all attention. “Let me tell you ____8____ we can do,” said John. “Maybe we can make popcorn, put it into paper bags, and Bernard can ____9____ it” Mrs Meredith thought this idea was a good one, too. She then ordered a household popcorn machine. Later, Mrs Meredith, together with her ____10____ children, paid another visit to the family and told them about the popcorn plan. Needless to say, they were deeply moved. A few days later, the ____11____ was sent to Mrs Meredith’s doorstep. With everything ready Bernard started his new ____12____. At the beginning, it was a hard time. Mrs Meredith was quite ____13____ Bernard. Luckily, Bernard did quite well. He carried the popcorn on his small bike, going from door to door to sell it. People were surprised to see such a little boy selling popcorn at their doors, but finally almost everyone would buy ____14____. Things were getting better.