《2025年拔尖特训八年级英语上册译林版》

五、[核心素养] 完形填空。
人与自我——做人与做事
Once there was a poor woman,who lived with her little daughter after her husband died. She worked long hours each day,but only made enough 1 to live on.
One day,her little daughter came back from school 2. She said that her teacher was full of praise(赞扬)for her 3 for singing and suggested that she should be trained as a 4. The woman was very happy to hear that at first. 5 the joy soon turned into worry as she knew that she didn't have the money to afford the training.
She 6 long and hard,and finally decided to borrow some money from a merchant(商人),who her husband had been friends with. When the merchant 7 their situation,he felt sorry for them and decided to help them.
“How much do you need,madam?” asked the merchant.
“One hundred pounds will be enough,sir,” said the woman,8 to ask for money. “I'll find another job and pay you back as soon as possible.”
The merchant sat down at his desk,wrote a cheque(支票)and gave it to the woman with the words,“Take this to the 9,madam. You don't need to pay me back.” The woman was very 10,but she insisted on(坚持)writing an IOU(欠条).
The woman handed the cheque to the bank teller. But to her surprise,the teller counted out one thousand pounds,11 one hundred,and passed them to her.
“There is a 12 here,” the woman said. “You have given me one thousand pounds,and I only asked for one hundred.”
The teller looked at the cheque 13 and said,“The cheque is for one thousand pounds.”
“It's a mistake. I am 14 of that,” said the woman. She took the cheque back and returned to the merchant.
“I did make a mistake,madam,” said the merchant. “I should 15 you a job rather than just giving you one thousand pounds. It would be my pleasure to work with a person as honest as you.”
1. A. food B. money C. friends D. progress
2. A. loudly B. happily C. politely D. angrily
3. A. talent B. action C. advice D. introduction
4. A. designer B. writer C. teacher D. singer
5. A. So B. Or C. But D. And
6. A. worked B. walked C. thought D. learned
7. A. turned on B. took up C. worked out D. heard about
8. A. shy B. silent C. excited D. bored
9. A. bank B. hotel C. school D. hospital
10. A. useful B. helpful C. careful D. thankful
11. A. as for B. such as C. except for D. instead of
12. A. surprise B. mistake C. test D. joke
13. A. at first B. once more C. on purpose D. by accident
14. A. afraid B. careful C. sure D. tired
15. A. send B. show C. offer D. teach

答案： 1. B 她每天工作很长时间，但挣的钱只够维持生活。结合语境可知，此处表示“挣钱”。
2. B 根据下文老师赞扬她可知，女儿高兴地回家了。
3. A 老师赞扬她有唱歌的天赋。talent 意为“天赋”，符合语境。
4. D 根据上文提示可知，老师赞扬她有唱歌的天赋，建议把她训练成一名歌手。
5. C 当她意识到自己没有钱支付训练费用时，这种快乐很快就变成了担忧。空格前后表示转折关系，用 But 连接。
6. C 她想了很久，终于决定向一个商人借点钱。
7. D 结合前后语境可知，商人听说了她们的处境。
8. A 这个女士向商人借钱，她觉得不好意思。
9. A 这里表示去银行取钱。
10. D 根据语境可知，商人给这个女士钱，她很感激。
11. D 由文意可知，令她惊讶的是，出纳员数出了一千英镑，而不是一百英镑，递给了她。
12. B 根据上下文提示可知，她借了一百英镑，而出纳员给了她一千英镑，这一定是个错误。
13. B at first 起初；once more 再次；on purpose 故意地；by accident 偶然。根据语境可知，出纳员又看了一眼支票，确定还是一千英镑。
14. C 根据语境可知，她肯定这里面有错误，sure 意为“肯定”。
15. C 句意：我应该给你一份工作，而不仅仅是给你一千英镑。offer 意为“提供”。