《2025年金钥匙提优训练课课练九年级英语上册译林版徐州专版》

四、完形填空。
Four years ago, Joel Kline gave up his job as a magazine editor to become a freelance copywriter for advertisements, but now he has money trouble. He says he wishes he'd never 1. ______ to set up his own business.
"I am now in such a bad situation," says Joel. "I wish I were 2. ______ working as an editor now. You see, I was 3. ______ with my job. And I used to get really angry at my boss and the way he used to 4. ______ me around all the time. I talked to a few friends and they said that they could give me 5. ______, so I told my boss I was leaving. At first, everything was 6. ______. I had so much work that I had to take on an assistant(助理), my best friend at work, Don, just to be 7. ______ to finish things on time. And soon we 8. ______ large amounts of money. Don and I had a really great life. When the work was finished, we used to take 9. ______ in places like the Bahamas just to get relaxed. At first, we were busy having fun, and charged(支付) everything to my credit cards instead, but then I began to 10. ______ how much in debt(负债) I was. At last, I had to 11. ______ Don. I then had to sell all my office equipment(设备). Now I could do almost nothing even if people 12. ______ me. Things got so bad that I even asked my old boss if I could do some work for the 13. ______, but he said that I'd been so 14. ______ to him when I left. So he would never employ(雇佣) me again. I've had to 15. ______ my business now and I don't know what I'm going to do to make money. It just goes to show if you set up your own business, you shouldn't spend money you don't have."
1. A. protected
B. learnt
C. failed
D. decided
2. A. specially
B. still
C. also
D. certainly
3. A. pleased
B. strict
C. bored
D. patient
4. A. show
B. order
C. serve
D. lead
5. A. time
B. money
C. food
D. work
6. A. perfect
B. wrong
C. hard
D. fun
7. A. afraid
B. ready
C. able
D. about
8. A. lost
B. borrowed
C. donated
D. made
9. A. vacations
B. pictures
C. courses
D. chances
10. A. imagine
B. remember
C. wonder
D. realize
11. A. fire
B. see
C. take
D. put
12. A. learnt
B. remembered
C. forgot
D. asked
13. A. advertisement
B. magazine
C. equipment
D. lifestyle
14. A. shy
B. rude
C. lazy
D. straight
15. A. close down
B. pick up
C. turn down
D. set up

答案： 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. D 11. A 12. D 13. B 14. B 15. A