初中英语阅读理解与完型填空［2016 湖北武汉］

A jobless man wanted to apply （求职）for the position of“office boy”at Microsoft．The staff manager interviewed him and then gave him a 　1　 ：clean the floor．The man passed it：he cleaned the floor very well．

“You are hired （雇佣），”the manger told the man．“Give me your email address，and I'll send you the form to 　2　 ．I shall also send you the 　3　 you should report for the work．”

The man replied，“I don't have a 　4　 ，or an email！”

“I am sorry，”said the manager．“If you don't have email，that means you do not exist （存在）．And we cannot 　5　 persons who do not exist．”

The man was very 　6　 ．He didn't know what to do．He only had 10 dollars with him．Once that was 　7　 ，he wouldn't have any money to buy even food．He went to the supermarket and bought a box of tomatoes with his 10 dollars．He went from door to door and 　8　 the tomatoes in small bags．He doubled his money．

He 　9　 this three times，and returned home with 60 dollars．He realized that he could continue to live this way．He started to go earlier every day，and returned later．He doubled or made even three times his money every day．Soon，he 　10　 a cart，then a truck．In a very short time，he had many delivery （递送）trucks．

Five years later，the man became one of the most biggest 　11　 sellers in the country．He started to plan his family's future．He called an insurance （保险）broker，a man who sells insurance．At the end of the 　12　 ，the broker asked him for his email address．The man replied，“I don't have an e-mail．”

Hearing that，the broker felt very 　13　 ．“You don't have email，and yet have succeeded in becoming so 　14　 ．Can you imagine what you could have been if you had email？”he said aloud．The man thought for a while，and replied，“An office 　15　 at Microsoft！”

If you just lost your job or failed an interview，don't worry，think of the positive （积极的）...Good days are on the way and something better will happen to you．

1．A．job

B．hand

C．chance

D．test

2．A．checked out

B．put up

C．fill in

D．write down

3．A．name

B．date

C．address

D．ticket

4．A.computer

B．screen

C．website

D．letter

5．A．believe

B．pay

C．accept

D．refuse

6．A．pleased

B．excited

C．embarrassed

D．disappointed

7．A．exchanged

B．spent

C．wasted

D．lost

8．A．divided

B．showed

C．kept

D．sold

9．A．repeated

B．reminded

C．tried

D．counted

10．A．borrowed

B．repaired

C．received

D．bought

11．A．truck

B．insurance

C．food

D．door

12．A．introduction

B．conversation

C．business

D．story

13．A．worried

B．satisfied

C．upset

D．surprised

14．A．clever

B．healthy

C．rich

D．confident

15．A．boy

B．secretary

C．cleaner

D．head

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