Just as suddenly, the owner of the greenhouse where I worked as manager died of heart attack. His family announced that they were going to close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it.Things looked pretty gloomy(令人沮丧的). My wife and i read the want (81)a________ each day. Then one morning, as i was hanging out the “Going Out of Business” sign at the greenhouse, the door opened, and in walked a (82)c________. She was an office manager whose company had just moved into the new office park on the edge of town. She was looking for pots and plants to place in the reception(接待) (83)a_______ in the offices. “I don’t know anything about plants, "she said, "I’m sure in a few weeks they’ll all be dead. " While I was helping her choose her purchases(盆栽), my (84) m______ was acing, Perhaps as many as a dozen companies have (85) r_______opened offices in the new office park, and there were several hundred more estates with construction underway. That afternoon, I drove out to the office park. By six o'clock that evening, I had signed contracts(合同)with seven companies to rent plants from me and pay me a fee to maintain them. Within a week, I had worked out (起草) an agreement to lease(租)the greenhouse from the owner’s family. Business is now (86)i_______ rapidly, and one day, we hope to be the proud (87)o______of the greenhouse.

虽然她在参加大赛之前并没有过任何从政的经验,that 指代上文的环球小姐大赛。[押题理由]完形填空是中考必考题型,考查学生的单词量,词性变化,同义词转化,联系上下文理解,连词的使用方式等做出选择。2019:形容词和名词的恰当搭配还是考察重点,动词的词性变化仍然是重点。C, Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词使其内容通顺,每空限填一次,首字母已给)(14分)In February last year, my wife lost her job. Just as suddenly, the owner of the greenhouse where I worked as manager died of heart attack. His family announced that they were going to close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it.Things looked pretty gloomy(令人沮丧的). My wife and i read the want (81)a________ each day. Then one morning, as i was hanging out the “Going Out of Business” sign at the greenhouse, the door opened, and in walked a (82)c________. She was an office manager whose company had just moved into the new office park on the edge of town. She was looking for pots and plants to place in the reception(接待) (83)a_______ in the offices. “I don’t know anything about plants, "she said, "I’m sure in a few weeks they’ll all be dead. " While I was helping her choose her purchases(盆栽), my (84) m______ was acing, Perhaps as many as a dozen companies have (85) r_______opened offices in the new office park, and there were several hundred more estates with construction underway. That afternoon, I drove out to the office park. By six o'clock that evening, I had signed contracts(合同)with seven companies to rent plants from me and pay me a fee to maintain them. Within a week, I had worked out (起草) an agreement to lease(租)the greenhouse from the owner’s family. Business is now (86)i_______ rapidly, and one day, we hope to be the proud (87)o______of the greenhouse.