高中英语学习材料（灿若寒星 *制作整理）必修三 M2 综合小测一、阅读理解A Robert Freddy was general manager of a large hotel in Ashbury Park，New Jersey.One cold day two years ago when he stopped his car at a traffic light，Stephen Pearman，an out-of-work taxi and truck driver，walked up to Freddy's car hoping to earn some change by washing his windshield (挡风玻璃 )．Like many motorists who try to keep the beggars off，Freddy turned on the wipers to show he wasn't interested. Pearman put his head close to the window.“Come on，mister.Give me a chance.I need a job，”he said.Something in Stephen Pearman's voice moved Robert Freddy.In the seconds before traffic started moving again，Freddy handed Pearman a business card and told him to call if he was serious. “My friends told me he was just pulling my leg，”said Pearman.“But I said，‘No，he's a businessman.I need to give it a shot.”Two days later,29-year-old Pearman appeared in the manager's office of the big hotel.Freddy gave him a job and housing and lent him pocket money while training him. Today Pearman works full time setting up the hotel's dining halls for business meetings.In the past two years，he has found a flat，married and repaid Freddy's loans. “Mr.Freddy gave me a second chance，”says Pearman，“And I took advantage of it.I could have just come here a while，eaten up and left.But there is no future in washing windshields.”Ordinarily ，Freddy keeps away from the street people.“But Pearman seemed so honest and open，asking for a chance rather than just money，”Freddy says，“I don't hand my business card to just anybody.But I'm glad I did in this case.”1．When Pearman first appeared before Freddy，________. A．Freddy took him as a beggar...
