Question

In the summer vacation of 1997 , I was fixed with a job . I worked as a(n)     36   at Mr. Breen’s fruit shop .The fruit shop did    37    business . Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighbourhood,     38    he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars . Mr Breen    39    them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up , always     40   me to carry it out to their car . They were clearly long-standing customers , and I    41    they must have stayed faithful to him   42     he had promised to sell good quality     43   . He had a way with them —I had to   44     that . He called every woman “madam” for a start ,    45    those who clearly were not, but when he     46   it , it did not sound like flattery (奉承). It just sounded     47   in an old-fashioned way . He was a great chatter     48   . If he did not know them , he would greet them with a few    49    about the weather ,     50   he did , he would ask about their families or make    51    , always cutting his cloth    52    his customers . Whatever their bills came to , be     53   gave them back the few odd pence (零錢), and I am sure they thought he was very generous (慷慨). But I thought he was the opposite . He never    54    anything away . He was always looking for     55   for nothing .
36.A.operator        B.assistant      C.waiter              D.secretary
37.A.good           B.poor        C.big                 D.usual
38.A.so                 B.when          C.therefore          D.but
39.A.sold           B.knew          C.gave          D.sent
40.A.making        B.letting       C.getting             D.keeping
41.A.wish          B.insist         C.declare        D.suppose
42.A.when         B.if              C.because            D.though
43.A.food          B.fruit            C.vegetables   D.drink
44.A.admit         B.expect         C.announce   D.promise
45.A.yet            B.only            C.just                D.even
46.A.told           B.said                C.spoke        D.talked
47.A.serious          B.strange        C.polite             D.familiar
48.A.as well          B.as usual     C.either             D.also
49.A.sayings          B.questions   C.words        D.speeches
50.A.and then        B.and so       C.even if            D.but if
51.A.preparations   B.jokes           C.repairs       D.friends
52.A.according to   B.due to                C.instead of  D.up to
53.A.never           B.ever            C.seldom             D.always
54.A.took          B.moved       C.threw       D.turned .
55.A.something      B.anything      C.somebody  D.anybody

Answer 1

36—40 BADBC  41—45 DCBAD 46—50 BCACD  51—55 BADCA

36.解析：operator接線員、操作員，assistant伙計、助手，waiter餐館服務員，secretary 秘書，根據(jù)工作地點是fruit shop可知選B。
37.解析：根據(jù)“he also had regular customers”可知生意很好，good business。
38.解析：outside the shop in cars和neighborhood一個是遠道而來，一個是鄰居，是相反的，
所以是but。
39.解析：them指的是顧客，另外根據(jù)by name，所以用knew。
40.解析：根據(jù)后面to carry可知選getting，make和let后面跟do something，而keep后面
跟doing。
41.解析：根據(jù)后面must可知這句表示推斷，所以用suppose。declare是宣布，wish是希望，insist是堅持，都不能表示推測的意思。
42.解析：faithful to him和he had promised to sell good quality忠實的顧客和承諾賣給好的商品是因果關系。
43.解析：根據(jù)第二句可知Mr  Breen開的是水果店，所以供應fruit。
44.解析：我不得不承認，用admit。expect 希望、預料，announce宣布，promise保證。
45.解析：即使看上去不是madam，表示Mr  Breen待人有禮貌，選even。
46.解析：和上句的call對應，用said。told后面要跟somebody，talk后面跟with，speak除非和語言搭配后面不跟賓語。
47.解析：根據(jù)上句did not sound like flattery可以推斷是彬彬有禮，選polite。
48.解析：a great chatter和前面待人有禮貌是遞進關系，用as well。also要用在was前。
49.解析：saying諺語，question問題，words閑談，speech演講。和上句的chatter呼應，Mr Breen即使對不認識的顧客也要聊一兩句天氣。
50.解析：和上句if he did not know them對應，選but if。
51.解析：和陌生人談天氣，和熟人開玩笑，選make jokes。make preparation作準備，make repairs修理，make friends交朋友，都不通。
52.解析：cut one’s cloth according to因人而異。
53.解析：無論顧客買多少水果，都會找一些零錢，選表示肯定的always。
54.解析：別人認為Mr  Breen慷慨，而“我”認為相反，因而Mr  Breen從來不丟掉什么。
55.解析：something某物。從上文可以看出，Mr  Breen是既“大方”又“小氣”的人，他能夠在“無”中找出某種東西來。