In the winter vocation of 2008, I was fixed with a job. I worked as a(n) 21  at Mr Breen’s  fruit shop. The fruit shop did good business. Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighborhood, 22_ he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars. Mr Breen 23  them all by names and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always 24  me to carry it out to their car. They were clearly longstanding customers, and I 25 they must have stayed faithful to him because he had  promised to sell good quality fruits. He had a way with them---- I had to 26  that. He called every woman “madam” for a start, 27  those who clearly were not, but when he said it, it did not sound like flattery(恭維). It just sounded 28  in an old-fashioned way. He was a great chatter  29 . If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few  30  about the weather,  31  he did, he would ask about their families or make  32 , always cutting his cloth 33  his customers. Whatever their bills came to, he  34  gave them back the few odd pence(零錢(qián)), and I was sure they thought he was very generous. But I thought he was the opposite. He never threw anything away. He was always looking for  35 for nothing.

1. A. operator     B. assistant       C. waiter      D. secretary

2. A. so           B. when         C. therefore    D. but

3. A. sold         B. knew         C. gave        D. sent

4. A. making      B. letting        C. getting      D. keeping

5.A. wished       B. insisted       C. declared    D. supposed

6. A. admit        B. expect        C. announce   D. promise

7. A. yet          B. only          C. just        D. even

8. A. serious       B. strange       C. polite       D. familiar

9.A. as well       B. as usual       C. either      D. also

10.A. sayings       B. questions     C. words      D. speeches

11.A. and then      B. and so       C. even if      D. but if

12.A. preparations   B. jokes        C. repairs      D. friends

13.A. according to   B. due to        C. instead of   D. up to

14. A. never         B. ever         C. seldom     D. always

15.A. something     B. anything     C. somebody   D. anybody

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.A

【解析】 略

 

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