Question

阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job. I worked as a(n)     1at Mr. Breen’s fruit shop .The fruit shop did     2business . Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighborhood,    3he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars. Mr. Breen     4them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always      5me to carry it out to their car. They were clearly long-standing customers, and I     6they must have stayed faithful to him    7he had promised to sell good quality      8. He had a way with them —I had to    9that. He called every woman “madam” for a start ,    10those who clearly were not, but when he      11it , it did not sound like flattery (奉承). It just sounded      12in an old-fashioned way. He was a great chatter      13. If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few     14about the weather,     15he did , he would ask about their families or make     16, always cutting his cloth     17his customers . Whatever their bills came to , he      18gave them back the few odd pence (零钱), and I am sure they thought he was very generous (慷慨). But I thought he was the opposite. He never     19anything away. He was always looking for      20for nothing.

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

2.A．good             B．poor           C．big            D．usual

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

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

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

6.A．wish             B．insist         C．declare        D．suppose

7.A．when             B．if             C．because        D．though

8.A．food             B．fruit          C．vegetables     D．drink

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

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

11.A．told            B．said           C．spoke          D．talked

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19.A．took            B．moved          C．threw          D．turned .

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

Answer

1.Ｂ

【详解】从下文“我”做的事看“我”在店里是一店员，故选assistant 。

2.Ａ

【详解】从后面的描写不难看出，这个商店生意不错，故用good 。

3.Ｄ

【详解】前后意思为转折，意思是他的大部分生意来自附近的家庭主妇，但还是有坐车来的常客。

4.Ｂ

【详解】这里意思是Mr. Breen认识他们所有的人，故选 knew.

5.Ｃ

【详解】get sb to do sth 意思是让某人做某事，这里的意思是让“我”给他们把东西送出去。

6.Ｄ

【详解】从上下文看，这里应该是我“认为”的意思。

7.Ｃ

【详解】这里表达的是他们相信他是“因为”Mr. Breen答应卖给她们等量好的东西。故选because .

8.Ｂ

【详解】从文章的第一句话可以知道这是一家水果店，当然是卖给她们水果。故选fruit.

9.Ａ

【详解】这里的意思是Mr. Breen对她们有一套，我得“承认”这一点。故选admit .

10.Ｄ

【详解】Mr. Breen总是把每一个女人都称作Madam，“甚至”对那些很明显不是的女人也一样。故选 even

11.Ｂ

【详解】said说，意思是当他说的时候，听起来并不是奉承，故选said.

12.Ｃ

【详解】从上下文看，意思是Mr. Breen把那些女人称作Madam时，听起来很有礼貌。故选 polite.

13.Ａ

【详解】as well= too 也的意思，和前面的内容并列。

14.Ｃ

【详解】words：话，这里的意思是几句关于天气的话。

15.Ｄ

【详解】从上下文可看出这里有转折的意思。故选 but if

16.Ｂ

【详解】make jokes 开玩笑。

17.Ａ

【详解】according to  根据， 意思是根据不同的顾客选择不同的话题。

18.Ｄ

【详解】根据下文的they thought he was very generous (慷慨).可知他“总是”多找一些零钱。故选 always

19.C

【详解】throw away 扔掉，意思是他从不会白扔任何东西的。

20.Ａ

【详解】从前一句可以看出，应该选 something.

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