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

解析:

36.解析：operator接線員、操作員，assistant伙計(jì)、助手，waiter餐館服務(wù)員，secretary 秘書，根據(jù)工作地點(diǎn)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(gè)是遠(yuǎn)道而來(lái)，一個(gè)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(jiān)持，都不能表示推測(cè)的意思。

42.解析：faithful to him和he had promised to sell good quality忠實(shí)的顧客和承諾賣給好的商品是因果關(guān)系。

43.解析：根據(jù)第二句可知Mr  Breen開(kāi)的是水果店，所以供應(yīng)fruit。

44.解析：我不得不承認(rèn)，用admit。expect 希望、預(yù)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(duì)應(yīng)，用said。told后面要跟somebody，talk后面跟with，speak除非和語(yǔ)言搭配后面不跟賓語(yǔ)。

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(jìn)關(guān)系，用as well。also要用在was前。

49.解析：saying諺語(yǔ)，question問(wèn)題，words閑談，speech演講。和上句的chatter呼應(yīng)，Mr Breen即使對(duì)不認(rèn)識(shí)的顧客也要聊一兩句天氣。

50.解析：和上句if he did not know them對(duì)應(yīng)，選but if。

51.解析：和陌生人談天氣，和熟人開(kāi)玩笑，選make jokes。make preparation作準(zhǔn)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(wú)論顧客買多少水果，都會(huì)找一些零錢，選表示肯定的always。

54.解析：別人認(rèn)為Mr  Breen慷慨，而“我”認(rèn)為相反，因而Mr  Breen從來(lái)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(wú)”中找出某種東西來(lái)。