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In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job. I worked as a(n) 1 at Mr. Breen’s fruit shop. The fruit shop did 2 business. Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighbourhood, 3 he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars. Mr Breen 4 them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always 5 me to carry it out to their car. They were clearly long-standing customers, and I 6 they must have stayed faithful to him 7 he had promised to sell good quality 8 . He had a way with them—I had to 9 that. He called every woman “madam” for a start, 10 those who clearly were not, but when he 11 it, it did not sound like flattery (奉承). It just sounded 12 in an old-fashioned way. He was a great chatter 13 . If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few 14 about the weather, 15 he did, he would ask about their families or make 16 , always cutting his cloth 17 his customers. Whatever their bills came to, be 18 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 19 anything away. He was always looking for 20 for 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
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1~5 BADBC 6~10 DCBAD 11~15 BCACD 16~20 BADCA