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 neighborhood,    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 (零钱), 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
51A．preparations	B．jokes	C．repairs	D．friends
52A．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.B

解析：通读全文后我们可知作者是水果店里的一名店员，故选B。
37.A

解析：从下文可知水果店的老板很会做生意，后文是从他如何会做生意的角度谈起的，所以我们不能选择其他几项。
38.D

解析：文中说道老板的大多数买家主要是街坊邻居的家庭主妇们，但是也有经常开着车来得常客。选but表示和前文的转折关系。
39.B

解析：短语know sb by name的意思是“只知道某人的名字。”在这里作者说的是Mr Breen虽然有这些开着车来得常客，可是他也只是能叫出他们的名字而已。
40.C

解析：联系上下文可知：有些这种常客甚至早早下好订单，常常让我把水果给他们送到车上。A、B

解析：两项后面应该省略to，keep sb to do没有这个结构。
41.D

解析：上句说到：很明显他们都是这儿的长客，所以我猜想他们对他很放心，很信任。而不是“希望”，“坚持”，或“宣告”。
42.C

解析：这种默契是因为老板承诺会卖给他们优质的水果。前后是一种因果关系。
43.B

解析：水果店里自然卖的应该是水果，所以选B。
44.A

解析：作者不得不承认老板有一种独特的经营手段。其余几项均和题意不符。
45.D

解析：madam在这里是对女子的敬称，对于已婚未婚者均可使用，通常用于不相识者。一般人多用它来指已婚女子，故而在作者看来“即使”一些明显未婚女子他也会用madam去称呼她们。
46.B

解析：虽然他这样称呼她们，可是却并不让人觉得那是一种奉承。故选B。
47.C

解析：这种叫法是一种“礼貌”的叫法，只是人们现在已经不这样叫了。选C。
48.A

解析：老板不仅在礼貌方面很注意，而且还是一位健谈者。
49.C

解析：老板很健谈，如果遇到不熟悉的人，他会跟他们说说天气去搭话。
50.D

解析：即便是他熟悉的人，他也会和他们说上几句，说他们的家庭，或者“开玩笑。”所以选D

解析：项符合题意。
51.B

解析：短语make jokes意思为“开玩笑”。
52.A

解析：在这里作者想表达的意思是老板总是会见到什么人说什么话，左右逢源。文中的这个短语可以让我们联想到我们生活中常见的一个短语cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth” 量力而行，量入为出。”
53.D

解析：文中提到老板很会做生意，他在收钱时，总会免去应收的零头，以此来让顾客觉得他很慷慨。
54.C

解析：作者想说其实老板是一个并不大方的人，他从不乱扔东西，在这里只有短语threw away符合作者的写作意图。
55.A

解析：上文作者说到老板并不像他外表上给人留下的印象慷慨大方，他是一个总想着一文不花还想着办成事的人。