题目内容
9.In a used furniture business,unlike new,you cannot order stock from a catalogue.People call in,and you have to go out and make an offer."You can't (21)B what you don't have."my father would say.When I was aged thirteen,my father(22)D his store manager,a one-armed guy who could do more with his one arm than many will do with two.With his (23)A gone,my father came to me."Will you come in while I go out to (24)C the day's calls (25)C I find the right person?"he asked.
The store has tens of thousands of (26)A."People like to bargain,"he told me,"So I don't (27)C prices.You just have to know a (28)B."
He took me around."A quarter-horse motor you can sell for four dollars.For a refrigerator,depending on the (29)C,you can sell for thirty-five dollars to sixty dollars.However,if it has a freezer all the way across,sell it for eighty dollars,(30)Dexcellent condition,maybe one hundred dollars.Dishes come in with a houseful of furniture,and I don't even figure them in when I give a price.You can sell them for a nickel to a quarter.Something really nice."
Every day after (31)A,I would pedal down to the store.Soon after,I was writing up a sales slip(纸条)for an attractive plate when my father walked in.I had asked a dollar and the guy did not hesitate.I was very (32)D.My father glanced down at what I was doing,(33)Bthe customer and said,"You sure got a (34)C today.My employee gave you the price and that's the price."
Afterward,I asked my father,"What was that all (35)A?"
It turned out that it was a(n) (36)C plate,worth a few hundred dollars.I was shocked.Here I was (37)D to help my father in the business and instead I was losing money for him.
He said,"I could've stopped the sales if I'd wanted to.You were just writing up the slip and hadn't yet taken the money.(38)C,by civil law,you're (39)Aage.But,a man stands by his word and the word of his agent."
(40)Bmy father a small amount of money,but I learned a lifelong lesson in integrity (正直).
21.A.buy | B.sell | C.order | D.store |
22.A.missed | B.fired | C.dismissed | D.lost |
23.A.manager | B.boss | C.servant | D.salesman |
24.A.ask | B.return | C.answer | D.give |
25.A.if | B.when | C.until | D.unless |
26.A.items | B.goods | C.facilities | D.instruments |
27.A.offer | B.decide | C.mark | D.create |
28.A.name | B.range | C.variety | D.catalogue |
29.A.price | B.situation | C.condition | D.quantity |
30.A.on | B.for | C.by | D.in |
31.A.school | B.work | C.study | D.play |
32.A.upset | B.worried | C.embarrassed | D.pleased |
33.A.turned on | B.turned to | C.turned up | D.turned down |
34.A.plate | B.reward | C.bargain | D.fortune |
35.A.about | B.for | C.around | D.to |
36.A.ordinary | B.fragile | C.antique | D.delicate |
37.A.willing | B.going | C.managing | D.trying |
38.A.However | B.Therefore | C.Besides | D.Consequently |
39.A.under | B.above | C.at | D.of |
40.A.Spent | B.Cost | C.Took | D.Wasted |
分析 作者的父亲开了一家经营二手家具的商店;因为失去了一位很优秀的店经理,所以他安排作者在放学后去店里帮忙,这样他便可以出去回复一天的电话订单;因为顾客们喜欢讨价还价,所以作者的父亲并没有在货物上标注价格;只告诉作者可以根据商品自身的状况,来确定它的价格范围;后来,作者在一个漂亮的盘子上写下了价格标签,并打算以一美元的价格卖给一位顾客时,父亲回来了,而且正好目睹了这件事情的经过;父亲告诉那位顾客他的确买到便宜货了;因为那个盘子是价值几百美元的古董,并强调说既然它的员工(即作者)已给出了价格,那就按那个价格出售了;这一切使作者感到很震惊;然而,父亲说如果他愿意的话,本可以阻止销售这件古董;因为作者只是写了纸条并没有收钱;而且根据民法规定,13岁尚属于未成年人;但是父亲却认为一个人应该正直,不能出尔反尔.作者通过讲述该故事,旨在说明父亲为他上了一堂终生受益的课,并教会了他应该做一名正直的人.
解答 答案:
21.B 考查动词的用法 根据上文对经营二手家具的情况介绍可知,此处表示的应是:你不能卖你没有的东西;A.购买;B.卖; C.订购;D.贮存; 故选B
22.D 考查动词的用法 根据下文a one-armed guy who could do more with his one arm than many will do with two.(对店经理的赞扬与认可)以及With his (23)gone(随着…离开); find the right person(找到合适的人选)可知,此处表示的应是:父亲失去了他的商店经理;A.missed 漏掉;错过(机会);B.fired<口语>解雇;C.dismissed<正式语>解雇,把…免职; D.lost 失去;由于店经理很优秀;故排除B.C;而A.不合句意;故选D
23.A 考查名词的用法 根据上文父亲失去了他的商店经理可知,此处指的应是:随着他的店经理的离开;故选A
24.C 考查动词的用法 根据与该动词相搭配的宾语"the day's calls"可知,这里指的是,回复一天的电话订单;固定短语answer a call意为:接听电话;故选C
25.C 考查从属连词的用法 结合上文可知,本句的意思应是:在我找到合适的人选之前,我出去回复一天的电话订单时,你愿意来吗?故选C
26.A 考查名词的用法 items 是某几件东西,不一定是商品;强调是某个名单或列表中的东西;goods 商品,强调的是能买卖的东西;这里指的是父亲的店里有上万种的二手家具;故选A
27.C 考查动词的用法 本句的意思是:因为人们喜欢讨价还价,所以我不标价格;故选C
28.B 考查名词的用法 根据下文提到:一个冰箱根据实际情况,可以买到35美元到60美元可以推断出,此处应表示的是价格范围;A.名字; B.范围; C. 多样; 种类; 多样化; D.目录,产品样本; 故选B
29.C 考查名词的用法 根据上文讲的是二手家具可知,这里指的是根据商品自身的状况,来确定商品的价格;A.价格; B.形势,处境; C.情况,状态; D.数量;故选C
30.D 考查固定短语的用法 固定短语in excellent condition"情况特别好";故选D
31.A 考查句意理解以及名词的用法 根据上文"When I was aged thirteen"可知,因为作者那时只有13岁,因此可以判断出作者当时应该还是一名学生;故选A
32.D 考查形容词的用法 根据"I had asked a dollar and the guy did not hesitate"可知,作者要了多少钱,顾客并没有犹豫地就给了多少钱,所以可推测出,作者应该很高兴;故选D
33.B 考查动词短语的用法 A. 打开;发动;使兴奋;B.turned to 使)转向; C.turned up 出现;D.turned down 减少,关小;拒绝;根据句意可知,此处指的是:父亲看了一眼我正在做的事情,转向顾客并说;故选B
34.C 考查名词的用法 根据上下文可知,作者将一个古董盘子低价卖给了一位顾客,这里父亲告诉顾客的应是:今天你肯定买到了一个便宜货;A.盘子; B.报酬;报答;酬金;C.便宜货;D.命运,富有;故选C
35.A 考查固定的表达方式 固定的表达方式"What was that all about?"意为:那是怎么回事?故选A
36.C 考查形容词的用法 根据下文"worth a few hundred dollars"该盘子值几百美元可知,这是一个古董盘子;A.普通的,平常的;B.易碎的,脆的;C.古董的;D.纤弱的; 易损的;故选C
37.D 考查动词的用法 根据上文作者将一个价值几百美元的古董盘子只买了一美元可知,他让父亲损失了钱,因此本句话的意思应是:现在我正试图帮助我的父亲做生意,来弥补我给他损失的钱;故选D
38.C 考查副词的用法 根据句意关系可知,此处的前后两个句子表示的是并列关系,意为:你只是写了纸条并没有收钱;而且根据民法,你属于未成年;由于A.表示转折关系;B.D.表示因果关系;C.表示并列关系;故选C
39.A 考查介词的用法 根据上文可知,作者当时只有13岁,故此处应表示按照法律规定,作者属于未成年;故选A
40.B 考查动词词义辨析 结合上文并分析句意可知,此处省略的应是逻辑主语it即代指上文我将一个古董盘子低价销售的事情;意为:虽然它花去了父亲少量的钱,但却在学做正直的人方面,为我上了一堂终生受益的课;A.spend的主语通常指人;此处主语指的是一件事情,故选B
点评 本文是人物故事类的文章.首先应快速浏览全文,把握文章的大意,并了解作者的写作意图;其次在做每小题时,应结合前后句以及上下文的意思,仔细推敲并判断出句意;最后还要注意各类词的词义辨析.
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