In the winter vocation of 2008, I was fixed with a job．I worked as a(n) 1 at Mr Breen's fruit shop．The fruit shop did good business．Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighborhood, 2 he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars．Mr Breen 3 them all by names and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always 4 me to carry it out to their car．They were clearly longstanding customers, and I 5 they must have stayed faithful to him because he had promised to sell good quality fruits．He had a way with them－I had to 6 that．He called every woman“madam”for a start, 7 those who clearly were not, but when he said it, it did not sound like flattery(恭维)．It just sounded 8 in an old-fashioned way．He was a great chatter 9 ．If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few 10 about the weather, 11 he did, he would ask about their families or make 12 , always cutting his cloth 13 his customers．Whatever their bills came to, he 14 gave them back the few odd pence(零钱), and I was sure they thought he was very generous．But I thought he was the opposite．He never threw anything away．He was always looking for 15 for nothing．
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 neighborhood, 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, he 18 gave them back the few odd pence(零钱)，and I am sure they thought he was very generous．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．
drinks
(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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In the winter vocation of 2008, I was fixed with a job．I worked as a(n) 1 at Mr Breen's fruit shop．The fruit shop did good business．Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighborhood, 2 he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars．Mr Breen 3 them all by names and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always 4 me to carry it out to their car．They were clearly longstanding customers, and I 5 they must have stayed faithful to him because he had promised to sell good quality fruits．He had a way with them－I had to 6 that．He called every woman “madam” for a start, 7 those who clearly were not, but when he said it, it did not sound like flattery(恭维)．It just sounded 8 in an old-fashioned way．He was a great chatter 9 ．If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few 10 about the weather, 11 he did, he would ask about their families or make 12 , always cutting his cloth 13 his customers．Whatever their bills came to, he 14 gave them back the few odd pence(零钱), and I was sure they thought he was very generous．But I thought he was the opposite．He never threw anything away．He was always looking for 15 for nothing．
ho lived in the neighborhood, 22_ he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars. Mr Breen 23 them all by names and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always 24 me to carry it out to their car. They were clearly longstanding customers, and I 25 they must have stayed faithful to him because he had promised to sell good quality fruits. He had a way with them---- I had to 26 that. He called every woman “madam” for a start, 27 those who clearly were not, but when he said it, it did not sound like flattery(恭维). It just sounded 28 in an old-fashioned way. He was a great chatter 29 . If he did not kn
ever threw anything away. He was always looking for 35 for nothing.