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

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接线员、操作员，assistant伙计、助手，waiter餐馆服务员，secretary 秘书，根据工作地点是fruit shop可知选B。

37.解析：根据“he also had regular customers”可知生意很好，good business。

38.解析：outside the shop in cars和neighborhood一个是远道而来，一个是邻居，是相反的，

所以是but。

39.解析：them指的是顾客，另外根据by name，所以用knew。

40.解析：根据后面to carry可知选getting，make和let后面跟do something，而keep后面

跟doing。

41.解析：根据后面must可知这句表示推断，所以用suppose。declare是宣布，wish是希望，insist是坚持，都不能表示推测的意思。

42.解析：faithful to him和he had promised to sell good quality忠实的顾客和承诺卖给好的商品是因果关系。

43.解析：根据第二句可知Mr  Breen开的是水果店，所以供应fruit。

44.解析：我不得不承认，用admit。expect 希望、预料，announce宣布，promise保证。

45.解析：即使看上去不是madam，表示Mr  Breen待人有礼貌，选even。

46.解析：和上句的call对应，用said。told后面要跟somebody，talk后面跟with，speak除非和语言搭配后面不跟宾语。

47.解析：根据上句did not sound like flattery可以推断是彬彬有礼，选polite。

48.解析：a great chatter和前面待人有礼貌是递进关系，用as well。also要用在was前。

49.解析：saying谚语，question问题，words闲谈，speech演讲。和上句的chatter呼应，Mr Breen即使对不认识的顾客也要聊一两句天气。

50.解析：和上句if he did not know them对应，选but if。

51.解析：和陌生人谈天气，和熟人开玩笑，选make jokes。make preparation作准备，make repairs修理，make friends交朋友，都不通。

52.解析：cut one’s cloth according to因人而异。

53.解析：无论顾客买多少水果，都会找一些零钱，选表示肯定的always。

54.解析：别人认为Mr  Breen慷慨，而“我”认为相反，因而Mr  Breen从来不丢掉什么。

55.解析：something某物。从上文可以看出，Mr  Breen是既“大方”又“小气”的人，他能够在“无”中找出某种东西来。