Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 　　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,he 　　18　　 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 　　19　　 anything away．He was always looking 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． something B． anything C． somebody D． anybody

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．B;3．D;4．B;5．C;6．D;7．C;8．B;9．A;10．D;11．B;12．C;13．A;14．C;15．D;16．B;17．A;18．D;19．B;
解析：

(1)	解析：由下文“at Mr．Green's fruit shop”知作者只能作“assistant”（助手）。
(2)	解析：通读全文知这里的生意很好，选good．
(3)	解析：考连词，but表转折。大多数顾客是附近的但也有开车来的。
(4)	解析：考词语辨析。由句意只能是“知道”，他们的名字，其余三项意思不符。
(5)	解析：考动词辨析。get sb．to do sth．让某人做某事。
(6)	解析：“希望”（A）“坚持”（B）“声明”（C）都不合题意，故只能填suppose：认为。
(7)	解析：考连词，前后为因果关系故选because．
(8)	解析：全文开始就提到这是水果店，故卖水果（fruit）。
(9)	解析：填admit：我不得不承认这一点。
(10)	解析：考连词。句意：他称呼每位女士“madam”，即使（even）有的很明显不是。
(11)	解析：考动词辨析，易选出said
(12)	解析：词意辨析，这样说是很“礼貌”（olite）的。
(13)	解析：考短语as well意为“他也是……的一个人”。
(14)	解析：由句意知是用几句“话”问候他们，其余各项词意不符。
(15)	解析：此外“but if”表示：如果不是这样。
(16)	解析：“make jokes”译为“开玩笑”，其余项与语境不符。
(17)	解析：考固定短语，“according to”表示“根据”。
(18)	解析：由下文知此处应用“always”（经常）。
(19)	解析：联系上文，作者不认为他慷慨，他从不“扔掉（hrow）”任何东西。