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).
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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 |