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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．

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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．

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