The newspaper seller was a clean, neat man, of about forty with a rather serious, unsmiling face. He didn’t speak much to the customers or to his helpers, but when he did he spoke slowly and quietly, as if to himself. He believed in efficiency, not conversation. And this was how the office workers, rushing to catch their trains, preferred it.

It had been a good day. Lunch-time had been warm and sunny, and many people had bought magazines to read outside with their sandwiches. Now it was cold and rainy, and people wanted an evening paper for a cheerless journey ahead and a dull evening indoors.

At 6:30, with the main rush over, he started to collect the money together and count it. Then he left the stand and went home. It was the assistant’s turn this evening to look after it till eight o’clock, when it would be packed away for the night. His large white Mercedes was in the private car park of a large Government Building. He’d parked there for six months, pretending to be part of a heating firm working in the building. They would find out about him soon, and he’d have to park in a garage again, which was annoying. Their charges were far too high. A couple of junior clerks, regular customers, happened to see him getting into his car. “Must be a lot of money in papers, eh?” one of them shouted. He just smiled coldly in reply, and got into the car, placing the bags of money on the floor.

He thought about the clerks on the way home. Like the majority of his customers, despite their white shirts and dark suits, they probably made in a week as much as he could make in a good day.

59. It seems unlikely that the newspaper seller would be the sort of man who would    .

       A. be a cheerful companion                        B. try to cheat a customer

       C. earn a great deal of money                     D. trust his assistant much

60. The assistant’s job that evening was to      .

       A. sell papers until 8 o’clock                      B. start selling magazines at 8 o’clock

       C. count the money taken that day               D. lock up the car park

61. If they realized that he was not a heating engineer he would have to     .

A. park his car in a Government car park

B. look for another free parking place

C. pay to park his car in a garage

D. pretend he was a Government employee

62. When the newspaper seller thought about the two clerks he decided they were   .

A. badly dressed

B. very well off

C. not as rich as himself

D. not as hard-working as himself

The newspaper seller was a clean, neat man, of about forty with a rather serious, unsmiling face. He didn’t speak much to the customers or to his helpers, but when he did he spoke slowly and quietly, as if to himself. He believed in efficiency, not conversation. And this was how the office workers, rushing to catch their trains, preferred it.

It had been a good day. Lunch-time had been warm and sunny, and many people had bought magazines to read outside with their sandwiches. Now it was cold and rainy, and people wanted an evening paper for a cheerless journey ahead and a dull evening indoors.

At 6:30, with the main rush over, he started to collect the money together and count it. Then he left the stand and went home. It was the assistant’s turn this evening to look after it till eight o’clock, when it would be packed away for the night. His large white Mercedes was in the private car park of a large Government Building. He’d parked there for six months, pretending to be part of a heating firm working in the building. They would find out about him soon, and he’d have to park in a garage again, which was annoying. Their charges were far too high. A couple of junior clerks, regular customers, happened to see him getting into his car. “Must be a lot of money in papers, eh?” one of them shouted．He just smiled coldly in reply, and got into the car, placing the bags of money on the floor.

He thought about the clerks on the way home. Like the majority of his customers, despite their white shirts and dark suits, they probably made in a week as much as he could make in a good day.

1．It seems unlikely that the newspaper seller would be the sort of man who would    .

       A．be a cheerful companion                       B．try to cheat a customer

       C．earn a great deal of money                    D．trust his assistant much

2．The assistant’s job that evening was to      .

       A．sell papers until 8 o’clock                     B．start selling magazines at 8 o’clock

       C．count the money taken that day             D．lock up the car park

3．If they realized that he was not a heating engineer he would have to     .

A．park his car in a Government car park

B．look for another free parking place

C．pay to park his car in a garage

D．pretend he was a Government employee

4．When the newspaper seller thought about the two clerks he decided they were   .

A．badly dressed

B．very well off

C．not as rich as himself

D．not as hard-working as himself

SECTION C

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

Leaving the carriage, the man hurried down the corridor to the dinner car. As he stood in the doorway looking for   48   empty place at one of the tables, a waiter caught his eye and waved him over to a seat   49   the window. The man gave a sign of pleasure at the thought of a proper meal   50   of the odds and ends(零碎的东西) he had been having lately. As he looked at the menu, he wondered   51   would be the most filling dish. Perhaps a large steak—  52   would have to be something that lasted until he got home at midnight.

  Oh, how he hated all this traveling,   53   it was necessary if he wanted to build up his business. After  54   two or three years he thought he should be able to take it easy, and leave the running of the business to his eldest son. The only trouble was, his eldest son showed no interest in the family firm; it was his youngest son   55   was really interested.