第二节;完形填空
Buying what we need not what others say
is good should be the rule of our shopping. I was walking through the street
one day when I caught sight of a strange store. There wasn’t anything but 36 shelves at one end of the room
,in front of which a man standing on a raised platform and shouting loudly that
the greatest 37 of the year was
about to begin ,I decided to stay and see what would happen.
A salesman began to 38 bs and a large quantity of small packets
in bright paper .When the man at the table was satisfied that a large crowd of
people had 39 , he began 40 out the packets, asking
for the sum of three pence in 41 ,and declaring the 42 of the contents was fifty
times as much.
I paid three pence for my packet and was
43 told I should
not open it until after the sale. All these beautiful things ,the man
announced, would be nearly given
44 .He was as good as
his
45 .for he held up a razor(剃须刀) and asked a young man if it was worth six pence ,The
young man was 46 about the matter and was at once
handed the razor for the sum asked.
47 happened with a
number of other small articles.
Then 48
asking small sum like six pence , the man began to 49
large amounts for “very rare, high-quality” objects. The people 50
, thinking that these too were being” 51 away”, soon found themselves
paying a great deal for 52 things I decided I ‘d better go
quickly 53 being persuaded into buying something
I didn’t want. I went into the
54 ,opened my
prize-packet and found that I had been rewarded with a(n) 55 bottle of scent(香水)。
36. A. crowded B. empty C.
full
D. large
37. A. moment B event
C performance D. sale
38 A. pile
B. carry
C. take
D. sell
39. A. passed B. followed C. gathered D. sat
40. A. putting B. handing C. sending D. giving
41. A .all
B. return C. peace
D. fact
42. A. value
B. price C. cost
D. details
43. A. gladly B. quickly
C. later
D. immediately
44. A. willingly B. luckily C. freely
D. fortunately
45. A. language B. goods C. word
D. honor
46. A. worried B. sure
C. puzzle
D. eager
47. A. The same B. That C.
What D. It
48. A. as a result of B. in the hope of C. in need of D. instead of
49. A. offer B.
receive C.
demand D. save
50. A. outdoors B. present C. left D.
indoors
51. A. put
B. given C.
thrown D. carried
52. A. right B.
useful
C. useless
D. satisfying
53. A. as
B. when C. after D. before
54.
A. street B.
store
C. platform D.
square
55. A. cheap B.
expensive C.
little
D. big