A Man
without a Watch
Mr. Cronin
has a clock shop in the center of the town. He tries his best to 1 it well. He often receives the customers 2 and people like to buy something in his
shop.
It was a
cold day and 3 people would go out to do some shopping.
Mr. Black, one of Mr. Cronin’s 4
, came into the shop. He knew the man was 5 his miserliness(吝啬). But he tried to 6 him to buy a watch in his shop.
“You’d
better buy a watch for yourself, Mr. Black,” said Mr. Cronin. “It’ll be 7 to you whenever.”
“No, no,”
said Mr. Black. “I’ll 8 need any watches.”
“But how
do you know when it’s time to 9_
?”
“The
people who live around me always 10_ their televisions at seven for
the news. So I can 11_ the
announcer(播音员) say, ‘The time is seven
o’clock. Here is the news.’”
“But you
don’t know when to go to work..”
“That’s 12_ ,” Mr. Black said with a smile.
“It takes me ten minutes to 13 and shave(刮脸). I have breakfast at twenty past seven. I get to the bus
stop at twenty to eight and fifteen minutes later arrive at my office and 14 working.”
“When do
you 15 your office, then?”
“There’s a
16 near it, its siren(汽笛) can tell me the right time?”
“How do
you know the time if you 17 in the middle of the night?”
“I always
put a stick by my 18 .”
“But a
stick can’t tell you the time.”
“You’re 19 . But I can use it to knock on
your wall. You always 20 . ‘What are you knocking on my wall
for at two in the night?’”
1. A. watch B.
build C.
manage D.
repair
2. A. warmly B.
luckily C.
simply D.
coldly
3. A. many B.
few C.
plenty of D.
most
4 A. workmates B.
friends C.
classmates D.
neighbours
5. A. famous for B.
good at
C. proud of D.
fond of
6. A. suggest B.
admit C.
persuade D.
support
7. A. helpless B.
helpful C.
necessary D.
important
8. A. always B.
sometimes C. often D.
never
9. A. go to bed B.
get up C.
go to work D.
have breakfast
10. A. show B.
turn off C.
turn on D.
sell out
11. A. see B.
guess C. suppose D.
hear
12. A. easy B.
possible C. different D.
probable
13. A. cook B.
wash C. tidy D.
rest
14. A. finish B.
enjoy C. start D.
keep
15. A. leave B.
clean C. protect D.
design
16. A. hospital B.
post office C.
university D. factory
17. A. sit up B.
stand up C. wake up D.
the down
18. A. desk B.
house C.
car D.
bed
19. A. clever B.
right C. wrong D.
foolish
20. A. shout B.
wonder C. laugh D.
request