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【题目】I was wandering into the small store, when the store owner received a call from a customer. The customer and his wife had shopped there several months before. When noticing that his wife really liked one thing in the store, he wanted to buy it as a surprise. Because time was limited, out 【1】 (go) the couple without buying it. It was not until several months later that the customer wanted to buy it.

But the customer was in Tennessee, living far away from the store which was in Maine. What was more, he had been to the store several months before, and it was difficult to believe that the store owner would remember him, or 【2】 it was that he was referring to. There were 【3】 (diversity) goods in the store. The customer’s question was whether she could do it. She said yes. The store owner advised him to describe the thing for her and so he did.

【4】 (inform) what the thing was like, the store owner took a few close-up photos with her camera, and e-mailed them to the customer. Having received the photos, then the customer decided which one was the very thing.

Then the customer said, “Now it is time we discussed a price over the phone.” Apart 【5】 discussing the price, they also decided the time to send it. Then she took care of the credit card transaction(交易) online, and the customer proposed the gift 【6】 (send) that afternoon. Then the agreement was reached. The customer said. “I live far away from your place now. 【7】, I would get it myself.”

The store owner was really smart. She wasn’t necessarily 【8】 (talent) for new technology but she was willing to push herself to find new ways to make the transaction (交易) actually happen. It was not a dramatic thing. It was the first time she had ever done it. Never before had she done such a thing.

【9】 difficult it was, the store owner discovered a creative solution 【10】 (contribute) to a new way of doing business. In my view, we should realize that challenge and opportunity go hand in hand.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】went

【2】what

【3】diverse

【4】Informed/Having been informed

【5】from

【6】(should) be sent

【7】Otherwise

【8】talented

【9】However

【10】contributing

【解析】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Tennessee 的顾客通过电话购买Maine的商店的商品，而店员想出方法促成生意的故事。

【1】考查时态。句意：由于时间很紧张，所以这对夫妇没有买就出去了。根据前句时态，所以应该用过去式。

【2】考查宾语从句。句意：很难想象这个店主还能记得他，甚至记得他提到的事情。空格处做remember的宾语，同时又在宾语从句中做refer to的宾语，“记住提到的事情”，故用连接代词what。

【3】考查形容词。此处表示商店里有各种各样的商品。修饰名词goods要用形容词diverse。

【4】考查非谓语动词。此处表示被告知这个物品长什么样之后，店主仔细看了一下照片，然后把物品寄给了顾客。“通知”与store owner之间为被动关系，所以用过去分词。

【5】考查固定短语。句意：除了讨论价格之外，他们还决定了寄送的时间。apart from除了。

【6】考查虚拟语气。句意：顾客建议礼物应该那天下午被寄送。propose后面跟宾语从句，则从句要用虚拟语气should do，should可以省略。“礼物”与“寄送”为被动关系，故填(should) be sent。

【7】考查副词。句意：我住的离你们的地方很远，否则我会亲自去取的。此处为转折关系，用otherwise(否则)。

【8】考查形容词做表语。句意：她不必对新技术非常有天赋，但是她愿意花心思去寻找新的方法来做成这个交易。be talented for在···方面有天赋。故填talented。

【9】考查副词。这里表示“无论有多困难”，应该用however。

【10】考查非谓语动词。句意：店主发现了一个有助于做成生意的创造性的解决方法。此处修饰solution作定语，solution与contribute to 之间为主动关系，故用现在分词contributing。