Question

In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job. I worked as a(n) ___36___ at Mr. Breen’s fruit shop. The fruit shop did ___37___ business. Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighbourhood, ___38___ he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars. Mr Breen ___39___ them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always ___40___ me to carry it out to their car. They were clearly long-standing customers, and I ___41___ they must have stayed faithful to him ___42___ he had promised to sell good quality ___43___. He had a way with them—I had to ___44___ that. He called every woman “madam” for a start, ___45___ those who clearly were not, but when he ___46___ it, it did not sound like flattery (奉承). It just sounded ___47___ in an old-fashioned way. He was a great chatter ___48___. If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few ___49___ about the weather, ___50___ he did, he would ask about their families or make ___51___, always cutting his cloth ___52___ his customers. Whatever their bills came to, be ___53___ gave them back the few odd pence (零錢), and I am sure they thought he was very generous (慷慨). But I thought he was the opposite. He never ___54___ anything away. He was always looking for ___55___ for nothing.

36. A. operator      B. assistant     C. waiter D. secretary

37. A. good    B. poor   C. big     D. usual

38. A. so B. when  C. therefore    D. but

39. A. sold     B. knew  C. gave   D. sent

40. A. making B. letting C. getting       D. keeping

41. A. wish     B. insist   C. declare       D. suppose

42. A. when    B. if C. because      D. though

43. A. food     B. fruit    C. vegetables  D. drink

44. A. admit   B. expect C. announce    D. promise

45. A. yet       B. only    C. just     D. even

46. A. told      B. said    C. spoke  D. talked

47. A. serious B. strange       C. polite  D. familiar

48. A. as well B. as usual      C. either  D. also

49. A. sayings B. questions    C. words D. speeches

50. A. and then      B. and so C. even if       D. but if

51. A. preparations B. jokes   C. repairs       D. friends

52. A. according to B. due to C. instead of   D. up to

53. A. never   B. ever    C. seldom       D. always

54. A. took     B. moved       C. threw  D. turned.

55. A. something    B. anything     C. somebody   D. anybody

Answer 1

36---55      BADBC   DCBAD   BCACD   BADCA          

解析:

文章主要講“我”在一家水果店打工所見識的老板的特殊經(jīng)營之道。

36. B。在水果店做店員，用assistant。

37. A。根據(jù)下文可知，這個店的生意一直不錯(good)。

38. D。此處用but表轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。句意為：大多數(shù)的生意來自于住在附近的家庭主婦，但也有些�？统塑噺耐獾貋�。

39. B。know sb by name 意為“只知道某人的名字”。

40. C。get sb to do sth 意為“叫某人做某事”。動詞make和let后接不定式作賓語補足語時要省加重to，keep不能用不定式作賓語補足語。

41. D。此處是作者根據(jù)自己了解的情況(even had their order already made up…long-standing customers等)所作出的猜測。

42. C。顧客信任他是因為他許諾賣給他們優(yōu)質(zhì)水果。表原因，用because。

43. B。由于是水果店，自然是賣fruit。

44. A。由于水果店的老板把生意一直做得很好，所以“我”不得不承認(admit)他與顧客打交道有自己的一套方法。

45. D。句意為：老板開始對每一個woman都稱madam，即使那些明顯不是madam的woman，他也這樣稱呼。（由此可看出老板的圓滑）

46. B。此處用say強調(diào)所說的內(nèi)容。大意是：老板稱那些明顯不是madam的woman為madam，但卻一點聽不出像是奉承。(這也體現(xiàn)了老板的交際水平)

47. C。由前句可知，老板這樣說聽起來不像是奉承，只是像有點過時的polite。

48. A。他也是一個健談的人。also, either, as well 都可表示“也”，其區(qū)別是：also用于句中；either 用在否定句；as well 用于句末。

49. C。對于不熟的人用談?wù)撎鞖獾脑拋韱柡蚧虼钋�。（這是英美人的交際習(xí)慣）

50. D。前面說if he did not know them…(如果他不認識他們)，此處說 if he did (know them)…(如果他認識他們)，兩者的意思顯然為對比或轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。

51. B。此處說的是，老板跟熟悉的人交談，就問候他們的家人或跟他們開開玩笑。(這也是合乎常理的)

52. A。cut one’s cloth according to one’s customers 意為“量體裁衣”。此處說的是老板的講話很到位。

53. D。此處說的是，無論賬上的數(shù)目是多少，老板總要(always)給顧客找一些零錢——其目的是要讓顧客認為他很慷慨。（這也從一個角度可以看出老板的生意之道）

54. C。前面說老板千方百計想顯得自己很慷慨，但作者自己卻完全持相反的觀點。他認為老板從來不扔掉任何東西(never threw anything away)。

55. A。looking for something for nothing 指不要花錢而得到某物。for nothing 是習(xí)語，意為“免費”。