9. 2005·江西卷 完形填空

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．seretary?

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?

答案 ?36.B ? 37.A ?38.D ?39.B ?40.C ?41.D ?42.C ?43.B ?44.A ?45.D ?

46.B ?47.C ?48.A ?49.C ?50.D ?51.B ?52.A ?53.D ?54.C ?55.A