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 (零钱), 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