Inthesummervacationof1997,Iwasfixedwithajob.Iworkeda...

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In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job. I worked as a(n) ___21___ at Mr. Breen's fruit shop. The fruit shop did __22___ Business. Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighborhood, ___23___ he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars. Mr. Breen ___24___ them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always __25__ me to carry it out to their car. They were clearly long-tanding customers, and I ___26___ they must have stayed faithful to him __27___ he had promised to sell good quality __28___. He had a way with them—I had to ___29___ that. He called every woman “madam” for a start, __30___ those who clearly were not, but when he __31_ it, it did not sound like flattery(奉承). It just sounded ___32___ in an old-fashioned way. He was a great chatter ___33___. If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few ___34___ about the weather, ___35__ he did, he would ask about their families or make __36___, always cutting his cloth ___37___ his customers. Whatever their bills came to, be ___38___ 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 __39__ anything away. He was always looking for ___40___ for nothing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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