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    In a used furniture business, unlike new, you cannot order stock from a catalogue. People call in, and you have to go out and make an offer. “You can’t   41   what you don’t have.” my father would say.     When I was aged thirteen, my father   42   his store manager, a one-armed guy who could do more with his one arm than many will do with two. With his 43   gone, my father came to me. “Will you come in while I go out to   44   the day’s calls   45   I find the right person?” he asked.     The store has tens of thousands of  46  . “People like to bargain,” he told me, “So I don’t  47   prices. You just have to know a   48  .”     He took me around. “A quarter-horse motor you can sell for four dollars. For a refrigerator, depending on the  49  , you can sell for thirty-five dollars to sixty dollars. However, if it has a freezer all the way across, sell it for eighty dollars,   50   excellent condition, maybe one hundred dollars. Dishes come in with a houseful of furniture, and I don’t even figure them in when I give a price. You can sell them for a nickel to a quarter. Something really nice.”     Every day after   51  , I would pedal down to the store. Soon after, I was writing up a sales slip（纸条）for an attractive plate when my father walked in. I had asked a dollar and the guy did not hesitate. I was very   52  . My father glanced down at what I was doing,   53   the customer and said, “You sure got a   54   today. My employee gave you the price and that’s the price.” Afterward, I asked my father, “What was that all   55  ?” It turned out that it was a(n)  56   plate, worth a few hundred dollars. I was shocked. Here I was   57   to help my father in the business and instead I was losing money for him. He said, “I could’ve stopped the sales if I’d wanted to. You were just writing up the slip and hadn’t yet taken the money.   58  , by civil law, you’re   59   age. But, a man stands by his word and the word of his agent.”   60   my father a small amount of money, but I learned a lifelong lesson in integrity (正直). 41. A. buy                   B. sell                          C. order                      D. store 42. A. missed                     B. fired                        C. dismissed               D. lost 43. A. manager           B. boss                       C. servant                   D. salesman 44. A. ask                    B. return                            C. answer                          D. give 45. A. if                       B. when                       C. until                        D. unless 46. A. items                 B. goods                            C. facilities                  D. instruments 47. A. offer                  B. decide                           C. mark                       D. create 48. A. name                B. range                      C. variety                           D. catalogue 49. A. price                 B. situation                  C. condition                D. quantity 50. A. on                            B. for                           C. by                           D. in 51. A. school               B. work                        C. study                      D. play 52. A. upset                B. worried                   C. embarrassed          D. pleased 53. A. turned on          B. turned to                 C. turned up               D. turned down 54. A. plate                 B. reward                           C. bargain                   D. fortune 55. A. about                B. for                           C. around                          D. to 56. A. ordinary            B. fragile                            C. antique                   D. delicate 57. A. willing                B. going                      C. managing               D. trying 58. A. However            B. Therefore               C. Besides                  D. Consequently 59. A. under                B. above                            C. at                                   D. of 60. A. Spent                B. Cost                        C. Took                       D. Wasted 答案： 41—45 BDACC     46—50ACBCD       51—55 ADBCA     56—60 CDCAB

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