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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(零钱), 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 33. A. as well  B. as usual  C. either   D. also 34. A. sayings  B. questions  C. words   D. speeches 35. A. and then  B. and so   C. even if   D. but if 36. A. preparations  B. jokes   C. repairs  D. friends 37. A. according to  B. due to   C. instead of  D. up to 38. A. never  B. ever   C. seldom  D. always 39. A. took  B. moved   C. threw   D. turned 40. A. something  B. anything  C. somebody  D. anybody 答案：36-40 BADBC  41-45 DCBAD  46-50 BCACD  51-55 BADCA

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