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(2013·江西九校高三聯(lián)考)One fine afternoon I was walking along Fifth Avenue，____ I remembered that it was necessary to buy a pair of socks. Why I wish to buy only one pair is ____. I turned into the first sock shop that ____ my eye, and a boy clerk who could not have been more than seventeen years old ____. “What can I do for you, sir？”“I wish to buy a pair of socks.”His eyes glowed. There was a note of ____ in his voice.“Did you know that you had come into the finest place in the world to buy socks？” I had not been aware of that, as my entrance had been ____. “Come with me，” said the boy，excitedly. I followed him to the back part of the shop, and he began to haul down from the shelves box after box，____ their contents for my enjoyment.

“Hold on, young man, I am going to buy only one pair！”“I know that，” said he，“but I want you to see ___ beautiful these are. Aren't they wonderful？” ____ was on his face an expression of solemn and holy pleasure，____ he were revealing to me mysteries of his religion. I became far ____ interested in him than in the socks. I looked at him in amazement. “My friend，” said I, “if you can keep this up, if this is not ____ the enthusiasm that comes from novelty, from having a new job, if you can keep up this enthusiasm and excitement day after day, in ten years you will own every ____ in the United States.”

My amazement ____ his pride and joy in salesmanship will be easily understood by all who read this article. In many shops the ____ has to wait for someone to wait upon him. And when ____ some clerk does notice you, you are made to feel as if you were interrupting him. Whether he is ____ in deep thought in which he hates to be disturbed or he is chatting with a girl clerk, you feel like ____ for “being too rude”．

He displays no interest either in you or the goods he ____ to sell. Yet possibly that very clerk who is now so apathetic began his career with hope and ____. The daily grind was too much for him; the novelty wore off; his only pleasures were found outside of working hours. He became mechanical, he became incompetent, and then he saw younger clerks who had more zest in their work, promoted over him. He became sour. That was the last stage. His usefulness was over.

1.A.while　B．as　C．when　D．what

2.A.unnecessary　B．unreasonable C．useless　D．unimportant

3.A.kept　B．caught C．took　D．shut

4.A.came by　B．came across C．came forward　D．came around

5.A.passion　B．disappointment C．anger　D．indifference

6.A.purposeful　B．accidental C．unconditional　D．confidential

7.A.displaying　B．hiding C．selling　D．bargaining

8.A.what　B．which C．that　D．how

9.A.It　B．That　 C．One　D．There

10.A.although　B．as if C．if　D．since

11.A.more　B．much　 C．less　D．little

12.A.mostly　B．merely C．likely　D．hardly

13.A.store　B．customer C．joy　D．sock

14.A.at　B．with　 C．to　D．on

15.A.salesman　B．customer C．manager　D．passenger

16.A.firstly　B．especially C．lastly　D．finally

17.A.busy　B．devoted C．absorbed　D．attentive

18.A.forgiving　B．forgetting C．apologizing　D．paying

19.A.paid　B．is paid C．pays　D．was paid

20.A.enthusiasm　B．disappointment C．amazement　D．satisfaction

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.C

19.B

20.A

【解析】“我”在買襪子時遇到的一位男售貨員給“我”留下了深刻的印象，他對工作所表現(xiàn)出來的熱情讓“我”感到很詫異。

1.

2.2】解析　“我”只想買一雙襪子的原因并不重要。unnecessary“不必要的”；unreasonable“不合理的”；useless“無用的”；unimportant“不重要的”。故選D項。答案　D

3.3】解析　catch one's eye表示“吸引某人的注意”，為固定搭配。 答案　B

4.4】 解析　一個看起來年齡不超過17歲的男售貨員主動上前為“我”提供服務(wù)。come by“順路拜訪”；come across“偶遇”；come forward“主動提供(幫助或服務(wù)等)”；come around“恢復(fù)知覺”。 答案　C

5.5】解析　根據(jù)下文男售貨員的話以及21空后的“excitedly”可知，他的語調(diào)里飽含熱情。passion“熱情”；disappointment“失望”；anger“憤怒”；indifference“漠不關(guān)心”。故選A項。答案　A

6.6】解析　“我”沒有意識到那個，因為“我”是無意中進(jìn)入這家店的。purposeful“有目的的”；accidental“偶然的”；unconditional“無條件的”；confidential“秘密的，機(jī)密的”。故選B項。 答案　B

7.7】解析　男售貨員從貨架上把盒子一個一個抽拉下來，然后向“我”展示里面裝的襪子，供“我”挑選。display“展示”。答案　A

8.8】解析　感嘆句“__23__ beautiful these are”是賓語從句，作see的賓語，修飾形容詞“beautiful”，應(yīng)用how。答案　D

9.9】解析　在他的臉上有一種莊嚴(yán)而又虔誠的快樂的表情，故應(yīng)用there be句型。答案　D

10.0】解析　那種表情就像是他正在向“我”透露他的信仰中的奧秘。根據(jù)25空后面的“he were”可知，此處使用了虛擬語氣，故選B項。答案　B

11.1】解析　“我”變得對他比對襪子更感興趣。根據(jù)26空后面的“than”可知，此處應(yīng)使用比較級，故選A項。答案　A

12.2】 解析　如果你能繼續(xù)這樣保持下去，如果這份熱情不僅僅源于新奇，源于擁有一份新工作，如果你能每天都保持這種熱情和激情，不出十年，你將擁有美國的每一雙襪子。mostly“主要地”；merely“僅僅”；likely“可能”；hardly“幾乎不”。答案　B

13.3】 解析　參見上題解析。答案　D

14.4】解析　“我”對他推銷時表現(xiàn)出來的自豪與欣喜所感到的詫異，各位讀者應(yīng)當(dāng)不難理解。sb's amazement at sth 為固定搭配。答案　A

15.5】解析　在很多店里，顧客不得不等待有人來為其服務(wù)。答案　B

16.6】解析　根據(jù)上下文內(nèi)容可知，此處指等待之后，終于有售貨員注意到你了，因此用finally，表示“終于”。答案　D

17.7】解析　be absorbed in deep thought表示“陷入沉思”。 答案　C

18.8】解析　無論他是陷入討厭被人攪擾的深思之中，還是在和女售貨員調(diào)侃，你感覺好像應(yīng)當(dāng)為你不適時的打擾道歉似的。apologize for“為……而道歉”。 答案　C

19.9】解析　根據(jù)上下文提示可知，應(yīng)使用一般現(xiàn)在時，排除A和D；“he __34__ to sell”為定語從句，修飾先行詞“the goods”，表示“賣他可以獲得報酬的貨物”，表示被動關(guān)系，故選B。答案　B

20.20】解析　然而，就是這樣一個如此冷漠的售貨員，或許當(dāng)初也是滿懷希望和熱情開始工作的。enthusiasm“熱情”；disappointment“失望”；amazement“驚奇，詫異”；satisfaction“滿意”。答案　A