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. secretary
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