Question

Mr. Young has a big shop in the center of the city. He tells all his employees to be      to the buyers and he gets a lot of    . One day an old woman went to the shop to      a silk blouse. When she came out of the shop with the blouse, she      her wallet in it. A girl picked it up and    there were nearly five hundred dollars in it. She looked around and     saw it. She put it into her      quickly. Soon the old woman came back to look for it, of course she     . That evening Mr. Young was told about it. He was very      and sent the girl away. Then he decided to employ an honest man to take her    . Several young men came, but   _  of them could satisfy him.

This morning a young man came to his    . He asked, "Do you smoke, sir?" "No, sir," answered the young man.

"Do you      ?" "No, sir."

Mr. Young asked him the other questions, and the young man's     satisfied him. Before he employed him, he asked him the last question, "You have      shortcoming, do you?" "No, I don't, sir. " said the young man. "I only like telling lies.”

1.A. strict      B. friendly    C. strange  D. terrible

2.A. business    B. surprise    C. money     D. hope

3.A. buy         B. borrow     C. look for  D. lend

4.A. threw       B. put        C. placed   D. left

5.A. found       B. knew      C. understood D. wanted

6.A. somebody    B. anybody    C. nobody   D. everybody

7.A. hand       B. pocket    C. bottle   D. glass

8.A. won       B. lost      C. forgot  D. failed

9.A. sad         B. angry    C. happy    D. worried

10.A. place        B. seat   C. table   D. chair

11.A. both         B. all    C. neither D. none

12.A. house        B. car   C. office    D.pigstye

13.A. dress        B. drink  C. eat        D. sleep

14.A. answer      B. clothes C. knowledge  D. face

15.A. much       B. some     C. any        D. no

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇记叙文，文章介绍的Mr Young在雇佣员工时发生的一件有趣的事。

1.任何一家商店的老板都会要求员工对顾客要友好客气的。strict的意思是“严格的”，friendly的意思是“友好的”，strange的意思是“奇怪的”，terrible则表示“可怕的”。这里用friendly 最佳。故选B

2.A. business生意；B. surprise吃惊；C. money 钱；D. hope 希望；联系上文可知由于Mr Young的商店服务好，所以他赚了很多钱，故选C

3.A. buy 买；B. borrow 借；C. look for 寻找；D. lend借出； 结合语境可知人们到商店是来买(buy)东西的。选A。

4.表示把某物遗忘在某处，应该用动词leave；故选D。

5.A. found 发现；B. knew知道；C. understood 理解；D. wanted想要；。结合语境可知这个女孩是先拾起钱包才会发现(found)里面有钱的。而不是预先知道(know)的。故选A。

6.A. somebody某人；B. anybody 任何人；C. nobody没有人；D. everybody每个人；联系上文根据句意只有先看到周围没有人之后，她才能把钱包藏起来的。故选C。

7.根据所给词语的意思，hand(手)，pocket(兜)，bottle(瓶子)，glass(玻璃杯)，用pocket最佳；故选B，

8.A won 获胜；B lost 失去；C forgot 忘记；D failed失败；结合句意当老人发现自己的钱包没有了之后，再回来找肯定是找不到了。所以这里用fail表示找钱包失败，故选D

9.A sad悲伤的；B angry 生气的；C happy高兴的；D worried担心的；结合语境可知当老板听说此事后，一定会生气的并且把那个女孩打发走了，故选B

10.因为那个女孩被解雇了，所以Mr Young要找一个人接替她的位置(place)。故选A，

11.A both 两者都；B all 全都；C neither 两者都不；D none三者或三者以上都不；联系上文根据句意but这一个转折词告诉我们，他没有找到合适的人选；故选D。

12.A house 房子；B car 汽车；C office 办公室；Dpigstye猪栏；根据所给词语的词义可知用office最佳；故选C，

13.A dress 裙子；B drink饮料；C eat 吃；D sleep睡觉；；结合句意上面问的是吸烟，这里肯定就是喝酒了故选B

14.A answer 答案；B clothes衣服；C knowledge 知识；D face脸；结合语境可知这里肯定是年轻人的回答(answers)令Mr Young感到满意；选A。

15.A much 许多，修饰不可数名词；B some 一些；C any 任何； D no没有；联系上文可知句意为：上面这些都是优点，Mr Young肯定是问他是不是没有缺点了。故选D。

考点：故事类短文。