Question

Mr. Black has a big shop in the city center. He tells all his employees (雇员) to be ______ to the buyers and he gets a lot of money.

One day an old woman went to the shop to buy a silk blouse. When she came _____of the shop with the blouse, she left her wallet in it. A girl______and found there were nearly five hundred dollars in it. She looked around and _____ saw it. She put it into her pocket ______. Soon the old woman came back to look for it, of course she _______. That evening Mr. Black was told about it. He was very angry and sent the girl away. Then he decided to employ______ honest man to take her place. Several young _______ came, but none of them could satisfy him.

This morning a young man came into_____ office. He asked, “Do you smoke, sir?”

“No, sir,” answered the young man.

“Do you drink?”

“No, sir.”

Mr. Black asked him the other questions, and the young man’s answers satisfied him.____he employed him, he asked him the last question, “You have no shortcoming(缺点), do you?”

“No, I don’t, sir,” said the young man. “I only like telling lies (撒谎)”.

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

2.A. in    B. out    C. for    D. from

3.A. picked up it    B. picked it up    C. picked them up    D. picked up them

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

5.A. easy    B. slow    C. quick    D. quickly

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

7.A. a    B. an    C. the    D. /

8.A. man    B. men    C. child    D. children

9.A. he    B. him    C. his    D. her

10.A. Before    B. After    C. When    D. While

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.A

【解析】这篇短文主要讲述了Mr. Black是一个大商店的老板，他要求他的员工必须被顾客友好，因为他的一个员工不诚实，捡到顾客的钱没有还回去。这样老板把她开除了。

1.句意：他告诉他所有的雇员要对买者友好，他挣了许多钱。A. strange奇怪的；B. terrible严重的；糟糕的；C. strict严肃的；D. friendly友好的。根据下文he gets a lot of money.可知，这里是说对比人友好，短语be friendly to…表示对……友好。根据题意，故选D。

2.句意：当她从商店带着衬衫出来的时候。A. in在……里面；B. out外面；C. for为了；D. from从……；短语come out of…表示……出来。根据题意，故选B。

3.句意：一个女孩捡起来它，发现在里面有几乎五百美元。短语pick up表示捡起，拾起，代词必须放中间，这里是上文中she left her wallet in it.可知这里是指钱包。根据题意，故选B。

4.句意：她向四周看看了，没有人看到。A. anybody任何人；B. somebody某人；C. nobody没有人；D. everybody每人。根据下文he put it into her pocket ___5___.可知，这里是说没有人看到。根据题意，故选C。

5.句意：她把它很快地放在她的口袋里。 A. easy容易的；B. slow慢的；C. quick快的；D. quickly快速地。这里是很快地的意思。根据题意，故选D。

6.句意：当然，她失败了。A. won获胜；B. lost失去；C. failed失败；D. forgot忘记。根据下文That evening Mr. Black was told about it. He was very angry and sent the girl away.可知，这里是说他失败了。根据题意，故选C。

7.句意：然后他决定雇佣那个诚实男人来代替她的位置。Honest是以元音因素开头的，这里用不定冠词an。根据题意。故选B。

8.句意：几个年轻的人过来了，但是他们当中没有人能使他满意。A. man男人；B. men男人，复数；C. child孩子，单数；D. children孩子们，复数。Several+名词的复数。根据题意，故选B。

9.句意：今天早上一个年轻的人走进他的公司。A. he他；主格；B. him他，宾格；C. his他的；D. her她的。这里是他的公司。根据题意，故选C。

10.句意：在他被雇佣之前，他问他最后一个问题。A. Before在……之前；B. After在……之后；C. When当……的时候；D. While当……的时候。这里在雇佣他之前。根据题意，故选A。