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第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）
    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
    In a used furniture business, unlike new, you cannot order stock from a catalogue. People call in, and you have to go out and make an offer. “You can’t   21   what you don’t have.” my father would say.
    When I was aged thirteen, my father   22   his store manager, a one-armed guy who could do more with his one arm than many will do with two. With his  23   gone, my father came to me. “Will you come in while I go out to   24   the day’s calls   25   I find the right person?” he asked.
    The store has tens of thousands of   26  . “People like to bargain,” he told me, “So I don’t  27   prices. You just have to know a   28  .”
    He took me around. “A quarter-horse motor you can sell for four dollars. For a refrigerator, depending on the   29  , you can sell for thirty-five dollars to sixty dollars. However, if it has a freezer all the way across, sell it for eighty dollars,   30   excellent condition, maybe one hundred dollars. Dishes come in with a houseful of furniture, and I don’t even figure them in when I give a price. You can sell them for a nickel to a quarter. Something really nice.”
    Every day after   31  , I would pedal down to the store. Soon after, I was writing up a sales slip（纸条）for an attractive plate when my father walked in. I had asked a dollar and the guy did not hesitate. I was very   32  . My father glanced down at what I was doing,   33   the customer and said, “You sure got a   34   today. My employee gave you the price and that’s the price.”
Afterward, I asked my father, “What was that all   35  ?”
It turned out that it was a(n)   36   plate, worth a few hundred dollars. I was shocked. Here I was   37   to help my father in the business and instead I was losing money for him.
He said, “I could’ve stopped the sales if I’d wanted to. You were just writing up the slip and hadn’t yet taken the money.   38  , by civil law, you’re   39   age. But, a man stands by his word and the word of his agent.”
  40   my father a small amount of money, but I learned a lifelong lesson in integrity (正直).
21. A. buy B. sell C. order D. store
22. A. missed B. fired C. dismissed D. lost
23. A. manager B. boss C. servant D. salesman
24. A. ask B. return C. answer D. give
25. A. if B. when C. until D. unless
26. A. items B. goods C. facilities D. instruments
27. A. offer B. decide C. mark D. create
28. A. name B. range C. variety D. catalogue
29. A. price B. situation C. condition D. quantity
30. A. on B. for C. by D. in
31. A. school B. work C. study D. play
32. A. upset B. worried C. embarrassed D. pleased
33. A. turned on B. turned to C. turned up D. turned down
34. A. plate B. reward C. bargain D. fortune
35. A. about B. for C. around D. to
36. A. ordinary B. fragile C. antique D. delicate
37. A. willing B. going C. managing D. trying
38. A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Consequently
39. A. under B. above C. at D. of
40. A. Spent B. Cost C. Took D. Wasted
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