Mr.Cronin has a clock shop in the center of the town.
Mr.Cronin has a clock shop in the center of the town.
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Mr. Cronin has a clock shop in the center of the town. He tries his best to 36 it well. He often receives the customers 37 and people like to buy something in his shop.
It was a cold day and 38 people would go out to do some shopping. Mr. Black, one of Mr. Cronin’s39, came into the shop. He knew the man was 40 his miserliness(吝啬). But he tried to 41him to buy a watch in his shop.
“You’d better buy a watch for yourself, Mr. Black,” said Mr. Cronin. “It’ll be 42 to you whenever.”
“No, no.” said Mr. Black. “I will 43 need any watches.”
“But how do you know when it is time to 44?”
“The people who live around me always 45 their televisions at seven for the news. So I can 46 the announcers say, “It is seven o’clock. Here is the news”
“But you don’t know when to go to work,”
“That’s 47,” Mr. Black said with a smile, “ It takes me ten minutes to 48 and shave. I have breakfast at twenty past seven. I get to the bus stop at twenty to eight and fifteen minutes later I arrive at my office and 49 working.”
“When do you 50 your office, then?”
“There is a 51 near my office. Its siren(汽笛)can tell me the right time.”
“How do you know the time if you 52 in the middle of the night?”
“I always put a stick by my 53.”
“But a stick can’t tell you the time.”
“You’re 54. But I can use it to knock on the wall. You always 55, ‘What are you knocking on the wall for at two in the night?’”
36.A. watch B. build C. manage D. repair
37.A. warmly B. luckily C. simply D. coldly
38.A. many B. few C. plenty of D. most
39.A. workmates B. friends C. classmates D. neighbors
40.A. famous for B. good at C. proud of D. fond of
41.A. suggest B. admit C. persuade D. support
42.A. helpless B. helpful C. necessary D. interesting
43.A. always B. sometimes C. often D. never
44.A.go to bed B. get up C. go to work D. have breakfast
45.A. show B. turn off C. turn on D. sell out
46.A. see B. guess C. suppose D. hear
47.A. easy B. possible C. different D. probable
48.A. cook B. wash C. tidy D. rest
49.A.finish B. enjoy C. star D. keep
50.A. leave B. clean C. protect D. design
51.A. hospital B. station C. university D. factory
52.A. sit up B. stand up C. wake up D. sit down
53.A. desk B. house C. car D. bed
54.A. stupid B. right C. wrong D. foolish
55.A. shout B. wonder C. laugh D. request
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