Cloze Test

Read the following passage, choose the one that best fits into the passage.

　　I was poor and always said yes to my boss. But the 1 was reached one Tuesday my half holiday. On my way 2 on Tuesdays I used to carry a large basket of things to the house of my boss' sister. 3 her house was on my way home, I 4 refused this.

　　On this particular Tuesday, 5 , just as we were about to 6 , a load of smoked hams was delivered at the 7 . “Wait a minute, Little Stark,” said the boss and he opened the load and 8 out a ham, which he started to bone and string up.

　　I 9 in growing impatience to get on my way, not for one minute but for quite a 10 time.

　　It was nearly 2:30. Thank God! The boss finished. He then came to me with the 11 ham, put it in the 12 beside me, and told me to take it to a customer who had placed an 13 for it days before.

　　This meant my going a 14 way out of my road home, so I looked up, saying, “I have my 15 at two on Tuesday, you know.” “What do you 16 ?” he shouted. I told him that I meant that I would deliver things as 17 , but not at this moment.

　　The boss stared at me as if I were some 18 kind of insect and shouted even harder. But I 9 firm. At last, seeing it was impossible, he gave up and 20 me go home for my holiday.

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