It was Friday. Andy Barton was in a bad mood . At six o’clock his __1__ programme, “Travel with us”, was on TV. Andy liked to get home in ___2___ for that. But then, just as he was leaving his office a little earlier , a customer (顾客) rang up with a few complaints for the next fifteen minutes. “I can ___3__ get home in time if I hurry,” Andy told himself as he___4___out of the office. As he drove off in his car, he ___5___ that he was almost out of petrol(汽油). “I’ll have to stop at Fenton’s”, Andy thought. He ___6___Fenton’s because it was a self-service petrol station. “You do all the work yourself, but you pay___7____for the petrol,” he used to complain. At Fenton’s, the pump (泵) was not working properly and it ___8__ much time to get petrol. So when Andy got home, it was already two minutes past six. Just then the phone rang. “Shall I answer it?” Andy thought. He tried to___9__ his attention on the programme and forget the phone. But it kept ringing and finally he picked it up.
“Mr Barton?”__10__said. “Fenton’s Garage here.”“Fenton’s?” Andy said. “Why, I was at your place only a few minutes ago, getting some petrol. Did I _11_ something behind or what?” “No, you didn’t, Mr Barton.” And the voice went on. “That’s just the __12__ ! You went off without paying for your petrol, you __13___! Now normally, when that happens, we ring up the police. But Luckily I knew you and I know it was a _14__.” “I’m really very sorry,” Andy said. “Oh, that’s all right, Mr Barton. But could you __15__round now and pay for your petrol? And please hurry! We close at half past six!”
【小题1】 | A.favourite | B.funny | C.popular | D.lovely |
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【小题2】 | A.chance | B.time | C.seat | D.spirit |
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【小题3】 | A.surely | B.obviously | C.normally | D.still |
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【小题4】 | A.stepped | B.climbed | C.looked | D.rushed |
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【小题5】 | A.observed | B.noticed | C.thought | D.suggested |
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【小题6】 | A.hated | B.liked | C.meant | D.promised |
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【小题7】 | A.a little | B.the same | C.a lot | D.the bill |
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【小题8】 | A.cost | B.spent | C.took | D.spared |
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【小题10】 | A.a woman | B.a man | C.a recorder | D.a voice |
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【小题11】 | A.lose | B.leave | C.forget | D.destroy |
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【小题12】 | A.trouble | B.worry | C.excuse | D.reason |
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【小题13】 | A.remember | B.see | C.do | D.drive |
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【小题14】 | A.mistake | B.joke | C.trick | D.truth |
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