8. A. coffee 　　　　 B. trouble　 　　　 C. chocolate　 D. matter

7. A. cut　 　　　　　 B. washed　 C. covered 　 D. colored

6. A. He　 　　　　　 B. It　 　　　　　 C. Who　 　　 D. What

5. A. jumping　　　　 B. playing　 　　　 C. sitting　　　　 D. sleeping

4. A. pushed 　　　　　　　 B. took　 　　　　　　 C. put　 　　　　 D. pulled

3. A. sit　 　　　　　　 B. seat　 　　　　　　　 C. lie　 　　　　 D. laugh

2. A. went　 　　　　　　 B. sat　 　　　　　　 C. seated 　　 D. looked

1. A. stole　　　　　　　　　　 B. bought　　　　　　 C. sold　　　　　 D. wrote

15. B。根据上文，消费者关心的是质量。因此电话购物公司必须对质量倍加小心。故选择quality。

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Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town. I wanted to have a rest before catching the rain. I __1__ a newspaper and some chocolate and __2__ into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to __3__ at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, __4__ the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.

When I came back with the coffee, There was someone __5__ in the next seat. __6__ was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and __7__ bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!

Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any __8__. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me in __9__.Then he took a __10__ piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.

The boy gave me a strange look, then __11__ up. As he left, he shouted out, “There’s something __12__ with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, __13__ I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had __14__ a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to __15__. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!

14. B。根据上文，欧洲人的购物观念与美国人有所不同。因此电话购物公司也得采取不同的措施。固定结构be different form意为“不同于……”为正确答案。