Mr.Croninhasaclockshopinthecenterofthetown.Hetrieshisbe...

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Mr. Cronin has a clock shop in the center of the town. He tries his best to __41__ it well. He often receives the customers(顾客) __42__ and people like to Buy __43__ in his shop.

It was a cold day and __44__ people would go out to do some __45__ . Mr. Black, one of Mr. Cronin’s __46__ , came to the shop. He knew the man was __47__ his miserliness (吝啬). But he tried to persuade (说服) him to buy a watch in his shop.

“You’d better buy a watch for __48__ , Mr. Black,” said Mr. Cronin. “It’ll be __49__ to you whenever.”

“No, no,” said Mr. Black. “I’ll __50__ need any watches.”

“But how do you know when it’s time to __51__ ?”

“The people who live around me always __52__ their televisions at seven for the news. So I can hear the announcer(播音员) say, “ The time is seven o’clock. Here is the news.”

“But you don’t know when to go to work.”

“That’s __53__ ,” Mr. Black said with a smile. “It takes me ten minutes to __54__ and shave（刮脸）. I have breakfast at twenty past seven. I get to the bus stop at twenty to eight and fifteen minutes later arrive at my office and __55__ working.”

“When do you __56__ your office, then?”

“There’s a __57__ near it, its siren(汽笛) can tell me the right time.”

“How do you know the time if you __58__ in the middle of the night?”

“I always put a stick(拐杖) by my bed.”

“But a stick can’t tell you the time.”

“You’re __59__ . But I can use it to knock on your wall. You always (20) , “What are you knocking on my wall for at two in the night?”

(1) A. watchB. buildC. manageD. repair

(2) A. warmlyB. luckilyC. simplyD. coldly

(3) A. everythingB. somethingC. nothingD. anything

(4) A. ManyB. FewC. plenty ofD. most

(5) A. WorkB. ShoppingC. ReadingD. fishing

(6) A. WorkmatesB. FriendsC. ClassmatesD. neighbors