河北省2017高考英语二轮复习专题训练:完形填空(8)
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I had three jobs growing up in Salem, Mass., and they all helped shape my life. When I was about 12, I started carrying bags for golfers at a nearby club. All the kids in the neighborhood did it, and I liked it a lot. I got to ___1__ people who were generally pretty __2__ businessmen and doctors—talk about deals, and see how they __3__with each other. It was like being a fly on the wall at a meeting.
I got another job at Parker Brothers games, __4__ small holes in pieces of cork(软木塞)for a game called Dig. I liked Parker, but not the job. It lasted about a month, and I ____ that I never wanted to do anything like that again, ever.
The third job was at a Thom McAn shoe store. I __6__ met people from all __7__of life, and the challenge was exciting. I’d start __8__them different kinds of shoes and get right down there and put them on their feet. __9__ they didn’t like a certain shoe, I always tried to be thinking ahead to a pair they might like __10__.
This job helped teach me an important __11__ lesson: it’s all about __12__the sale. I never wanted to let a __13__ get out of that store without buying a pair of shoes. It was like stepping up to the plate in a __14__game. ___15___ someone walked into that store, I was going to bat and taking a __16__. I’d get a seven-cent commission(酬金)for every pair I ____, 25 cents for the slow __18__, such as those that were out of stock (脱销)or of an odd color.
Today I believe that the worst sin (罪孽)in running a big company is to manage its size rather than use that size. The ____of size is the resources it gives you to go to bat often. You have to take risks in business. If you take a risk and fail, __20__ to bat and swing again.
1. A. see
B. notice
C. watch
D. know
2. A. busy
B. well-off
C. poor
D. mean
3. A. behaved
B. treated
C. regarded
D. acted
4. A. filling
B. looking
C. finding
D. drilling
5. A. remembered
B. wished
C. concluded
D. regretted
6. A. entirely
B. constantly
C. actually
D. hardly
7. A. walks
B. steps
C. places
D. countries
8. A. telling
B. asking
C. taking
D. bringing
9. A. While
B. Whether
C. If
D. Before
10. A. worse
B. better
C. much
D. less
11. A. deal
B. life
C. instructive
D. business
12.A. closing
B. opening
C. dealing
D. bargaining
13.A. player
B. doctor
C. customer
D. businessman
14.A. baseball
B. basketball
C. rugby
D. soccer
15.A. In time
B. No time
C. On time
D. Every time
16.A. look
B. wave
C. step
D. swing
17.A. gave
B. sold
C. brought
D. bought
18.A. workers
B. movers
C. walkers
D. producers
19.A. advantage
B. suggestion
C. advice
D. principle
20.A. keep up
B. get up
C. take up
D. put up
1—20. CBADC
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