I met him first on a summer morning in 1996. I had rushed into his ugly little shop to 1        the heels (后跟) of my shoes repaired. It wasn't much of a 2       ,so I waited while he was doing it. He greeted me with a cheerful smile, " You're new in this neighborhood,aren't you?"

  I said I was. I had 3        into a house at the end of the street only a week before.

 "This is a fine 4        he said. " You'll be happy here."

  I sat there with my shoes off,watching as he 5        ready to do the repairs. Sadly he looked at the leather (皮革) covering on the 6        It was worn through. I grew impatient,7      I was rushing to meet a friend. "Please hurry," I 8        

  He looked at me over his glasses. "Now,lady,it won't be 9        I want to do a good job," he was silent a moment. "You see,I have a tradition to live up to."

  A tradition? In this ugly little shop that was not different from so        many others on the side streets of New York?

  He 10       have felt my surprise,for he smiled as he went on. "Yes,lady,my father and grandfather were 11        inItaly,and they were the best. My father always told me, ' son,do the 12        job on every shoe that 13        into the shop,and be 14        of your fine work. Do that always,and you'll have 15        happiness and money to live on.

(   ) 1. A. put   B. make   C. have   D. order

(   ) 2. A. work   B. job   C. thing   D. matter

(   ) 3. A. lived   B. got   C. stayed   D. moved

(   ) 4. A. neighborhood   B. country   C. shop   D. house

(   ) 5. A. made   B. took   C. got   D. had

(   ) 6. A. heel   B. shoe   C. back   D. top

(   ) 7. A. that   B. while   C. when   D. because

(   ) 8. A. ordered   B. begged   C. said   D. expected

(   ) 9. A. late   B. over   C. long   D. done

(   ) 10. A. couldn't   B. should   C. wouldn't   D. must

(   ) 11. A. businessmen   B. shoemakers   C. both   D. shopkeepers

(   ) 12. A. most   B. first   C. best   D. last

(   ) 13. A. brings   B. comes   C. sends   D. hurries

(   ) 14. A. proud   B. kind   C. fond   D. able

(   ) 15. A. both   B. all   C. much   D. most

1. C 固定結(jié)構(gòu)：have sth done (叫人做某事) 。

2. B 修鞋是件工作(job) ，不是一件東西(thing) ，也不是重要的事(matter) ,故選擇B (job) 。

3. D 根據(jù)上下文應(yīng)該只有用move (搬家) 才能與之照應(yīng)，過去完成時(shí)用過去分詞moved。

4. A 因前面一句You're new in this neighborhood,aren't you ,在這里強(qiáng)調(diào)它是一個(gè)"好社區(qū)"(fine neighborhood) 0

5. C get ready to..."準(zhǔn)備去做某事"。

6. A 我是來修鞋跟的，故他看著鞋跟(heel) 上的皮子。

7. D 我不耐煩，因?yàn)榧敝?huì)朋友，故用because連接。

8. B please說明是"乞求"(beg) 的語氣，主體時(shí)態(tài)是過去時(shí)，用begged。

9. C 因上文作者已經(jīng)不耐煩了，故鞋匠說"修鞋花不了多長時(shí)間"，這里指時(shí)間長,用long。

10. D 作者對鞋匠堅(jiān)持的傳統(tǒng)習(xí)慣感到驚訝，后面說出了肯定的理由"for he smiled as he went on..."，說明很有把握，故在這里表示"肯定的猜測"用must have done結(jié)構(gòu)。

11. B 從后文的My father always told me可知鞋匠的爺爺、爸爸也是鞋匠。

12. C 他父親是意大利最好的鞋匠，故他告訴兒子也要做最好(best) 的活兒。

13. B 根據(jù)上下文，只能用不及物動(dòng)詞come表示"到"店里的每只鞋。

14. A be proud of'以…為驕傲"。

15. A both. . . and"既... 又"。

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