Mr. Cronin has a clock shop in the center of the town. He tries his best to  36  it well. He often receives the customers 37  and people like to buy  38  in his shop.

   It was a cold day and  39  people would go out to do some _40_. Mr. Black, one of Mr. Cronin’s_41_, came to the shop. He knew the man was_42_ his miserliness . But he tried to persuade  him to buy a watch in his shop.

   “You’d better buy a watch for  43 _, Mr. Black,” said Mr. Cronin. “It’ll be _44_ to you whenever.”

   “No, no,” said Mr. Black. “I’ll _45_need any watches.”

   “But how do you know when it’s time to _46_?”

   “The people who live around me always _47_ their televisions at seven for the news. So I can hear the announcer say,  “ The time is seven o’clock.. Here is the news.”

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

    “That’s _48_,” Mr. Black said with a smile. “It takes me ten minutes to _49_ and shave. 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 _50_ working.”

    “When do you _51_ your office, then?”

    “There’s a _52_ near it, its siren can tell me the right time.”

    “How do you know the time if you _53_ in the middle of the night?”

    “I always put a stick by my bed”

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

    “You’re _54_. But I can use it to knock on your wall. You always _55_, “What are you knocking on my wall for at two in the night?”

 36. A. watch         B. manage         C. build        D repair

 37. A. coldly         B. luckily        C. simply         D. warmly

 38. A. something      B. everything      C nothing       D. anything

 39. A. many     B. most      C. plenty of   D.few

 40. A. work     B. reading   C. shopping   D. fishing

 41. A. neighbors  B. friends   C. classmates   D. workmates

 42. A. good at    B. famous for  C. proud of    D. fond of

 43. A. you       B. me        C. yourself     D. myself

 44. A. helpful   B. helpless    C. necessary    D. important

 45. A. always    B. sometimes   C. never   D. often

 46. A. get up     B. go to bed   C. go to work   D. have breakfast

 47. A. show      B. turn on   C. turn off     D. sell out

 48. A. easy      B. possible    C. different      D. probable

 49. A. cook      B. wash      C. tidy          D. rest

 50. A. finish     B. enjoy      C. keep         D. start

 51. A. clean     B. leave       C. go to        D. find

 52. A. railway station  B. post office   C. university   D. factory

 53. A. sit up        B. wake up     C. stand up    D. get up

 54. A. clever        B. right        C. wrong      D. foolish

 55. A. shout        B. wonder      C. laugh       D. request

________the money shortage, many small companies closed down.

A.As a result from   B.As a result  C. Resulted in  D.As a result of

 Do you know the thief_______by the police.

A. catching      B.having caught     C caught   D.will be caught

How do you _______it and what should you ________it?

 A. deal with;do with                   B. deal with;deal with

    C. do with;do with                    D. do with;deal with

  I bought a dress for only 10 dollars in a sale;it was a real _________.

 A. exchange      B. trade      C. bargain      D. business

----What can I do for you,sir?

  ----I”d like to see the manager ________of sales department.

A. in the charge     B. in charge      C. is in charge       D. under charge

 It is said that a new robot _______by him in a few days.

A.will be designed      B. has been designed    

C. designed           D. will have been designed

 We had to _______the engine piece by piece for transport.

 A. take up     B. take out      C.take off    D. take apart

 It was lucky for him to be admitted _______the university he had longed for.

　　A. as       B. with         C.for         D. to

 The students competed _____the honor of winning _____each other _____the school sports meet.

A.in ;with;against     B.against;for;at    C.for;against;in       D. about;in;with