It was Friday. Andy Barton was in a bad mood . At six
o’clock his __1__ programme, “Travel with us”, was on TV. Andy liked to get
home in ___2___ for that. But then, just as he was leaving his office a little
earlier , a customer (顧客) rang up with a few complaints for the
next fifteen minutes. “I can ___3__ get home in time if I hurry,” Andy told
himself as he___4___out of the office. As he drove off in his car, he ___5___
that he was almost out of petrol(汽油). “I’ll have
to stop at Fenton’s”, Andy thought. He ___6___Fenton’s because it was a
self-service petrol station. “You do all the work yourself, but you
pay___7____for the petrol,” he used to complain. At Fenton’s, the pump (泵) was not working properly and it ___8__ much time to
get petrol. So when Andy got home, it was already two minutes past six. Just
then the phone rang. “Shall I answer it?” Andy thought. He tried to___9__ his
attention on the programme and forget the phone. But it kept ringing and
finally he picked it up.
“Mr Barton?”__10__said. “Fenton’s Garage
here.”“Fenton’s?” Andy said. “Why, I was at your place only a few minutes ago,
getting some petrol. Did I _11_ something behind or what?” “No, you didn’t, Mr
Barton.” And the voice went on. “That’s just the __12__ ! You went off without
paying for your petrol, you __13___! Now
normally, when that happens, we ring up the police. But Luckily I knew you and
I know it was a _14__.” “I’m really very sorry,” Andy said. “Oh, that’s all
right, Mr Barton. But could you __15__round now and pay for your petrol? And
please hurry! We close at half past six!”
1. A.favourite B.funny C.popular D.lovely
2. A.chance B.time C.seat D.spirit
3. A.surely B.obviously C.normally D.still
4. A.stepped B.climbed C.looked D.rushed
5. A.observed B.noticed C.thought D.suggested
6. A.hated B.liked C.meant D.promised
7. A.a little B.the same C.a lot D.the bill
8. A.cost B.spent C.took D.spared
9. A.draw B.pay C.fix D.force
10. A.a woman B.a man C.a recorder D.a voice
11. A.lose B.leave C.forget D.destroy
12. A.trouble B.worry C.excuse D.reason
13. A.remember B.see C.do D.drive
14. A.mistake B.joke C.trick D.truth
15. A.look B.come C.show D.turn