63.A Hasty Interruption
The fine-furniture store where I work has been in business since the 1920s.Recently I received a call from a woman who wanted to replace some chairs from a dining set purchased from us in the 1930s.I assured her we could help and sought the assistance of the office manager. "You'll never believe this one, " I told him." I just got a call from a customer who bought some chairs from us in the 1930s. "
Before I could finish repeating her request, he interrupted and said, "Don't tell me she hasn't received them yet!"
Notes:
(1) replace v.更換；替換
(2) purchase v.購(gòu)買(mǎi)
(3) assure v.有信心地說(shuō)
(4) seek v.尋求
(5) assistance n.幫助
Exercises:
根據(jù)短文選擇正確答案：
① Since when has the fine-furniture store been in business?
A. since the 1910s
B. since the 1920s
C. since the 1930s
D. since the 1940s
② When did the woman customer buy the chairs in the store?
A. in the 1910s
B. in the 1920s
C. in the 1930s
D. in the 1940s
③ What did the woman customer want to do?
A. She wanted to return the chairs.
B. She wanted to sell the chairs.
C. She wanted to replace the chairs.
D. She wanted to repair the chairs.
④Purchase " in " a dining set purchased from us" means _____.
A. to sell
B. to replace
C. to buy
D. to return
⑤ Why did the office manager interrupt before the man finished?
A. Because he thought it impossible for the woman not to have received the chairs.
B. Because he was angry with the poor efficiency of the store.
C. Because he was bad tempered.
D. Because he had something else to do at the moment.
63.匆忙的打斷
我所工作的精品商店是從二十年代以來(lái)就營(yíng)業(yè)的。最近我接到一個(gè)婦女的電話(huà)。她想換一套餐具中的一些椅子。這套餐具她是在三十年代從我們這兒買(mǎi)的。我向她保證說(shuō)我們可以幫忙并向部門(mén)經(jīng)理提了出來(lái)。“你永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)相信，”我對(duì)他說(shuō)，“我剛接到一個(gè)顧客的電話(huà)，她在三十年代從我們這里買(mǎi)了一些椅子。”
我還沒(méi)來(lái)得及說(shuō)她的要求，經(jīng)理就打斷了我的話(huà)：“不要告訴我她到現(xiàn)在還沒(méi)收到貨！”
練習(xí)參考答案：
①B②C③C④C⑤A
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