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(顾客) 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 (吝啬). But he tried to persuade (说服) 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(播音员) 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（刮脸）. 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(汽笛) 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?” 小题1:A. watch        B. manage        C. build       D repair 小题2: A．coldly B．luckily C．simply D．warmly 小题3:A. something      B. everything      C nothing       D. anything 小题4: A．many B．most C．plenty of D．few 小题5: A．work B．reading C．shopping D．fishing 小题6: A．neighbors B．friends C．classmates D．workmates 小题7: A．good at B．famous for C．proud of D．fond of 小题8: A．you B．me C．yourself D．myself 小题9: A．helpful B．helpless C．necessary D．important 小题10: A．always B．sometimes C．never D．often 小题11: A．get up B．go to bed C．go to work D．have breakfast 小题12: A．show B．turn on C．turn off D．sell out 小题13: A．easy B．possible C．different D．probable 小题14: A．cook B．wash C．tidy D．rest 小题15: A．finish B．enjoy C．keep D．start 小题16: A．clean B．leave C．go to D．find 小题17: A．railway station B．post office C．university D．factory 小题18: A．sit up B．wake up C．stand up D．get up 小题19: A．clever B．right C．wrong D．foolish 小题20: A．shout B．wonder C．laugh D．request