完形填空。 I was poor and always said yes to my boss. But the 1 was reached one Tuesday-my half holiday. On my way 2 on Tuesdays I used to carry a large basket of things to the house of my boss' sister. 3 her house was on my way home, I 4 refused this. On this particular Tuesday, 5 , just as we were about to 6 , a load (担) of smoked hams (火腿) was delivered at the 7 . 'Waiting a minute, Little Stark,' said the boss and he opened the load and 8 out a ham, 9 he started to bone (剔骨) and string up (把……捆 绑起来). I 10 in growing impatience (不耐烦) to get on my way, not for one minute but for quite a 11 time. It was nearly 2:30. Thank God! The boss finished. He then came to me with the boned ham, put it in the 12 beside me, and told me to take it to a customer who had place d an 13 for it days before. This meant my going a 14 way out of my road home, so I looked up, saying, 'I have my 15 at two on Tuesday, you know.' 'What do you 16 ?' he shouted. I told him that I meant that I would deliver things as 17 , but not at this moment. The boss stared at me as if I were some unusual kind of insect and shouted even 18 . But I 19 firm. At last, seeing it was impossible, he gave up and 20 me go home for my holiday. ( )1. A. time ( )2. A. home ( )3. A. As ( )4. A. always ( )5. A. but ( )6. A. work ( )7. A. house ( )8. A. carried ( )9. A. and ( )10. A. waited ( )12. A. good ( )12. A. desk ( )13. A. order ( )14. A. short ( )15. A. lunch ( )16. A. want ( )17. A. others ( )18. A. harder ( )19. A. fought ( )20. A. made B. anger B. there B. Although B. sometimes B. however B. cook B. restaura nt B. came B. that B. looked B. bad B. car B. address B. close B. holiday B. do B. though B. louder B. quarreled (吵架) B. permitted (允许) C. limit C. here C. But C. often C. though C. rest C. boss C. took C. which C. thought C. short C. basket C. advice C. long C. work C. know C. usual C. tougher C. felt C. let D. holiday D. to my company D. While D. never D. so D. leave D. shop D. broke D. so D. listened D. long D. pocket D. examination D. near D. meal D. mean D. yesterday D. kinder D. stood D. saw