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題干:Theold-fashionedgeneralstoreisfastdisappearing.Thisis,perhaps,apity,becauseshoppingtodayseemstolackthatpersonalelementwhichexistedwhentheshopkeeperknewallhisregularcustomerspersonally.Hecould,forinstance,rememberwhichbrandofteaMrs.Smithusuallyboughtorwhatsortofwashing-powderMrs.Jonespreferred.Notonlywastheshopacenterofretailtrade,butalsoasocialmeetingplace.Gossipwasalwaysexchangedoverthecounterandtheshopkeeperwasoftenthemostwellinformedpersonintheneighborhood.Aprosperousgeneralstoremighthaveemployedfourorfiveassistants’andsotherewereveryfewproblemsofmanagerialnatureasfarasthestaffwereconcerned.Butnowthatthesupermarkethasreplacedthegeneralstore,thejobofthemanagerhaschangedcompletely.Themodernsupermarketmanagerhastocopewithastaffofasmanyasahundred,apartfromalltheothereverydayproblemsofrunningalargebusiness.Everymorning,themanagermust,likethecommanderofanarmydivision,carryoutaninspectionofhisstore,tomakesurethateverythingisreadyforthebusinessoftheday.Hemustseethateverythingisrunningsmoothly.Hewillhavetogiveadviceandmakedecisionsonanyproblemthatmayarise,buthisstaffhastheirownresponsibilitiesfortheirvariousdepartments,andsothemanagerdelegatedcertaindutiestothem.Thenhemayinterviewpeoplewhohaveappliedforjobsinthesupermarket,togetherwiththestaffsupervisor.Specialpromotionsordisplaysmayhavetobediscussed.Pricesmayhavetobealteredafteracarefulconsultationofthecurrentmarketpriceslist;forexample,thewholesalepriceofcabbagesmayhavedropped,ormeat,mayhavegoneup.Butnomatterwhathehastodothroughouttheday,thestoremanagermustbereadyforanyemergencythatmayarise,nomatterhowunexpected.Theysayinthetradethatyouarenotreallyanexperiencedsupermarketmanageruntilyouhavedealtwithaflood,afire’abirthandadeathinyourstore.
題目:The word “Gossip” (Line 5,Para.1) means_____. - A 、friendship
- B 、currency
- C 、informal talk
- D 、profit or goods

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參考答案【正確答案:C】
語(yǔ)義題。前文說老式店鋪不光是賣東西的地方,而且也是社會(huì)交際的場(chǎng)所,即but also a social meeting place 。 所以 gossip 在這里主要是表述一種鄰里交際方式,gossip原意為“小道消息,流言蜚語(yǔ)”,本段的gossip應(yīng)是“閑聊, 漫談”之意,故本題C選項(xiàng)正確。
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