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　　Passage 5

　　Two or three times a week， she had a customer in whom she began to take an interest. He was a __1__ man with glasses and a brown beard. He spoke English with a strong German __2__. His clothes were worn and wrinkled， but he looked neat and had very good manners. He always bought two loaves of stale bread. He never asked for anything __3__ stale bread； it cost a lot less than fresh bread.

　　Once Miss Albert __4__ a red and brown stain （污点）on his finger. She was sure __5__ he was an artist and very poor. No doubt he lived in an attic （阁楼），__6__ he painted pictures and ate stale bread and thought of good things to eat in the bakery.

　　Often when Miss Albert sat down to her evening meal， she would sigh and wish the artist might share her food __7__ eating his dry bread. One day the customer came in __8__ usual and asked for his stale bread. As the sudden noise of the fire engine made him __9__ to the door， Miss Albert seized her opportunity. She cut each of the loaves with a knife， inserted （塞进）some butter and， when the customer turned round， she __10__ them into a paper bag.

　　1. A. middle age B. middle-age C. middle-aged D. middle age's

　　1. 选C

　　2. A. wound B. voice C. tone D. accent

　　2. 选D

　　3. A. but B. although C. while D. however

　　3. 选A

　　4. A. discovered B. found C. inspected D. noticed

　　4. 选D

　　5. A. about B. of C. that D. if

　　5. 选C

　　6. A. which B. where C. when D. whom

　　6. 选B

　　7. A. not B. never C. in spite of D. instead of

　　7. 选D

　　8. A. as B. such C. so D. much

　　8. 选A

　　9. A. hurry B. to hurry C. hurrying D. hurried

　　9. 选A

　　10. A. has put B. had been put C. put D. was putting

　　10. 选D

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