Inausedfurniturebusiness,unlikenew,youcannotorderstockfromacatalogue.Peoplecallin,andyouhavetogooutandmakeanoffer."Youcan't(21)___whatyoudon'thave."myfatherwouldsay.WhenIwasagedthirteen
Inausedfurniturebusiness,unlikenew,youcannotorderstockfromacatalogue.Peoplecallin,andyouhavetogooutandmakeanoffer."Youcan't (21)___whatyoudon'thave."myfatherwouldsay.
WhenIwasagedthirteen,myfather(22)___hisstoremanager,aone-armedguywhocoulddomorewithhisonearmthanmanywilldowithtwo.Withhis (23)___gone,myfathercametome."WillyoucomeinwhileIgooutto (24)___theday'scalls(25)___Ifindtherightperson?"heasked.
Thestorehastensofthousandsof (26)___."Peopleliketobargain,"hetoldme,"SoIdon't (27)___prices.Youjusthavetoknowa (28)___."
Hetookmearound."Aquarter-horsemotoryoucansellforfourdollars.Forarefrigerator,dependingonthe (29)___,youcansellforthirty-fivedollarstosixtydollars.However,ifithasafreezerallthewayacross,sellitforeightydollars,(30)___excellentcondition,maybeonehundreddollars.Dishescomeinwithahousefuloffurniture,andIdon'tevenfiguretheminwhenIgiveaprice.Youcansellthemforanickeltoaquarter.Somethingreallynice."
Everydayafter (31)___,Iwouldpedaldowntothestore.Soonafter,Iwaswritingupasalesslip(纸条)foranattractiveplatewhenmyfatherwalkedin.Ihadaskedadollarandtheguydidnothesitate.Iwasvery (32)___.MyfatherglanceddownatwhatIwasdoing,(33)___thecustomerandsaid,"Yousuregota (34)___today.Myemployeegaveyouthepriceandthat'stheprice."
Afterward,Iaskedmyfather,"Whatwasthatall (35)___?"
Itturnedoutthatitwasa(n) (36)___plate,worthafewhundreddollars.Iwasshocked.HereIwas (37)___tohelpmyfatherinthebusinessandinsteadIwaslosingmoneyforhim.
Hesaid,"Icould'vestoppedthesalesifI'dwantedto.Youwerejustwritinguptheslipandhadn'tyettakenthemoney.(38)___,bycivillaw,you're (39)___age.But,amanstandsbyhiswordandthewordofhisagent."
(40)___myfatherasmallamountofmoney,butIlearnedalifelonglessoninintegrity (正直).
21.A.buy B.sell C.order D.store
22.A.missed B.fired C.dismissed D