六、完形填空。
One of my earliest memories is playing “shops” with my grandad when I was 5 years old. After 1 school at 15, I worked in a fruit shop, but I had no 2 of how to run my own shop back then.
Several years later, I got married. My husband Eric and I heard about a shop for sale in the nearby village. We had a look and decided to have a shop of our own. That was January 1973. Shopkeeping was 3 to us, so we often didn’t know what the 4 were asking for. But we soon learned.
We can tell by the weather how 5 the shop is going to be. On wet days there are very few people around, and when it’s 6 people want bread and milk, as they’re worried about being snowed in. When it’s hot, everyone buys cold drinks and ice cream.
More people shop online nowadays, but they still come here for things 7 from their order. I’ve kept up with technology and have a card reader, but the shop itself hasn’t changed much.
Now, as I’m getting older, it’s open from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. on weekdays 8 closing at 8:30 p. m. However, I keep it open until 2 p. m. at weekends.
Eric passed away 16 years ago, but I am 9 getting rid of the shop. I love it all, talking to the customers and getting 10 they want. There are customers who come in two or three times a day, and we see several generations of families. Customers often tell me their 11 and I offer advice if I can.
It was the 53rd anniversary of the shop on January 13 this year. I wanted to do something 12, so I held a party and had drinks and nibbles with customers. I also 13 a book about my memories in the shop. It’s called Just Ask Jenny, as I’m always the first port of call when anyone wants to know 14.
This shop has been my life. I never 15 I would still be here after 53 years, but I love it and the people. It’s what keeps me going, and I’ve got no plan of retiring.
()1. A. attending B. visiting C. leaving D. changing
()2. A. choice B. idea C. decision D. time
()3. A. good B. new C. experienced D. disappointed
()4. A. customers B. sellers C. users D. market
()5. A. common B. expensive C. cold D. busy
()6. A. snowy B. sunny C. cool D. rainy
()7. A. appearing B. coming C. missing D. producing
()8. A. as a result of B. because of C. in fear of D. instead of
()9. A. always B. never C. seldom D. often
()10. A. what B. how C. that D. which
()11. A. suggestions B. questions C. surprises D. problems
()12. A. traditional B. special C. changeable D. historical
()13. A. read B. wrote C. borrowed D. learned
()14. A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. nobody
()15. A. felt B. hoped C. imagined D. worked

1. C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. B 14. A 15. C

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文讲述作者经营一家店铺53年的经历与情感），再逐空结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配等逐一分析：1. 结合“15岁在水果店工作”可知是离开学校，选leaving；2. 固定搭配have no idea of表示“不知道”；3. 刚开店对店铺经营不熟悉，是新手，选new；4. 店铺面对的是顾客，选customers；5. 天气影响店铺繁忙程度，选busy；6. 后文提到“snowed in”（被雪困住），对应下雪天，选snowy；7. 网上购物但来买店里缺少的东西，missing表示“缺失的”；8. 工作日营业时间是6点而非8点半，instead of表示“而不是”；9. 丈夫去世但作者不放弃店铺，never表示“从不”；10. 宾语从句中缺want的宾语，用what；11. 顾客告诉问题，作者提供建议，problems；12. 53周年要做特别的事，special；13. 写关于店铺记忆的书，wrote；14. 任何人想知道任何事，anything；15. 从未想象过53年后还在这，imagined。
【解析】
1. 选C。根据“worked in a fruit shop at 15”可知是离开学校后工作，leave school是“离校”，故选C。
2. 选B。固定搭配have no idea of意为“不知道”，符合语境“当时不知道如何经营自己的店铺”，故选B。
3. 选B。根据“we soon learned”可知刚开店对店铺经营是新手，new表示“新的，不熟悉的”，故选B。
4. 选A。店铺经营面对的是顾客，customers符合语境，故选A。
5. 选D。根据后文不同天气对应不同顾客数量，可知天气影响店铺的繁忙程度，busy表示“繁忙的”，故选D。
6. 选A。后文“snowed in”（被雪困住）提示是下雪天，snowy符合，故选A。
7. 选C。网上购物流行，但顾客仍来买店里缺失的东西，missing表示“缺失的”，故选C。
8. 选D。工作日营业时间是6点，而不是8点半，instead of表示“而不是”，故选D。
9. 选B。根据“but”转折，丈夫去世但作者从不放弃店铺，never符合，故选B。
10. 选A。宾语从句中缺want的宾语，用what引导，故选A。
11. 选D。根据“offer advice”可知顾客告诉作者问题，problems符合，故选D。
12. 选B。53周年纪念日要做特别的事，special表示“特别的”，故选B。
13. 选B。“写关于店铺记忆的书”，wrote是write的过去式，符合，故选B。
14. 选A。“任何人想知道任何事”，anything用于条件句，此处符合语境，故选A。
15. 选C。“从未想象过53年后还在这”，imagined表示“想象”，故选C。
【答案】
1.C 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.A 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.A 11.D 12.B 13.B 14.A 15.C
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇辨析、语境理解
【点评】
本文为贴近生活的记叙文，围绕作者经营店铺的经历展开，需结合上下文逻辑、词义辨析及固定搭配完成填空，注重语篇整体理解，是典型的完形填空题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6