Ifyouhaveawatch,don'trepairit!Iknowit(41)___.OnceIhadabeautifulwatch.Andthiswatch (42)___perfecttime.ButonenightithappenedthatIforgotto(43)___ itup.NextmorningIwenttoawatchmakerasIwantedmyperfectwatchto (44)___bytheexacttime.Thewatchmakerexaminedmywatchandsaid:"Theregulator (校准器) istobepushedup (45)___yourwatchisfourminutes (46)___".
Itriedtostophim,triedto (47)___himunderstandthatmywatchkeptperfecttime,buthedidnotlistentomeandpushedtheregulator.
Mybeautifulwatchbegantogaintime.It (48)___fasterandfasterdaybyday.Bytheendofthesecondmonthit(49)___alltheclocksandwatchesofthetownfarbehind.
WhatdidIhavetodo?Totakeittoanotherwatchmakertoberegulated.Iexpectedhimtoregulatethewatchimmediately(50)___heaskedmetocomeinaweek'stime.WhenatlastItookmywatchfromhimitbeganto(51)___down.AndIbegantobelatefortrains,businessappointmentsandevenmissedmydinners.
NowIwentto (52)___watchmaker.WhileIwaitedforhimtorepairmypoorwatch,he (53)___ ittopiecesandsaidthathecouldfinishthiswork(54)___threeorfourdays.Icoulddonothingbut(55)___.Thattimemywatchwentforhalfadayandthenstopped.
SoIkept (56)___mywatchfromonewatchmakertoanotherforaconsiderableperiodoftime.
Andasaresultofitthecleverestmanintheworldcouldnot (57)___thetimebymywatch.Thethingwasgetting (58)___.Mywatchhad (59)___twohundreddollarsoriginallybutIpaidforrepairsmorethantwohundred.AtlastIdecidedtobuy(60)___watch,whichIdid.
D.forcertain | |||
42.A.told | B.kept | C.observed | D.struck |
43.A.turn | B.pick | C.wind | D.put |
44.A.beturned | B.beset | C.betaken | D.beput |
45.A.asif | B.when | C.as | D.if |
46.A.slow | B.slowly | C.faster | D.fast |
47.A.get | B.persuade | C.make |