2. 外语
  3. One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked【C1】______better than driving our track,【C2】______this

One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked【C1】______better than driving our track,【C2】______this

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问题    One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked【C1】______better than driving our track,【C2】______this time I was not happy. My father had told me I’d have to ask for credit(赊账)at the store.
   Sixteen is a【C3】______age, when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly【C4】______of racial discrimination(歧视)was【C5】______a fact of life. I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while the store owner【C6】______whether they were "good for it." I knew black youths just like me who were【C7】______like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.
   My family was【C8】______. We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner【C9】______us?
   At Davis’s store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer. I nodded
【C10】______I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my【C11】______to the cash desk, I said【C12】______, "I need to put this On credit."
   The farmer gave me an amused, distrustful(不相信的)【C13】______. But Buck’s face didn’t change. "Sure," he said【C14】______. "Your daddy is【C15】______good for it." He【C16】______to the other man. "This is one of James William’s sons."
   The farmer nodded in a neighbourly【C17】______. I was filled with pride. James William’s son. Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.
   That day I discovered that the good name my parents had【C18】______brought our whole family the respect of our neighbours. Everyone knew what to【C19】______from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected himself【C20】______much to do wrong.
【C20】
选项 A、very
B、so
C、how
D、too
答案D
解析 本题考查固定短语的用法。too...to...的意思是“太…以至于不能…”符合原文的意思。原文说的是“太自重，以至于不会犯错误”。所以本题的正确答案为D。
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