题目内容：

Joe Biggs was a butcher. His shop was in a village in the beautiful south of England, and he ________ in it for many years while his father was there. Then when his father reached the age of 65, he stopped working in the shop, and Joe was alone in it, so he had to work ________.

Joe worked five and a half days a week. His shop ______   at one o’clock on Thursday, and it was closed the whole of Sunday. Saturdays were the ________ days.

Most of Joe’s ________ came to his shop from the nearest town, but sometimes he got up earlier than usual in the morning and ________ into the city to choose meat. It was ________ there.

Joe had a big ________ in his shop, but he tried not to buy too ________ meat at a time, and to ________ it before he bought more.

One ________ a woman came into the shop at five minutes to one. “Sorry I’m late,” she said, “but some friends have just telephoned to say that they are coming to ________ tonight, and I need more ________.”

Joe only had one piece of meat in the shop. He had sold all the others ________ in the day. He took the piece ________ and said to the woman, “This is 6.5 pounds.”

“That piece is too ________.” the woman said. “Haven’t you got anything bigger?”

Joe went ________ the room behind his shop, opened the refrigerator, put the piece of meat into it, took it out ________ and shut the door of the refrigerator ________, then he brought the piece of meat back to the woman and said, “This piece is bigger and more expensive. It’s 8.75 pounds.”

“Good,” the woman answered with a smile, “give me ________ of them, please.”

1.A. lived    B. worked    C. played    D. studied

2.A. harder    B. later    C. more    D. again

3.A. served    B. started    C. shut    D. opened

4.A. hardest    B. busiest    C. quietest    D. easiest

5.A. meat    B. friends    C. buyers    D. customers

6.A. walked    B. ran    C. flew    D. drove

7.A. nearer    B. fresher    C. cheaper    D. easier

8.A. cupboard    B. room    C. kitchen    D. refrigerator

9.A. fresh    B. much    C. expensive    D. adequate

10.A. freeze    B. cook    C. eat    D. sell

11.A. Monday    B. Thursday    C. Sunday    D. Saturday

12.A. dinner    B. lunch    C. party    D. dance

13.A. food    B. meat    C. fruit    D. vegetable

14.A. earlier    B. cheaper    C. quicker    D. later

15.A. away    B. up    C. out    D. in

16.A. cheap    B. large    C. bad    D. small

17.A. outside    B. from    C. into    D. through

18.A. again    B. back    C. even    D. still

19.A. quickly    B. heavily    C. lightly    D. carefully

20.A. each    B. none    C. all    D. both