【题文】The first time I paid by scanning barcodes (条形码) on goods, I ended up paying 40 yuan ($5.8) more than I should have. I went looking for a salesperson inside the store, but she was ______ to explain how to get my money back, despite both of us using translation apps.

I ______ going to that store for two whole years, until a Chineses speaking friend spoke to the ______and explained to me that the money was still there in an app, which I made use of to pay for goods worth 40 yuan at the store. I went back to buy things from there again. I particularly ______ their hot chocolate and had, by now, ______the art of buying things at the unmanned counter. ______ , the hot chocolate didn’t have a barcode, but I knew how to select it on the touch-screen menu. I would ______ a cup from a dispenser (自动售货机) before selecting the cup icon (图标) worth 3.5 yuan to make the payment. It was ______ !

I had been doing this for some time until, one day, following a software upgrade, I hit a _______. I was unable to include the hot chocolate after______ the barcode of other things I had bought. I again went looking for the salesperson, who helped me find it, tapping a(n) ______that cost 5 yuan. “That’s 5 yuan?” I asked using the translation app. “I have been paying 3.5 yuan up until now.” I didn’t know why I had ______ it cost 3.50 yuan. At least I would have been ______this embarrassment had there been a manned counter. However, I as spared further ______when the saleswoman said “Meishi, meishi (doesn’t matter) ______ before rushing away.

【小题1】

A．unable

B．frightened

C．delighted

D．capable

【小题2】

A．missed

B．enjoyed

C．fancied

D．avoided

【小题3】

A．waitress

B．shopper

C．saleswoman

D．applicant

【小题4】

A．mentioned

B．displayed

C．made

D．liked

【小题5】

A．forgiven

B．perfected

C．required

D．accused

【小题6】

A．By design

B．On average

C．In fact

D．As a result

【小题7】

A．take up

B．pick up

C．break up

D．clean up

【小题8】

A．awkward

B．fair

C．awful

D．easy.

【小题9】

A．record

B．nerve

C．wall

D．ball

【小题10】

A．painting

B．scanning

C．purchasing

D．delivering

【小题11】

A．icon

B．menu

C．app

D．counter

【小题12】

A．imagined

B．assumed

C．explained

D．agreed

【小题13】

A．promised

B．brought

C．shown

D．spared

【小题14】

A．pain

B．anxiety

C．embarrassment

D．trouble

【小题15】

A．warmly

B．excitedly

C．anxiously

D．coldly

广东省广州市第二中学2023-2024学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题