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  3. One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked【C1

One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked【C1

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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 truck,【C2】______this time I was not happy. My father had told me I’d have to ask for credit 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 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 purchasesto the cash desk, I said carefully, "I need to put this on credit. " [br] 【C7】
选项 A、watched
B、caught
C、dismissed
D、accused
答案 A
解析 watch“监视”。店员会把黑人小青年当成小偷来监视。
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