John.CP
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Cloze Passage Direction: Fill in the blanks with the answer provided. John Amos is a salesman. He ___ 1 ___ from door to door selling vacuum cleaners. On his first day of work, he decided to sell his goods by ___ 2 ___ on the doors of a private housing area. "My first customer," he thought as he ___ 3 ___ the doorbell of the first house. A middle aged woman ___ 4 ___ curlers in her hair opened the door. John began to ___ 5 ___ who he was and the product he was selling. The next minute, the door was slammed ___ 6 ___. "Not interested !" John heard her shout ___ 7 ___ the closed door. She refused to open the door _ 8 ___ John's pe rs is te nt knocking. John was given a similar ___ 9 ___ of treatment from the next few houses. ___ 10 ___ rather discouraged, he knocked at the door of the ninth household. This ___ 11 ___ , the occupants of the house ___ 12 ___ him in. They also ___ 13 ___ interest in his product. Encouraged by ___ 14 ___ , John began to explain the merits of his vacuum cleaner. When the family ___ 15 ___ him for a demons tratio n, he vacuumed the place for them. ___ 16 ___ the demonstration, the family, however, did not ___ 17 ___ his product. Instead, they politely but firmly told him that they would ___ 18 ___ him a call if they want to buy a vacuum cleaner later. The family never called him ___ 19 ___, John suspected that they had not been really interested in his product. ___ 20 ___ they had
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wanted was the 'free service' given by John, who had vacuumed
their entire living room.
Answer:
John Amos is a salesman. He goes from door to door selling
vacuum cleaners. On his first day of work, he decided to sell his
goods by knocking on the doors of a private housing area.
"My first customer," he thought as he pressed the doorbell of the
first house. A middle aged woman with curlers in her hair opened the door.
John began to explain who he was and the product he was
selling. The next minute, the door was slammed shut .
What knocking pressed explain
behind asked Afterdespite kind Feeling
with this time buy
shut give goes showed
let up
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"Not interested !" John heard her shout behind the closed door.
She refused to open the door despite John's persistent knocking.
John was given a similar kind of treatment from the next few
houses. Feeling rather discouraged, he knocked at the door of the ninth household. This time, the occupants of the house let
him in. They also showed interest in his product. Encouraged by
this, John began to explain the merits of his vacuum cleaner.
When the family asked him for a demonstration, he vacuumed
the place for them. After the demonstration, the family,
however, did not buy his product. Instead, they politely but
firmly told him that they would give him a call if they want to buy a vacuum cleaner later.
The family never called him up, John suspected that they had
not been really interested in his product. What they had wanted
was the 'free service' given by John, who had vacuumed their
entire living room.
