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【完形填空】Cloze: A New Corner
Lin Xiaoyu had run her snack stall outside the same building for eleven years, and she (1) on it completely.
Every morning she arrived at 6:20, set up her foldable table, and served soy milk and fried dough to the same customers.
Her stall was not fancy, but it was (2) and reliable.
Then, one Tuesday in March, a notice appeared on the building wall: no street vendors within 200 metres of the entrance.
Lin read it twice and felt her stomach (3).
She had no licence, no insurance, and no formal address — she was, in the language of the notice, an obstacle.
Her tenant, Zhou Kai, a young graphic designer, offered to help.
He had a cousin at the district office who might (4) to their situation.
The cousin listened for forty minutes and then told them the truth: the decision was already made.
There was, however, one (5) path.
The district was offering micro-grants to vendors who agreed to (6) to a designated market on Hengshan Road, 3.4 kilometres away.
The application process was competitive, and the criteria were (7).
Lin hesitated.
She was furious at first, then pragmatic, then furious again.
A new stall meant new equipment, a licence, and training — 22,000 yuan before she sold a single cup of soy milk.
She had saved 31,400 yuan over nine years, and it would be (8) in a month.
Zhou Kai had his own problem: his rent had gone up, and he could not (9) his studio.
He needed light for his design work, but his clients were cancelling.
"What if we share?" Lin said one morning.
"I cook; you draw.
We find a corner somewhere."
They searched for two weeks and finally found a narrow joint between a laundry and a pet shop on Fuxing Road — 9 square metres, an old cork floor, sunlight for maybe ninety minutes a day.
The rent was 3,100 yuan, and Lin calculated she could afford eight months with the grant and her savings.
She took the space, painted the wall pale tan, and Zhou Kai designed a hand-painted sign.
Opening day was 12 April.
Lin sold 63 cups — less than half her old volume.
She felt a burst of panic, then forced herself to (10).
Choices
(1) A. depended B. relied C. counted D. focused
(2) A. persistent B. consistent C. constant D. continual
(3) A. drop B. sink C. fall D. decline
(4) A. attend B. listen C. hear D. respond
(5) A. narrow B. thin C. slim D. tight
(6) A. move B. shift C. relocate D. transfer
(7) A. subjective B. objective C. biased D. personal
(8) A. lost B. gone C. missing D. spent
(9) A. offer B. afford C. cost D. pay
(10) A. breathe in B. breath C. breathe D. breathing