2023-2024学年新概念英语第三册课文填空训练31-Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric

新概念英语第三册Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric Why did the shop assistant refuse to serve Dickie? True eccentrics never deliberately=_______ set out to______ attention to themselves. They disregard=_______ _______(society)conventions _______ being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary. This invariably= always wins them the ____ and ______ of others, for they ____ colour to the dull routine of everyday life. Up to the time of his _____(die), Richard Colson was one of the most notable ______(figure) in our town. He was a shrewd and _______(wealth) businessman, ____ most people in the town hardly knew anything about this side of his life. He was _________to us all ___ Dickie and his eccentricity had become legendary long ______ he died. Dickie_______snobs intensely. _______ he owned a large car, he hardly ever used it, _________(prefer)always to go on foot. Even when it was raining _______(heavy), he ______ to carry an umbrella. One day, he walked into an expensive shop after having been _______(catch)in a particularly _____shower. He wanted to ____ a $300 watch ____ his wife, but he was in such a bedraggled _______ than an assistant refused to ____ him. Dickie left the shop ________ a word and returned ________(carry) a large cloth bag. As it was _________(extreme) heavy, he dumped it on the counter. The assistant asked him to______, but Dickie paid no ________ to him and requested to see the _______. __________(recognize) who the customer was, the manager was most apologetic and reprimanded the assistant ________(severe). When Dickie was given the _____, he________the assistant with the cloth bag. It______$300 in pennies. He _______ on the assistant's ________(count) the money before he left -- 30,000 pennies in all! On another occasion, he invited a number of important critics to see his private ________(collect) of modern pa