单选题
Complaints should be made to a responsible person, Go back to the shop where you bought the goods, taking with you any 27 you may have. Ask to see the buyer in a large store. In a small store the assistant may also be the owner so you can complain 28 . In a chain store ask to see the manager. Even the bravest person finds it difficult to complain face to face, so if you do not want to do it in 29 , write a letter. Be sure to 30 to the facts and keep a copy of what you write. At this stage you should give any receipt numbers, but you should not need to give receipts or other papers to prove you bought the article. If you are not 31 with the answer you get, or if you do not get a reply, write to the managing director of the firm, shop, or organization. Be sure to keep copies of your own letters and any you receive. If your complaint is a just one, the shopkeeper may offer to 32 or repair the faulty article. You may find this an 33 solution. In certain cases you may have the right to refuse the goods and ask for your money back, but this is only where you have hardly used the goods and have acted at once. Even when you cannot refuse the goods you may be able to get some money back as well. And if you have suffered some 34 loss, if for example a new washing machine tears your clothes, you might receive money to replace them. If the shopkeeper offers you a credit note to be used to buy goods in the same shops but you would rather have money, say so. If you accept a credit note remember that later you will not be able to ask for your money. If the shopkeeper refuses to give you money, ask for 35 from your Citizens’ Advice Bureau before you accept a credit note. In some cases the shopkeeper does not have to give you your money back—if, for example, he changes an article simply because you don’t like it or it does not fit. He does not have to take back the goods in these 36 . A. intimate B. attractive C. person D. attachment E. satisfied F. receipt G. contaminate H. replace I. special J. stick K. vigorously L. advice M. circumstances N. directly O. petitions
【答案解析】语法判断:分析句子主干可知,空格前的句子结构较为完整,该空缺少一个名词,与前面的介词in构成介宾结构作状语来修饰前面的动词短语take back(收回),而且该名词应是复数形式,因为其前用了these来修饰。 语义判断:根据语法判断,结合剩余的名词选项,只有circumstances能与in构成介词短语in these circumstances(在这些情况下),且符合此处文意,故选M。