题目内容
Tom walked into a shop . It bad a sign outside : "Second-hand (旧的) clothes bought and sold . "He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop, "How much will you give me for these?" The man looked at them and then said: "Two dollars."
"What !" said Tom. "I had guessed they were worth at least five dollars."
"No," said the man, "they aren't worth a cent more than two dollars."
"Well," said Tom, taking two dollars out of his pocket. "Here's your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price (标价)of them was six dollars and a half. But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth."
Then he walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers and disappeared before the shop owner could think of anything to say .
1.At first the owner of the shop thought that Tom __________ .
A. wanted to steal the trousers B. wanted to sell the trousers
C. wanted to fool him D. wanted to buy the trousers
2.The owner of the shop_______ for the old trousers .
A. would give Tom two dollars B. would pay three dollars
C. would pay five dollars D. would give Tom six dollars and a half
3.The shop owner insisted that the trousers were worth only two dollars because ____ .
A. he wanted to sell them cheaply (廉价地)
B. he wanted to buy them cheaply
C. he didn't like the trousers
D. they were old and dirty
4.In fact, the trousers _________.
A. were hanging inside the shop B. were stolen by Tom from the shop
C. had been the shop owner's D. had been Tom's
1.B 2.A 3.B 4.C 【解析】本文叙述了汤姆在二手店买裤子的故事。汤姆拿了条裤子给店主问他给多少钱，店主以为是他是要卖裤子，因此说两美元一条，汤姆说是店主挂在外面的裤子，上面的标价是六美元半。于是他掏出两美元给店主，然后离开。 1.推理判断题。由第一段How much will you give me for these?可知汤姆问店主这条裤子给他多少钱，故...
