【题目】B

The rumor proved all too bitterly true: Park’s Hardware, a downtown institution of Orono for over 100 years, would be closing. Locals cross-examined, and begged Lin, the owner of the store, but in vain. Running a small, local, family-owned hardware business was no longer profit-making. The town’s affection for Park’s Hardware was just not enough to allow it to compete against the giant warehouse stores.

I was one member of the excited masses that began to walk through Park’s as, day by day, the lettering on the front window changed from "20% OFF EVERYTHING" to "30%", "40%", and on and on, until the only things left were the light sockets (插座)and doorknobs.

Compared with giant warehouses, a hardware store is special. I recall the time I was exploring in one giant warehouse for a wireless doorbell that Park’s didn’t carry. I found the thing, but didn’t understand the following note on the package: "Red light indicates condition of the battery." "Excuse me," I said to a clerk, holding the item out, "I can’t seem to find the red light." The man examined it, and said, "Neither can I." I contrasted this experience with one I routinely had at Park’s. "Lin," I’d beg. "Can you ... please ...I don’t know ... do you think...?" And quicker than one could say, "little red light," Lin would spring into action and together we’d sit down to find the solution.

I could buy a single screw(螺丝钉) at Park’s. At a warehouse I have no choice but to buy a span>box of a hundred screws. But I don’t want a box of a hundred screws when all I need is one. I just want to know the location of the little red light, and now that Park’s is gone, I realize that I never will.

1 Why did Park’s decide to stop its business?

A. The owner invested in other business.

B. The owner couldn’t make enough money.

C. Its location was not convenient for shopping.

D. It couldn’t win enough affection from the locals.

2What did Park’s do before closing?

A. It had a closing down sale. B. It struggled for its reorganization.

C. It distributed its goods to regulars. D. It looked for a new owner.

3What does the writer’s experience in Paragraph 3 indicate?

A. The benefit of having more choices.

B. The pressure of competition for Park’s.

C. The good service of Park’s.

D. The responsible working attitude of large stores.

4What’s the writer’s tone in writing this passage?

A. Humorous. B. Supportive. C. Critical. D. Regretful.

【题目】根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Although most parents don’t like doing it after a long and exhausting workday, reading bedtime stories does make a positive influence on your child’s emotional and mental health. 1

It helps to develop children’s imagination.

Reading bedtime stories can develop your children’s ability to form pictures or ideas in their mind. A healthy imagination makes their minds work well and teaches them to think quickly yet effectively. 2

It improves children’s language.

Reading also improves your children’s language. 3 They’ll most likely use those words in the stories you read right after they hear them. Listening to many stories helps kids to express their opinions better.

4

Reading books makes people more learned. When children hear the stories you tell, they learn grammar and vocabulary, for example. It helps them be successful in school as they already know a lot from your stories. What’s more, every story has its moral aspect and tells them what’s good and what’s bad.

These reasons leave no chances of doubting whether to read bedtime stories to your children or not. 5 They will thank you in future, I promise.

A. It makes children knowledgeable.

B. It fosters children’s affection for reading.

C. Bedtime stories create just unforgettable moments.

D. They remember most words you say and enlarge their vocabulary.

E. Take a look at the best benefits of it and you’ll never be lazy to do that.

F. They’ll be successful in many aspects thanks to a wonderful imagination.

G. So however tired youare, find time to read bedtime stories to your children.

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