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　　Just before a department store in this central Kansas town closed forever on Sunday, it had a unique sale．About 100 shoppers were milling around, choosing items at special close-out prices, when a voice made an announcement over the intercom．

“Attention shoppers! We’re having a local sale．You can buy everything you can fit into a shopping cart for only 25 dollars!”

　　“The store became very quiet,” one woman shopper said later．“And then, all of a sudden, there was a crash and a bang．I didn’t care what I found in my cart．No one cared．”

　　She went wild in the shoe department．“I got between 40 and 60 pairs from baby size to adult size,” she said．She also grabbed stacks of recording tapes, spark plugs, cans of paint, scarves, ties, and “dozens of pairs of underwear．”

　　“I added it up,” she said, “and I got ＄1426.35 worth of stuff．”

(1)

What was the sale like?
[　　]
A．	You didn’t have to pay if you can fit into a shopping cart．
B．	You could buy everything in the store for only 25 dollars．
C．	All in one shopping cart only cost 25 dollars．
D．	All shoppers must be quiet while shopping．

(2)

Why was there a local sale?
[　　]
A．	Because the central Kansas town was going to be closed．
B．	Because local people had supported the store a lot．
C．	Because the department store was about to close．
D．	Because there were only about 100 shoppers．

(3)

How did the shoppers shop during the local sale?
[　　]
A．	They didn’t care about the sale．
B．	They didn’t choose what they bought．
C．	They all spent more than one thousand dollars．
D．	They all went to the shoe department to buy shoes．

(4)

How much did the store get for the local sale?
[　　]
A．	About ＄1500．
B．	About ＄150 000．
C．	About ＄2500．
D．	About ＄250 000．

(5)

What does the word “intercom” in the first paragraph mean?
[　　]
A．	A loudspeaker．
B．	The Internet．
C．	Radio station．
D．	The salesgirl’s calling．

答案：1．C;2．C;3．B;4．C;5．A;
解析：

(1)	从文章“…You can buy everything you can fit into a shopping cart for only 25 dollars”可知答案选C项。
(2)	文章首句“Just before a department store in this central Kansas town closed forever”说明该商店降价销售是因为即将关闭。
(3)	“I didn’t care what I found in my cart．No one cared．”，因为购物是以一推车25美元来计价，所以不管是什么都随意乱拣。
(4)	由第一段、第二段可知答案。
(5)	根据常识，应该是商店的广播播音。

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