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阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Do you usually go to the supermarket for shopping? Now many people like buying things in the supermarket．So supermarkets are quite 　　1　　 with people．Some people will make shopping 　　2　　 first at home and 　　3　　 they go shopping．In this way, they can avoid(避免)　　4　　 unnecessary(不必)things．Most people like to go to the supermarkets 　　5　　 there they can get almost everything．There are so many different 　　6　　 of things in a big supermarket．For 　　7　　, clothes, food, shoes, sports things and so on．And usually people can buy things in supermarkets at a 　　8　　 price．When they get into the supermarket, they carry a 　　9　　．Then they buy things and put them 　　10　　 the basket．After getting everything they want, they 　　11　　 the money at the cashier(收银员)．It is very convenient(方便)．Some people like going to the supermarket on 　　12　　, because they are free at that time．They can spend more time 　　13　　 their favorite things．But there 　　14　　 usually many people in the supermarket on weekends, so it may be quite 　　15　　．

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阅读理解

　　When she turned ten, my daughter decided I was no longer good enough to provide input on anything useful．Then, in high school she took a parenting class．

　　“Mum, I need your idea,” she told me．“What are the skills you need to be a good parent?” she asked, pencil pointed over her homework．

　　Skills? I’d always thought of parenting as requiring patience, understanding and kindness．And I was pretty sure those were characteristics(性格), not skills．

　　“Hang on, I know this one,” I told her, thinking fast．Looking at the wall calendar(日历), I noted that my next seven days included two appointments(约会), 20 minutes each, three forms to hand in at two different schools and a cover for the pool to pick up．“Organizational(组织的)skills,” I answered．“It also helps if you can drive－and have the ability to be in two places at once．”

　　“Got it,” she said．“What else?”

　　I thought about the school year：school fees(学费), class pictures, running shoes．Not to mention weekly shopping－the bill for which was growing as fast as the kids．

　　“Financial(理财的)skills,”I said．“You’ll have to plan your money－especially if you end up with two birthdays in one pay period．You must be good at math, too．”

　　“Money and math make sense,”she said．“Anything more?”

　　“You also need a good memory,”I continued．“At any given time, you may remember birthdays, names of people and who likes apples or who can’t stand grape juice．”

　　I talked and talked．My daughter’s pencil moved quickly as she tried to keep up with what I was saying．Her homework finally finished．My daughter told me about a new parenting-skill project(项目)．“We’re getting dolls programmed to cry from time to time．We have to keep them with us all the time and take care of them．It’s to show us how hard it is to be a parent．”

　　I thought if students would come up with a doll that throws things around and shouts at the top of its voice, that might give them an idea of the patience, understanding and kindness that parenting requires．

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