There is a shop in our neighborhood．Outside the shop there is a sign．It reads “Secondhand clothes bought and ___1___．”

Last Sunday a boy walked into the shop，carried an old ___2___ of shorts and asked the owner of the shop．“How much will you give me for these，sir?”

The owner ___3___ him and then said：“Four dollars．”

“___4___! I had guessed they were worth（价值）___5___ six dollars．” Said the boy．

“No，they aren’t worth a cent（美分）___6___ than four dollars．”

“Well，” said the boy，taking four dollars out of his pocket．“___7___ your money．These shorts were hanging（挂）outside your shop．The list price was eight dollars．___8___ I thought that was ___9___ money，so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth．”

Then the boy walked out of the shop with these shorts before the shop owner could think of __10___ to say．

1．A．sale                       B．sell                    C．sold

2．A．set                        B．pair                   C．piece

3．A．looked at               B．looked for            C．looked over

4．A．How                     B．Why                    C．What

5．A．at most                  B．at least                 C．at last

6．A．less                       B．more                   C．over

7．A．Here's                   B．There's                C．It's

8．A．and                       B．however              C．but

9．A．too much               B．too many             C．much too

10．A．nothing                B．everything            C．anything

Tom walked into a shop . It had 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（坚持） that the trousers were worth only two dollars because ____.

A. he wanted to sell them cheaply   　 

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 

5.From the story we know that _________ cheaper than the list price.

A. the owner sold the trousers two dollars

B. Tom sold the trousers one dollar and a half

C. the owner bought the trousers three dollars

D. Tom bought the trousers four dollars and a half

Tom walked into a shop．It had a sign outside: "Second-hand 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 (价值) 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 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(坚持) that the trousers were worth only two dollars because      ．

A．he wanted to sell them cheaply(廉价的)      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

5．From the story we know that          cheaper than the list price．

A．the owner sold the trousers two dollars

B．Tom sold the trousers one dollar and a half

C．the owner bought the trousers three dollars

D．Tom bought the trousers four dollars and a half

　　Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock（存货）, the salesman produces（呈出）it, and the business of trying it on proceeds（继续进行）at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly chat and to everyone's satisfaction.

　　For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly（直率地）; he does so with skill. “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the color you want.” Few men have patience with this treatment. And the usual response（反应，回答）is:“This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.”

　　Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? She does so in a different way, Her shopping is not based on need, She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only “having a look round”. She will try on any number of things. In her mind there is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Faced with a roomful（一室所能容纳之量）of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour looking around before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.

(1) If a man goes shopping, ________.

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A．he wants anything

B．he knows his purpose before shopping

C．he hardly decides in advance

D．he asks the assistant what he wants

(2) If a man doesn't get what he needs, ________.

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A．the salesman brings out a substitute and advises him to buy with skill

B．the salesman suggests him to buy something else

C．the salesman is angry

D．the salesman doesn't know what to do

(3) When a woman goes shopping, ________.

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A．she does know what she needs

B．she wants something

C．she's only walking around the shop

D．she hasn't decided what she wants

(4)The underlined word “provide” may mean ________.

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(5)Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．Husbands are willing to go shopping with their wives.

B．Husbands have to go shopping with their wives.

C．Husbands help their wives go shopping.

D．Wives must follow their husbands' advice.