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　　It is 1 for lunch. Mr. Brown and Mrs. Brown are already 2 at the table, but where is 3 , their only son? Mr. Brown decides (决定) to go and ask him to have lunch.

　　When he goes 4 Jack's bedroom, he finds Jack lying on the 5 and reading a book. He tells Jack to have lunch at once (立刻). So Jack does. He goes to his 6 . But Mr. Brown wants to know 7 Jack is so interested 8 the book. So he decides to have a look at it.

　　Mrs. Brown and Jack wait and wait until they become 9 . Then Mrs. Brown asks Jack to see what happens to his father. Jack goes into his 10 , again. Ha! Here is his father! He is lying on the floor and reading the book just as he does 11 he goes to lunch. Mr. Brown has forgotten all about lunch.

　　What a 12 book !

　　The Browns were going shopping. Mr. Brown was going to the drugstore. Mrs. Brown was going to the supermarket and then the shoe store. Mary wanted to go to the pet shop. They were all going to different stores. But they were going to the same place. All the stores were close together. They were in the shopping center. It was easy for the Browns to go shopping.

　　Every city has places where people can buy things they need. Long ago, people went to open markets. Shoemakers sold shoes. Farmers sold eggs and vegetables. Each person selling something had his own stand at the market. The market was held outdoors on certain days. As the cities grew, the markets grew. Soon they were open every day. After a while, stores took the place of stands.

　　In many parts of the world, people still shop at open markets. In our country, shopping centers have taken the place of most open markets.

(1) Today, many stores close together are found in a ________.

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(2) The story does not say this, but from what we have read, we can tell that ________.

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A．people selling things have to stand outdoors

B．most people like to go to shopping centers

C．stands are better than most supermarkets

D．people don't like go shopping at all

(3) Where was the market held?

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A．The market was held outdoors on certain days.

B．The market was held in the country on Sundays.

C．The market was held in the city on certain days.

D．The market was held indoors on Sundays.

(4) The main idea of the whole story is that ________.

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A．shoemakers sold shoes to farmers with vegetable stands

B．you can only go to the supermarket on certain holidays

C．shopping centers are taking the place of open markets

D．markets are everywhere

“Well, we’re in our new house. Let’s get a new pet to get along with it,” Mrs. Brown said to her husband.
“That sounds like a pretty good idea,” he answered. “Do you want to see the ads in the newspaper?”
“Let’s go to the animal shelter. Many pets there need homes. Since tomorrow is Saturday, we can both go,” she said.
The next morning the Browns met Mr. Snow at the animal shelter. “We want to be sure that the pets here go to good homes,” Mr. Snow said, “So I need to ask you some questions.”
After they talked for a while, the Browns decided to get a small dog. It wouldn’t need a big house or a big yard. A small dog would bark(吠) and warn them if someone tried to break into their house. After Mr. Snow gave the Browns a book on pet care, they chose one and wanted to take her home right away. But the animal doctor hadn’t checked her yet. So Mr. Snow told them to return on Sunday.
On Sunday afternoon the Browns went to the animal shelter again. The animal doctor said, “Shadow has had all of her shots(预防针). She will be healthy.” The Browns thanked the doctor and took Shadow home.
【小题1】From the reading we learn that _______.