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 that the trousers were worth only two dollars because ____ .

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

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 worked hard in an office. But it seemed that there was little change in his life. He was unhappy and didn't want to improve himself any more. His father, Joe, knew this and decided to have a talk with __________

One day, Tom and his father went for a walk after dinner__________ they were walking along a river, Tom said, "Dad, you always tell me to learn something new. To be__________ , I don't want to make any change."

Joe looked in the river, saw a dead __________and pointed at it.

"Tom, what is that over there?"

“It's a dead fish.'

"What's the fish doing?"

"It's moving down with the running water."

“But the fish is dead.__________can it be moving?" asked Joe.

“It's moving as the river is moving."

Joe turned to his son and said,“Life is__________the river. It's always moving and always changing. Some people don't want to change, but their life is always changing whether they like it or not. A dead fish only moves along the river, while a living fish can control its journey. What's your choice if you want to live a _________life?"

This made Tom __________his aunt who had already stopped learning and developing. And she just stayed the way she used to be, living like a dead fish.

Guided by his__________,Tom understood what he said. He didn't want to become a person like his aunt. So he made up his mind to__________learning and developing himself.

1.A.me B.him C.her

2.A.While B.Once C.After

3.A.happy B.patient C.honest

4.A.fish B.bird C.dog

5.A.Who B.Which C.How

6.A.in B.like C.over

7.A.harder B.better C.worse

8.A.think of B.wait for C.give up

9.A.aunt B.friend C.father

10.A.avoid B.continue C.finish

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