Question

【題目】 Tom walked into a shop . It bad 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 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 trousersB.wanted to sell the trousers

C.wanted to fool himD.wanted to buy the trousers

【2】The shop owner insisted that the trousers were worth only two dollars because ____ .

A.he wanted to sell them cheaplyB.he wanted to buy them cheaply

C.he didn't like the trousersD.they were old and dirty

【3】In fact, the trousers _________.

A.were hanging inside the shopB.were stolen by Tom from the shop

C.had been the shop owner'sD.had been Tom's

【4】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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

本文主要講述一個老板賣衣服的趣事。一個男人從門外找了一條褲子，拿進來問老板值多少錢。老板以為他是來賣衣服的，所以就說只值2美元，之后男人給了老板兩美元拿走了這條價值6.5美元的褲子。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“How much will you give me for these？這條褲子你給我多少錢？”可判斷，老板認為湯姆是來賣衣服的。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)It bad a sign outside : "Second-hand clothes bought and sold . ""Well," said Tom, taking two dollars out of his pocket. "Here's your money.可知，此商店是買賣二手衣服，老板想便宜地買這條褲子。故選B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“These trousers were hanging outside your shop.這些褲子被掛在商店門外。”可知，這條褲子是老板的，是用來賣的。故選C。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The list price of them was six dollars and a half.可知，這條褲子賣6.5美元，而實際支付的是“Two dollars 2美元”，由此確定便宜了4.5美元。故選D。