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Tom walked into a shop . It bad a sign outside : "Second-hand (舊的) 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 (標價)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 (廉價地)

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

1.B 2.A 3.B 4.C 【解析】本文敘述了湯姆在二手店買褲子的故事。湯姆拿了條褲子給店主問他給多少錢，店主以為是他是要賣褲子，因此說兩美元一條，湯姆說是店主掛在外面的褲子，上面的標價是六美元半。于是他掏出兩美元給店主，然后離開。 1.推理判斷題。由第一段How much will you give me for these?可知湯姆問店主這條褲子給他多少錢，故...

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