Question

【題目】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 owner looked at them and said “ Two dollars. ”

“ What? ” Tom said, “ I had guessed they were worth at least five dollars. ”

“ No. ” said the owner, “ They weren’t worth a cent more than two dollars.”

“Well,” said Tom, taking two dollars out of his pocket. “ Here is your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price 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 owner could think of anything to say.

【1】At first, the owner 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】 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

【3】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 and a half dollars

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】C

【3】D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講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，店主以為他是要賣褲子，因此說兩美元一條。湯姆說這是店主掛在店外面的褲子，上面的標(biāo)價(jià)是6.5美元。于是他掏出兩美元給店主，然后離開的。

【1】B判斷推理題。根據(jù)短文“How much will you give me for these?”可知，湯姆問店主這些褲子他給多少錢，可以推知，店主原以為他是賣褲子的，故應(yīng)選B。

【2】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文’These trousers were hanging outside your shop.”的描述可知，這條褲子掛在商店的外面，因此推斷他們是店主的，故應(yīng)選C。

【3】D推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文“Taking two dollars out of his pocket,” 以及“The list price of them was six dollars and a half.”的描述可知，這條褲子原價(jià)是6.5美元，卻只花了兩美元，因此便宜了4.5美元。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知應(yīng)選D。