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
完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意, 然后从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
Many of you are studying English and you may be why it is so difficult to learn. It’s actually not too difficult to learn you know some about the language and culture that it reflects（反映）. Perhaps the first thing you need to know about English is that it is made up of several other languages French, German, Latin, Greek and AngloSaxon. In addition, there are words Spanish in English and many American Indian words and names, even some Chinese and Japanese can be found in the English language. This borrowing of words other languages is of the key reasons some of the difficulities that people meet with they are learning English.
1.A. knowing B. wondering C. earning D. hearing
2.A. but B. and C. if D. unless
3.A. news B. facts C. truth D. information
4.A. such as B. the same as C. so as D. for example
5.A. in B. off C. of D. from
6.A. words B. culture C. language D. letters
7.A. for B. to C. from D. out
8.A. that B. something C. one D. this
9.A. why B. if C. what D. for
10.A.when B. before C. after D. While
—What are you going to do tonight?
— ______. If I am free, I may go to the cinema with my mother.
A. Forget it B. It depends
C. It doesn’t matter D. Don’t mention it
________ are crazy about listening to pop music in their spare time.
A. Bill as well as Dick and Lucy
B. Neither Victor nor Tom
C. Not only Tim but also the twins
D. Either Anita or Jack
Would More and more couples rather _______a second baby ______their first child can feel less lonely？
A. have; in order to B. to have; in order to
C. to have; so that D. have; so that
—What else did Tina ask you about the trip to Nanjing?
—She asked me ______.
A. who was the guide of the trip
B. when they will visit the Presidential Palace
C. how long would they stay at Nanjing Museum
D. if she can go to Nanjing University alone on the second day
