12．The old shopkeeper led me through to the back of the shop．The room was filled with boxes and dusty photographs of people holding packages in their hands．
Mr．Hopkins said，"We have a very wide choice of items for sale．Whenever I serve a new customer，I take his picture．"Mr．Hopkins pointed to an ancient camera on a table．
I began to appreciate the lovely items on sale．I spent a very pleasant hour being shown the commodities in the shop．Finally，I bought an antique jewelry box，a pair of riding boots and a sewing machine．
I was very excited that I had found such a good little shop．"I will tell all my friends about your lovely place．"I told the shopkeeper．"Please don't do that，sir．"said Mr．Hopkins．"This is a special place for special people．You must keep this shop a secret．"Then he took my photograph and handed me the picture straight away．
On Christmas Day，my friends and relatives were delighted with the presents I had bought for them．For weeks，my brother begged me to take him to the wonderful little shop．I finally agreed．
We walked along Oxford Street，past the department store and found…nothing．In its place was an empty space being used as a car park．I checked the area again．There was the music shop，and there was the department store．In between should have been Hopkins and Son，but it wasn't there．
Just then，an old policeman came．"Are you looking for something，sir"he asked．"I am looking for a little shop called Hopkins and Son．"
"Oh yes，there was a shop here'once called Hopkins and Son．But it was knocked down over 30years ago．"
I looked again at the place，then I reached into my pocket and took out the photograph that Mr．Hopkins had taken of me holding my presents in the little shop．
"How strange!"I screamed．
21．What did the author think of Hopkins and Son？B
A．Big and modern．
B．Lovely and wonderful．
C．Little and dusty．
D．Old and outdated．
22．We can infer from Paragraph 4 that Mr．HopkinsA．
A．didn't like his shop to be advertised
B．was ashamed of his little shop
C．was one of the author's special friends
D．handed the author the picture of the presents immediately
23．What does the underlined word"commodities"refer to？A
A．The goods in the shop．
B．The author's gifts．
C．Photographs taken by Mr．Hopkins．
D．Packages held by other customers．
24．What can we learn about the shop？C
A．It was closed by the police．
B．It was well-known in that area．
C．It was between a music shop and a department store．
D．It was knocked down a few weeks ago．
分析 作者在一個商店里買了一件圣誕節(jié)的禮物，幾個星期以后作者再去，那個商店早已經(jīng)不在了．
解答 21．B 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第四段 I had found such a good little shop．I will tell all my friends about your lovely place我將告訴我所有的朋友關于你那可愛的地方．再根據(jù)倒數(shù)第五段我哥哥懇求我把他帶到這家神奇的小商店．作者覺著這個商店和他的兒子都很好．所以答案選B．
22．A 推理判斷題．根據(jù)第四段中的This is a special place for special people．You must keep this shop a secret．這是為專人準備的一個特殊地方，你必須把這家商店保密．從這里可知：Mr．Hopkins不愿意讓這個點做廣告．所以答案為A．
23．A 猜測詞義題．根據(jù)第三段中 我開始欣賞到銷售的可愛商品．和最后Finally，I bought an antique jewelry box，a pair of riding boots and a sewing machine．
，我買了個古董首飾盒，一雙騎行用的靴子和一臺縫紉機．可知劃線單詞的意思是商店里的商品．所以答案選A．
24．C 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)句子There was the music shop，and there was the department store．In between should have been Hopkins and Son，but it wasn't there這個店本應該在一個音樂店和一個百貨店之間，但是它不在那里．it was knocked down over 30 years ago 30年前它被拆了．所以答案選C．
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