One spring day in 1937，Mr. Goldman put up a sign at the front of his grocery（雜貨店）in Oklahoma City．He looked up just as one of his customers（顧客）walked by．“Good morning，Mrs. Hope，”he said．

Mrs. Hope just smiled．She was concentrating on the full shopping basket she was carrying．The basket was very heavy because she had put so much food in it．

That was when Goldman had a great idea：a shopping basket on wheels．Then his customers wouldn’t have to carry their groceries．Shopping would become easier, and more customers would prefer to shop at his store．

Before long Goldman had some shopping carts（手推車）made．However, on the first day none of his customers used the carts he had invented．Goldman came home looking disappointed．

Goldman didn’t give up，though．He knew he just needed a way to show his customers how easy it was to use the shopping carts，so the next day he asked a few people to come and wheel the carts around his shop and pretend to buy things．

“How did it go today?”Mrs. Goldman asked when her husband came home from work．

“Great!”he said．“When my customers saw people using the carts，they realized how much easier it would be to shop with them，so they all started using the carts．Not only that，but they filled the carts with more groceries than they ever did with their own baskets．I’m going to be a rich man soon，selling groceries and my new shopping carts，too!”

（    ）1．What did Mrs. Hope do when Mr. Goldman greeted her?

A．She smiled and said hello to him．             B．She didn’t say anything to him．

C．She shopped and talked with him．              D．She dropped her shopping basket．

（    ）2．What made Mr. Goldman want to invent the shopping cart?

A．He wanted to sell more groceries．

B．Mrs. Goldman told him to do that．

C．He wanted to save money on baskets．

D．He saw Mrs. Hope carrying a heavy basket．

（    ）3．The underlined phrase“concentrating on”has the similar meaning to“______”．

A．looking back on     B．picking up            C．paying attention to   D．looking after

（    ）4．Which word best describes Mr. Goldman?

A．Friendly．           B．Lazy．                C．Creative．              D．Serious．

（    ）5．The customers began to use the carts because______．

A．it was much easier to shop with them

B．they saw some people using them

C．they could fill the carts with more groceries

D．they got the carts for free

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　　A young man once went to town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs (樓上) to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches too long.

　　He went downstairs, where his mother and two sisters were washing up the teathings (茶具) in the kitchen. “These new trousers are too long. ” he said, “They need shortening (弄短) by two inches. Would one of you mind doing this for me?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything.

　　But as soon as his mother had finished washing up, she went quickly upstairs to her son's bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without (沒有) saying anything to her daughters.

　　Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother's trousers. She is a kind girl, so she went upstairs quietly without saying anything to anyone, and shortened the trousers by two inches.

　　The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came in, she remembered what her brother had said. So she ran upstairs with her scissors (剪刀) , needle (針) and thread (線), and took two inches off the legs of the new trousers.

　　You can imagine (想象) the look on the young man's face when he put the trousers on the next morning.

(1) A young man once bought a pair of trousers ________.

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(2) The trousers that he bought ________.

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(3) His trousers were shortened first by ________.

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(4) His trousers were shortened by ________.

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(5) The next morning he found his trousers were ________ inches too short.

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　A young man once went into town and bought himself 　1　 trousers. When he 　2 　home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them 　3 　He found that they were about two inches too 　4　 .

　He went downstairs and there his mother and two sisters were 　5 　up the tea things in the kitchen. “These new trousers 　6　 too long.” he said. “They need to be shortened by about two inches. Whould one of you mind 　7 　this 　8 　me, please?”His mother and sisters were busy and 　9 　of them said 　10 　.

　But as soon as his mother was free she went 　11 　upstairs to her son's bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs 　12 　saying anything to her daughters.

　Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother's trousers. She was a kindhearted girl, 　13 　she went upstairs and shortened the trousers by two inches.

　The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came in, she, too, remembered 　14 　her brother 　15 　. So she ran upstairs 　16 　her scissors（剪刀）and took two inches 　17 　legs of the new trousers.You can imagine the look 　18 　the young man's face 　19 　he put the trousers on the 　20 　morning.