Question

Tom walked into a shop . It had 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 .
小題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

小題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

小題3:The shop owner insisted（堅持） that the trousers were worth only two dollars because ____.

A．he wanted to sell them cheaply

B．he wanted to buy them cheaply

C．he didn't like the trousers

D．they were old and dirty

小題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

小題5: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 dollar and a half

C．the owner bought the trousers three dollars

D．Tom bought the trousers four dollars and a half

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文介紹了湯姆因為老板的誤會，以低于標價4美元的價格買了一條舊褲子。
小題1:細節理解題。故短文湯姆和老板的對話，可知在一開始老板以為湯姆是來賣褲子的。故選B。
小題2:細節理解題。根據The man looked at them and then said: "Two dollars."描述，可知這個店老板想給湯姆兩美元買這條褲子。故選A。
小題3:細節理解題。閱讀短文可知，老板出價比較低是因為他以為這條褲子是湯姆的，想以低價買了這條褲子。故選B。
小題4:細節理解題。根據Here's your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. 描述，可知這條褲子是店老板掛在商店外面的。故選B。
小題5:推理判斷題。閱讀短文可知，最后湯姆給了老板2美元，從價格表中可以看出這條褲子賣6美元，所以湯姆以比價格表便宜4美元的價格買了這條褲子。故選D。