Question

The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments outside the jeweler’s before he got enough courage to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood to his face as he explained he would be bringing in his future wife to choose a birthday present.

The assistant listened carefully and told him he’d better buy a necklace. He wasn’t used to buying jewelry and was a little worried about overspending, because he was not very rich. After some discussion as to a reasonable price and the type, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose.

At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o’clock. Half an hour later than planned, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura. The assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose, and then gave them the ones she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away satisfied. Later James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted when he got married.

1.The good title for this passage is “______”.

A. A Clever Assistant. B. Buying a Birthday Present

C. How to Choose a Necklace D. A Brave Young Man

2.The underlined word “overspending” in the passage means ______.

A. spending too much

B. spending too much time

C. spending more time than he planned

D. spending too much money

3.James and Laura reached the shop at _______.

A. 4:30 B. 5:30 C. 5:00 D. 6:00

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.B

【解析】

試題分析：珠寶店員接待了一位不富有的顧客要給未婚妻選禮物，她聰明的做法不僅保住了顧客的面子也讓顧客未婚妻非常滿意。

1.A。

2.He wasn’t used to buying jewelry and was a little worried about overspending, because he was not very rich.得知顧客不是很富有，擔(dān)心賣珠寶花很多錢。因此選D。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o’clock. Half an hour later than planned, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura.得知James原定5點來珠寶店，后來比原定時間晚了半小時，選 B。

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