Shopping

b.mrs brown had skin trouble because she liked to have the things in the list.
c.one of the doctor's medical care was to tell her the names of some food.
d.the husband was good enough to buy all the things in the list for his wife.
an old pair of trousers
 
tom walked into a shop. it had a sign (招牌) outside. “secondhand (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 (至少) five.”
“no,” said the man. “they aren't worth a cent (美分) 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 (定價) 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.
51.at first the owner of the shop thought that tom ________.
a.was trying to fool him
b.was trying to steal the trousers
c.wanted to sell the trousers
d.wanted to buy the trousers
52.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
53.the shop owner insisted 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
54.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
55.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
v.根據漢語，完成句子（每空一詞）
1.這副眼鏡有點貴。
this pair of glasses ________ ________ ________ expensive.
2.你最好先穿上試一試。
you ________ ________ try it on first.
3.她決定在網上訂購一個相機，那樣她就能常照相了。
she ________ ________ buy a camera on line ________ ________ she could often ________ some photos.
4.我在互聯網上搜索了三個小時才找到西門子手機的廣告。
i the ________ ________ internet for three hours when i found an ad for the simens mobile-phone.