Question

In every British town, large and small, you will find shops that sell second-hand goods. Sometimes such shops deal mostly in furniture, sometimes in books, sometimes in ornaments(裝飾) and household goods, sometimes even in clothes.
The furniture may often be “antique（古時(shí)制造的，古董的）”, and it may well have changed hands many times. It may also be very valuable, although the most valuable piece will usually go to the London salerooms, where one piece might well be sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds. As you look around these shops and see the polished（精致的）wood of chests（箱子）and tables, you cannot help thinking of those long-dead hands which polished that wood, of those now-closed eyes which once looked at these pieces with love.
The books, too, may be antique and very precious; some may be rare first printings. Often when someone dies or has to move house, his books may all be sold, so that sometimes you may find whole libraries in one shop. On the border between England and Wales, there is a town which has become a huge bookshop as well. Even the cinema and castle have been taken over, and now books have replaced sheep as the town’s main trade.
There are also much more humble（卑微的）shops, sometimes simply called “junk shops”, where you can buy small house-hold pieces very cheaply. Sometimes the profits from these shops go to charity(慈善事業(yè)). Even these pieces, though, can make you feel sad; you think of those people who once treasured them, but who have moved on, to another country or to death.
Although the British do not worship（崇拜，敬仰）their ancestors（祖先）, they do treasure the past and the things of the past. This is true of houses as well. These days no one knocks them down, they are restored until they are often better than new. In Britain, people do not buy something just because it is new. Old things are treasured for their proven worth; new things have to prove themselves before they are accepted.
【小題1】Books found in second-hand book shops may        .

A．be copies of the earliest printing	B．be on sale for the first time
C．never be worth very much	D．never be rare

【小題2】What is the small town on the border between England and Wales famous for?

A．Its sheep.

B．Its books.

C．Its cinema.

D．Its castles.

【小題3】Second-hand goods sometimes fill you with sadness because       .

A．they are too expensive for average buyers

B．they remind you of the original owners

C．they are now neglected（忽視，忽略）

D．they are sold for charity

【小題4】 The average British person      .

A．does not respect old things because they are not fashionable

B．likes to build new houses simply because it is fashionable to do so

C．likes to buy new things because they are fashionable

D．does not like to buy things simply because they are fashionable

【小題5】What does the underlined word “them”(Para.4) refer to?

A．Junk shops.	B．Profits from shops.
C．Old things.	D．Old houses.

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】B
【小題4】D
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：文章介紹英國有很多的二手商店，里面很多東西是很有價(jià)值的，人們也喜歡在這里淘些便宜的珍貴的東西，因?yàn)樗鼈兊臍v史厚重感和滄桑使它們更寶貴。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的第一句話：可知這些二手的書可能是第一次印刷的版本，選A
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：On the border between England and Wales, there is a town which has become a huge bookshop as well.可知英格蘭和威爾士邊境的小鎮(zhèn)是以書著名，選B。
【小題3】推理題;從倒數(shù)第二段的句子：Even these pieces, though, can make you feel sad; you think of those people who once treasured them, but who have moved on, to another country or to death.可知這些二手的商品會讓你想到它以前的主人，所以傷感，選B
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題：從最后一段的句子：In Britain, people do not buy something just because it is new. Old things are treasured for their proven worth; new things have to prove themselves before they are accepted.可知英國人不會因?yàn)檫@個(gè)東西是流行的而去買，選D
【小題5】猜詞題：從前面的句子：Even these pieces, though, can make you feel sad;可知這些東西會讓你難過，使你想起曾經(jīng)擁有過它們的人，所以them指的是這些二手商店賣的舊東西，選C
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