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A

One day, a little boy comes to a store and says to the clerk, "I want to buy twelve exercise books of six cents each and nine pencils of ten cents each. How much is that altogether(总共)?"

The clerk write these numbers down on a piece of paper and thinks for a minute. Then she says, "One dollar 62 cents." "If I give you ten dollars, how much money will I get back?" "You will get eight dollars 38 cents for change. Here you are. These are the things you want."

"No, thank you. I don't want to buy anything," the boy looks at the piece of paper and says politely(礼貌的). "This is my math homework. Thank you very much. Can I take it away?"

(A)1. The story happens(发生)_________.

【详解】由文中：One day, a little boy comes to a store... 可知 发生在一个商店里。

A) in a store

B) in a math class

C) at school

D) at home

(D)2. The little boy comes to the store for ________.

【详解】由文中："No, thank you. I don't want to buy anything," the boy looks at the piece of paper and says politely. "This is my math homework."可知小男孩来商店并不是想买东西，而是想让店员帮他做数学作业。

A) 9 pencils

B) 12 exercise books

C) 9 pencils and 12 exercise books

D) his homework

(B)3. The little boy is _______.

【详解】由短文可知这个小男孩去商店，但最后什么东西都不买，只为了让店员帮他解数学题来完成作业，说明这个小男孩既淘气又聪明。

A) bad

B) naughty(淘气的)but clever

C) stupid(愚蠢的)

D) hard-working(刻苦的)

(A)4. The word "change" in the passage means _______ in Chinese.

【详解】由文中："If I give you ten dollars, how much money will I get back?" "You will get eight dollars 38 cents for change. “——如果我给你十美元，我可以拿回多少呢?——你可以得到89美元和38美分的零钱，可知change意为“零钱”。

A) 零钱

B) 交换

C) 改变

D) 金钱

(C)5. What does the underlined word it mean in the passage?

【详解】由文中：the boy looks at the piece of paper and says politely(礼貌的). "This is my math homework. Thank you very much. Can I take it away? 可知小男孩想要拿走那张店员写了运算过程的小纸片。

A) Money.

B) His homework.

C) The piece of paper.

D) The change.

B

Hey, Kid! Big T-shirt, shorts and shoes sale at Brown's Store. We have T-shirts in many colors: red, white, blue, green, black and yellow. We also have shorts in blue and green. We have shoes in black, blue and white. The T-shirts are only $42. The shorts are just $32 and the shoes are $66.

That's not all. Please come down to Brown's Store and see for yourself.

(T)1. We can buy T-shirts, shorts and shoes in the store.

【详解】从"Big T-shirt, shorts and shoes sale at Brown's Store."一句获取明示信息。

(T)2. You can take blue shoes, green shorts and yellow T-shirts in the store.

【详解】理解短文内容，判断答案。

(F)3. You can buy one T-shirt and a pair of shoes with $100.

【详解】通过"The T-shirts are only $42."以及"the shoes are $66."可判断答案。

(F)4. The T-shirts are in five colors.

【详解】从"We have T-shirts in many colors: red, white, blue, green, black and yellow."一句可知T-shirts有六种颜色。

(T)5. This store sells children's clothes and shoes.

【详解】从"Hey, Kid!"可判断答案。