On Wednesday afternoons Annie took the bus into town to shop in the market. For an hour or __1__ she would walk up and down between the stalls looking at everything, buying here and there, and __2__ a sharp lookout for the bargains that were sometimes to be had. And then, with all the things she needed __3__ she would leave the market for the streets of the town to spend another hour __4__ she liked best: looking in furniture shop windows.

One Wednesday she found a new shop full of the most delightful things, with a notice inviting anyone to walk in and look __5__ without feeling they had to buy something. Annie hesitated for a moment before stepping through the doorway where, almost at once, she stopped __6__ before a green armchair. There was a card on the chair which said: “This fine chair is yours __7__ less than a pound a week,” and very small at the bottom, “Cash price eighty-nine pounds fifty.” A pound a week... __8__, she could almost pay that out of her housekeeping money and never miss it! A voice at her shoulder made her __9__. “Can I help you, Madam?” She looked round at the assistant who had come softly to her __10__.

“Oh, well, no,” she said. “I was just looking.” “We’ve chairs of all kinds in the showroom. If you’ll just come up, you will find something to suit you.”

Annie, worried at the thought of being persuaded to buy something she didn’t need, left the shop hurriedly.

1.    A. so  B. more  C. else  D. another

2.    A. taking B. making   C. fixing D. keeping

3.    A. buy  B. bought C. buying D. to have bought

4.    A. in a way  B. by the way   C. in the way  D. on the way

5.    A. behind   B. round   C. back  D. on

6.    A. doubted  B. wondered   C. puzzled  D. delighted

7.    A. at  B. for    C. with   D. in

8.    A. Why  B. When   C. How   D. What

9.    A. jump  B. leap  C. Laugh    D. wonder

10.   A. place   B. back   C. side  D. front

答案：A D B C B   D B A A C