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　　Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely you are there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust-jacket is irresistable, althought this method of selection ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather ,dull book. You soon become engrossed(使全神贯注) in some books or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment－without buying a book, of course.

　　This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can wander round such places to your heart’s content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with inevitable greeting:“Can I help you, sir?”You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing(浏览书刊). Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Of course you may want to find out where a particular section is, but when he has led you there, the assistant should retire carefully and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.

　　You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest best-selling novel and perhaps a book about brass－rubbing something that had only vaguely interested you up until then. This volume on the subject, however, happened to be so well illustrated and the part of the text you read proved so interesting that you just had to buy it. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apart from running up a huge account, you can waste a great deal of time wandering from section to section.

1．“Dust-jacket”(Line 5, Para. l) probably means ________.

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A．a kind of clothes

B．protecting paper cover of a book

C．book cover full of dust

D．title of a book

2．You may spend too much time in a bookshop because ________.

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A．the dust-jackets of some books are very attractive

B．you start reading one of the books

C．it keeps raining outside

D．you have to make sure you don’t buy a dull book as a present

3．An assistant help is needed ________.

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A．as soon as you have entered the shop

B．before you start browsing

C．only when you have finished browsing

D．when you have determined your choice

4．Picking up books that vaguely interest you can be dangerous because ________.

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A．you may forget about the book you plan to buy

B．you have to give up the best-selling book

C．it make you break your appointment

D．it costs you too much money and time

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 and household goods, sometimes even in clothes.

      The furniture may often be "antique", 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 salesrooms, where one piece might well be sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds. As you look around these shops and see the polished wood of chests 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 less expensive shops, sometimes simply called "junk shops", where you can buy small household pieces very cheaply. Sometimes the profits from these shops go to charity. Even these pieces 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 worshop their ancestors, 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 some- thing just because it is new. Old things are treasured for their proven worth; new things have to prove themselves before they are accepted.

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 he rare

2. What is the small town on the border between England and Wales famous for?

     A. Its sheep.        B. Its cinema.          C. Its bookshops.       D. Its castle.

3. Second-hand goods sometimes fill you with sadness because ________.

     A. they remind you of the original owners

     B. they are too expensive for average buyers

     C. they are now neglected

     D. they are sold for charity

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

5. The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 4 may refer to

     A. junk shops         B. profits              C. old things           D. old houses

Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely you are there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. You soon become engrossed in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realise you have spent far too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment—without buying a book, of course.
This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. You can wander round such places to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will disturb you with usual greetings, "Can I help you, sir?" Of course you may want to find out where a particular section is. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. However, when he has led you there, the assistant should retire carefully and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.
You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest best-selling novel. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apart from running up a huge account, you can waste a great deal of time wandering from section to section.
【小题1】.
. Which may not be included in the writer's experiences while he is in a bookshop?

A．Getting relaxed without buying a book.

B．Quarrelling with the shop assistant.

C．Buying other books instead of those he wanted.

D．Forgetting some important appointment.

【小题2】.
. What does the writer mean by saying "time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable"?

A．You may free yourself from the real life.

B．Reading is free of charge there.

C．There is nobody disturbing you there.

D．You can enter without any certain reason.

【小题3】.
What does the underlined wordengrossed most probably mean in the first paragraph?

A．Lost.

B．Forbidden.

C．Puzzled.

D．Impressed.

【小题4】.
. The writer wrote the passage in order to ________.

A．suggest a good way of running a bookshop

B．encourage people to do some reading in bookshops

C．share his experience in bookshops

D．give some advice on buying books in a bookshop

Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely you are there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. You soon become engrossed in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realise you have spent far too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment—without buying a book, of course.

This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. You can wander round such places to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will disturb you with usual greetings, "Can I help you, sir?" Of course you may want to find out where a particular section is. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. However, when he has led you there, the assistant should retire carefully and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.

You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest best-selling novel. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apart from running up a huge account, you can waste a great deal of time wandering from section to section.

1..

. Which may not be included in the writer's experiences while he is in a bookshop?

A. Getting relaxed without buying a book.

B. Quarrelling with the shop assistant.  

C. Buying other books instead of those he wanted.

D. Forgetting some important appointment.  

2..

. What does the writer mean by saying "time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable"?

A. You may free yourself from the real life.

B. Reading is free of charge there.  

C. There is nobody disturbing you there.  

D. You can enter without any certain reason.  

3..

 What does the underlined word engrossed most probably mean in the first paragraph?

A. Lost.         B. Forbidden.         C. Puzzled.          D. Impressed.  

4..

. The writer wrote the passage in order to ________.

A. suggest a good way of running a bookshop  

B. encourage people to do some reading in bookshops

C. share his experience in bookshops  

D. give some advice on buying books in a bookshop