24、There is a shop in our neighborhood．Outside the shop there is a sign．It reads “Secondhand clothes bought and ___1___．”

Last Sunday a boy walked into the shop，carried an old ___2___ of shorts and asked the owner of the shop．“How much will you give me for these，sir?”

The owner ___3___ him and then said：“Four dollars．”

“___4___! I had guessed they were worth（价值）___5___ six dollars．” Said the boy．

“No，they aren’t worth a cent（美分）___6___ than four dollars．”

“Well，” said the boy，taking four dollars out of his pocket．“___7___ your money．These shorts were hanging（挂）outside your shop．The list price was eight dollars．___8___ I thought that was ___9___ money，so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth．”

Then the boy walked out of the shop with these shorts before the shop owner could think of __10___ to say．

1．A．sale                       B．sell                    C．sold

2．A．set                        B．pair                   C．piece

3．A．looked at               B．looked for            C．looked over

4．A．How                     B．Why                    C．What

5．A．at most                  B．at least                 C．at last

6．A．less                       B．more                   C．over

7．A．Here's                   B．There's                C．It's

8．A．and                       B．however              C．but

9．A．too much               B．too many             C．much too

10．A．nothing                B．everything            C．anything