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　　Harry is eighteen years old now. He studies in a middle school. His parents like him very much and hope he can become a famous mall. So they tell him to study hard and they do all for him. They call him at six in the morning. After breakfast his father takes him to school in a car and in the afternoon, as soon as the young man comes back, the supper is ready. Of course, he never washes his clothes or goes to buy something in the shops.

　　Once Harry’s father was sent to London on bussiness. He would stay there for half a year. Before leaving, he told his wife to take good care of their son. The woman had to get up earlier and did all what her husband did before. And two months later she was so tired that she was ill in bed. Now the young man got into trouble. He couldn’t do any housework. He had to do as his mother told him. Even he didn’t know where to get on the bus!

　　Yesterday Harry’s mother found his shoes were worn out and told him to buy a new pair in the shop. But he didn’t know how to choose. The woman had a sigh and gave him a shoe pattern(鞋样)and told him to buy a pair of shoes him. self. It’s Saturday today and Harry doesn’t go to school. With a policeman’s help. he found a shop. The shopkeeper was friendly to him. The man brought a lot of shoes and asked him to choose. When he was trying on a pair, suddenly he remembered something and took them off. The man was surprised and asked, “What’s the matter, young man?”

　　“I’m sorry. I’ve left the shoe pattern at home!”

根据短文选择填空

1．________ always does some housework in the morning.

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A．Harry’s father

B．Harry’s mother

C．Harry

D．Nobody

2．Harry’s parents do al instead of him because ________.

[　　]

A．he’s too young

B．he has poor health

C．he’s busy with his studies

D．they hope he spends all time on studies

3．The woman had to look after her son by herself because ________.

[　　]

A．her husband wasn’t at home

B．she was stronger than her husband

C．she knew the young man well

D．she was free than her husband

4．When the mall was in London, ________.

[　　]

A．Harry had to stay at home.

B．Harry didn’t find the bus stop

C．Harry fell behind in his class

D．Harry wouldn’t go to school

5．The woman told her son to buy a pair of shoes because ________.

[　　]

A．she didn’t know what kind he needed

B．she was busy with the housework

C．something was wrong with her

D．she wanted her son to do something himself

6．In fact(事实上), ________.

[　　]

A．Harry wanted his mother to buy shoes for him

B．Harry didn’t believe himself

C．Harry wouldn’t listen to his mother

D．Harry was strong enough to buy shoes for himself

Last week our reporters asked how people prefer to shop．People were asked where they preferred to shop，what they bought，and about advantages and disadvantages．

Larry is a twenty-seven-year-old engineer．He buys all his food，clothes and other things he needs in the shops near his home．He likes the friendly shop owners and the fresh food．However，he says there are two main problems．First，buying things from small shops costs more money．Secondly，he can't find the tracks he reads in the small bookstore near his home．He has to go to the big bookstore downtown（市中心）．

Jan is a thirty-year-old mother of two children．She and her husband both work as teachers．They like to shop at the mall with their children because it's safe and clean．There are always interesting things for the whole family to see．Another advantage is that the prices are good．Malls also have many more kinds and sizes of everything than mall shops．Jan says that the main disadvantages are that the mall is always crowded，and it's so big that children can easily get lost．

Roger is a twenty-year-old student who prefers to shop on the Internet．He thinks the main advantage is that he can shop at any hour of the day or night．Besides this，he can buy fascinating（吸引人的）things from all over the world．According to Roger，the biggest difficulty is that it isn't safe to buy things on the Internet．Last year，someone stole his credit card（信用卡）number and bought things with it．Also，once he paid for things and never received them．

根据短文内容，完成下列句子。（所填内容可能是单词或短语）

1．Larry thinks the shop owners are very            ．

2．From the passage we know that the big bookstores downtown are           from Larry’s house．

3．Jan's family like to see           at the mall．

4．Both Jan and her husband work in          ．

5．Roger thinks buying things on the Internet is not          ．