Our village carpenter, Alf Winn, came one day and made a kitchen cupboard for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the useless space at the corner by the door. When I got home that evening, Alf was drinking a cup of tea and making out his bill for the job.

　　My wife said to me, quietly, “That's his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said, loudly, “It's a beautiful cupboard, dear, isn't it?”

　　“I'll decide about that when I see the bill.” I said.

　　Alf laughed and gave me his account for the work. I read:

　　One kitchen cupboard 10 Nov. 1975

　　Cost of materials (wood) ￡17.00

　　Paint and fittings ￡ 1.50

　　Work, 8 hours (￡1 an hour) ￡8.00

　　　　　　　　　　   Total ￡26.50

　　I took out my cheque book and my pen. I looked at the bill.

　　Alf said, “It's been a lovely day, hasn't it? Quite sunny.”

　　“Yes,” I said, “I'm glad it's only the 10th of November.”

　　“Me, too,” said Alf. “You wait-it'll be a lot colder by the end of the month.”

　　“Yes, colder and dearer! Kitchen cupboards will be ￡20 dearer on November 30th, won't they, Alf?”

　　Alf looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? 1 gave his account back to him.

　　“If it isn't too much trouble, Alf,” I said, “Please add it up again. You can forget the date…”

　　I wrote him a cheque for ￡26.50. He was happy to accept it.

(5) I paid Alf ￡26.50, which was ________ too high.

—How far is it from the supermarket to your home?

—It’s about                .

A. 20-minute drive　B. 20-minutes’ drive　C. 20 minute’s drive　D. 20 minutes’ drive

Merry Market is　1　big supermarket.It’s very near my home.There 　2　many things.There are 　3　many people,especially(尤其是)on holidays 　4　 at weekends.You can　5　 food and 　6　,clothes and so on.The shop is open 24 hours every day.The salesmen in the supermarket　7　very nice and 　8　.　9　 like to talk to you and help you.You can buy things there and you can 　10　meals there,too.

1.                A．a              B．an             C．the  D．/

2.                A．am            B．is              C．are  D．be

3.                A．also           B．too            C．either    D．both

4.                A．and            B．with           C．or   D．also

5.                A．sell            B．sells           C．buy  D．buys

6.                A．water          B．juice           C．coffee    D．drink

7.                A．am            B．is              C．are  D．be

8.                A．friend          B．friendly         C．friends   D．bad

9.                A．He            B．She            C．They D．Them

10.               A．have           B．has            C．had  D．having

Merry Market is　1　big supermarket.It’s very near my home.There 　2　many things.There are 　3　many people,especially(尤其是)on holidays 　4　 at weekends.You can　5　 food and 　6　,clothes and so on.The shop is open 24 hours every day.The salesmen in the supermarket　7　very nice and 　8　.　9　 like to talk to you and help you.You can buy things there and you can 　10　meals there,too.