Lucy’s mother is a pretty woman. She likes new clothes, and she buys many new clothes. They are
different.
     Every Saturday she goes shopping with her friends. Sometimes she buys clothes, and sometimes she
helps her friends to buy clothes. She likes shopping very much and she enjoys helping others to buy things. She always wears beautiful clothes when she goes out. Her friends say she is very rich because she has
so many beautiful clothes. But that’s not true.
     One day she and her husband (丈夫) are at home. She says to her husband, “Dear, look at the old
clothes I have to wear!How ugly (丑陋的) they are!If someone comes to visit our family,they may think
I must be a cook.”
     "A cook?" her husband says, "Do they think you are a cook? And you always buy so many new
clothes! Aren't they nice? I think the visitors must change their mind if they are at our home and have
dinner."
1. Lucy’s mother has many _______ clothes.
A. new      
B. old      
C. cheap      
D. ugly
2. Where does the dialogue (对话) happen?
A. In a shop.      
B. At home.
C. In the kitchen.  
D. The story doesn’t tell us.
3. Lucy’s mother doesn’t like _______.
A. new clothes    
B. different clothes
C. her husband    
D. cooking
4. Which of the following is true?
A. Lucy’s mother always goes shopping with her husband at the weekend.
B. Lucy’s mother sometimes helps her friends with their shopping.
C. Lucy’s father likes his mother to buy a lot of new clothes.
D. Lucy’s mother likes cooking at home.
5. From the story we know Lucy’s mother _______.
A. is good at cooking        
B. is rich enough to buy many new clothes
C. is not a good cook.          
D. often wears ugly clothes.