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     A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went
upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches too long. He went
downstairs to the kitchen. His mother and two sisters were washing up the tea-things there. "The new
trousers are too long," he said politly. "They need shonening by about two inches. Could one of you do
it for me, please?" His mother and sister were busy and none of them said anything. But as soon as his
mother had finished wash'ing up,she went quietly upstairs to her son's bedroom and shonened the
tmusers by two inches. She came downstairs without saving anything to her daughters.
     Later on. after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother's trousers. She was a kind-hearted
girl, so she went quickedy upstairs without saying anything to anyone,and shortened the trousers by two
inches.
     The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came home,she also remembered her brother's
trousers. So she ran upstalrs and did as her mother and sister had done. You can imagine the look on the
young man's face when he put the trousers on the next morning.
1. The young man's trousers were _____ for him at first.
A. a bit too long    
B. very good    
C. not too long    
D. too shon
2. The young man's mother and sisters didn't answer because they were busy _____ in the kitchen．
A. cooking        
B. making tea
C. washing clotlles    
D. washing cups,glasses and so on
3. His elder sister shortened the trousers _____.
A. in the evening    
B. after lunch
C. as soon as she had finished the  washing    
D. after she came back from the cinema
4. The next moming the young man found that the trousers were _____ inches too short for him.
A. two    
B. four    
C. six    
D. eight
5. We can imagine that when the young man put the trousers on the next morning, he Would feel _____
A. happy    
B. surprising    
C. surprised    
D. thankful

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