在职工程硕士英语考试阅读理解专项练习(1)

　　All the people who went to the new supermarket had one great hope: to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for his shopping.For this was what the notice just inside the entrance promise

　　It said, Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods.This may be your lucky day!

　　For several weeks Mrs.White hoped, like many of her friends, to be the lucky customer.Unlike her friends, however, she never lost heart.Her kitchen was full of things which she did not really nee

　　Her husband tried again and again to persuade her to give it up, but she just wouldn't listen.She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket would come up to say, Madam, this is your lucky day.Everything in your basket today is free.

　　One Friday morning, after she had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy some te.She rushed back to the supermarket, got the tea and went to the desk to pay for it.As she was walking, she saw the manager of the supermarket coming up.Madam, he said warmly, holding out his hand, I want to congratulate you! You are our lucky customer today.Everything you've got in your basket is free.

　　1.People went to the supermarket to _____________.

　　A.buy food

　　B.be lucky customers

　　C.get free things

　　D.meet the manager

　　2.Mrs.White is different from her friends who were ______________.

　　A.easily satisfied

　　B.not always hopeful

　　C.sure to succeed

　　D.not interested in free food

　　3.Mrs.White's husband tried to _______________.

　　A.cheer her up

　　B.stop her from going to the supermarket

　　C.stop her from buying unnecessary things

　　D.make her less happy

　　4.When the manager told her that she was the lucky customer, Mrs.White would be _______________.

　　A.very tired

　　B.happier than ever before

　　C.rather sad

　　D.enthusiastic

　　5.Which of the following can we infer from the passage?

　　A.Everyone has his lucky day.

　　B.The supermarket is dishonest.

　　C.The supermarket might just play a trick so customers should be more cautious.

　　D.Wives should listen to their husbands.

　　参考答案：1.B 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.C

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