Question

In every British town, large and small, you will find shops that sell second-hand goods. Sometimes such shops deal mostly in furniture, sometimes in books, sometimes in ornaments(装饰) and household goods, sometimes even in clothes.
The furniture may often be “antique（古时制造的，古董的）”, and it may well have changed hands many times. It may also be very valuable, although the most valuable piece will usually go to the London salerooms, where one piece might well be sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds. As you look around these shops and see the polished（精致的）wood of chests（箱子）and tables, you cannot help thinking of those long-dead hands which polished that wood, of those now-closed eyes which once looked at these pieces with love.
The books, too, may be antique and very precious; some may be rare first printings. Often when someone dies or has to move house, his books may all be sold, so that sometimes you may find whole libraries in one shop. On the border between England and Wales, there is a town which has become a huge bookshop as well. Even the cinema and castle have been taken over, and now books have replaced sheep as the town’s main trade.
There are also much more humble（卑微的）shops, sometimes simply called “junk shops”, where you can buy small house-hold pieces very cheaply. Sometimes the profits from these shops go to charity(慈善事业). Even these pieces, though, can make you feel sad; you think of those people who once treasured them, but who have moved on, to another country or to death.
Although the British do not worship（崇拜，敬仰）their ancestors（祖先）, they do treasure the past and the things of the past. This is true of houses as well. These days no one knocks them down, they are restored until they are often better than new. In Britain, people do not buy something just because it is new. Old things are treasured for their proven worth; new things have to prove themselves before they are accepted.
【小题1】Books found in second-hand book shops may        .

A．be copies of the earliest printing	B．be on sale for the first time
C．never be worth very much	D．never be rare

【小题2】What is the small town on the border between England and Wales famous for?

A．Its sheep.

B．Its books.

C．Its cinema.

D．Its castles.

【小题3】Second-hand goods sometimes fill you with sadness because       .

A．they are too expensive for average buyers

B．they remind you of the original owners

C．they are now neglected（忽视，忽略）

D．they are sold for charity

【小题4】 The average British person      .

A．does not respect old things because they are not fashionable

B．likes to build new houses simply because it is fashionable to do so

C．likes to buy new things because they are fashionable

D．does not like to buy things simply because they are fashionable

【小题5】What does the underlined word “them”(Para.4) refer to?

A．Junk shops.	B．Profits from shops.
C．Old things.	D．Old houses.

Answer 1

【小题1】A
【小题2】B
【小题3】B
【小题4】D
【小题5】C

解析试题分析：文章介绍英国有很多的二手商店，里面很多东西是很有价值的，人们也喜欢在这里淘些便宜的珍贵的东西，因为它们的历史厚重感和沧桑使它们更宝贵。
【小题1】细节题：从第三段的第一句话：可知这些二手的书可能是第一次印刷的版本，选A
【小题2】细节题：从第三段的句子：On the border between England and Wales, there is a town which has become a huge bookshop as well.可知英格兰和威尔士边境的小镇是以书著名，选B。
【小题3】推理题;从倒数第二段的句子：Even these pieces, though, can make you feel sad; you think of those people who once treasured them, but who have moved on, to another country or to death.可知这些二手的商品会让你想到它以前的主人，所以伤感，选B
【小题4】细节题：从最后一段的句子：In Britain, people do not buy something just because it is new. Old things are treasured for their proven worth; new things have to prove themselves before they are accepted.可知英国人不会因为这个东西是流行的而去买，选D
【小题5】猜词题：从前面的句子：Even these pieces, though, can make you feel sad;可知这些东西会让你难过，使你想起曾经拥有过它们的人，所以them指的是这些二手商店卖的旧东西，选C
考点：考查社会现象类短文