( At a New Shopping Centre)
A: Good morning. Can I 1_______ you?
B: Yes, please. I want to 2_______ a lot of things today. Let me have a 3_______ at the P4.
A: OK.
B: How 4_______ is it?
A: It's 300 yuan.
B: 300 yuan? That's too expensive.
A: Then you can pay 280 yuan, all 5_______?
B: OK.
A: What else would you 6_______?
B: I want to buy some food, drink and vegetables.
A: Please come here and have a look for yourself. Here's the 7_______ tags (标签): apples are ￥2.00 a kilo;
oranges are ￥3.00 a kilo; eggs for ￥0.5 each…
B: I want a kilo apples, two kilos of oranges, six eggs, half a kilo chicken legs, a bottle of coke and five
   tomatoes.
A: OK. Here you are.
B: How much are these things?
A: Let me 8_______.  Chicken legs 9_______ ￥10.00 a kilo, a bottle of coke is ￥3.00,
    tomatoes for ￥0.2 each.
B: 10_______ is the money. Is it enough?

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A. cheap
B. expensive
C. on sale
D. sale

A. cheap
B. expensive  
C. white
D. small

     More than half of the Beijing Olympics tickets will be priced no more than 100 yuan (about 13 US
dollars). It is the most affordable (买得起) ticket program in recent Olympic history.
     There are 240 different prices, 7 million tickets will be available (可获得) in all. Among them, 58%
will be priced no more than 100 yuan. Students can enjoy the special price of five yuan to watch a
preliminary match (预赛) and 10 yuan during the finals.
     Tickets for the matches range from 30 yuan to 1,000 yuan. For preliminary matches, the highest
price is 300 yuan, while the lowest is 30 yuan. For the finals, 60 yuan is the lowest and 1,000 yuan is
the highest.
     The highest price for the closing ceremony is 3,000 yuan and the lowest is 150 yuan. The pre-sale
(预售) kicked off in the first half of 2007.
     The Athens Games had an average (平均) ticket price of US$43.75, while the Sydney Games
averaged US$55.
     The highest price for an opening ceremony ticket in the Athens Games was 950 euros (欧罗), while
the Sydney Games four years ago topped at AU$1,382.

1. Which is the most affordable ticket program in recent Olympic history?

A. The Athens Olympics.
B. The Sydney Olympics.
C. The Beijing Olympics.
D. The Atlantic Olympics.

2. How many tickets will be priced no more than 100 yuan?

3. What's the meaning of "kick off"?

A. 踢掉
B. 发球
C. 开始
D. 发射

4. Tickets for preliminary matches range from ______.

A. 30 to 1,000
B. 30 to 300
C. 60 to 1,000
D. 150 to 3,000

A. Students can enjoy a special price of ten yuan to watch a preliminary match.
B. There are a range of 240 different prices.
C. The highest price of the opening ceremony is 3,000 yuan.
D. The average ticket price of the Athens Games is more expensive than that of the Sydney Games.

A. cheap
B. expensive
C. white
D. small