On Wednesday afternoon Annie took the bus into town to shop in the market. For an hour or so she would walk up and down between the stalls looking at everything, buying here and there, and 1 a sharp lookout for the bargains that were something to be haD. And then, with all the 2 she needs bought she would leave the market for the 3 of the town to spend another hour 4 she liked best, looking in furniture-shop windows.
One Wednesday she found a 5 shop full of the most delightful things, with a 6 inviting anyone to walk in and look round without 7 they had to buy something. Annie hesitated a moment 8 stepping through the doorway where, almost at once, she stopped 9 before a green armchair. There was a card on the chair which 10 ,“This fine chair is yours for less than a pound a week,” and very small at the bottom, “Cash price eighty-nine pounds fifty.” A pound a week …Why, she could almost pay that out of her housekeeping money and never 11 it!
A voice at her shoulder made her 12 .“Can I help you, Madam?” She looked 13 at the assistant who had come softly to her 14
“Oh, well, no,” she said, “I was just 15 .”
“We have chairs of all kinds in the 16 . If you'll just come up, you will find something to 17 you.”
Annie, worried at the thought of being 18 to buy something she didn't 19 , left the shop 20 .
1. A. taking B. making C. fixing D. keeping
2. A. chairs B. furniture C. things D. bargains
3. A. shops B. streets C. delightful things D. bus station
4. A. in the way B. by the way C. in a way D. in one way
5. A. new B. noisy C. large D. strange
6. A. message B. notice C. note D. flag
7. A. arguing B. declaring C. frightening D. feeling
8. A. when B. before C. after D. while
9. A. doubted B. surprised C. puzzled D. delighted
10. A. wrote B. told C. informed D. said
11. A. lose B. miss C. pass D. make
12. A. jump B. run C. laugh D. surprise
13. A. round B. straight C. behind D. up
14. A. place B. back C. side D. front
15. A. thinking B. looking C. walking D. passing
16. A. doorway B. storehouse C. showroom D. market
17. A. suit B. fit C. serve D. match
18. A. advised B. made C. persuaded D. cheated
19. A. like B. afford C. pay D. need
20. A. slowly B. thoughtfully C. hurriedly D. carefully