英语阅读选择
Time spent in a bookshop can be enjoyable,whether you are a book-lover or merely go there to buy a book as a present.you may even have entered the shop just to be kept from a sudden shower of rein,careless of your surroundings.The desire to pick up a book with an attractive cover is great although you might end up with a rather dull book.
This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is,I think,the main attraction of a bookshop.You can wander round such places to your heart' s content.It is a good shop,on assistant will come to you with the necessary greeting:" can I help you,Sir".You needn’ t buy anything you don' t want,In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing(浏览）.Then,and only then,are his services necessary.Of course,you may want to find where a particular section is,but when he has led you there,the assistant goes away carefully and looks as if he is not interested in selling a single book.
It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest best-selling novel.But the story in the book that you read may prove to be very dull.Apart from running up a huge account(账),you can waste a great deal of time from section to section.
1.According to the writer,a bookshop is popular mainly because _____.
A.people can temporarily feel of his life' s burdens
B.most people are book-lovers
C.people can often be kept from the rain
D.not to interfere with people reading books
2.according to the writer,a good assistant in a booksop should ______.
A.greet people friendly as soon as they enter the shop
B.offer help only when people have finished browsing
C.stand by the door to greet people
D.accompany peoople while they are wandering about
3.what does the writer want to show in the last paragraph?
A.Sometimes it is very bull to go to a bookshop.
B.Interesting novels are in fact not worth buying
C.People should spend less time reading novels.
D.People sometimes waste time and money in a bookstore
4.Which of the following statements in NOT true according to the passage?
A.People may have different reasons to go to a bookshop.
B.People will always buy something in a bookshop
C.In a bookshop people can walk to any place they like.
D.One is likely to enter a bookshop and buy something unimportant.
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5.The assistant should remain "in the background" (para.2) so as ______.
A.not to be too eager to sell a book
B.to have time to take a rest
C.to be able to take careof the book
D.not to interfere with people reading books