Lester was walking in the street with two huge and heavy suitcases. A stranger walked up to him and asked ,“Have you got the time ?”
Lester stopped , put down the suitcases and looked at his watch .“It’ s five fifteen ,”he said .
“Hey , what a nice watch !”said the stranger .
Lester smiled a little and said ,“Yes , it’ s not bad . Look at this .”Then he showed the stranger a time display for the 86 largest cities in the world .
He hit a few buttons（按鈕）and a voice told the time in Chinese . Lester continued ,“Its voice can be set（設(shè)置）for different languages .”
The stranger seemed very interested in the watch .
“That’ s not all ,”said Lester . He then pushed a few more buttons and a small map appeared on the watch .“The map can show where we are ,”explained Lester .
“I want to buy this watch !”said the stranger .
“Oh , no , I’ m not selling it . I have spent nearly two years making it ,”said Lester .
“I’ ll give you $ 1,000 for it !”
“Oh , no , I’ ve already spent more than that .”
“I’ ll give you $ 5,000 for it !”
Lester stopped to think . The stranger quickly gave him a check（支票）and said ,“$ 5,000 . Here it is .”
Lester finally agreed to sell the watch . When the stranger was going to leave with the watch , Lester pointed to the two huge suitcases and said ,“Hey , wait a minute . Don’ t forget your batteries .”
【小題1】Lester stopped in the street because _____ .

Do you know the girl with the skirt ________?

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　　One day James lost his hat when they played football on the playground after school. His mother didn’t blame（責(zé)備）him. The next day she went to a shop with Bill’s hat. She hoped to buy the same hat for James as Bill’s. She asked the shopkeeper to bring out most of the hats. At last she chose one and said, “Excuse me, sir. Could you take it to my car, please? ”

　　“I’m afraid I can’t, madam, ”said the shopkeeper.

　　“Why? ”the woman asked in surprise.

　　“It’s your hat, madam. ”the man said with a smile.

　　1．James and Bill are _________.

　　A. twins  　　　　　　　　　　 B. sisters　　　　    　　　　　　  C. good boys　　  　　　　　　  D. bad boys

　　2．Mrs Brown didn’t blame James because _________.

　　A. he was too young

　　B. she loved him very much

　　C. she had enough money to buy a new hat

　　D. the hat was too broken to wear

　　3．It took Mrs Brown a long time to choose a hat because _________.

　　A. the shopkeeper didn’t help her

　　B. she couldn’t do it

　　C. it was difficult for her to do it

　　D. there were too many hats in the shop

　　4．What does “in surprise” mean?

　　A. 興奮  　　   　　　　　　  B. 煩亂　　　　　　  　　　　　　  C. 神秘地　　　　　　  　　　　　　  D. 驚訝地

　　5．The shopkeeper wouldn’t take the hat to the woman’s car because _________.

　　A. she didn’t pay for（付款）

　　B. she brought it to his shop

　　C. she bought nothing in his shop except it

　　D. she was strong enough to do it herself