2017年pets1公共英语一级阅读理解练习（25）

A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches(英寸) too long.

He went downstairs and his mother and his two sisters were washing up things in the kitchen. “These new trousers are too long,” he said, “they need shortening by about two inches. Would one of you mind doing this for me?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything.

But as soon as his mother had finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her son’s bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters.

Later on, after supper the elder sister remembered her brother’s trousers. She was a kind-hearted girl. So she went quietly upstairs without saying to anyone, and shortened the trousers by two inches.

The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came in, she, too, remembered what her brother said. So she ran upstairs and took two inches off the legs of the trousers.

What’s the young man’s look when he put the trousers on the next morning?

1. How about the size of the new trousers?

A It is as long as his size.

B It is two inches shorter than his size.

C It is two inches longer than his size.

2. Who did he ask to shorten his new trousers?

A His mother and his sisters B His mother or one of his sisters

C His two sisters

3. His elder sister shortened the trousers by two inches_________.

A after she had her supper B after finishing washing

C before she went to bed

4. At last the size of the new trousers is ____shorter than his right size.

A two inches B four inches C six inches