friendly中考英语阅读理解练习：裁裤子

2021年1月21日发(作者：竖琴)
中考英语阅读理解练习：裁裤子




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 too long.


He came downstairs, where his mother and his two sisters
were washing up tea things in the kitchen. “These new trousers
are too long.” He said. “ They need shortening (
缩短
)by about
two inches. Would one of you mind doing this for me, please?”
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
anything
to
anyone,
and
shortened the trousers by two inches.


The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came
back, she , too, remembered what her brother had said. So she