英文In every British town,large and small,you will find shops

英文
In every British town,large and small,you will find shops that sell second-hand goods.Sometimes such shops deal mostly in furniture,sometimes in books,sometimes in household goods,sometimes even in clothes.
The furniture may often be “antique” and it may well have changed hands many times.It may also be very valuable,although the most valuable pieces will usually go to London salerooms,where one piece may be sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds.As you look around these shops and see the polished wooden boxes and tables,you can’t help thinking sadly of those long-dead hands which polished that wood,of those now-closed eyes which once looked at these pieces with love.
The books,too,may be antique and very valuable; some may be rare first printings.Often when someone dies or has to move to a new place his books may all be sold,so that sometimes you may find whole libraries in one shop.On the border between England and Wales,there is a town which was once only a sheep market,but which has now become a huge bookshop as well.And now books have replaced sheep as the town’s main trade.
Although the British do not worship their ancestors,they do treasure the past and the things of the past this is true of houses as well.These days no one knocks them down; they are restored until they are often better than new.In Britain,people do not buy something just because it is new.Old things are treasured for their proven worth; new things have to prove themselves before they are accepted.
1.Antique furniture ().
A) is on sale mainly in London salerooms
B) has usually been polished before being sold
C) may have had many former owners
D) has usually been rejected
2.Books found in second-hand bookshops may ()
A) have been on sale dozens of times
B) be copies from the first printing
C) be well worth what is charged for them
D) all be sold
3.A small town on the border between England and Wales ().
a) deals mainly in books
b) deals in anything but books
c) does not deal in anything but books
d) does not deal in anything but sheep
4.Second-hand goods sometimes fill you with sadness because ().
a) they are too expensive for ordinary buyers
b) they are now not cared for very much
c) they make you think of the former owners
d) they are sold cheaply
5.The British ()
a) respect old things because they are not fashionable
b) like to build new houses because it is fashionable to do so
c) like to buy new things because they are fashionable
d) do not like to buy things simply because they are fashionable