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Inoticedanoldcoupleastheywalkedintothesecond-handstore.JustbeforethatIhaddroppedoffabagofclothesandafewotherthingsInolongerneeded.

Thecouplemoved  1  aroundmeinsearchofthingstheyhadonalist.

“CanIhelpyou  2  something?”Iaskedcuriously.

Theystoppedlookedatmeandsaid“We’relookingfor  3  thingsthatlooknew.”

“Everyyearinthepastwetriedto  4 theyearwithnewthings.Itwasagoal(目标)tohavenewthingsaroundussothatwehadanew 5 newhopesanddreamsforthenewyear”saidtheoldman.“Butnowadayswealsobelievethateventhoughsomethingisoldit  6  benewtosomeonewhohasneverseenitbefore.”

“Soattheendofeachyearwesearchforthingsthatare  7 tonoonebutnewtous”theoldwomanadded.

“Whathaveyoufoundsofar?”Iasked.

Themanshowedtwothings:asmallframemadeofsticksandonebabyboot.

“Westillneedonemorething”hesaid.

“Gotit!”Iheardaloud  8.

“Whatdidyoufind?”theoldmanshoutedtoo.

Theoldwomanwalkedslowlytowardsus  9  somethinginherhand.“Look!It’saflowervase.Wellitlooks  10butit’snewtous!”

Theythenheadedforthecheckoutwithoutsayinganotherword.

Everythingthatyouseeforthefirsttimeisnew.

1.A.quickly B.slowly   C.freely   D.excitedly

2.A.buy   B.carry   C.find    D.introduce

3.A.small  B.lovely   C.cheap    D.old

4.A.begin  B.spend   C.finish   D.accept

5.A.action  B.competitionC.direction  D.instruction

6.A.must   B.can    C.should   D.will

7.A.useful  B.strange  C.real    D.expensive

8.A.noise  B.cry    C.laugh    D.shout

9.A.getting B.taking   C.holding   D.keeping

10.A.wonderfulB.awful   C.beautiful  D.shiny