阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡l上将该项涂黑。

    There are many shops in Singapore where customers still bargain, although prices are clearly shown on the goods. There is nothing out of the ordinary in haggling; some shopkeepers expect you to and will be surprised if you accepted their prices immediately. We know that the prices in some stores are a bit higher than those in Change Alley, but we also realize that to keep a store like Robinson’s is by no means cheap. Besides, in such places we shop in air-conditioned（空调）comfort. For all these, we pay a little extra.

    It is not always true to say that things in Change Alley cost less. I once bought a Czechoslovakian glass butter-dish from Robinson’s for a little under two dollars. I then went on to Change Alley and just by chance saw an article of the same shape, design and size, in one of the shops. I then asked about its price, and was surprised when the man demanded more than four dollars for it. “How much can you offer­” he shouted at me. I offered him exactly the same price I paid for the article and his reply was shockingly rude（粗鲁）。 I opened my bag, showed him my receipt, stared at him and walked out of his shop.

    A buyer in England expects to find the price of goods clearly shown, or, to be told exactly what the price is. He knows this is the lowest price that will be accepted. If he thinks the price is beyond what he can afford, he shrugs（耸耸）his shoulders and walks away. He does not attempt to bargain with the shopkeeper. Even if he showed annoyance or surprise, he would expect to be told that if the price was unacceptable, he should try elsewhere.英语学习 英语考试 英语等级考试 英语培训 http://english.533.com

    56. The underlined word “hagglin9” （1ine 2, para.1） in the text most probably means _________.

    A. accepting the prices immediately

    B. fixing the right cost for some goods

    C. arguing about the price of something

    D. paying extra for comfortable shopping

    57. We can learn from the text that Robinson’s is a store which sells.

    A. expensive goods

    B. air-conditioners

    C. Czechoslovakian goods

    D. goods at a bargain price

    58. The writer asked about the price of a glass butter-dish in Change Alley because he wanted to____________.

    A. buy it at a lower price

    B. change his dish for something else

    C. find out if the shop assistant is polite

    D. compare the prices of the dish in two stores

    59. Which of the following words best describes the feeling of a British customer when “he shrugs his shoulders an

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