英语阅读理解Passage 2Joe Biggs was a butcher. His shop was in a vi

英语阅读理解
Passage 2
Joe Biggs was a butcher. His shop was in a village in one of the most beautiful parts of the south of England, and he worked in it for many years while his father was there. Then, when his father reached the age of 65, he stopped working in the shop, and Joe was alone in it, so he had to work harder.
Joe worked five and a half days a week . His shop shut at one o’clock on Thursday, and it was shut the whole of Sunday. Saturdays were the busiest days.
Most of Joe’s meat came to his shop from the nearest town., but sometimes he got up earlier than usual in the morning and drove into the city to choose meat. It was cheaper there.
Joe had a big refrigerator in his shop, but he tried not to buy too much meat at a time , and so sell it before he bought more.
One Thursday a woman came into the shop at five minutes to one. “I’m sorry I’m late, but some people have just telephoned to say that they are going to come to dinner tonight, and I need some more meat.”
Joe only had one piece of good meat in the shop. He had sold all the others earlier in the day. He took the piece out and said to the woman, “This is $6.50.”
“That piece is too small,” the woman answered. “Haven’t you got anything bigger?”
Joe went into the room behind his shop, opened the refrigerator, put the piece of meat into it, took it out again and shut the door of the refrigerator with a lot of noise. Then he brought the piece of meat back to the woman and said. “This piece is bigger and more expensive. It’s $8.75.”
“Good,” the woman answered with a smile. “Give me both of them, please.”
6. Joe Biggs had to work alone when ___
A. his father died B. his father was not there
C. his father stopped working D. his father fell ill
7. Joe got most of his meat ___.
A. from a town near his village B. by driving into the city
C. from his big refrigerator D. from the nearest village
8. Joe always tried not to buy too much meat at a time because ___ .
A. the refrigerator in his shop was not big enough
B. there were not many people in the village who liked meat
C. he did not sell meat every day D. he wanted to sell fresh meat
9. A woman came to the shop just before it closed because ___.
A. she did not have any good meat at home
B. some of her friends were coming to dinner
C. she knew it was the best time for shopping
D. she did not know the shop would close at once
10. The woman wanted to buy both piece of meat___.
A. because she knew Joe’s trick
B. so that there would be enough meat for dinner
C. because she thought they were fairly cheap
D. because her refrigerator was big enough to keep both pieces.

A A D B C