At the Supermarket

楊欣欣

Adam often goes shopping with his mother. His favorite shops are the supermarkets， because they are big and bright and full of different things.

Adams mother does the shopping very carefully. She goes to different supermarkets and compares their prices. Adam helps her.

Last time they went shopping， Adam and his mother went to Big City Supermarket and Top Value Supermarket. They went to Big City Supermarket first.

“List1 the prices of the tinned2 foods， Adam，” his mother said. “Ill list the prices of the fresh3 foods.”

Adam walked up and down the aisles4. He wrote down all the prices. Then he found his mother looking at the vegetables.

“How much is the tinned milk powder5？” his mother asked him.

“Three pounds，” Adam said and looked at his list.

“How much is the tinned fish？” his mother asked.

“Two pounds，” Adam told her.

He told her the prices of all the tinned foods， and then they went to Top Value Supermarket. They compared the prices. Some things were cheaper at Top Value than at Big City. Some things were more expensive.

What do you think Adams mother did？

Exercises：

I. Give short answers to these questions. （簡略回答下列問題。）

1. Does Adam often go shopping with his

mother？

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2. Does Adams mother do the shopping

carefully？

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3. Does Adam help his mother？

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4. Did the tinned fish cost three pounds？

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5. Were some things cheaper at Top Value？

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II. Answer these questions in sentences.（用完整的句子回答下列問題。）

1. What are Adams favorite shops？

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2. Why does Adam like them？

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3. Why does Adams mother go to different

supermarkets？

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4. What did Adams mother ask him to do？

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5. How much was the tinned milk powder？

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III. Copy the true sentence about the passage. （選出與文章內容相符的句子。）

a. Some things were cheaper at Top

Value than at Big City.

b. Everything was cheaper at Big City.

c. The prices at Big City and Top Value were the same.

IV. Read the passage. Then answer the question. （讀下面的短文，然后回答問題。）

Elly and her mother go shopping every Saturday. They compare fresh food prices to tinned food prices. Fresh milk costs ￡1. Tinned milk powder costs ￡3. Fresh tomatoes cost twice as much as fresh milk. Tinned tomatoes cost ￡1.50 less than tinned milk powder. Tinned fish costs ￡1 more than tinned tomatoes， and half as much as fresh fish.

How much are tinned tomatoes？

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