Question

During the summer holiday, some students might have been busy with traveling, summer camps and a1l kinds of courses, but a specia1 group of Chinese middle schoo1 students decided to taste the hardship of life outside school.

Twelve students in a big city sold vegetables at a1oca1 market together With in12 days, they

made more than 1,500 yuan.

Among them, the oldest is21 years old, while the youngest is just 10. They are a11 cousins in

a big family and eight of them are from rura1 areas.

“Compared to traveling, such social practice connects us and makes us learn how tough our parents are,” said Dalin, 18,to the City Morning Post. Dalin,a senior high graduate, and her 12-yeal-old brother Xiaolin came up with the idea.

They learned to work hard to sell their veggies. Every morning they had to wake up at 3 o'c1ock. Some of them went to the farmer' s market to buy vegetables. Some of them went to the 1oca1 market lo lake up a temporary stall (臨時攤位) To 1ower the cost, they learned to bargain

(講價) with the sellers.

At abou16:30 am, they began to sell vegetables. They peddled(吆喝) 1oudly to attract(吸引)

customers. After severa1 days, they got some experience, too.

For example, it was better to put vegetables in order and bigger ones on top. When the

vegetables are too heavy, they should give customers an extra plastic bag.

When they finally packed up and went home,they had a small meeting. Everyone took notes

and shared their feelings.

“We are tired,” said Dalin. “but we gained a1ot.

1.In the writer's opinion, the12 students’ action was________.

A. popular B. encouraging C. strange D. embarrassing

2.The cousins decided to sell vegetables at a market to________.

A. show how able they were

B. have less hardship of life

C. learn how hard their parents work

D. prepare for their future traveling

3.They bargained with the se11ers to__________

A. cut down the cost B. share their feelings

C. get bigger vegetables D. attract more customers

4.It’s clear that___________.

A. they took up the temporary stall in turn

B. they gave each customer an extra plastic bag

C. Dalin and Xiaolin got the idea of se11ing vegetables

D. the elder sold vegetables when the younger took notes

5.The best title of the story should be_______.

A. Summer Courses B. Family Business

C. Students Learn from Bargains D. Cousins Work with Vegetables

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