Withagoodshoppingpositionandtherightamount(数量)ofmoney,anyeducatedpersonoughttobeabletomakealivingoutofabookshop.Itisnotadifficulttradetolearnandthelargechain-storescanneverforcethesmallbo
Withagoodshoppingpositionandtherightamount(数量)ofmoney,anyeducatedpersonoughttobeabletomakealivingoutofabookshop.Itisnotadifficulttradetolearnandthelargechain-storescanneverforcethesmallbookselleroutofexistenceastheyhavedonetothecornershop.Butthehoursofworkareverylong—Iwasonlydoingapart-timejob,butmybossputinaseventy-hourweek,besidesregularjourneysoutofshoppinghourstobuybooks.
TherealreasonwhyIshouldnotliketobebackinthebooktradeforlife,however,isthatwhileIwasinitIlostmyloveofbooks.Abooksellercannotalwaystellthetruthabouthisbooks,andthatgiveshimadislikeforthem.TherewasatimewhenIreallydidlovebooks—lovedthesightandsmellandfeelofthem—iftheywerefiftyormoreyearsold,thatis.Nothingpleasedmequitesomuchastobuyabargainlotofthemonsaleforseveralpounds.Thereisapeculiarflavor(独特的味道)abouttheunexpectedbooksyoupickupinthatkindofcollection:little-knowneighteenth-centurypoets,orout-of-dategeographybooks.Foroccasional(偶尔的)reading—inyourbath,forexample,orlateatnightwhenyouaretootiredtogotobed—thereisnothingasgoodasaveryoldpicturestory-book.
ButassoonasIwenttoworkinthebookshopIstoppedbuyingbooks.Seeninamass,fiveortenthousandatatime,booksweredullandevenalittletiresome. NowadaysIdobuyoneoccasionally,butonlyifitisabookthatIwanttoreadandcan’tborrow,andIneverbuyrubbish.
1.Accordingtothepassage,_________isoneofthenecessaryconditionstorunabookshop.
A.aneducatedshop-owner
B.agoodpositionatastreetcorner
C.aregularjourneyoutoftheshop
D.theforceoflargechain-stores
2.Theauthorshouldnotliketobebackasabooksellerforlifebecause_____.
A.hehatedhisjobofsellingbooks
B.sellingbookswasonlyapart-timejob
C.thebooksintheshopgavehimadislike
D.hewasunabletobehonestaboutthebookshesold
3.Thebookspreferredbytheauthorshouldbethose
A.storiesmakingreaderssleepless
B.valuableonesboughtonsale
C.peculiaroneswithgreatexpectation
D.geograp