阅读理解LikemanyloversofbooksMaryandherhusbandRichardGoldmanseldomwalkedpastabookstorewithoutstoppingtolookinside．Theyoftentalkedofopeningtheirownstoreoneday．

　　阅读理解

　　LikemanyloversofbooksMaryandherhusbandRichardGoldmanseldomwalkedpastabookstorewithoutstoppingtolookinside．Theyoftentalkedofopeningtheirownstoreoneday．

　　WhenMarywashospitalizedwithhearttroublein1989theydecideditwastimetogetserious．RichardwhoworkedforabusinesscompanywaseagertoworkforhimselfandMaryneededtoslowdownfromherdemandingjob．

　　Theystartedbytalkingtobookstoreownersandresearchingtheindustry．“Weknewithadtobeaspecialtystorebecausewecouldn’tmatchthebigchainsdollarfordollar”saysMary．Onefigurecaughtherattention：She’dreadsomewherethatroughly20percentofbookssoldweremysteries(推理小说)andmanybuyersspentmorethan＄300ayearonbooks．SheandRichardwerethemselvesmysteryreaders．

　　OnHalloween1992theyopenedtheMysteryLoversBookshopandCaféneartheirhome．Withthreechildrenincollegethecouplecouldnotspendallthefamily’smoneytostartashop．Tocoverthe＄100000costtheydrewsomeoftheirsavingsborrowedfromrelativesandfromabank．

　　Thestoremerelybrokeeveninitsfirstyearwithonly＄120000insales．ButMarywasalwayscomingupwithnewwaystoattractcustomers．Theshophadacoffeebaranditofferedgiftstomysteryloversandserveddimmersforbookclubsthatmetinthestore．Shealsoinviteddozensofwriterstodiscusstheirstories．

　　TodayMysteryLoversmakessalesofabout＄420000ayear．Afterpayingtaxesbusinesscostsandthesixpart-timesalesclerksRichardandMarytogetherearnabout＄34000．

　　“Thejobyoulovemaynotgohandinhandwithamillion-dollarincome”saysRichard．“Thishasalwaysbeenaboutanenjoyablelifeforourselvesnotaboutmakingalotofmoney．”

　　(1)

　　WhenMarywasinhospitalthecouplerealizedthat__________．

　　[]A．

　　theyhadtoputtheirplanintopractice

　　B．

　　healthw