Ⅸ．阅读理解。（5％）阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

　　Joe had a shop. He worked five and a half days a week. His shop was closed at one o'clock on Thursday, and it was closed the whole（整个）day of Sunday. Saturdays were the busiest days.

　　One Thursday a woman came into the shop at five minutes to one. “I'm sorry I'm late, ”she said. “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 pounds（磅）. ”

　　“That piece is too small, ”the woman said. “Don't you have anything bigger?”

　　“Joe went into the room behind his shop, opened the fridge, put the piece of meat into it, took it out again and closed the door of the fridge with a lot of noise（噪音）. Then he brought the piece of meat back to the woman and said, “This is bigger and more expensive. It's 8.75 pounds. ”

　　“Good, ”the woman said with a smile, “give me both of them, please. ”

　　( )1．Joe had _____.

　　A．two pieces of meat B．a shop

　　C．a pound D．two bags of rice

　　( )2．Joe didn't have to work on _____.

　　A．Saturday afternoon and Saturday

　　B．Friday afternoon and Saturday

　　C．Thursday afternoon and Sunday

　　D．Wednesday afternoon and Thursday

　　( )3．When did the woman get to the shop?

　　A．At 1:05． B．At 5:01．

　　C．At 12:05． D．At 12:55．

　　( )4．The woman wanted to buy more meat at that time because _____.

　　A．the meat was cheaper

　　B．she had forgotten to buy it earlier

　　C．some people would have dinner in her house thatnight

　　D．she was free then

　　( )5．How many pieces of good meat do you think the woman could buy？

　　A．Two B．One C．Three D．Four．