2 . Every day since the owners of the Fun shop posted the announcement on Facebook last month, customers have been streaming into the Middle burg store, some with tears in their eyes, to ask if the news really was true.
After 66 years, the family-owned retailer that’s old almost anything you could think of, the “Macy’s of Middle burg” as one customer put it, indeed was closing. “This news hurts my heart,” one Facebook commenter wrote. “It won’t be the same here without y’all,” another offered. And a post echoing the feelings of many loyal customers began: “Nooocoooo. You are the last store that sells what’s left of what is right in the world.”
Since Nancy opened the business in 1956, the shop has been a mainstay on the main street in this pretty hunt country 50 miles west of Washington. What she wanted, her daughters Page and Betsy said, was a store that brought joy to her customers. The name was a clue to her goal.
Famous people have shopped at the store, but it wasn’t celebrities who made the store what it became. And whatever customers were looking for, the Fun shop either had it or would order it for you. Anna Dees, 85, started shopping there in the mid-1960s and visited it on a recent weekday afternoon. “And there is nothing in the world like the personal service here.”
In a world where nothing seems to stay the same for long, a family store that bridged generations offered reassurance that the past wasn’t flying too fast. So its closing is a big blow to the area, particularly its longtime residents. When the store closes, Littleton, 49, a seventh-generation middle burg resident who now serves as the town’s mayor said, an era of the town will come to an end.
“It’s really now that we’re seeing and realizing we have had an impact and we’ve made a difference,” Betsy said. “My mother would just be thrilled because that was her goal.”
1. What can we learn about the Middle burg store from the first two paragraphs?
| A．It sells second-hand items. | B．It has received mixed reviews. |
| C．It is like glue to customers. | D．It needs the support of customers. |
2. What impressed Anna about the store?
| A．A quick checkout. | B．Celebrities’ regular visits. |
| C．Perfect after-sales service. | D．Attentive customer care. |
3. What does the author find valuable about this store?
| A．Its sustainability philosophy. | B．Its proper time management. |
| C．Its lasting original intention. | D．Its open and adventurous spirit. |
4. Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text?
| A．Old shopping habits die hard. | B．Fun bridges locals’ friendship |
| C．Nancy tears away from Fun shop. | D．Fun shop’s closing saddens customers |
