A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches too long.
He came downstairs, where his mother and his two sisters were washing up tea things in the kitchen. “These new trousers are too long.” He said. “ They need shortening (缩短)by about two inches. Would one of you mind doing this for me, please?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything.
But as soon as his mother had finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her son’s bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters.
Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s trousers. She was a kind-hearted girl, so she went quietly upstairs without saying anything to anyone, and shortened the trousers by two inches.
The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came back, she , too, remembered what her brother had said. So she ran upstairs and took two inches off the legs of the new trousers.
The young man bought the new trousers _______ his size.

A．as long as

B．two inches longer than

C．as big as

D．two inches shorter than

He asked _______ to shorten his new trousers.

A．his mother and sisters

B．his two sisters

C．his elder sister

D．his mother and one of his sisters

His elder sister shortened the trousers ________.

A．after finished washing

B．before she went to bed

C．when she came back from the cinema

D．after having supper

The next morning the young man would find the trousers were _______.

A．two inches shorter

B．four inches shorter

C．six inches shorter

D．eight inches shorter