Shop number 27 at the textile complex in Mydukur India is special. If you go there to purchase cloth, you have to share the space with a white cow. Just like any other traditional cloth shop in South India, the mattress on the floor of the shop is shared by a very peaceable and cool cow that minds its business, while the shop owner shows you the varieties at his store.

It all started happening during a hot summer. The cow chose the Sairam cloth showroom and just walked in as if it knew the shop for a long time. It then sat down under the fan in front of panic-stricken buyers. While the shop owner, Polimera Obayya, tried to push it out, it simply ignored him and his staff. It sat there for two to three hours and left on its own. The scene repeated every single day during the past six months, except on days when the shop is closed.

“It comes every day and sits under the fan. But if we shut off the fan, it simply walks away. It has never troubled any customer, or soiled the white mattress that covers the floor,” Obayya said. 

Obayya has realized that the cow can be his mascot as there are over 50 similar kinds of cloth stores in the textile complex. “Initially, people hesitated to come inside, but now everyone inquires about the ‘Cow Shop’,” he said.

Women prefer to visit the Sairam showroom and they bring turmeric, vermillion and bananas to offer to the cow, which is considered to be very auspicious for Hindus. “Women customers offer prayers to the cow and feed bananas while selecting cloth, ” Obayya says. He has realized that his business has quadrupled after the white cow set foot in his shop.

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1.Why is Shop number 27 at the textile complex special?

A Because the shop owner raises a cow in the shop.

B Because buyers and a cow stay in the shop together.

C Because the shop owner sells clothes with cow logos.

D Because there are different kinds of clothes in the shop.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段If you go there to purchase clothes, you have to share the space with a white cow.可知，如果顾客去店里买布，就必须和一头奶牛共处一室，故选B。

2.What did NOT happen in the Sairam cloth showroom?

A The buyers were frightened to see the cow at first.

B The cow liked to sit down under the fan for 2 to 3 hours.

C The shop owner and his staff ignored the existence of the cow.

D The cow never disturbed any customers in the shop.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第二段可知，买主一开始看到那头奶牛很害怕，店主和店员对奶牛无计可施，因为奶牛忽视他们的存在。奶牛不愿意离开，只要店门开着，它每天都喜欢进来在风扇下坐上两三个小时，故选C。

3.What did the shop owner think about the coming of the cow?

A Delightful.

B Disgusting.

C Unpleasant.

D Fortunate.

解析：选D。观点态度题。根据第四段Obayya has realized that the cow can be his mascot as there are over 50 similar kinds of cloth stores in the textile complex.可知店主认为奶牛是他的吉祥物，即他觉得这很幸运，故选D。

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A Women in India show no respect to the cow in their minds.

B Obayya has no choice but to leave the cow alone every day.

C The cloth business runs better due to the coming of the cow.

D The cow paid a daily visit to Obayya’s shop whenever it opened or not.

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据最后一段He has realized that his business has quadrupled after the white cow set foot in his shop.可知，因为奶牛的到来，布店的生意蒸蒸日上，故选C。