阅读理解SometimeagoIdiscoveredthatoneofmychairshadabrokenleg.Ididn'tthinktherewouldbeanydifficultyingettingitmendedastherewereawholelotofantique(古董)shopsne
| 阅读理解 Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg.I didn't think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended as there were a whole lot of antique(古董)shops near my home.So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me.I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception(接待).I was quite wrong.The man wouldn't even look at my chair. The second shop though slightly more polite was just the same and the third and the fourth-so I decided that my approach must be wrong. I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind.I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper “Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said “Yes not a bad chair.How much do you want for it sir?” “Twenty pounds ” I said.“OK ” he said “I'll give you twenty pounds.” “It's got a slightly broken leg ”I said.“Yes I saw that it's nothing.” Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited.“What will you do with it?” I asked.“Oh it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.” “I'll buy it ” I said.“What do you mean?Y ou've just sold it to me ” he said.“Yes I know but I've changed my mind.I'm sorry I'll give you twenty-seven pounds for it.” “You must be crazy ” he said.Then suddenly the penny dropped.“ I know what you want.You want me to repair your chair.” “ You're right ” I said.“And what would you have done if I had walked in and said ‘ Would you mend this chair for me'?” “I wouldn't have agreed to do it ” he said.“We don't do repairs not enough money in it and too much trouble.But I'll mend this for you shall we say for a five?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused(感到有趣)by the whole thing. | (1) | We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________ . | [ ] | A. | was rather impolite | B. | was warmly received | C. | asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair | D. | asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair | | (2) | The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ________ . | [ ] | A. | changed his mind | B. | accepted the offer | C. | saw the writer's purpose | D. | decided to help the writer | | (3) | How much did the writer pay? | [ ] | A. | £5. | B. | £7. | C. | £20. | D. | £27. | | (4) | From the text we can learn that the writer was ________ . | [ ] | A. | honest | B. | careful | C. | smart | D. | funny | | |