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 are a 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 entered 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? You’ve just sold it to me," he said. "Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I am 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 five pounds?" He was a very nice man and was greatly amused (感到有趣) by the whole thing.
小題1:We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________.
A．was rather impoliteB．was warmly received
C．a(chǎn)sked the shopkeeper to buy his chairD．a(chǎn)sked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
小題2:The underlined word "approach" in the second paragraph means ________.
A．plan for dealing with thingsB．decision to sell things
C．idea of repairing thingsD．way of doing things
小題3:The expression "the penny dropped" in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ________.
A．changed his mindB．a(chǎn)ccepted the offer
C．saw the writer’s purposeD．decided to help the writer
小題4: How much did the writer pay?
A．￡5.B．￡7.C．￡20.D．￡27.
小題5:From the text, we can learn that the writer was _________.
A．honestB．carefulC．smartD．funny

小題1:D
小題1:D
小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:C

小題1:細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“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 are a lot of antique(古董) shops near my home.”理解可知。
小題2:詞義理解推斷題，根據(jù)文中第三自然段的語句理解可知。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“"I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair." "You’re right," I said. "”理解可知。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for five pounds?"”理解可知。
小題5:理解歸納題，通讀全文中的語句理解可知。
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