Question

【题目】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C或D）中，选出最佳选项。
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 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. 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?” “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 the 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 a fiver?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused 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 underlined word “approach” in the second paragraph means .
A.plan for dealing with things
B.decision to sell tings
C.idea of repairing things
D.way of doing things
（3）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
（4）How much did the writer pay?
A.￡ 5.
B.￡ 7.
C.￡ 20.
D.￡ 27.
（5）From the text, we can learn that the writer was .
A.honest
B.careful
C.smart
D.funny

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）D
（2）C
（3）C
（4）A
（5）C
【解析】（1）推理判断题。从第一段最后可以排除B,C,D项，而A项“作者很无礼”在文章中找不出依据。
（2）词义猜测题。approach意为“做事情的方法”。由下文可知作者为了修椅子而改变了方式。
（3）推理判断题。开始店主不明白作者为什么要花钱买回刚卖掉的椅子，但他很快醒过神来，从最后一段倒数第五行 “I know what you want.” 可知店主已知道作者的意图。
（4）细节理解题。从最后一段倒数第二句话Shall we say for a fiver? “咱们讲好，要付五英镑。”fiver是口语用法，意为“五英镑”。
（5）推理判断题。从文章中可推知作者是很聪明的。