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 repaired, 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 my plan and l 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 repair 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'II repair this for you. Shall we say for five pounds?" 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. way of doing things

C. idea of repairing things                                  D. decision to sell 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

任务型阅读：配对阅读，从A—E选项中找到解决问题的方法，填入71-75 题的空格中。（本题有5小题, 每小题1分，共计5分）

1.My son always confines (禁闭) himself in his bedroom. I don’t know what he is doing with his computer.

2.My child always goes online even during dinner time. I know he is playing computer games. The problem is becoming serious these days. I’m very worried about him.

3.My daughter doesn’t know how to search for materials(材料）she needs on the Internet.

4.My child always types his personal information online when he is asked to.

5.It upsets me that my child loves chatting online very much.    A. Keep the family computer in a family area—not behind the closed door of your child’s bedroom, so that you can keep an eye on what he is doing.

B.Avoid（避免）online chatting. Talk to him that he should talk to his friends more often in person. It’s not good to always chat online. He can also have other activities with his friends, like playing basketball, football and so on.

C.Teach your child how to use search engines to narrow a search. It can save a lot of time if she knows the right ways to search.

D.Talk to your child about online predators (掠夺者) and the bad results of giving out personal information.

E.You can make some rules and be prepared to stop Internet privileges (网络使用权) if your child has broken your rules.

任务型阅读：配对阅读，从A—E选项中找到解决问题的方法，填入71-75 题的空格中。（本题有5小题, 每小题1分，共计5分）