Question

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?” 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 a fiver(五英鎊鈔票)?” 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 things

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.D

3.C

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了自己家的椅子壞了以后連續(xù)找了好幾家店來幫助修理，但是都被拒絕了，最后作者想出了一個好方法。

1.D 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段和第三段內容I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception. I was quite wrong.可知一開始的時候我直接讓別人幫助修理我的椅子但是都被拒絕了，故D正確。

2.D 推理題。根據(jù)第一段最后一行so I decided that my approach must be wrong連續(xù)在幾家碰壁讓我意識到自己的方式可能有問題，故D正確。

3.C 推理題。根據(jù)he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.”說明他知道我的目的，故該詞是指C項的意思。

4.A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后2行But I'll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver(五英鎊鈔票)?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.說明最后以5鎊的價格成交。故A正確。

5.C 推理題。作者從自己之前所犯的錯誤中迅速的扭轉了過來說明他是非常聰明的，能夠審時度勢，做出調整。故C正確。

考點：考查故事類短文閱讀

點評：本文講述了自己修椅子的故事，來告訴我們要能夠審時度勢，做出調整。測試考生在閱讀基礎上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關系，對未說明的趨勢或結局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋。考生首先要仔細閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準確把握作者觀點