Question

    Some time ago I discovered one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn't think there would be any difficulty in getting it _________ , as there are many antique shops near my home.  _________ one morning I left home with the chair. I went into the first shop, expecting a friendly reception.  I was quite _________ .The man wouldn't even look at my chair.

The second shop, though slightly more ________, was just the same, and the third and the fourth, so I decided that something must be wrong. I entered the fifth shop with a (n) ________ in my mind.  I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, "Would you like to _________ a chair?"

He looked it over _________  and said, "Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?"

"20 pounds," I said. "OK," he said. "I'11 give you 20 pounds." "It's got a slightly broken leg," I said. "Yes, I saw that, it's  __________ . "

Everything was going according to plan and I was getting _________ ."What will you do with it?" I asked. "Oh, it will be easy to sell __________the repair is done." "I'll buy it," I said. "What do you mean? You've just ______  it to me," he said."Yes, I know but I've changed my mind. I am sorry. I'll give you 27 pounds for it." "You must be ________  ," he said. Then, _________  the penny dropped. "I see. 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 __________  to do it," he said. "We don't do repairs, not enough money in it and too much __________ But I'll fix this for you. Shall we say for five pounds?"

He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.

1.A.sold B.returned C.cleaned D.fixed

2.A.So B.Yet C.Still D.And

3.A.confident B.polite C.careless D.wrong

4.A.strange B.different C.polite D.wise

5.A.question B.plan C.belief D.excuse

6.A.buy B.check C.reuse D.exchange

7.A.carefully B.hurriedly C.sincerely D.excitedly

8.A.something B.everything C.anything D.nothing

9.A.excited B.patient C.stressed D.worried

10.A.since B.unless C.when D.while

11.A.lent B.sent C.sold D.returned

12.A.bored B.dissatisfied C.sick D.crazy

13.A.properly B.suddenly C.finally D.naturally

14.A.expected B.agreed C.managed D.refused

15.A.challenge B.danger C.trouble D.loss

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.C

12.D

13.B

14.B

15.C

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要叙述了作者想要在古董店修一下椅子腿，结果连续四家店都不修理。因此到第五家店时，作者想了一个巧妙地方法，他先向店主卖椅子，然后看他们是否修理椅子腿，结果店主说能修理，于是作者又想买回椅子。最后，作者花了5美元修理了椅子腿。

1.句意：我认为修理它不会有什么困难。

sold卖；returned归还；cleaned 打扫；fixed修理，根据前文“I discovered one of my chairs had a broken leg”“我发现我的一把椅子的椅子腿坏了”可知，应该是修理，故选D。

2.句意：所以有一天早上我带着椅子离开了家。

so所以；Yet还；Still仍然；And并且，根据前文“as there are many antique shops near my home”“因为我家附近有很多古董店”可知，应该是所以，故选A。

3.句意：我完全错了。

confident自信的；polite有礼貌的；careless粗心的；wrong错误的，根据前文“I went into the first shop, expecting a friendly reception”“我走进第一家商店，期待一个友好的接待”和后文“The man wouldn't even look at my chair”“那个人甚至都没有看我的椅子”可知，应该是我完全错了，故选D。

4.句意：第二家店虽然稍微有点礼貌，但还是一样。

strange奇怪的；different不用的；polite有礼貌的；wise明智的，根据前文的“The man wouldn't even look at my chair”“那个人甚至都没有看我的椅子”和所给空前面的“though slightly more”“虽然稍微有点”可知，应该是礼貌的，故选C。

5.句意：我进入第五家商店时脑子里有一个计划。

question问题；plan计划；belief信念；excuse借口，根据后文“Everything was going according to plan”“一切都按计划进行”可知，应该是有了一个计划，故选B。

6.句意：你想要买一把椅子吗？

buy买；check检查；reuse再利用；exchange交换，根据后文“How much do you want for it ?”“这个你要卖多少钱？”可知，应该是你想买一把椅子吗？故选A。

7.句意：他仔细地检查了一遍。

carefully仔细地；hurriedly匆忙地；sincerely 真诚地；excitedly兴奋地，根据前文“He looked it over”“他检查它”可知，应该是仔细地，故选A。

8.句意：嗯，我看到那个了，没有关系。

something某事；everything每件事；anything 任何事；nothing没事，根据前文“It's got a slightly broken leg”“它的腿坏了”可知，我告诉店主椅子腿有点问题，但是店主说没关系，nothing可以表示店主不在意椅子腿有问题，故选D。

9.句意：一切都按计划进行，我很兴奋。

excited兴奋的；patient耐心的；stressed有压力的；worried担忧的，根据前文“Everything was going according to plan”“一切都按计划进行”可知，我应该是兴奋的，故选A。

10.句意：修好了就容易卖了。

since自从；unless除非；when什么时候；while当……时，根据前文“it will be easy to sell”“它会很好卖”和后文“the repair is done”“修好了”可知，所填空是引导时间状语从句的引导词，while从句接进行时，when最符合语境，故选C。

11.句意：你刚刚把它卖给了我。

lent借给；sent发送；sold卖；returned归还，根据前文“I'll buy it”“我买它”可知，当店主听到我打算买椅子时，对我说“是我刚才卖的”，所以应该是卖，故选C。

12.句意：你一定是疯了。

bored无聊的；dissatisfied不满的；sick生病的；crazy疯狂的，根据店主认为我刚卖又想买，所以他觉得我疯了，故选D。

13.句意：然后突然恍然大悟。

properly适当地；suddenly突然地；finally最后地；naturally自然地，根据后文“I see. You want me to repair your chair”“我明白了，你想要我修你的椅子”可知，应该是突然恍然大悟，故选B。

14.句意：我不会同意的。

expected预期；agreed同意；managed完成；refused拒绝，根据前文“what would you have done if I had walked in and said, 'Would you repair this chair for me?”“如果我走进来说“你能帮我修一下这把椅子吗？你会为我修这把椅子吗？”结合语境，可推出店主是不会同意的，故选B。

15.句意：我们不做修理，修理不赚钱而且还麻烦。

challenge挑战；danger危险；trouble麻烦；loss损失，根据前文“not enough money in it and too much”“钱不多还有很多”可知，应该是麻烦，故选C。