Question

Some time ago, I discovered a whole lot of antique(古董) shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the char that had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended. 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, although slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth — so I thought that my approach must be wrong.

I went into 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. How much do you want do it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “Ok,” he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds.” “It has 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’m 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 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 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 welcomed

C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair

D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair

2.Why did the writer said “Would you like to buy a chair?” in the fifth shop?

A. He was sure that he won’t be able to have the chair repaired.

B. He wanted to make some money by selling the chair.

C. He had a plan in mind about how to get his chair mended.

D. He planned to get a new chair after selling the broken one.

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 will the writer pay?

A. £5             B. £7            C. £20             D. £27

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了作者发现椅子坏了，于是准备请人修理，但接连问了四家店都不肯给作者修。于是作者想到了先卖椅子，接着再买回修好的椅子的计策。虽然第五家店的老板识破了作者的意图，但答应帮作者修椅子，因为他觉得作者很聪明。

1. 推理判断题。可用排除法，根据文意，B、C项很容易被排除，而A“作者很无礼”，文中并没有这样的提示，故选D。

2. 推理判断题。根据第三、四段的描述可知，他心里想着如何把椅子修好。故选C。

3. 词义猜测题。根据“the penny dropped. "前面店主所说的“You must be crazy, ”店主认为作者给他27磅买自己的椅子是不可理喻的，但是很快他又说“I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair”，表明他明白了作者的目的是希望他能帮他修理椅子。"the penny dropped"意为“终于听明白了，目的达到了”。故选C。

4. 细节理解题。根据最后一段中“We don’t do repairs, not enough in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for five pounds?”可知，作者需付五英镑的劳务费。故选A。

【名师点睛】

任何一篇文章中的句子在内容上都不是绝对孤立的，都跟句子所在的段落及整整篇文章有关。利用上下文提供的情景和线索，进行合乎逻辑的综合分析进而推测词义，是阅读过程中的一大关键，这也是近年来高考考查的热点。最常见的就是利用上下文语境、常识和语法关系推断词义。1.抓住所需推断词汇前后的“mean”或系动词或破折号等直接定义该词的部分。2.抓住文章主旨与该段所表达的中心。特别对于议论文要牢记论点与论据的相互支撑关系。5.词义猜测题。根据“the penny dropped. "前面店主所说的“You must be crazy, ”店主认为作者给他27磅买自己的椅子是不可理喻的，但是很快他又说“I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair”，表明他明白了作者的目的是希望他能帮他修理椅子。"the penny dropped"意为“终于听明白了，目的达到了”。故选C。

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