Question

Some time ago one of my chairs had a broken leg. I _________ think there would be any difficulty ______ getting it fixed, as there were a lot of furniture shops near my home. So I left home one morning with the chair. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception(接待). But I was quite wrong. The man didn’t even look at my chair.

In the _________ shop though, the situation was just the same, and in the third and in the fourth.

I entered ________ shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the ________ ,“Would you like to buy the chair ?” He ________ it carefully and said,“Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty dollars, ”I said. “OK,” he said, “I’ll give you twenty dollars,” I said. “Yes, I saw that. It’s nothing.”

________ was doing according to my plan. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, it will

be easy to _______ after the repair is done.” “I’ll buy it,” I said. “What do you mean? You’ve just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, but I’ve changed my mind.” “You  ______ be crazy,” he said. Then, suddenly the penny drooped. “I know what you want,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money _______ with too much trouble. But I’ll fix this for you.”

1.A. don’t    B. didn’t    C. do

2.A. in    B. with    C. on

3.A. two    B. second    C. twice

4.A. other    B. another    C. the other

5.A. customer    B. shopkeeper    C. agent

6.A. saw    B. looked at    C. watched

7.A. Something    B. Anything    C. Everything

8.A. buy    B. use    C. sell

9.A. must    B. can    C. might

10.A. but    B. and    C. or

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.A

【解析】本文讲述的是作者想要修椅子的故事。他连续进了四家家具店，他们都不修理。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，店主为作者修理了椅子。

1.考查动词及语境理解。句意：我认为请人把它修好没有任何困难。A. don’t一般现在时态；B. didn’t一般过去时态； C. do一般现在时的肯定形式。由第一句里的some time ago，可知短文讲述的是过去的故事，有一般过去时态。故选Ｂ。

2.考查介词及语境理解。句意：我认为请人把它修好没有任何困难。A. in在……里；B. with用……作为工具；带有，具有；C. on在……上。做某事有困难：have difficulty in doing sth.故选Ａ。

3.考查数词及语境理解。句意：在第二个店里，情境刚好一样。A. two二，基数词；B. second第二，序数词；C. twice两次，两倍。上一段里讲述了进第一家店时的情境；后句“and in the third and in the fourth”讲述的是进第三、四家店里也一样。可以推测出本句描述的是进第二家商店的境况。第二：second，用序数词表示顺序。故选Ｂ。

4.考查不定代词及语境理解。句意：我心里盘算着进了另一家店。A. other别的，其它的。形容词，后面跟名词；B. another再一个，另一个，指不确定数目中的另一个，再一个；C. the other另一个，指两者中的另一个。当地有许多家商店，作者进了另一家。指不确定数目中的另一个，用another。故选Ｂ。

5.考查名词及语境理解。句意：我把椅子放在地上并对店主说：“你要买这把椅子吗？”A. customer顾客；B. shopkeeper 店员，店主；C. agent经理。作者进了另一家家具店，他是顾客，他在问店主要不要买下他的椅子。故选Ｂ。

6.考查动词及语境理解。句意：他仔细地看着它并且说。A. saw看，看见。强调有意识或无意识地看到，看见，强调结果；B. looked at看，看一看，强调有意识有目的地看的动作；C. watched观看，注视。强调注意力高度集中地看、盯、注视。本句强调的是店主仔细地看椅子的动作，用look at。故选Ｂ。

7.考查不定代词及语境理解。句意：一切都按我的计划进行着。A. Something某事，某物；B. Anything任何事，任何物；C. Everything所有事物，一切事物。事情的进展都在按作者的计划进行。故选Ｃ。

8.考查动词及语境理解。句意：修理之后，容易卖掉它。A. buy购买；B. use使用；C. sell卖。店主买下那把椅子的目的，是修理好后把它卖出去。故选Ｃ。

9.考查情态动词及语境理解。句意：你一定疯了。A. must一定，用于表示肯定的推测，语气强；B. can能，可以，表示能力或许可；C. might可以，可能。表示肯定的推测，语气不强。刚卖的椅子又要买回去，店主认为作者“一定”疯了。故选Ａ。

10.考查连词及语境理解。句意：我们不做修理，钱不够多但是麻烦太多。A. but但是，表示转折；B. and并且，表示并列或递进；C. or或者，表示选择。所挣的钱不多，麻烦事很多，表示转折，用but。故选Ａ。