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 were 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 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, 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, but 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. ” “Your 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 (五镑钞票)?” 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 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

3.How much did the writer pay?

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

4.From the text, we can learn that the writer was ________.

A. smart     B. careful    C. honest    D. Funny

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了作者想要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。

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【名师点睛】

故事类阅读解题技巧：

文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物、时间、地点和事件。

命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。

阅读这类材料时，同学们一定要根据主要情节掌握文章主旨大意，同时抓住每一个细节，设身处地根据文章内容揣摩作者的态度和意图，根据情节展开想象，即使是碰到深层理解题也可迎刃而解。

【阅读策略】

1.预测(Predicting)：阅读全文之前，先掠读文章标题，特殊字体（斜体，加黑，加粗等）、特殊符号、插图、图表等，以获取文章线索，对作者要说的话题有大概了解。比如这篇文章讲的是作者想要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。可知作者很聪明，故最后一题选A。

2.速读(Fast reading)：阅读时要注意将注意力集中在文章大意上，不要拘泥于个别不认识的单词。同时还要抓住细节，设身处地根据文章内容揣摩作者的态度和意图，根据情节展开想象，即使是碰到深层理解题也可迎刃而解。比如第23题直接根据But I'll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver(五英镑钞票)?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.知道了成交额为5英镑。答案选A。

考点：故事类阅读