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 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, 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’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 money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a five?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.
【小題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

【小題2】The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper     .

A．changed his mind	B．saw the writer’s purpose
C．accepted the offer	D．decided to help the writer

【小題3】How much did the writer pay?

A．£5

B．£7

C．£20

D．£27

【小題4】From the text, we can learn that the writer was         .

A．smart

B．careful

C．honest

D．funny

Answer 1

【小題4】D
【小題4】B
【小題4】A
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：
【小題1】細節題。由第一段及第三段：不久前，作者發現他的一個椅子有一條腿壞掉了，因為在他家附近有很多古董店，作者認為修好這個椅子并不困難，因此，一天早上，作者帶著這個椅子去修理，他進入第一家店子的時候，希望得到一個友好的接待，但是，他錯了，店主根本都沒看一下的椅子，最后一段作者改變了方法，詢問店主是否購買它的椅子。可知，作者進入第一個店子是叫店主修理他的椅子。故選D
【小題2】推斷題。第四段Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.”。根據上下文，第五個店主知道了作者的目的是想讓他去修理這個壞椅子。可知，suddenly the penny dropped的意思是店主知道了作者的意圖。故選B
【小題3】細節題。第三段I’ll give you twenty pounds。可知，店主花了20英鎊買下了這個壞椅子。最后一段， I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a five?知，店主將會為作者修理這個椅子，并且收費5英鎊。故答案為A
【小題4】推斷題。第三段，I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind.作者進入前四個店子都沒有成功，進入第五個店子的時候，他想出了一個計劃，他問店主是否想買他的椅子，可知，作者是很聰明的，換了一種解決問題的方法，而最終達到了目的。故選A
考點：記敘文
點評：文章講述了作者一次修椅子的經歷，通過自己換種思維來考慮問題，就能獲得成功。文章不難，并沒有太多生單詞，對理解不會有太大問題。對于像第二題那種推斷題，需要學生理解上下文，并結合答案進行作答。the penny drop 有“恍然大悟”的意思。