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 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. ”“ 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?”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 repair his chair	D．asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair

小題2:The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ________.

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

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．honest

B．careful

C．funny

D．smart

Answer 1

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:D    

1.根據第一段最后一句“I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't even look at my chair.”可知作者沒有受到好的接待。排除B,又根據最后那人甚至沒看我的椅子一眼可知作者受到了冷待。故可知作者肯定要求店主修理一直 故選C
2.通過店主掉了便士后所說的話可知他已明白作者的意圖，故選D
3.作者之前將受損椅子20 便士賣出，又將修好的27便士買進，故可知其中差價7便士即為修理費用 故選B
4.作者在前兩個點要求店主修理修理椅子沒有成功后，急中生智想出賣掉一直再將修好后的椅子買進可知作者很聰明 ，D選項是聰明伶俐的意思，故選D