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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 lot of antique(古董)shops near my home. So I left my 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 so were the third and the fourth. So I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I entered 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 at it carefully and said, “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK,” he said, “I will give you twenty pounds.” “It’s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that. It is nothing,” the shopkeeper answered.
Everything was going according to my plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “It will be easy to sell once the repair is done.” “I will buy it,” I said. “What do you mean? You just sold it to me.” “Yes, I know, but I have just changed my mind. I am sorry. I will give you twenty-seven pounds for it.” “You must be crazy,” he said. Suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.” “You are right,” I said. “What would you have done if I had walked in and asked you to mend the chair?” “I would not have agreed to do that. We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it, and too much trouble. But I will mend this for you. Will you pay five pounds for it?” He was a very nice person and was greatly amused by the whole thing.
1. The writer thought it would be quite
2. The underlined expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper
3. The writer spent
4. The writer succeeded in the end because
5. From the text, we learn that the writer was
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 lot of antique(古董)shops near my home. So I left my 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 so were the third and the fourth. So I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I entered 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 at it carefully and said, “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK,” he said, “I will give you twenty pounds.” “It’s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that. It is nothing,” the shopkeeper answered.
Everything was going according to my plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “It will be easy to sell once the repair is done.” “I will buy it,” I said. “What do you mean? You just sold it to me.” “Yes, I know, but I have just changed my mind. I am sorry. I will give you twenty-seven pounds for it.” “You must be crazy,” he said. Suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.” “You are right,” I said. “What would you have done if I had walked in and asked you to mend the chair?” “I would not have agreed to do that. We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it, and too much trouble. But I will mend this for you. Will you pay five pounds for it?” He was a very nice person and was greatly amused by the whole thing.
1. The writer thought it would be quite
easy
to get the chair mended.2. The underlined expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper
saw the writer's purpose/understood the writer/knew what the writer wanted
.3. The writer spent
five/5 pounds
on the repair.4. The writer succeeded in the end because
he tried a new way/changed his mind
.5. From the text, we learn that the writer was
funny/clever/interesting
.答案
1. easy
2. saw the writer's purpose/understood the writer/knew what the writer wanted
3. five/5 pounds 4. he tried a new way/changed his mind
5. funny/clever/interesting
2. saw the writer's purpose/understood the writer/knew what the writer wanted
3. five/5 pounds 4. he tried a new way/changed his mind
5. funny/clever/interesting
