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 （接待）．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 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 over 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! will mend this for you．Will you pay it for five? "．He was a very nice person and was greatly amused （感到有趣）by the whole thing．

1．We can learn from the passage that in the first shop the writer________．

       A．was rather impolite

       B．was warmly received

       C．a(chǎn)sked the shopkeeper to buy his chair

       D．a(chǎn)sked the shopkeeper to repair his chair．

2．The expression" the penny dropped" in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper_________．

     A．changed his mind                           B．a(chǎn)ccepted the offer

     C．saw the writer’s purpose                    D．decided to help the writer

3．How much did the writer pay for the repair?

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

4．From the text, we can learn that the writer was___________．

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

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