I _____ for five minutes; why don’t they come?

A. am calling　　　　　　　 B. called

C. was calling　　　　　　　 D. have been calling

To our great surprise,the naughty boy apologized to me this time ______ (真誠(chéng)地).

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 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 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?” “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 on 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 am 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 fiver?” 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. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair　　　　　　　　

C. was warmly received　　　 　 D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair

2. The underlined word “approach” in the second paragraph means________________.

A. plan for dealing with things　　 B. decision to sell things

C. idea of repairing things　　　 D. way of doing things

3. 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

4. How much did the writer pay?

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

5. From the text, we can learn that the writer was_______________.

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

—It's so kind of you to do it for me.

—________.

A. Yes, I think so B. I'm afraid not

C. I don't think so D. Don't mention it

---_________?