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1、江苏省高三英语阅读理解专练（17）A Sometimeago,Idiscoveredthatoneofmychairshadabrokenleg.Ididn’tthinktherewouldbeanydifficultyingettingitmended,asthereareawholelotofantique（古董）shopsnearmyhome.SoIlefthomeonemorningcarryingthechairwithme.Iwentintothefirstshopexpectingafriendlyrec
2、eption（接待）.Iwasquitewrong.Themanwouldn'tovenlookatmychair. Thesecondshop,thoughslightlymorepolite,wasjustthesame,andthethirdandthefourth-soIdecidedthatmyapproachmustbewrong. Iwentintothefifthshopwithaplaninmymind.Iplacedthechaironthefloorandsaidtotheshopkeeper,
3、“Wouldyouliketobuyachair?”Helookeditovercarefullyandsaid,“Yes,notabadchair.Howmuchdoyouwantforit,sir?”“Twentypounds,”Isaid.“OK,”hesaid,“I’llgiveyoutwentypounds.”“It‘sgotaslightlybrokenleg,”Isaid.“Yes,Isawthat,it'snothing.” EverythingwasgoingaccordingtoplanandIwa
4、sgettingexcited.“Whatwillyoudowithit?”Iasked.“Oh,itwillbeeasytoselloncetherepairisdone.”“I'llbuyit,”Isaid.“Whatdoyoumean？You’vejustsoldittome,”hesaid.“Yes,IknowbutI’vechangedmymind.I'msorry,I'llgiveyoutwenty-sevenpoundsforit.”“Yourmustbecrazy,”hesaid.Then,suddenl
5、ythepennydropped.“Iknowwhatyouwant.Youwantmetorepairyourchair.”“You’reright,”Isaid.“AndwhatwouldyouhavedoneifIhadwalkedinandsaid,’Wouldyoumendthischairforme Iwouldn'thaveagreedtodoit,”hesaid.“Wedon’tdorepairs,notenoughmoneyinitandtoomuchtrouble.ButI’llmendthisfor
6、you,shallwesayforafiver?”Hewasaverynicemanandwasgreatlyamused（感到有趣）bythewholething. 1．Wecanlearnfromthetextthatinthefirstshopthewriter________. A.wasratherimpolite B.waswarmlyreceived C.askedtheshopkeepertobuyhischair D.askedtheshopkeepertorepairhischair 2．
7、Theexpression“thepennydropped”inthelastparagraphmeanstheshopkeeper________. A.changedhismind B.acceptedtheoffer C.sawthewriter’spurpose D.decidedtohelpthewriter 3．Howmuchdidthewriterpay? A.￡5. B.￡7. C.￡ D.￡27. 4．Fromthetext,wecanlearnthatth
8、ewriterwas________ A.hanest B.careful C.smart D.funnyB Lifeonlandprobablybeganabout430millionyearsago,thoughithasexistedinthewaterforperhapsasmuchas
