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 were 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 ．” “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 five?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused （感到有趣） 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．a(chǎn)sked the shopkeeper to buy his chair

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

小題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

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．smart

D．funny

Answer 1

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C

試題分析：本文敘述了作者想修理一把椅子，結(jié)果帶著它跑了四家門市，都不理作者，也不給修理，到了第五家他變了一方法，進門就問你要這把椅子嗎，這次店主很快給出答應(yīng)，20元要這把椅子，緊接著作者又問，你要壞椅子做什么，店主說買了修好后再賣，最后作者以25元把椅子又給買回來，其實作者花了5元修好了椅子。
小題1:推理判斷題。根據(jù)作者進入第五家的門市說的話，可以推知，故選D。
小題2:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)Yes , I know but I’ve changed my mind ．I’m sorry , I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it .You must be crazy I know what you want 可知選C。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)I’ll mend this for you , shall we say for a five?故選A。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據(jù)作者去了前四家說了同樣的話，可是沒有人理會，于是就換了一種思維，結(jié)果愿望實現(xiàn)了，可以看出作者愛動腦思考，是非常聰明的，故選C。
點評：詞義猜測題旨在考查學(xué)生根據(jù)上下文對生詞做出理解判斷的能力。近幾年來，閱讀理解中的詞義猜測題呈上升趨勢。在閱讀過程中根據(jù)選材、背景、及上下文等線索推測出生詞詞義是真實語言活動中的重要技巧。這一能力可以說是體現(xiàn)閱讀理解能力的一項重要指標(biāo)。