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 repaired, 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（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 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 my plan and l 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 repair 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'II repair this for you. Shall we say for five pounds?" 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. was warmly received

C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair       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. way of doing things

C. idea of repairing things                                  D. decision to sell 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

Life used to be fine for “teenagers”．They used to have money to spend and free time to spend it．They used to wear teenage clothes in teenage coffee bars and discos．But for many young people，life is    1    now．Jobs are difficult to   2    ．There’s not so much money around．Things are more expensive and it's hard to get a place to   3    ．Teachers say that students are more willing to learn than used to．They are   4    interested in politics，but more interested in passing exams．They know that good exam results may get them   5    ．

    When you read newspapers and watch TV, it is easy to get the  6  that British young people are all unemployed．angry and in trouble． 7   that’s not true

    Three quarters of them do   8    their parents did．They do their best at school，find some kind of work and get    9     in their early twenties．They get along well with their parents and enjoy family life. They watch football on TV and like reading about Princess Diana. After all, if they  10   , they wouldn′t be British, would they?

1. A. harder         B. hard          C. the hardest       D. hardly

2. A. look           B. look for       C. find            D. offer

3. A. live            B. stay          C. live in          D. work in

4. A. more           B. much         C. most           D. less

5. A. a job           B. jobs          C. a work          D. works

6. A. mark           B. idea          C. riddle          D. mail

7. A. But            B. And          C. So             D. Or

8. A. that            B. which        C. what            D. /

9. A. marry          B. marrying      C. marry with      D. married

10. A. didn't          B. don't         C. weren't         D. aren't

Wang Ling, a middle school girl, felt angry with her parents after getting a boy’s phone call. “A classmate called me to discuss homework. We talked   1   just a few minutes before my parents got mad,” said the girl. “They asked whether I liked the boy. I said I didn’t,  2   they wouldn’t believe me.”

Wang’s trouble is not strange at all because puppy love （早恋） becomes a big headache for  3  parents and schools. They worry that puppy love will be bad for  4   . Her school makes it a rule not to allow any talk or any physical contact （身体接触）  5    one boy and one girl alone.

Many students say they understand  6   parents and teachers are so nervous about puppy love. But some think they are going too far. “We have our own thoughts and we know what to  7   with it,” said Wang Ling.

  Another girl, Jiang Ting, liked making friends with boys. “Boys and girls can learn from each other,” she said. “My mother asks me to study hard. However, she  8  stops me from making friends with boys.” Once Jiang told her mother she might fall in love with a boy. Her mother let Jiang make  9  own decision. Soon Jiang found that she didn’t like him any more because the boy was not as   10  as what she had thought before. And she did worse and worse in her subjects because she spent much on it. At last she understood the worry from schools and most parents about puppy love.

1. A．for                   B．in                C．with                    D．to

2. A．because            B．if                 C．but                      D．and

3. A．both                 B．none             C．either                  D．neither

4. A．game               B．study           C．match                  D．housework

5. A．during               B．between         C．around                 D．about

6. A．how                 B．what            C．who                          D．why

7. A．play                B．live             C．do                     D．fill

8. A．never              B．already          C．ever                    D．just

9. A．its                   B．my             C．his                     D．her

10. A．good              B．bad             C．heavy                 D．thin

Wang Ling, a middle school girl, felt angry with her parents after getting a boy’s phone call.“A classmate called me to discuss homework.We talked  1  just a few minutes before my parents got mad,” said the girl.“They asked whether I liked the boy.I said I didn’t,  2  they wouldn’t believe me.”

Wang’s trouble is not strange at all because puppy love(早恋) becomes a big headache for  3  parents and schools.They worry that puppy love will be bad for  4 .Her school makes it a rule not to allow any talk or any physical contact(身体接触)  5  one boy and one girl alone.

Many students say they understand  6  parents and teachers are so nervous about puppy love.But some think they are going too far.“We have our own thoughts and we know what to  7  with it,” said Wang Ling.

Another girl, Jiang Ting, liked making friends with boys.” Boys and girls can learn from each other,” she said.” My mother asks me to study hard.However, she  8  stops me from making friends with boys.“once Jiang told her mother she might fall in love with a boy.Her mother let Jiang make  9  own decision.Soon Jiang found that she didn’t like him any more because the boy was not as  10  as what she had thought before.And she did wrose and worse in her subjects because she spent much on it.At last she understood the worry form schools and most parents about puppy love.

1.                A．for            B．in             C．with D．to

2.                A．because        B．if              C．but  D．and

3.                A．both           B．none           C．either    D．neither

4.                A．game          B．study           C．match    D．housework

5.                A．during         B．between        C．around   D．about

6.                A．how           B．what           C．who D．why

7.                A．play           B．live            C．do   D．fill

8.                A．never          B．already         C．ever D．just

9.                A．its             B．my            C．his  D．her

10.               A．good          B．bad            C．heavy D．thin