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

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【小题1】The purpose of the first advertisement is to __________.

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I am John．I am l7 years old，and I live in England．My father works in a horse-riding school．I have been riding since I（61） _____ （be）six．I go horse-riding every Saturday．Now, I can ride quite well．I often（62） _____ （spend）all Saturdays at the riding sch001．I help to get the horses ready．I also help the new students．

Look，there are some people（63） _____ （train）horse-ridin9．The girl named Xinyi （64） _____ （walk）the horse around（遛马）and getting ready to get onto the horse．She is from China．She looks beautiful．She（65） _____ （study）here three times．Last time，I helped her move up and down at the same time as the horse（随着马动的频率）．while we were learning how to jump the horse，suddenly she fell off the horse and（66）_____（hurt）her knees badly．I felt sorry that I（67）_____（not help）her at that time．I thought she wouldn’t come this Saturday．To my surprise。she came again! What a brave girl! Last month，she（68） ____ （invite）to come to England for a fashion show．She said she was glad to have the chance to come here and she enjoyed herself．

    Oh，Xinyi is riding towards me．

    “Hi，Xinyi! You’re great! I have never seen such a brave girl like you．”

    ‘Thanks．John! I am leaving for Beijing tomorrow．Thanks for helping me these days．I will never forget the exciting experience．I（69） _____ （share）it with my friends．”

    “I hope（70） _____ （meet）you soon．”

Carl and Ben are twins(双胞胎). They are twelve. This is their bedroom. It’s a nice room. There are two beds in the room. The yellow bed is Carl’s and that green one is Ben’s. The twins have one desk and two chairs. The chairs look the same. Carl’s jacket is on his bed. Ben’s coat is on his chair. Their clock, books and pencil boxes are on the desk. Their school bags are behind the chairs. 

1.Carl and Ben are ________.         

A. brother and sister       B. brothers                     C. sisters                     D. friends

2.Carl’s ________ is yellow and Ben’s ________ is green.         

A. chair; bed             B. sweater; sweater     C. bed; chair                     D. bed; bed

3.Carl and Ben have ________.         

A. two chairs and one desk                      B. two desks and one chair 

C. two chairs and two desks                     D. one desk and one chair

4.Carl’s jacket is ________.         

A. on his bed        B. on Ben’s bed        C. on the chair                    D. on the desk

5.Which is right? 哪项是对的？

A. Their class is very nice.

B. Their two beds look the same. 

C. Their school bags are under the chairs.

D. They live in the same room. 

M  【小题1】  friends is a skill like other skills. It improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take some a  【小题2】  .
You must first go where there are many people. You won’t make friends staying at home. Join a club or a party, talking with those who like the s【小题3】 things as you do. Or join someone in some a  【小题4】  .
It’s human nature to feel a bit u   【小题5】   about the unknown. Most of our fears come from doubts about o   【小题6】  . Don’t forget they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease（自由自在）. You’ll b  【小题7】   feel comfortable.
Try to act self-confidently t   【小题8】   you don’t feel that way. When you enter a room f   【小题9】   of strangers, walk tall and straight, look directly at them and smile. Meeting someone new doesn’t mean that you will make friends because friendship is based on mutual liking（基于互相喜欢） and “give and take”. It takes t  【小题10】   to develop.