湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (4)_高考复习指南

湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (4)

　　A. unmarried men

　　B. single ladies

　　C. Officials

　　D. the Scottish

　　75. Which topic can best describe the last paragraph?

　　A. What Can Ladies Do With the Extra Day?

　　B. Respect Ladies in Leap Year.

　　C. It’s Unfair to Prevent Ladies From Offering Love.

　　D. Leap Year Is Ladies’ Choice.

　　Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think that there would be any difficulty in getting it repaired, as there are a whole 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, 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 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 said 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 asked ‘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.