13．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 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 （接待）．I was quite wrong．Then 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 fiver？"He was a very nice man and was greatly amused （感到有趣） by the whole thing．
56．We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writerD．
A．was rather impolite
B．was warmly received
C．asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair
D．asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
57．The expression"the penny dropped"in the last paragraph means the shopkeeperC．
A．changed his mind
B．accepted the offer
C．saw the writer's purpose
D．decided to help the writer
58．From the text，we can learn that the writer wasC．
A．honest
B．careful
C．smart
D．funny．
分析 本文敘述了作者想要古董店修一下椅子腿，結果連續四家店都不修理．因此到第五家店時，作者想了一個巧妙地方法，他先向店主賣椅子，然后看他們是否修理椅子腿，結果店主說能修理，于是作者又想買回椅子．最后，作者花了5美元修理了椅子腿．
解答 56．D：細節理解題．根據第一段So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me．I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception（接待）可知，作者帶著壞了腿的椅子到第一家店，希望讓店主修理他的椅子．故選D．
57．C：詞義猜測題．根據最后一段I know what you want．可知第五家店的店主知道作者想要什么，也就是知道作者的目的了．故選C．
58．C：推理判斷題．根據文章內容，作者想了一個巧妙的方法，通過想賣椅子來試探他們是否會修椅子，最終椅子修好了，因此推斷作者是一個聰明的人．故選C．
點評 本文是一個人生感悟類閱讀理解，題目涉及多道細節理解題，做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析，結合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據．
