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Some time ago I discovered that one of the chairs in my front hall had a broken leg. I didn’t foresee any great difficulty in ge
Some time ago I discovered that one of the chairs in my front hall had a broken leg. I didn’t foresee any great difficulty in ge
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Some time ago I discovered that one of the chairs in my front hall had a broken leg. I didn’t foresee any great difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a whole lot of antique shops in the Pimlico Road which is three minutes’ walk from my flat,so I set forth one morning carrying the chair with me, I went into the first shop confidently, expecting a friendly reception, with a kindly man saying, "What a charming chair, yes, that’ s quite a simple job, when would you want it back?" I was quite wrong. The man I approached wouldn’t look at it. I wasn’t too concerned; after all, it was only the first try and there were many more shops on both sides of the road.
The reaction at the second shop, though slightly politer, was just the same, and at the third and the fourth so I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I entered the fifth shop with some confidence because I had concocted a plan. I placed the chair gently on the floor so as not to disturb the damaged leg and said, "Would you like to buy a chair?" The rather fierce proprietor looked it over carefully and said, "Yes, not a bad little chair, how much do you want for it?" "£ 20," I said. "OK,"he said, ’T 11 give you £ 20." "It’s got a slightly broken leg," I said. "Yes, I saw that, it’s nothing, don’ t worry about it. "
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. "What will you do with it?"I asked. "Oh, it will be very saleable once the repair is done. I like the bit of old green velvet on the top. I shall leave that, yes, very saleable. " "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; as a matter of fact it is just what I’m looking for. I’ve got a pair to it at home. I’ll give you 27 quid for it. " "You must be crazy," he said; then suddenly the penny dropped and he smiled and said, "I know what you want, you want me to mend your chair. " "You’ re plumb 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 done it," he said, "we don’t do repairs, not enough money in it, but I’ll mend this for you. Shall we say a fiver?" He was a very nice man and thought the whole episode rather funny.
The fifth owner agreed to repair the broken chair because ______. ( )
选项
A、the writer had paid him the money
B、the writer had shown him the money
C、the writer’s approach had amused him
D、the writer’s chair was easy to repair
答案
C
解析
推理题。分析最后一段可知,如果作者直接要求修椅子,店老板不会接受,但经过作者的巧妙计划,店老板产生了兴趣就认真地接了生意。
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