《2025年英语拓展听力与阅读中考特辑》

Some time ago I discovered one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn't think there would be any difficulty in getting it 1 , as there are many antique shops near my home. 2 one morning I left home with the chair. I went into the first shop, expecting a friendly reception. I was quite 3 . The man wouldn't even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more 4 , was just the same, and the third and the fourth, so I decided that something must be wrong. I entered the fifth shop with a(n) 5 in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, "Would you like to 6 a chair?"
He looked it over 7 and said, "Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?"
"20 pounds," I said. "OK," he said. "I'll give you 20 pounds." "It's got a slightly broken leg," I said. "Yes, I saw that. It's 8 ."
Everything was going according to the plan and I was getting 9 . "What will you do with it?" I asked. "Oh, it will be easy to sell 10 the repair is done." "I'll buy it," I said. "What do you mean? You've just 11 it to me," he said. "Yes, but I've changed my mind. I am sorry. I'll give you 27 pounds for it." "You must be 12 ," he said. Then, 13 the penny dropped. "I see. 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 14 to do it," he said. "We don't do repairs, not enough money in it and too much 15 . But I'll fix this for you. Shall we say for five pounds?"
He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.
( ) 1. DA. sold B. returned C. cleaned D. fixed
( ) 2. AA. So B. Yet C. Still D. And
( ) 3. DA. confident B. polite C. careless D. wrong
( ) 4. CA. strange B. different C. polite D. wise
( ) 5. BA. question B. plan C. belief D. excuse
( ) 6. AA. buy B. check C. reuse D. exchange
( ) 7. AA. carefully B. hurriedly C. sincerely D. excitedly
( ) 8. DA. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing
( ) 9. AA. excited B. patient C. stressed D. worried
( )10. CA. since B. unless C. when D. while
( )11. CA. lent B. sent C. sold D. returned
( )12. DA. bored B. dissatisfied C. sick D. crazy
( )13. BA. properly B. suddenly C. finally D. naturally
( )14. BA. expected B. agreed C. managed D. refused
( )15. CA. challenging B. danger C. trouble D. loss

答案： 1. D
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. A
8. D
9. A
10. C
11. C
12. D
13. B
14. B
15. C