单选题
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 on 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. I
wasn't too concerned; after all, it was only the first try and there are 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 thought of a plan. I
placed the chair gently on the floor, then the rather fierce shop owner looked
it over carefully and said, "Yes, not a bad little chair, how much do you want
for it? '"￡20," I said. "It's got a slightly broken leg," I said. "Yes, I saw
that. It's nothing; don't worry about it." "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. "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 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." "And what would you have done if I had walked in and
asked you to repair it for me? .... I wouldn't have done it," he said. "We
don't do repairs, not enough money in it and too much of a nuisance(麻烦事情), but
I'll mend this for you."
单选题
The author was not worried about the broken leg of the chair at first
because ______.
A. his flat was very near the antique shops
B. he knew it was easy to mend it
C. there were so many antique shops selling chairs
D. he thought it was easy for him to find someone to repair it
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 通过第一段的理解，见原文的“I didn't foresee any great difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a whole lot of antique shops On Pimlico Road.”。
单选题
When the author came to the first antique shop, ______.