A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
“Daddy,how much money do you make an hour?”
“If you must know, I make $20 an hour.”
“Oh,”the little boy replied,with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said,“Daddy,could you lend me $10?”
The father was furious,“If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish,then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish(自私的)!”
The little boy quietly went to his roomand shut the door. After about an hour, the father calmed down, and started to think,“Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t really ask for money very often.”So he went to the little boy’s room.
“Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now.” said the man,“Here’s $10.”
“Oh, thank you, Daddy!”he said happily. Then,the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy alread had money,he got angry again.
“Why do you want more money since you already have some?”the father shouted angrily.
“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do.”The little boy replied,“Daddy,I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I小題1:How much does the boy’s father make an hour?  ______
A.$10             B.$20              C.$30
小題2:In this passage,the underlined word “furious”means_____
A.very angry          B.quite happy          C.too excited
小題3:At firs,the father refused to lend the boy any money because____.
A.he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself
B.he thought the boy would buy somethingof no use
C.the boy always borrowed money from him
小題4:The boy wanted to buy______with twenty dollars.
A.a new book for himself       B.a nice present for his father
C.an hour of his father’s time
小題5:From the passage, we can infer(推斷)that the boy’s father____.
A.often played with his son     B.spent little time with his son
C.often came back home early
小題1:B小題2:A小題3:B小題4:C小題5:B

would like to have dinner with you.”
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)“If you must know, I make $20 an hour.”可知選B.
小題1:推理題.根據(jù)父親后面說話內(nèi)容,你為什么如此自私,和下文After about an hour, the father calmed down,一小時后冷靜下來.可知父親很生氣,故選A.非常憤怒.
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish如果你想跟我要錢買玩具或者沒有用的東西,可知選B.
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”可知男孩想與父親共度晚餐,故選C.
小題1:推理題.前文提到父親很晚才回家,下文提到男孩想用20美元買父親的一小時的時間,可知這位父親和兒子共度的時間很少.股選哪B.
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