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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小题1:How much does the boy’s father make an hour?  ______
A.$10             B.$20              C.$30
小题2:In this passage,the underlined word “furious”means_____
A.very angry          B.quite happy          C.too excited
小题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
小题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
小题5:From the passage, we can infer(推断)that the boy’s father____.
A.often played with his son     B.spent little time with his son
C.often came back home early
答案
小题1:B小题2:A小题3:B小题4:C小题5:B
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would like to have dinner with you.”
小题1:细节题.根据“If you must know, I make $20 an hour.”可知选B.
小题1:推理题.根据父亲后面说话内容,你为什么如此自私,和下文After about an hour, the father calmed down,一小时后冷静下来.可知父亲很生气,故选A.非常愤怒.
小题1:细节题.根据If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish如果你想跟我要钱买玩具或者没有用的东西,可知选B.
小题1:细节题.根据Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”可知男孩想与父亲共度晚餐,故选C.
小题1:推理题.前文提到父亲很晚才回家,下文提到男孩想用20美元买父亲的一小时的时间,可知这位父亲和儿子共度的时间很少.股选哪B.
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A man went to a farm.While he was there,he saw a pig with a wooden leg.This surprised him so much.He decided to ask the farmer about it.
“This isn’t a common pig and l am very lucky to have him.”said the farmer.“Only two days ago there was a fire in chicken shed(鸡舍)when 1 was away from the farm.The pig noticed this and immediately let all the chickens out into the yard.He then phoned the firemen(消防员)and asked them for help.”
“AIso.a few weeks ago,when I was driving my truck down a steep hill,the truck hit a tree and 1 was badly hurt.The pig rushed to the truck and pulled me out of just before the truck caught fire.”
When the farmer was just about to tell another story,the man said,“Yes, yes,but what about the wooden leg?”
“Well.”said the farmer,“when you’ve got a pig as good as that,you don’t eat it all at once”
小题1:The pig lost a leg while he was trying to save the farmer’s chickens.
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The sun went down when an old man came to a small mountain village with a heavy bag. He found an inn(小旅馆) and wanted to stay there for the night.
After he had gone to his room, the owner of the inn said to his wife, “Look at his heavy bag, dear! I’m sure there’re a lot of valuable(贵重的) things. I want to steal it when he’s asleep tonight.” “No, no,” said his wife. “He must look for his bag tomorrow morning. Then he’ll take you to the police station.”
They thought hard and at last the woman had an idea. “We have forgetful grass,” said the woman. “Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he’ll forget to take his bag away tomorrow morning.” “How clever you are!” said the owner, “don’t forget it when you cook supper for him.”
The old man had the food with forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning, when the owner got up, he found the door was open and the old man had left. He looked for the bag for a long time, but he didn’t find it. He hurried to wake his wife up and said angrily, “What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn’t useful at all!”
“No, no,” said the woman. “I don’t think so. He must forget something.”
“Oh, I’ve remembered!” the owner called out suddenly, “He forgot to pay us the bill!”
1. The old man carried __________ when he got into the inn.
A. a large camera                   B. a heavy bag
C. an umbrella                    D. a heavy basket
2. What did the owner want to do?  _________________
A. He wanted to call the police.        
B. He wanted to kill the old man.
C. He wanted to steal the old man’s bag.
D. He wanted to invite the old man to dinner.
3. The old woman put _____________ into the old man’s food.
A. some sleeping pills           B. some pepper
C. some beef                 D. forgetful grass
4. The next morning the owner found ____________.
A. the old man left his bag in the inn   B. the bag was still there
C. the old man had died         D. the old man had gone with his bag
5. The old man forgot to __________________.
A. pay the owner the bill                B. take his bag
C. look at the time                   D. say goodbye to the owner
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One day, Mr Read and his son Robert were going out for a walk. He put on a pair of shoes together with a pair of different socks, one white and one yellow. As he came out of his house, his son noticed the colors of his father’s socks and said, “You’ve put on two different socks, Dad.” When he heard this, he looked at his socks and found that his son was right. He was happy and said to himself, “What a clever son I have got!” Then he asked his son to go back to the house to get another pair of socks for him. When the son went back to his house, all he could find was one white sock and one yellow sock. Robert then took the socks to his father and said, “It’s no use changing. These socks at home are also different, one yellow and one white.” Mr Read agreed with his son and they went out for a walk.
根据短文内容,判断句子正(T)误(F).
1. Mr Read put on a pair of different shoes before he went out for a walk.
2. The socks were yellow and white.
3. Robert found a pair of socks for his father.
4. They went back home to change socks.
Mr. Read was a smart man.
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A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man, “Let me clean your shoes.” The young man said, “No, thank you.” “You may pay(支付) me only one dollar for them.” Said the boy. But the young man refused(拒绝) again.
And then the boy told the young man that he would clean his shoes for nothing. The young man            agreed to his, and soon one of his shoes became as clean as a new one. The man gave the other shoe to the boy, but the boy refused to clean it because he wanted the man to pay two dollars for his work. The young man refused to pay anything and went away.
But the dirty shoe looked so bad that he couldn’t walk away. He had to turn back and gave the boy two dollars. In a very short time the other shoe became clean.
小题1:At first the young man refused to let the boy clean his shoes, because        
A.he was very busyB.he didn’t want to pay
C.he didn’t have enough moneyD.he had cleaned his shoes
小题2:The young man agreed to let the boy clean his shoes, because the boy said he would ask for         
A.one dollarB.two dollarsC.four dollarsD.nothing
小题3:The boy refused to clean the other shoe because         
A.it was very dirtyB.it was difficult to clean
C.the young man paid only one dollarD.he wanted the young man to pay him
小题4:According to the passage, we know the boy        .
He is very foolish.  B. He is very selfish.   C. He is very clever.   D. He is very sad.
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Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl,Sarah.
 41  Sarah left university,she began to live in New York City on her own.She   42  a job in a publishing house,but the salary(薪水)was   43  $30,000 a year.Her parents thought her life would be hard,but Sarah  44  Iive on her salary and stilI saved $5,000 in a year.How was that  45  in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living  46  starts with keeping the big cost small.For most people,that  47 housing.So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends.Her next biggest cost was  48 .When she ate out,she went to cheap restaurants. 49  she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant.She then   50 the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them.Nowadays young people often  51  a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐).But Sarah said,“I enjoy walking  52  in New York City.I love going to museums and parks.”  Did Sarah feel poor  53  cheap living? Not really.She even managed to take two trips,one to the Netherlands, 54 to Portland.
“Don’t think of saving money as something  55 .It’s a kind of game,”said Sarah.
小题1:
A.UntilB.Because C.After D.Unless
小题2:
A.foundB.triedC.asked forD.Iooked for
小题3:
A.more thanB.less thanC.shorter than D.higher than
小题4:
A.canB.mayC.was able to D.might
小题5:
A.difficultB.possibleC.usefulD.different
小题6:
A.alreadyB.sometimesC.hardlyD.always
小题7:
A.helpsB.becomesC.makes D.means
小题8:
A.foodB.restC.studying D.playing
小题9:
A.SoonB.FinallyC.OnceD.Again
小题10:
A.preparedB.took C.caughtD.picked
小题11:
A.payB.lend C.spendD.save
小题12:
A.alongB.upC.downD.around
小题13:
A.because ofB.becauseC.beforeD.between
小题14:
A.anotherB.the otherC.others D.the others
小题15:
A.hardB.interestingC.niceD.great

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