Our village carpenter(木匠)，John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife．He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows．When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for the job．
My wife said to me, quietly, “That’s his ninth cup of tea today．” But she said, in a loud voice, “It’s a beautiful table, dear, isn’t it?”
“I’ll decide about that when I see the bill．” I said．
John laughed and gave me his bill for the work．I read:
One dining table 10 November
Cost of wood ￡17.00
Paint 1.5
Work, 8 hours 8.00
Total 36.50
When I was looking at the bill, John said, “It’s been a fine day, hasn’t it?Quite sunny．”
“Yes, I said．” “I’m glad it’s only the 10th of November．” “Me too,” said John．“You wait-it’ll be a lot colder by the end of the month．”
“Yes．Colder－and more expensive!Dining tables will be ￡20 more expensive on November 30th, won’t they, John?”
John looked hard at me for half a minute．Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes?I gave his back to him．
“If it isn’t too much trouble, John,” I said, “please add it up again．You can forget the date．”
I paid him ￡26.50 and he was happy to get it．
根据短文内容，从下列各题所给的三个选项中选择正确的答案：
(1)
Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill?
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A．
Because he didn’t want the writer to go through the bill carefully．
B．
Because it was really a fine day．
C．
Because he wanted the writer to check the bill carefully．
(2)
Why did the writer say that dining tables would be ￡20 more expensive on November 30th?
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A．
Because paint would be more expensive．
B．
Because the cost of wood would be more expensive．
C．
Because he thought John would certainly add the date to the cost of the dining table．
(3)
The writer thought John would ask for ________ if he made a dining table on the last day of November．
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A．
￡20.00
B．
￡46.50
C．
￡56.50
(4)
When the writer gave him the money, John was happy because ________．
[ ]
A．
he got what he should get for his work
B．
he got much more money for his work
C．
he got the money easily
(5)
From this story we know that ________
[ ]
A．
John made a mistake in the bill．
B．
John tried to fool the writer in order to get more money for his work．
C．
John had written out the bill before the writer get home．
