题目内容
阅读下列短文, 从所给的四个选项中, 选出最佳答案。
Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he got.
He thought for a long time before answering and then said, "Yes, it was at school. I can remember everything about it. Schoolboys in those days never respected teachers and never took care of the things of the school. They often damaged(损坏) their desks. There was a rule in our school that anybody who damaged his desk with a pencil or knife would be beaten before the whole school or have to pay five dollars."
"One day, I damaged my desk in some way. I had to tell my father I had broken the rule, and had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school . He agreed to give. My father said it would be too bad to have our face lost in front of the whole school. He agreed to give me five dollars to hand over to the teacher. But before giving me the money he took me upstairs and gave me a beating."
"But as I had had one beating and wasn't afraid of it any more. I decided I would take another beating at school and keep the five dollars. So that was what I did. That was the first money I ever got."
1. Why did the schoolboys often damage the desks in those days?
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A. Because the schoolboys loved their teachers and obeyed (服从,听 从)them
B. Because they didn't obey their teachers and weren't careful of anything in the school.
C. Because they were too small to look after the things.
D. Because their parents told them to damage them.
2. Why did Mark Twain's father give him five dollars?
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A. Because he was very rich.
B. Because he loved his son and didn't want the teacher to beat his son.
C. Because he didn't want his son to be beaten in front of the whole school.
D. Because he didn't like money.
3. When and where did Mark Twain get his first money?
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A. He got his first money at school when he was a school boy there.
B. He got his first money at school when he damaged his desk.
C. He got his first money at school after his father gave him a beating.
D. He got his first money at home after his father gave him a beating.
4. After Mark Twain was given a good beating ________, he got the first money.
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A. once B. twice C. three times D. four times
5. The best title of the passage may be _________.
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A. The First Money B. Schoolboys in Those Days
C. How to Get Money D. A Good Beating
