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Vickers was very stingy．He hated spending money．Whenever he had to buy something，he always wanted to pay less money，even for the cheapest things．If he wanted to buy a bottle of beer，for example，and the shopkeeper asked for $2，Vickers would say，“Make it $1.9 and I'll buy it．”
Although the shopkeepers didn't like Vickers，sometimes they had to agree with him．They thought，“If I make it $1.9，the man will be happy，and it won’t hurt me very much．” In this way，Vickers saved a few cents（美分）here and a few cents there，and he had saved several hundred dollars by the end of the year．
One day he had a bad toothache and had to go to see the dentist．The dentist looked at the tooth and said，“This tooth will have to come out．”
“How much will I have to pay?” Vickers asked．
“Forty dollars．” the dentist said．
“Forty dollars!” Vickers thought it was much too expensive．“How long will it take you to pull out the tooth?” he said．
“About two minutes．” the dentist said．
Vickers could not believe what he was hearing．“Forty dollars for two minutes’ work!” he shouted，“That's robbery（抢劫）．”
“You are right，” the dentist said with a smile，“Thank you for telling me．Let me spend half an hour on that．will you?”
“OK，but I'll pay only-thirty-five dollars!” he answered．
1．The word “stingy” means ________ in Chinese．
A．吝啬的 B．刻薄的 C．贫穷的
2．The shopkeepers ________．
A．gave Vickers more than what he wanted
B．didn't like Vickers C．usually made the price high
3．Then dentist thought Vickers was ________．
A．lovely B．silly C．friendly
4．If Vickers wanted to buy a bottle of beer that was $2，how much would he like to pay?
A．$1.9． B．$2． C．$2.1．
5．From this story，we know that Vickers ________．
A．usually had a toothache B．was very poor
C．didn’t like spending money
查看习题详情和答案>>A man came home from work late，tired，to find his 5-ycar-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 went to his room and shut the door．After about an hour or so，the father calmed（平静）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 already had money，he got angry again．
“Why do you want more money since you already hove 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 would like to have dinner with you．”
1．How much does the boy's father make an hour? ________．
A．$10 B．$20 C．$30 D．$40
2．In this passage，the underlined word “furious” means ________．
A．very angry B．quite happy C．too excited D．a little nervous
3．At first passage，the father refused to lend the boy any money because ________．
A．he thought the boy warned to keep the money for himself
B．he did not have enough money at that moment
C．he thought the boy would buy something of no use
D．the boy always borrowed money from him
4．The boy wanted to buy ________ with twenty dollars．
A．a new book for himself B．a nice present for his father
C．a toy for his own birthday D．an hour of his father's time
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．didn't love his son at all D．often came back home early
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Long long ago，a young man became a great archer（射手）．He asked the king to declare him as the greatest archer of the country．The king was going to do so when an old servant of the king said，“Wait，sir．I know an old man who lives in the forest．He is a much greater archer．Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three years．”
The man could not believe that there could be a greater archer than him，but he went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him．Then one day，when he thought he had learned everything，the thought came to him：“If I kill this old man，then I will be the greatest archer．”
The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood on his shoulder．The young man hid behind a tree，waiting to kill him．He shot an arrow．The old man took a small piece of wood and threw it．It struck（击中）the arrow and the arrow turned back and hurt the young man very deeply．The old man came，took out the arrow and said，“I knew that some day you were going to do this．That’s why I have not taught you this secret．There is no need to kill me．My teacher is still alive，and I'm nothing before him．You must be with him for at least thirty years．And he is very old，so go fast! Find the old man!”
1．The underlined word “declare” in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to “ ”．
A．serve B．tell C．announce D．choose
2．The young archer wanted to kill the old man in the forest because ．
A．he had nothing more to learn from him
B．he could then become the greatest archer
C．the old man refused to teach him everything
D．the king's old servant ordered him to do so
3．The following pictures show what happened between the young archer and his teacher．Which is the right order of the story?
A．1→2→3→4 B．4→3→2→1 C．4→2→3→1 D．4→2→1→3
4．What do you think would most probably happen next?
A．The young archer died soon after he got hurt．
B．The king declared the young man the greatest archer．
C．The young archer found the old man's teacher and killed him．
D．The young archer set off（动身）to look for the old man's teacher．
5．What can you learn from the story?
A．There's always someone better than you in this World．
B．You must never try to become better than your teacher．
C．The older a mall is，the better archer he usually becomes．
D．Always use a piece of wood to protect yourself from an arrow．
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Billy was three years old．One day, when he was trying to 1 a bottle of milk from the table, he dropped it．There was a sea of milk all 2 the kitchen floor at once．
His mother came in．Instead of 3 at him, she said, "Billy, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! Would you like to play in the milk for a few minutes 4 we clean it up?"
He did．After a while, his mother said, "You know, Billy, whenever you make a mess 5 this, finally you have to clean it up．So, how would you like to do 6 ? We could use paper, a towel or a mop（拖布）．Which do you want to use?"
Billy used the 7 and together they cleaned UP the milk．His mother then said, "Let's go out and 8 the bottle with water in the yard． Let's see if you can find a right 9 to carry it without dropping it．"
It was at that moment that Billy knew he didn't need to be 10 of making mistakes．Instead he knew that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new．
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