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 each hour?”

“If you must know, I make $20 each hour.”

“Oh,” the little boy answered, 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, the go straight to your room and think about why are you so selfish (自私)!”

The little boy went to his room no words and shut the door. After a short while, 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 your 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 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 one 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 one 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 nerous

3.At first, the father refused to lend the money because     .

   A. he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself.

   B. he did not have enough money at that moment

   C. the thought the boy would buy something of no use

   D. the boy always borrowed the money from him

4.The boy wanted to buy      with twenty dollars.

   A. a new novel for himself        B. a nice present for his father

   C. a toy for his own birthday     D. one hour of his father’s time

5.From the passage, we can infer 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 home early

 

Foolish(silly) Freddie lived in a small village. The people of the village laughed at him. They liked to show visitors how silly Freddie was. They thought this was a funny thing to do.

    One day, a visitor came to the village.

    "Watch this", a villager said, and called to Freddie. "Come and play a game, Freddie, " he shouted. Freddie walked slowly towards him, a silly smile on his face.

"Look! Freddie, "the villager said, "I've got something for you." He showed Freddie a dollar coin and a much larger 50-cent coin."Which would you like?" he asked Freddie.

Freddie took the 50-cent coin at once.

The villager laughed."See how foolish he is," he said."He always does that. He's too silly to learn anything." He walked away, leaving Freddie with the visitor.

The visitor felt sorry for Freddie and said to him, "Although the 50-cent coin is bigger than the$1 coin, the$1 coin is worth(值) much more.Two times as much."

"I know that," Freddie said."But once I take the$1coin, they'll stop playing the game."

1.People laughed at Freddie because__________.

A.he often made up jokes   B.he didn't like money

C.he looked very funny    D.they thought he was a fool

2.The villagers wanted to show the visitors___________.

A.how silly Freddie was     B.how clever Freddie was

C.How kind people were to Freddie  D.that Freddie had much money

3.The visitor felt sorry for Freddie because he though_________.

A.Freddie did not know money was useful

B.the villager was not kind enough to the boy

C.Freddie did not get along well with the villagers

D.Freddie did not know the dollar coin was worth more

4.From the story we know that Freddie was__________.

A.poor       B. kind     C.clever  D.silly

5.The best title for the passage should be __________.

A.Clever Villagers       B."Foolish" Freddie    

C.Freddie and a Visitor  D.A Visitor and the Villagers

 

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