Question

A man came back home from work late, tired, to find his six-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

“If you want to 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 money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think why you are being so selfish!”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t 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!” the boy said gladly. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had some 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 would like to have dinner with you.”

1.How much does the man make if he works 10 hours?

A. $10. B. $20. C. $100. D. $200.

2.In this passage, the underlined (下划线) word “furious” means _________.

A. very angry B. quite happy C. too excited D. a little nervous

3.At first, the father refused to give the boy any 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. he thought the boy would buy something of no use

D. the boy always borrowed money from him

4.From this 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

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：这个故事说的是一个儿子为了想让父亲陪他吃晚饭想跟父亲要10美元钱，父亲开始以为他想买玩具之类没有用的东西，所以拒绝了。但是后来父亲给了儿子10美元钱。这样加上儿子攒的10美元，他就有20美元，他想用这20美元买父亲的一个小时，让父亲陪他一起吃晚饭。

1.细节理解题。根据短文中的第三行I make $20 an hour.”可知，这个人一小时可以赚20美元，故由此可知，10个小时应该是200美元。故选D。

2.词义猜测题。根据短文的第四段和第五段的内容，故事中的儿子想跟父亲借10美元，父亲以为儿子要钱是想玩具之类的东西，所以很生气。B选项意为很开心；C选项意为很兴奋；D选项意为有点紧张。这些与文意不符。故选A。

3.推理判断题。根据短文第四段和第五段的内容可知，儿子向父亲要10美元钱，父亲以为他是想买玩具之类没有用的东西，所以非常生气，拒绝给他钱。故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据故事的结尾我们可以知道，故事中的儿子跟父亲要了10美元钱，而他自己攒了10美元，他想用这20美元钱买父亲一小时的时间，想让父亲和他一起吃晚饭。由此我们可以推断出，故事中的父亲平时工作很忙，没有时间陪儿子，故选B。

考点：故事类短文阅读。