¡¡¡¡My brother, Henry, has an excellent job at a bank£®I couldn¡¯t believe him when he told me that he had decided to give it up£®Though I tried to make him change his mind, I failed completely£®
¡¡¡¡¡°You should reconsider your decision,¡± I said£®¡° You have already spent five years in the bank and you could have a wonderful future£®You might become a bank manager by the time you are thirty-five£®¡±
¡¡¡¡¡° I know,¡± Henry answered£®¡° I have got no complaints(±§Ô¹)with the bank£®It is a pleasant job£®The bank manager told me that my future was excellent£®¡±
¡¡¡¡¡° Then why do you want to leave?¡± I asked£®
¡¡¡¡¡° It¡¯s the money,¡± Henry said£®
¡¡¡¡¡° But you are getting a good salary(нˮ)£¬¡± I answered£®
¡¡¡¡¡° I don¡¯t mean that¡± Henry said£®¡°What do I do in the bank?Well, at the moment all I do is to count money£®I find it very depressing(ѹÒÖ)£®¡±
¡¡¡¡¡°What is depressing about counting money?¡± I asked£®
¡¡¡¡¡°You don¡¯t understand,¡± Henry answered£®¡° I enjoy counting my own money, but I hate counting other people¡¯s!¡±
(1)
The writer wants to know ________£®
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A£®
what is his brother does at the bank
B£®
how long his brother has worked at the bank
C£®
why his brother has decided to give up his job
D£®
when his brother will become a bank manager
(2)
His brother does not enjoy ________£®
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A£®
working in pleasant conditions
B£®
keeping happy hours
C£®
counting his own money
D£®
counting other people¡¯s money
(3)
¡°You should reconsider your decision£®¡± Here ¡®reconsider¡¯ means ¡®________£®¡¯
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A£®
think of
B£®
think on
C£®
think over again
D£®
think better of
(4)
From the writer¡¯s words we know that the bank pays his brother ________ for his work£®
¡¡¡¡Our village carpenter(ľ½³)£¬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 window£®When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill(Õ˵¥)for his 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£º