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 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!”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour, the father calmed 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 had already had money, he got angry again.

“Why do you want more money since you have already had 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 money does the boy’s father make an hour? _______.

A. $10 B. $20 C. $30 D. $15

2.In this passage, the underlined word “furious” means _______.

A. very angry B. quite happy

C. too excited D. very surprised

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

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

B. he thought the boy would buy something of useless

C. the boy always borrowed money from him

D. the boy really needed to buy something

4.The boy wanted to buy _______ with some money.

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

C. something of no use D. an hour of his father’s time

5.From the passage, we can know that the boy’s father _______.

A. often played with his son B. spent little time with his son

C. often came back home early D. often had dinner with his son

 

①The meaning of shaking the head is not always the same in different countries. Maybe some visitors would be surprised when they first came to India. When talking to an Indian, he would often shake his head. The visitors might think that the Indian did not like what they said. But, in fact, they would be completely(完全地)wrong.

Indians always shake their heads when they talk to each other. It does not have the same meaning as “No”. If someone wants ② (visit) India, he should know this, or it will give him some trouble.

One day,  a foreign officer went to __③___on business.  He leased a car and hired an Indian to drive it. When he told his driver to send him to his office, the Indian shook his head at once. The office said again,  and the driver

shook his head again. At last, the office, of course, got angry.

     "Why do you refuse my order?" he shouted. "Drive me to my office

at once!"

     The driver answered in quite loud voice, too.  "Yes,   sir! " But to the officer's surprise, the driver shook his head at the same time. The car started, and the foreign officer was now too surprised to say a word. He thought about it for a while, and then ④he nodded with a smile, “‘No’ means ‘Yes’ here! ”

1.写出句①的同义句。

Sometimes the meaning of shaking the head is _____ in different countries.

2.用②处所给词的适当形式填空。

If someone wants _____(visit) India, he should know this, or it will give him some trouble.

3.根据短文内容在③处填入一个合适的国家名。

One day, a foreign officer went to _____on business.

4.将句④翻译成汉语。

_______________________________________________________

5.根据短文内容回答问题。

What does shaking head mean in India, yes or no?

It means _____.

 

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