One day Mark Twain told a story about his first money．

Schoolboys in those days didn’t respect their teachers．（A）They didn’t take care of school things，either．The school had a rule：If a student breaks his desk，the teacher would beat him in front of the whole school，or the student had to pay five dollars．

Mark Twain once found his desk was broken in some way．He had to tell is father about the school’s rule His father thought it would be too bad if the teacher beat his son in public（当众），so he agreed to give him five dollars（B）But before giving him the money，the father gave his son a good beating．The next day Mark Twain decided that he would take another beating at school．so he could keep the five dollars．In this way，he got his first money．

根据短文内容，完成下列任务：

任务一：回答下列问题．

1．What does the story tell about?

2．How much does a student have to pay if he breaks his desk?

3．What did Mark decide to do the next day at school?

任务二：将文中划线的句子（A）改为同义句．

4．They didn’t________ school things，either．

任务三：将文中划线的句子（B）译成汉语．

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1、1．It tells a story about how Mark Twain got his first money

2．Five dollars

3．He decided he would take another beating（to keep the five dollars）

4．They didn’t look after school things，either

5．在给他钱之前，他爸爸狠狠地揍了他一顿．