Question

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

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：一个男人下班回家很晚了，他也很累了，发现他5岁的儿子在门口等他。“爸爸，你赚了多少钱一小时？”“如果你一定要知道的话，我一小时赚20美元。”开始父亲没有给他钱，但是后来通过与小男孩的对话，对其进行了了解。

1.

2.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!”句意：父亲发怒了，“如果你想要钱买玩具或一些其他的无用的东西，那么回到你的屋子，想想你为什么这么自私！”通过这位父亲的语气，体现出他生气了。故选A

3.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!”句意：父亲发怒了，“如果你想要钱买玩具或一些其他的无用的东西，然后回到你的屋子，想想你为什么这么自私！”以为他要买一些无用的东西。结合选项第二项正确。故选B

4.爸爸，我现在有20美元。我可以买你一小时的时间吗？明确答案为第四项。故选D

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考点：故事类短文阅读。