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 each hour?”

“If you must know, I make ＄20 each hour.”

“Oh,” the little boy answered, 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 are you so selfish (自私)！”

The little boy went to his room no words and shut the door. After a short while, the father calmed (平静) 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 your 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 already had 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 one hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you. ”

1.How much does the boy’s father make one hour?

A. ＄10.    B. ＄20.

C. ＄30.    D. ＄40.

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

A. very angry    B. quite happy

C. too excited    D. a little nervous

3.The boy wanted to buy _________ with twenty dollars.

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

C. a toy for his own birthday    D. one hour of his father’s time

4.From the passage, we can infer 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 home early

Answer

1. B

2. A

3. D

4. B

【解析】

本文为故事类文章。一个男人每天下班回家很晚，一天他的儿子问他挣多少钱，问能借给他10美元吗？爸爸很生气，认为他是要买玩具，没有给他。后来想想儿子并不是总要钱，但进房间时发现儿子有钱，又变得生气了。儿子说他想用钱来买他一小时的时间，和他一起吃晚饭。本文告诉父母：要多花点时间陪伴家人。

1.细节理解题。根据“If you must know, I make $20 an hour.”“如果你非要知道的话，（我告诉你）一小时赚29美元。由此可知选B。

2.词句猜测题。根据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 are you so selfish (自私)！”根据父亲后面说话内容可知，父亲认为孩子要钱买玩具或其他的不好的东西，才让孩子想想为什么如此自私。下文“After a short while, the father calmed (平静) down,”一小时后冷静下来，可知父亲很生气之后冷静下来。 以及下文“When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.”，父亲发现孩子有钱了，再一次生气，可知前面是生气的了。由这两处可知，本词为“非常生气”，因此选A。

3.细节理解题。根据最后一段中的Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”可知男孩想用钱来买爸爸的一个小时的时间。分析选项可知， D项符合题意。

4.推理判断题。前文提到父亲很晚才回家，下文提到男孩想用20美元买父亲的一小时的时间，可知这位父亲和儿子共度的时间很少。分析选项可知B项符合题意，故选B项。