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 with no words and shut the door. After a short while, 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 strict with 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 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.”
小題1:How much does the boy’s father make one hour?

A．$10.

B．$20.

C．$30.

D．$40.

小題2: In this passage, the underlined word “furious” means ______.

A．very angry	B．quite happy
C．too excited	D．a little nervous

小題3: At first, the father refused to lend the money because ______.

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

B．he thought the boy would buy something of no use

C．he did not have enough money at that moment

D．the boy always borrowed the money from him

小題4: 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

小題5: From the passage, we can infer (推斷) 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

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:B
試題分析：本文講述了一個五歲的小男孩，因為父親繁忙不能經常陪他，而想用錢來買父親早回家陪他吃飯的感人故事。
小題1:根據If you must know, I make $20 each hour.可知，他每小時掙20美元。所以本題選B。
小題2:根據下文中的he got angry again可知，本處的furious應該是“生氣的”意思。所以本題選A。
小題3:根據If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish可知，小孩的父親認為小孩想買玩具或沒用的東西。所以本題選B。
小題4:通過 Can I buy one hour of your time一句可知，小男孩想買一小時。所以本題選D。
小題5:通過閱讀全文，我們知道小男孩的父親很少和兒子一起吃飯。所以本題選B。
點評：本文是非常感人的小故事，閱讀時需要注意孩子的動作以及語言，體會小孩對父愛的渴望。本題的難度并不大，只有第2、5小題，需要根據上下文進行推測。另外，注意文章的細節的表述。