Question

A man came back home from work late, tired, to find his six-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

“If you want to 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 money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think why you are being so selfish!”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t 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!” the boy said gladly. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had some 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 an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

1.How much does the man make if he works 10 hours?

A. $20.                               B.$50.          C. $100.                       D. $200.

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

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

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

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

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

4.From this 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 back home early

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要通過兒子欲向父親借10美元買父親1小時的對話矛盾沖突，表達了兒子對缺少父親關愛的不滿。

1.歸納演繹題。根據短文第一段I make $20 an hour（我每小時掙20美元），可計算出工作10小時可掙200美元。故選D。

2.句義猜測題。聯系下文，If you asked for money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think why you are being so selfish!（如果你要錢去買玩具或其他垃圾，那么回到你的房間想想你為什么那么自私）可知父親生氣了。故選A。

3.細節理解題。根據下文Can I buy an hour of your time? （我能買你1小時嗎？）可知答案是D。

4.判斷推理題。根據短文 Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.(明天早點回家，我想和你共進晚餐）可知，父親早出晚歸，和孩子在一起的時間很少。故選C。

考點：人生百味類短文閱讀。