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

A．$10.

B．$20.

C．$30.

D．$40.

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

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

小题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

小题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

小题5: From the passage, we can infer (推断) 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

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:B
试题分析：本文讲述了一个五岁的小男孩，因为父亲繁忙不能经常陪他，而想用钱来买父亲早回家陪他吃饭的感人故事。
小题1:根据If you must know, I make $20 each hour.可知，他每小时挣20美元。所以本题选B。
小题2:根据下文中的he got angry again可知，本处的furious应该是“生气的”意思。所以本题选A。
小题3:根据If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish可知，小孩的父亲认为小孩想买玩具或没用的东西。所以本题选B。
小题4:通过 Can I buy one hour of your time一句可知，小男孩想买一小时。所以本题选D。
小题5:通过阅读全文，我们知道小男孩的父亲很少和儿子一起吃饭。所以本题选B。
点评：本文是非常感人的小故事，阅读时需要注意孩子的动作以及语言，体会小孩对父爱的渴望。本题的难度并不大，只有第2、5小题，需要根据上下文进行推测。另外，注意文章的细节的表述。