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 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 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 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

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

A. very angry B. quite happy C. too excited

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 no use

C. the boy always borrowed money from him

4.The boy wanted to buy ____ with twenty dollars.

A. a new book for himself

B. a nice present for his father

C. an hour of his father’s time

5.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. often came back home early

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述小男孩巧妙向父亲借钱，来买回爸爸一小时的时间来让爸爸明天早回家与他一起共进晚餐的故事。提醒读者是不是也因为工作或别的原因而很少与孩子相处呢？

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考点：故事类短文阅读。