Harvey was having his hair cut in a barber shop when a young boy entered the shop. The barber said to Harvey in a very low voice, "This is the silliest kid in the world. Watch while I show it to you." The barber put a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters(25美分) in the other, then called the boy over and asked, "Which do you want, son?" The boy took the quarters and left. "What did I tell you?" said the barber. "That kid never learns!"

Later, when Harvey left, he saw the same young boy coming out of an ice cream store. "Hey, son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill?" The boy ate his ice cream and replied, "Because the day I take the dollar, the game's over!

1. The barber gave the boy money because he         .

A. wanted the boy to help him        B. loved the boy       C. wanted to prove(证明) his words.

2. The boy got          from the barber.

A. one dollar                      B. 50 cents(美分)               C. a quarter

3. The sentence “the game's over” here means         .

A. he can’t play the computer game any longer

B. he can never get money from the barber

C. he can never go to the barber shop

4.We can learn that          is the smartest one among the three people in this story.

A. the boy                        B. the barber                  C. Harvey

5. We can infer(推断) from the passage that         .

A. The young boy was the barber’s son       

B. Every time the boy got the money, he went to buy an ice cream.

C. The barber thought the boy wasn’t clever at all.

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Len was thirty years old, and he had very long hair, He lived in a big city, but one year he did not find any work there, so he went to a small town and began looking for work there. He went to a lot of places, but nobody wanted him. Then he met an old friend, and this man said to him, “People in this town don’t like long hair. Why don’t you go to a barber (理发师) ？ He can cut a lot of it off and then you can get some work..” Len went to a barber and said, “Please cut most of my hair off.” The barber began. He cut and cut for a long time and then he said to Len , “Were you in the army a few years ago?” “Yes, I was.” Len answered. “Why did you ask that?” “Because I have found your cap,” the barber answered.  

1.Len was twenty years old.

2.Len had very long hair

3.Nobody wanted Len for work.

4.Len met an old classmate.

5.The barber cut off a lot of Len’s hair.  

Jack went to a barber’s shop and had his hair cut, but when he came out, he was not (1)_h_______ with the result. When his friend Bob saw him, he (2)l_______ and said, “What happened to your hair, Jack?”
Jack said, “I tried a new barber’s shop today, because I wasn’t quite satisfied with the (3)o_______ one, but this one seems even (4)w_______.”
Bob agreed. “Yes. I think you are right, Jack. Now I’ll tell you (5) w_______ to do when you go into a barber’s shop (6)n_______ time. Look at the barber’s hair, find out whose hair (7)l_______ worst, and then go straight to him.”
“Why shall I go to him?” Jack asked, “But that would be foolish.”
“Oh, no, it wouldn’t.” said Bob. “Who cut that man’s (8)h_______? Just think it over. He couldn’t cut it (9)h_______, could he? One of the (10)o_______ barbers cut it. So you know he can’t be the worst barber.”