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 being so selfish（自私的）!”

　 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 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.”

51. How much does the boy’s father make an hour?

A. $10　　　　 B. $20　　　　 C. $30　　　　 　 D. $40

52. The underlined word “furious” in Para.5 means ______.

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

53. At first, the father refused to give the boy any money because ______.

A. he thought the boy was too selfish

B. he did not have enough money at that moment

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

D. the boy always asked for money from him

54. The boy wanted to buy ______ with the 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

55. 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 back home early

Many years ago, there was a young girl named Pepsy．She thought she was bad-looking and didn't like going   56   ．But there were times when she had to go out shopping．She was unhappy and sometimes even    57    when people looked at her face．

    One night, a strange old woman came to Pepsy's    58    . She said to Pepsy, “My child, let me help you．Put this magic flower in your hair, and you'll become   59   ．”

    Pepsy did what the woman said．Something     60    happened．She became beautiful! Pepsy was surprised to see herself so wonderful in the mirror．She ran   61  out of her house．She walked on the street and    62    everyone．She became very friendly and nice, very different from what she had been before．Almost all the people said, “Pepsy is so   63   today!”

    Finally, Pepsy returned to her home．But when she    64   the house, she saw the magic flower on the floor．She left the    65    there before she hurried out．She didn't wear it when walking on the street!

56．A．alone            B．out                  C．abroad            D．back

57．A．surprised            B．tired               C．angry            D．quiet

58．A．house              B．school              C．village               D．town

59．A．happy             B．young              C．strong             D．beautiful

60．A．strange              B．sad                  C．bad                 D．important

61．A．happily              B．sadly               C．carefully             D．angrily

62．A．went with        B．smiled at             C．looked at           D．got mad at

63．A．beautiful              B．great               C．old               D．young

64．A．left                 B．found               C．entered              D．saw

65．A．house              B．woman              C．hair               D．flower