Charlie is twenty-three now. He  1  a university (大学) and found work in a factory last year. It’s  2  and there are no more than fifty workers in it. And only he  3  in a university. So he looks down upon (瞧不起) his  4  . He always thinks he’s right and never agree with  5  . He likes to say, “I’ve never made a mistake!”

But once the young man couldn’t  6  a foreign instructions (说明书). An old worker studied it for two days and  7  Mr White, the boss (老板) of the factory,  8  it meant. The boss asked him why. He made a few excuses to say for  9  . And he didn’t agree with the old man. The boss became angry and asked, “Is it  10  that you’ve never made a mistake?”

The young man wouldn’t make Mr White  11  and had to say, “No, it isn’t, sir.”

Having  12  this, the workers were happy. One of them asked, “It means that you also make some mistakes!”

Charlie  13  his mind at once and said, “I made only one mistake in my  14  !”

“When?” the boss asked in surprise.

“Just now, sir,” answered the young man. “When Mr White  15  me acknowledge (承认) I was wrong!”

(  )1. A. visited          B. left           C. built           D. reached

(  )2. A. small           B. big           C. new            D. old

(  )3. A. lived           B. traveled        C. arrived         D. studied

 (  )4. A. parents         B. teacher         C. workmates      D. classmates

(  )5. A. another         B. other          C. the other        D. others

(  )6. A. see            B. write           C. understand      D. read

(  )7. A. told           B. asked           C. taught          D. laughed at

(  )8. A. when          B. what            C. how           D. where

(  )9. A. him           B. himself          C. them           D. themselves

(  )10.A. clever         B. sure             C. true           D. able

(  ) 11.A. sad           B. sadder           C. angry          D.. angrier

(  )12.A. heard         B. listened          C. guessed         D. reported

(  )13.A. lost           B. hated            C. changed        D. thought

(  )14.A. life           B. office            C. family          D. bedroom

(  )15.A. helped         B. made            C. watched        D. had

Mr Jones was a millionaire(百万富翁). One day he went to stay at a hotel in New York. He hoped to have the cheapest room to live in. Mr Jones asked, "What price(价格) is the room?". The boss (老板) told him. "And which floor is it on?" Again the boss told him. "Is that the cheapest room you have? I' m staying here by myself and only need a small room. "
The boss said, "That room is the smallest and cheapest we have. But why do you choose a poor room like that? When your son stays here, he always stays at our dearest room. Yours is the cheapest. " "Yes," said Mr Jones, "his father is a very rich man, but mine isn' t. "
【小题1】Mr Jones was a _________。