David hated spending money. When he had to buy something in a shop, he always tried his best to knock down the price, even for the cheapest things. If he wanted to buy a bottle of orange, for example, and the shopkeeper asked for $2, David would say, “Make it $1.90 and I’ll buy it.” Sometimes the shopkeepers agreed to reduce their prices a little. “What’s ten cents?” they asked themselves. “If it makes this man happy, it won’t hurt me very much.” In this way David saved a few cents here and a few cents there, and by the end of the year he had saved several hundred dollars.

One day he had a very bad toothache and had to go to the dentist. The dentist looked at the tooth and said, “This tooth will have to come out. It’s too serious to save.” “How much must I pay you to take out a tooth?” David asked. “Forty dollars,” the dentist said. “How long will it take you to pull out the tooth?” he asked. “About two minutes,” the dentist answered. “Forty dollars for two minutes’ work!” he shouted, “That’s robbery (抢劫).” The dentist smiled. “You’re right,” she said. “Thank you for telling me. I’ll pull your tooth out very slowly. How about if I take half an hour?”

1.In the passage the underlined word “reduce” means “____________”

2.Why must David’s tooth be pulled out?

3.After the dentist answered David’s question, he became very _________.

4.David thought that two minutes was ____________.

5.What kind of person do you think David was?

用所给动词的适当形式填空

1.Listen! Some of the girls ______ (talk) about Harry Potter.

2. — Where is Mr. Green now? I haven’t seen him for a few days.

—He ______ (go) to Hong Kong.

3. You’d better ______ (not eat) too much meat. You are already overweight.

4. “Titanic” is a very nice film. I ______ (see) it twice.

5. There ______ (be) an English Evening next Monday.

6. I spent half an hour ______ (finish) doing my homework.

7. The teacher told Xiao Ming ______ (not be) late for school again.

8. Please write to me as soon as you ______ (reach) Shanghai.

9. Mr. Le is out. But he ______ (be) back in ten minutes.

10. When the headmaster came into the hall, all the students ______ (stand) up.

【小题1】Can you take care of your sister?（同义句转换）
Can you __________ ___________ your sister?
【小题2】What is the matter with you? （同义句转换）
__________ __________ with you?
【小题3】I spent half an hour cleaning my room. （同义句转换）
It_________ __________ half an hour__________ ________ my room.
【小题4】Jim goes to school by bike every day.（同义句转换）
Jim ___________ ___________ __________ to school every day.
【小题5】They returned to their hometown last week. （同义句转换）
They _________ _________ _________their hometown last week.
【小题6】David takes a shower once a day in summer.（对划线部分提问）
_________ _________ ________David ________ a shower in summer?
【小题7】She is going to stay there for a week.（对划线部分提问）
___________ __________ is she going to stay there?