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.”
【小题1】How much does the boy’s father make an hour?

A．$10

B．$20

C．$30

D．$40

【小题2】The underlined word “furious” in Para.5 means ______.

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

【小题3】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

【小题4】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

【小题5】 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

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.”

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

A．$10

B．$20

C．$30

D．$40

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

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

3.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

4.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

5. 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

 

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Thomas Edison was a great American 1.________  . When he was a child, he was always   2.________  questions and trying out new ideas. No matter  3.________  hard it was, he never gave up.

Young Tom was in school for only three months. His teacher didn’t understand why he had  4.________  many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teacher didn’t want to teach Tom any 5.________ . He asked Tom’s mother to take the boy home. Tom’s mother taught him to read and write, and she found him  6.________  a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became very  7.________ in science.

One day , he saw a little boy   8.________ on the railway tracks at a station. A train was coming near quiclly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to  9 .________. The boy’s father was so  10.________  that  he taught Edison to send messages by telegraph.

用方框内所给词或词组的适当形式填空，使短文意思正确完整。（每小题0.5分）

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Thomas Edison was a great American   61   . When he was a child, he was always

  62    questions and trying out new ideas. No matter   63     hard it was, he never gave up.

Young Tom was in school for only three  64    . His teacher didn’t understand why he had

   65    many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teacher didn’t want to teach Tom any   66   . He asked Tom’s mother to take the boy home. Tom’s mother taught him to read and write, and she found him is a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became very interested    67     science.

One day, he saw a little boy    68     on the railway tracks at a station. A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to   69    . The boy’s father was so thankful he taught Edison to  70     messages by telegraph.

61.           62.           63.            64.             65.          

66.           67.           68.            69.             70.          

Thomas Edison was a great American inventor He was in school  1  only three months．His teacher didn’t understand   2  this new pupil had so many strange questions．Most of the questions had nothing  3  with his lessons．The teacher didn’t want to teach Tom  4  ．He asked Tom’s mother  5  the boy home．Tom’s mother taught him to read and write and she found him to be a very good pupil．He learnt very fast and became very  6  in science．When he was only ten，he built a chemistry lab for  7 ．

   At the age of 12，he started  8  his own newspaper．He printed it and sold copies on the trains．It was the first newspaper  9  on trains in America．

   One day in August，1862，Edison saw a little boy， 10  on the railway at a station．A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too frightened  11 ．Edison rushed out and carried the boy to  12 ．The boy’s father was so thankful  13  he taught Edison how to send messages by telegraph．Edison soon became good at it and later left home to work in different  14 ．This gave him a new start in life． 15  ，he was only 16．

1．A．in                      B．since                      C．for                        D on

2．A．what                        B．why                       C．how                             D．when

3．A．to do                        B．do                          C．doing                     D．does

4．A．more                        B．no more                  C．any more                      D．any

5．A．to take                   B．take                        C．takes                     D．took

6．A．interesting                 B．interested                C．interest                  D．interests

7．A．himself                     B．him                        C．his                         D．itself

8．A．writes                   B．wrote                    C．writing                   D．written

9．A．sold                         B．selling                     C．sells                       D．sell

10．A．played                    B．plays                      C．playing                   D．to play

11．A．to move                  B．moved                    C．moves                   D．moving

12．A．safe                        B safety                        C．safer                      D．safely

13．A．what                      B．which                     C．that                       D．when

14．A．city                        B．country                   C．village                     D．cities

15．A．At this time             B．When                     C．At that time             D．Now