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 each hour?”
“If you must know, I make $20 each hour.”
“Oh,” the little boy answered, 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 are you so selfish (自私)！”
The little boy went to his room with no words and shut the door. After a short while, 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 strict with 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 one hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”
小題1:How much does the boy’s father make one hour?
小題2: In this passage, the underlined word “furious” means ______.
| A．very angry | B．quite happy |
| C．too excited | D．a little nervous |
小題3: At first, the father refused to lend the money because ______.
| A．he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself |
| B．he thought the boy would buy something of no use |
| C．he did not have enough money at that moment |
| D．the boy always borrowed the money from him |
小題4: The boy wanted to buy ______ with twenty dollars.
| A．a new novel for himself |
| B．a nice present for his father |
| C．a toy for his own birthday |
| D．one hour of his father’s time |
小題5: From the passage, we can infer (推斷) 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 home early |
