A man came home from work late, tired and unhappy, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
The boy asked, "Daddy, how much do you make per hour?" The father was furious at his son's question.
When he said $20 an hour, the little boy asked his father to lend $10 to him. The father was even angrier because he thought the boy just wanted some money to buy a toy. So he didn't answer his son.
The little boy quietly went to his room. After about an hour or so, the man calmed down and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.
"Maybe I was too hard on you just now," the man went into the room and said. "Here's the $10 you asked for."
"Oh, thank you, Daddy!" He said. Then, he reached under his pillow, pulled out some crumpled coins and said, "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 man make if he works 10 hours?
A．$10.
B．$20.
C．$30.
D．$40小题2:In this passage, the underlined word "furious" means ______.
A．very angry
B．quite happy
C．too excited
D．a little nervous小题3:At first, the father refused to lend the boy any money because ______.
A．he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself
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 borrowed money from him小题4:The boy wanted to buy ______ with 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
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:B
题目分析：本文中的小男孩想跟父亲要钱，来买父亲一小时的时间，让他早点回家。让父亲明白了自己花在孩子身上的时间很少。
小题1:根据I make $20 an hour."可知选B。
小题2:根据下文描述可知他的父亲非常生气，故选A。
小题3:根据After about an hour, the father calmed down, and started to think, "Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t ask for money very often."及上文描述可知父亲误会了自己的孩子。故选C。
小题4:根据"Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?可知选D。
小题5:通过阅读短文可知小男孩的父亲忙于工作，花在孩子身上的时间很少。故选B。
点评：本文浅显易懂，层次分明，学生很容易把握文中中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。