阅读理解。
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 (回答), 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
(平静) 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. In this passage, the underlined word "furious" means _____.
A. very angry
B. quite happy
C. too excited
D. a little nervous
3. At first, the father refused (拒绝) to lend the boy any money because _____.
A. he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself
B. he did riot 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
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
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
