Question

 

Harvey was having his hair cut in a barber shop when a young boy entered the shop. The barber said to Harvey in a very low voice, "This is the silliest kid in the world. Watch while I show it to you." The barber put a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters(25美分) in the other, then called the boy over and asked, "Which do you want, son?" The boy took the quarters and left. "What did I tell you?" said the barber. "That kid never learns!"

Later, when Harvey left, he saw the same young boy coming out of an ice cream store. "Hey, son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill?" The boy ate his ice cream and replied, "Because the day I take the dollar, the game's over!

1. The barber gave the boy money because he         .

A. wanted the boy to help him        B. loved the boy       C. wanted to prove(證明) his words.

2. The boy got          from the barber.

A. one dollar                      B. 50 cents(美分)               C. a quarter

3. The sentence “the game's over” here means         .

A. he can’t play the computer game any longer

B. he can never get money from the barber

C. he can never go to the barber shop

4.We can learn that          is the smartest one among the three people in this story.

A. the boy                        B. the barber                  C. Harvey

5. We can infer(推斷) from the passage that         .

A. The young boy was the barber’s son       

B. Every time the boy got the money, he went to buy an ice cream.

C. The barber thought the boy wasn’t clever at all.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

1.根據第一段的內容"This is the silliest kid in the world. Watch while I show it to you." The barber put a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters(25美分) in the other, then called the boy over and asked, "Which do you want, son?" The boy took the quarters and left. "What did I tell you?" said the barber. "That kid never learns!"，可知答案為C。

2.根據文章內容The barber put a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters(25美分) in the other, then called the boy over and asked, "Which do you want, son?" The boy took the quarters and left. "What did I tell you?" said the barber. "That kid never learns!"可知答案為B

3.根據單詞詞組的意思和文章中的語境，故選B

4.根據文章內容可知答案為A

5.根據文章內容可知答案為C