Question

“Daddy, can I learn to play the violin（小提琴）?” young Susan asked her father. She was always asking for things and her father was not very pleased. “You cost me a lot of money, Susan, ” he said. “I’ll try very hard.” “All right, ”her father said. “That is what I’ll do. I’ll pay for you to have lessons for six weeks. At the end of six weeks you must play something for me. If you play well, you can have more lessons, or I’ll stop the lessons.” “OK, Daddy, ”Susan said. “That’s fair. ”He soon found a good violin teacher and Susan began her lessons. The teacher was very expensive, but her father kept his promise（諾言）.

The six weeks passed quickly. The time came for Susan to play for her father. She went to the living room and said, “I’m ready to play for you, Daddy.” “Fine, Susan, ”her father said. “Begin.” She began to play. She played very badly. She made a terrible noise. Her father had one of his friends with him, and the friend put his hands over his ears. When Susan finished, her father said, “Well done, Susan. You can have more lessons.” Susan ran happily out of the room. Her father’s friend turned to him. “You’ve spent a lot of money, but she still plays very badly,” he said. “Well, that’s true, ”her father said. “But since she started learning to play the violin, I’ve been able to buy five apartments（公寓）in this building very cheaply. In another six weeks I’ll own the whole building!”

1.The man thought , so he refused his daughter at first.

A.Susan had to work hard at her lessons

B.Susan would waste her time

C.Susan had spent much money learning something

D.Susan would have a lot of work to do

2.After , her father agreed.

A.Susan played the violin well B.Susan made a promise

C.Susan did well D.Susan had a nice teacher

3.In fact, .

A.Susan learned a lot in six weeks

B.Susan learned to play the piano

C.Susan kept her promise

D.Susan cost her father much money

4.Susan’s father’s friend put his hands over his ears because .

A.Susan played very badly B.something was wrong with them

C.he wasn’t interested in music D.he knew nothing about music

5.Susan’s father told her to go on learning to play the violin because .

A.she was good at it B.he had to keep his promise

C.he liked such terrible noise D.he hoped to own the whole building

Answer 1