Mr. Brown   1  a small shop in the middle of the city, and he  2  pictures in it．They are not expensive，but some of  3  are very nice．

    One day, a woman  4  into the shop and looks at a lot of pictures．Then she takes Mr. Brown  5  one of them and asks，“   6  is this picture?” It's a picture   7  horses in a field．

    “Twenty dollars．”Mr. Brown answers．

    …It's  8  expensive．I can  9  you two dollars for it．”says the woman．

    ‘‘Two dollars? But you  10  buy the canvas（畫布）with two dollars．”

    “Oh，but it isn’t clean now．”the woman says．

1．A．has                       B．have                    C．does                      D．is

2．A．draws            B．buys                    C．sells                       D．sees

3．A．they                      B．them                    C．their                             D．theirs

4．A．come                    B．comes                 C．came                     D．coming

5．A．at                   B．to                        C．for                        D．with

6．A．How much    B．How many           C．How old                 D．How

7．A．on                         B．with                    C．from                      D．of

8．A．no                         B．not                      C．too                        D．much

9．A．give                      B．let                       C．take                       D．want

10．A．can                     B．can't                    C．are                        D．aren’t

    Mr．Brown went to a dentist，because his teeth began hurting a lot．The dentist did a lot of work in his mouth for a long time．On the last day Mr．Brown said to him，“How much is all this work going to cost?” The dentist said．“Twenty—five pounds．’’But the dentist didn’t ask him for the money．After a month Mr．Brown phoned the dentist and said, “You haven’t asked me for any money for your work last month．”

    ‘'Oh．”the dentist answered,。‘l never ask a gentleman for money．”“Then how曲you live?能Brown asked：

    "Most gentlemen pay me quickly,” the dentist said, "but some don't．I wait for my money for one month，and then i say, ‘That mall is not a gentleman’ So I ask him for my money．”

1．Who did Mr．Brown want to see when his teeth began hurting a lot?

    A．A teacher．     B．A dentist．      C．A farmer   D．A worker．

2．How much does the doctor’s work cost?

    A．25 dollars．     B．25 pounds．    C．25 yuan    D．2．500 fen．

3．Why didn’t the dentist ask Mr. Brown for money?

    A．Because gentlemen always paid the money quickly．

    B．Because he had no time to ask for money．

    C．Because he didn’t wait money．

    D．Because he didn‘t have a phone．

4．Which word has the same meaning as “Phone” ?

    A．Think．    B．Let．    C．Give，      D．Ring

5．Which one is RIGHT?

    A．The dentist never asks the others for money．

    B．Mr. Brown wasn’t ill．

    C．The dentist seldom asks the gentlemen for money．

    D．The dentist can’t live．

A man came home from work late，tired，to find his 5-ycar-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，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 went to his room and shut the door．After about an hour or so，the father calmed（平靜）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 hove 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 passage，the father refused to lend the boy any money because ________．

A．he thought the boy warned 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

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 back home early

One day Mr. Jackson took Paul to his favorite restaurant．It was a French restaurant．The waiter was from France．But he didn’t speak to them in French．“Would you like to see the menu?”he asked in a kind way．“Yes，please，”Mr. Jackson said．

The waiter gave them a menu each．They studied them．  “You can spend only twenty—five dollars．”Mr. Jackson told his son．The waiter asked Paul，“What would you like，young man?”

“How much is the tomato soup?”Paul asked．

“Six dollars．”the waiter said．“It’s very good．”

“How much is the duck with orange?”Paul asked next．

“Fifteen dollars，”the waiter said．

“How much is the chocolate ice cream?”

“Six dollars，”the waiter said．

Paul added（加）it up quickly．Six plus fifteen plus six is twenty-seven．He thought he could have the duck and the soup，or the duck and the ice cream．“I’ll have the duck and the chocolate ice cream，please，”he said to the waiter．

Paul said to his father．“My meal will cost only twenty-one dollars．Can I keep the other four dollars?”His father laughed，“No，Paul，”he said．“Leave it for the waiter．”

（    ）1．How did the waiter speak to Paul and Mr. Jackson?

    A．In a rough way．    B．In a friendly way．  C．In French．     D．Slowly

（    ）2．What did Paul have for dinner?

    A．The soup and the duck．                                B．The duck and the ice cream．

    C．The duck．the soup and the ice cream．      D．The soup and the ice cream．

（    ）3．How much did Paul’s meal cost?

    A．$21．                  B．$24．                  C．$25．                     D．$27．

（    ）4．What did Mr. Jackson tell Paul to do with the other$4?

    A．Keep it．                                                B．Give it back to him．

    C．Spend it on something else．                       D．Give it to the waiter．

（    ）5．What does this passage tell us?

    A．Paul and his father hate eating in restaurants．

    B．Mr. Jackson favorite food is English food．

C．Paul was careful not to spend more than$25 in the restaurant．

D．Paul didn’t know what to choose from the menu．