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One day Mark Twain told a story about his first money．

Schoolboys in those days didn’t respect their teachers．（A）They didn’t take care of school things，either．The school had a rule：If a student breaks his desk，the teacher would beat him in front of the whole school，or the student had to pay five dollars．

Mark Twain once found his desk was broken in some way．He had to tell is father about the school’s rule His father thought it would be too bad if the teacher beat his son in public（當眾），so he agreed to give him five dollars（B）But before giving him the money，the father gave his son a good beating．The next day Mark Twain decided that he would take another beating at school．so he could keep the five dollars．In this way，he got his first money．

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成下列任務(wù)：

任務(wù)一：回答下列問題．

1．What does the story tell about?

2．How much does a student have to pay if he breaks his desk?

3．What did Mark decide to do the next day at school?

任務(wù)二：將文中劃線的句子（A）改為同義句．

4．They didn’t________ school things，either．

任務(wù)三：將文中劃線的句子（B）譯成漢語．

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