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    Joe Read studied in this school for fourteen years．When he finished school, he was already eighteen years old．And then his father said to him, “You finished school, and you are a good student．Now you may go to town and get a good job．They need some clever people to work in the office．The people there can get a lot of money now．If you stay at home, you can't get money from our family．” A few weeks later, Joe went to the office and asked for a job there．A man took him into a small room and gave him some questions on a piece of paper．Joe answered the questions quickly, and he gave the paper to the man．The man looked at the paper for a few minutes and then asked, “You were born on Sep．23．But which year were you born in?” Joe answered, “Oh, every year．”

    (1)

    How old was Joe when he went to school?

    [　　]

    A．

    8．

    B．

    18．

    C．

    4．

    D．

    14．

    (2)

    What place did his father want him to work in?

    [　　]

    A．

    A school．

    B．

    An office

    C．

    A house．

    D．

    A shop．

    (3)

    What did his father think of Joe?

    [　　]

    A．

    He was a good student．

    B．

    He wasn’t a good student．

    C．

    He wasn’t clever．

    D．

    He could get money from his family．

    (4)

    Why did the man give Joe a piece of paper?

    [　　]

    A．

    Because he wanted to give Joe a job．

    B．

    Because he wanted Joe to answer some questions．

    C．

    Because he wanted to know if Joe was clever．

    D．

    Because he wanted to know how old Joe was．

    (5)

    From Joe’s answered, “Oh, every year．”, we can infer(推测)that _________．

    [　　]

    A．

    he didn’t want to work in the office

    B．

    he was hardworking but dishonest

    C．

    he was outgoing and clever

    D．

    in fact, he didn’t really answer the man’s question

    答案：1．D;2．B;3．A;4．B;5．D;
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