David hated spending money. When he had to buy something in a shop, he always tried his best to knock down the price, even for the cheapest things. If he wanted to buy a bottle of orange, for example, and the shopkeeper asked for $2, David would say, “Make it $1.90 and I’ll buy it.” Sometimes the shopkeepers agreed to reduce their prices a little. “What’s ten cents?” they asked themselves. “If it makes this man happy, it won’t hurt me very much.” In this way David saved a few cents here and a few cents there, and by the end of the year he had saved several hundred dollars.

One day he had a very bad toothache and had to go to the dentist. The dentist looked at the tooth and said, “This tooth will have to come out. It’s too serious to save.” “How much must I pay you to take out a tooth?” David asked. “Forty dollars,” the dentist said. “How long will it take you to pull out the tooth?” he asked. “About two minutes,” the dentist answered. “Forty dollars for two minutes’ work!” he shouted, “That’s robbery (抢劫).” The dentist smiled. “You’re right,” she said. “Thank you for telling me. I’ll pull your tooth out very slowly. How about if I take half an hour?”

1.In the passage the underlined word “reduce” means “____________”

2.Why must David’s tooth be pulled out?

3.After the dentist answered David’s question, he became very _________.

4.David thought that two minutes was ____________.

5.What kind of person do you think David was?

通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
One very cold morning, my, father and I were working on the farm. I asked him how long I must stay in the ____1____.
“About an hour.” he answered.
“I wish I could go hone now—my __2__ aches.”
“I am sorry, but can’t you stay till lunch time?”Said my father.
“But my headache is getting __3__.”
“Well,” said he, “you may go home. I don’t want you to work if you are sick. Go straight home __4__ tell your mother to give you some rhubarb(大黄，一种苦药).It will __5__ you a lot.”
I went back home. However, I told my mother that my head was better, hoping not to __6__ the terrible medicine. But it was too __7__.She understood my __8__ as well as my father. So she prepared the rhubarb.
I had to swallow(吞) all of the rhubarb. Dear me! How bitter it was! I would rather __9__ all day in the field. But it cured(治愈) my laziness, and I learned that it is important to be __10__.
Friends, keep it, though there is another and a better reason.
【小题1】A. field               B. hospital              C. factory
【小题2】A. tooth               B. head                  C. stomach
【小题3】A. better              B. worse                 C. less
【小题4】A. but                 B. or                    C. and
【小题5】A. hurt                B. worry                 C. help
【小题6】A. take                B. buy                   C. make
【小题7】A. early               B. late                  C. easy
【小题8】A. joke                B. duty                  C. problem
【小题9】A. work                B. play                 C. study
【小题10】A. kind                B. honest                C, helpful

1通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

One very cold morning, my, father and I were working on the farm. I asked him how long I must stay in the ____1____.

“About an hour.” he answered.

“I wish I could go hone now—my __2__ aches.”

“I am sorry, but can’t you stay till lunch time?”Said my father.

“But my headache is getting __3__.”

“Well,” said he, “you may go home. I don’t want you to work if you are sick. Go straight home __4__ tell your mother to give you some rhubarb(大黄，一种苦药).It will __5__ you a lot.”

I went back home. However, I told my mother that my head was better, hoping not to __6__ the terrible medicine. But it was too __7__.She understood my __8__ as well as my father. So she prepared the rhubarb.

I had to swallow(吞) all of the rhubarb. Dear me! How bitter it was! I would rather __9__ all day in the field. But it cured(治愈) my laziness, and I learned that it is important to be __10__.

Friends, keep it, though there is another and a better reason.

1.A. field               B. hospital              C. factory

2.A. tooth               B. head                  C. stomach

3.A. better              B. worse                 C. less

4.A. but                 B. or                    C. and

5.A. hurt                B. worry                 C. help

6.A. take                B. buy                   C. make

7.A. early               B. late                  C. easy

8.A. joke                B. duty                  C. problem

9.A. work                B. play                  C. study

10.A. kind                B. honest                C, helpful

One very cold morning, my, father and I were working on the farm. I asked him how long I must stay in the ____31____.

  “About an hour.”he answered.

  “I wish I could go hone now—my __32__ aches.”

  “I am sorry, but can’t you stay till lunch time?”said my father.

  “But my headache is getting __33__.”

  “Well,” said he,“you may go home. I don’t want you to work if you are sick. Go straight home __34__ tell your mother to give you some rhubarb(大黄，一种苦药).It will __35__ you a lot.”

  I went back home. However, I told my mother that my head was better, hoping not to __36__ the terrible medicine. But it was too __37__.She understood my __38__ as well as my father. So she prepared the rhubarb.

  I had to swallow(吞) all of the rhubarb. Dear me! How bitter it was! I would rather __39__ all day in the field. But it cured(治愈) my laziness, and I learned that it is important to be __40__.

Friends, keep it, though there is another and a better reason.

1.A. field                 B. hospital               C. factory

2.A. tooth                B. head                  C. stomach

3.A. better                B. worse                 C. less

4. A. but                 B. or                     C. and

5.A. hurt                 B. worry                 C. help

6.A. take                 B. buy                   C. make

7. A. early                B. late                    C. easy

8.A. joke                 B. duty                   C. problem

9.A. work                B. play                    C. study

10. A. kind                 B. honest                  C, helpful

One day a dentist was starting his morning work. Suddenly a man ran in. His face was red and he could only say “Quick! Quick!” The dentist thought he must be very ill. His assistant helped to make the poor man sit in a chair. The dentist gave the man some medicine to make him sleep. Then, he looked into the man’s mouth and pulled out all the bad teeth. As soon as the man woke up, he said in a low voice, “Quick, doctor, quick.”

“It’s all right now,” the dentist told him. “It’s over.”

“You don’t understand,” said the man, “I came to tell you your house is on fire.”

1.The story took place (发生) _______.

2.When the man ran in, the dentist thought he must be _______.

3.The man _______ after he took some medicine.

4.The dentist pulled _______ out of the man’s mouth.

5.The man ran in _______.