In the days when an ice cream cost much less, Tom, ___1.   __8-year-old boy, entered a hotel coffee shop __2.   sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream?” “Fifty-cents,” replied the waitress. The little boy pulled __3._ right hand out of the pocket and studied a number of  4.   in it. “How much is a dish of plain ice cream?” he asked. Some people were now waiting for her service and the waitress grew a bit __5.    _ (patience). “Thirty-five cents.” she said __6._    (rude). The little boy carefully counted the coins __7.___.“I will have a plain ice cream,” he said. The waitress walked _8.   __ __. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. It was not long 9.  __   the waitress came back and then she began to wipe down the table and suddenly was surprised at what she saw. There, _10.  __  (place) neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies — her tip!

 

Franz Schubert was a well-known musician in the world. But he lived a very hard life and often went hungry. One day, being very hungry, he went into a small restaurant in Vienna, hoping he might meet some friends there. He looked around and saw nobody he could borrow any money from. Then his eyes fell on a paper on one of the tables. In it was a little poem. He took the paper with the poem. After he composed a piece of music for the poem, he took his work to the owner of the restaurant. He only received a dish of beef and potato for it. thirty years after his death, this manuscript(手稿) by Schubert was sold for 40 00c francs. it was his famous berceuse(摇篮曲).
【小题1】Schubert often

A．had his meal in restaurants

B．looked for his friends there

C．ate beef and potato there

D．had not enough food to eat

【小题2】 Schubert went into a restaurant because he thought

A．the owner might give him some food

B．he could eat the food without money

C．some friends of his might be there and lend him some money

D．he could write his famous berceuse there

【小题3】 From the passage we didn't know that____________.

A．where Schubert composed his famous berceuse

B．why Schubert composed his famous berceuse

C．whether it was hard for Schubert to make a living

D．who bought his famous berceuse for 40 000 francs

【小题4】 The best title for the passage should be_________.

A．the hard life of Schubert

B．Schubert and restaurant owner

C．Franz Schubert in a hotel

D．Franz Schubert and his berceuse

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream sundae?” “Fifty cents,” replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied a number of coins in it. “How much is a dish of plain ice cream?” he required. Some people were now waiting for a table and the waitress was a bit impatient. “Thirty-five cents,” she said rudely. The little boy again counted the coins. “I’ll have the plain ice cream,” he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the bill and departed. When the waitress came back, she began wiping down the table and then swallowed hard at what she saw. There, nearly beside the empty dish, were seven five-cent coins and fifteen one-cent coins---her tip.

How much money did the boy probably have in his pocket?

       A. No more than fifty cents.       B. More than fifty cents.

       C. Not more than fifty cents.    D. Less than fifty cents.

Why did the little boy have only a dish of plain ice cream?

       A. The plain ice cream cost him much less.

       B. He enjoyed the cheaper ice cream better.

       C. The coins were not enough for an ice cream sundae.

       D. He wanted to save some coins to tip the waitress.

We can infer that the waitress might have felt_______when she got the tip.

       A. very surprised          B. a bit of shame   

       C. quite pleased                 D. a little worried

In the days when an ice cream cost much less, Tom, ___31   __   8-year-old boy, entered a hotel coffee shop ___32   __   sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream?” “Fifty-cents,” replied the waitress. The little boy pulled __33 _         right hand out of the pocket and studied a number of      34          in it. “How much is a dish of plain ice cream?” he asked. Some people were now waiting for her service and the waitress grew a bit __35    _  (patience). “Thirty-five cents.” she said __36 _      (rude). The little boy carefully counted the coins ___37___      .“I will have a plain ice cream,” he said. The waitress walked _38    __ __    . The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. It was not long _39  __        the waitress came back and then she began to wipe down the table and suddenly was surprised at what she saw. There, _40  __        (place) neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies — her tip!

 

---May I take your order now?

---_______.

A. No, I’m in trouble now             B. Yes, we obey orders

C. Yes, I'd like a dish of chicken        D. No, I don't have a choice of meat