A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-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 quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed 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 have 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.”
【小题1】How much does the boy’s father make an hour?

A man came back home from work late, tired, to find his six-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

“If you want to 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 money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think why you are being so selfish!”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t 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!” the boy said gladly. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had some money, he got angry again.

“Why do you want more money since you already have 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 man make if he works 10 hours?

A. $20.                               B.$50.          C. $100.                       D. $200.

2.In this passage, the underlined word “furious” means ___________.

A. very angry        B. quite happy        C. too excited        D. a little tired

3.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

4.From this passage, we can infer (推断) 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

A king had a wonderful talent for growing flowers. He became old and didn’t want to deal with big things anymore. So he began to look for someone to take his place. But who could he trust for the job? He thought for a while and got an idea. He would let the flowers decide. He gave everyone a little seed (种子). The one who could grow the most beautiful flower from the seed would be the next leader.

    A girl called Serena was very beautiful and wanted to grow the most beautiful flower. She planted it in a nice pot and took great care of it, but nothing would grow.

    The next year she saw everyone come to the palace with pots full of beautiful flowers. She was disappointed but also went to the meeting with her empty pot. The king looked through all the flowerpots and then stopped at hers.

    “Why is your pot empty?” he asked.

    “Your Majesty (陛下), I did everything to make it grow, but I have failed,” she answered.

    “No, you didn’t,” he said.

“You see, the seeds I’ve given out were all roasted (烤过的), so nothing could come out of them. I have no idea where all these flowers come from. But you have been honest and by being so, you will become my successor (继承人).”

1.The king wanted to choose a person to _____.

A. be the next leader             B. grow beautiful flowers for him

C. be his daughter or son          D. make friends with him

2. How did the little seed show who was the right person?

A. It had some special power.

B. The king knew nothing could grow from it.

C. A special flower could grow from it.

D. Only a good person could grow beautiful flowers from it.

3.The king knew that those with pots of beautiful flowers _____.

A. worked hard          B. cheated him

C. were kind to plants     D. were good at growing flowers

4.In this passage the underlined word “given out” means ______.

A. 收到        B. 拿来         C. 分发       D. 奖励

5.From the story, we learn that _____ is a good quality.

A. Kindness     B. carefulness     C. honesty     D. politeness

A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-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 quietly went to his roomand shut the door. After about an hour, the father calmed 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 alread had money,he got angry again.

“Why do you want more money since you already have 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

2.In this passage,the underlined word “furious”means_____

  A.very angry          B.quite happy          C.too excited

3.At firs,the father refused to lend the boy any money because____.

  A.he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself

  B.he thought the boy would buy somethingof no use

  C.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.an hour of his father’s time

5.From the passage, we can infer（推断）that the boy’s father____.

  A.often played with his son     B.spent little time with his son

  C.often came back home early

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Have you ever seen Korean writing before? In many people’s eyes, it 【小题1】l      lovely but difficult. Do you know the【小题2】h_________of the special letters?
Long ago, Korean people didn’t 【小题3】o     their letters. At that time, they used Chinese characters(字符). Because Chinese is hard to learn, only rich people had the【小题4】m     and time to ask teachers to teach them. One of their kings was called Sejong. He decided to【小题5】i_________ Korean Letters. He thought hard.
One day, on 【小题6】O________ 9, 1446, he looked at a window frame(框架)and shouted, “I know what our letters should be!” He was so excited that he cried it loudly. He got the【小题7】i    from the frame and invented letters of all the same size. It seemed that they were put in a window frame. The  earliest Korean letters were born. King Sejong said, “Chinese characters can’t express Korean  meanings. Now I invent 【小题8】o_________ own letters. These letters are very 【小题9】e_________ to learn. I hope that they can help all people learn to read.”
When King Sejong first invented the Korean letters, they had 28 letters, but only 24 are used today. All the Korean people enjoy 【小题10】u     their own letters. Some Chinese young people think they’re interesting.