Question

One night when my wife was preparing dinner, our little son took a piece of paper to her which read:  

For washing the car...........................................$5.00 

For making my own bed this week...................$1.00 

Going to the provision shop..............................$0.50 

Playing with little sister ...................................$0.25 

Taking out the rubbish......................................$1.00 

Getting a good report card................................$5.00 

And for sweeping the common corridor...........$2.00 

Total .......................................................... ......$14.75 

His mother looked at him standing there expecting payment. I could see a thousand memories flashed through her mind. So she picked up the pen and turning the paper over, this is what she wrote: 

For 9 months I carried you, growing inside me.....................................No Charge

For the nights I sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you..............No Charge

For the toys, food and clothes and wiping your nose............................No Charge

When you add it all up, the full cost of my love...................................No Charge

Well, when he finished reading, he had great big tears in his eyes. He looked at his mother and said, “Mummy, I love you.” Then he took the pen and in great big letters wrote on the “bill”“All paid.”.

1.What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Part-time Job	B．Mother’s Love, No Charge
C．Payment for House Work.	D．Greedy Mother

2.The writer wrote the passage in order to ______.

A．show that children should be paid for their housework

B．show that children should not be paid for their housework

C．show a clever way of teaching children

D．tell children how to spend their spare time

3.How do you think of the mother in the passage?

A．Clever.

B．Greedy.

C．Cold-hearted.

D．Selfish.

4.From the last passage we know that ______.

A．the boy got all the money he wanted

B．the mother was unwilling to give the money to the boy

C．the boy realized that it was not right to ask for money for the housework

D．the mother was angry with what the boy said

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

【解析】略