Question

Henry was a carpenter（木匠）of our village. Once I asked him to make a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I arrived home that evening, Henry was drinking a cup of tea and writing his bill for his work. .

My wife said to me，quietly，“That’s his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said loudly,  "It's a beautiful table, dear, isn't it?"

"I won't decide about that until I see that bill.” I said.

Henry laughed and gave me his bill for the work. It said：

BILL One dining table                              June 10，2013 Cost of wood                                   $ 17.00 Paint（油漆）                                  $ 1.50 Work，8 hours（1 an hour)                        $ 8.00 Total（总计）                                  $ 36.50

When I was looking at the bill，Henry said，"it’s been a fine day，hasn’t it? Quite sunny.”

"Yes,” I said. "I’m glad it is only the 10th of June.”

"Me too” , said Henry. "If you wait, it'll be a bit hotter by the end of the month.”

"Yes. Hotter and more expensive. Dining tables will be 20 more expensive on June 30^th, won't they，Henry?”

Henry looked hard at me for half a minute. There was a little embarrassed smile in his two blue eyes. It seemed that he had done wrong. I gave his bill back to him.

"If it isn't too much trouble, Henry, ” I said，"Please add it up again. You can forget the date.”

I paid him $26. 50 and he ran away in a hurry.

1.When the writer got home, Henry _______.

A. was talking with the writer’s wife           B. was waiting for him

C. had finished the dinning table              D. had drunk ten cups of tea

2.Henry talked about weather when the writer was looking at the bill because _______.

A. he didn’t know how to say except weather

B. he wanted the writer to look at the bill carefully

C. he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like

D. he didn't want the writer to go through the bill carefully

3. The writer thought Henry would ask for ______dollars if he made a dining table on the last day of June.

A.26.50             B. 56. 50       

C. 46.50           D. 20.00

4. When the writer gave him the money, Henry was _______．

A. embarrassed            B. angry       

C. surprised     D. sad

5. From the story we know that Henry _______．

A. didn’t make a mistake in the bill

B. got $36. 50 for his work in the end

C. had written out the bill before the writer got home

D. wanted to try to get more money for his work

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：亨利是我们村庄的一个木匠。当要求他为我家订做一个餐桌之后，他列出了账单，但是，在我查看清单的时候，他总是谈论其它话题，原来他在账单中将日期也计入了汇总，最后被我识破坏了，于是收了工钱，匆匆离开。

1. 细节理解题。问题：当作者到家的时候，亨利在做什么？联系原文：When I arrived home that evening, Henry was drinking a cup of tea and writing his bill for his work. 句意：当我到家的时候，亨利正在一边喝茶，一边写着他工作的账单。联系前文，作者要做一个桌子，说明他完成了。故选C

2.

3.】细节理解题。问题：如果亨利制作餐桌在六月的最后一天，作者认为亨利将会要多少钱？分析：原文中作者说的一句话： Dining tables will be 20 more expensive on June 30th, won't they，Henry?句意：要是在六月三十号完成，桌子还要贵二十美金。联系账单中总汇是36.50美金，那么加上20美金，则等于56.50美金。故选B

4.

5.这个故事，我们了解到亨利什么？阅读全文明确亨利利用日期，来多加工钱，结果还被作者识破，因此说明他是尽力多为工作加钱。故选D

考点：故事类短文阅读。