Question

Our village carpenter (木匠) , John, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size for the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for the job.
My wife said to me quietly,“That’s his ninth cup of tea today. ”But she said, in a loud voice,“It’s a beautiful table, dear, isn’t it？”
“I’ll decide about that when I see the bill. ”I said.
John laughed and gave me his bill for the work. I read:
One dining table                        10 November, 1998
Cost of wood                            $17. 00
Paint                                   $1. 50
Work, 8 hours ( $1 an hour )            $8. 00
Total                                   $36. 50
When I was looking at the bill, John said, “It’s been a nice day, hasn’t it？Quite sunny. ”
“Yes. ”I said. “ I’m glad it’s only the tenth of November. ”
“Me, too. ”said John. “You wait — it’ll be a lot colder by the end of the month. ”
“Yes,colder — and more expensive! A dining table will be $20 more expensive on November 30, won’t it, John？”
John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes？I gave his bill back to him.
“If there isn’t too much trouble, John,” I said,“please add it up again. You can forget the date…”
I paid him $26. 50 and he was happy to get it.
小題1:Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill？

A．Because he didn’t want the writer to go through the bill carefully.

B．Because it was really a fine day.

C．Because he wanted the writer to check the bill carefully.

D．Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like.

小題2:The writer thought John would ask for _______ if he made a dining table on the last day of November.

A．$20. 00	B．$46. 50
C．$56. 50	D．$26. 50

小題3:When the writer gave John the money, he was happy because _______.

A．he got what he should get for his work

B．he got much more money for his work

C．he got the money easily

D．he didn’t have to add up the costs again

小題4:From the story we know that ______.

A．John made a mistake in the bill

B．John tried to fool the writer in order to get more money for his work

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

D．John still wanted to get $36.50 for his work in the end

小題5:What do you think of the writer？ He is ______.

A．honest	B．clever
C．foolish	D．afraid

Answer 1

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:B

試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文主要講述了木匠約翰把日期當做花費，跟作者多要了10美元，但是作者發現了這個問題，最后按照實際價格付了賬單。
小題1:推理判斷題。閱讀短文可知，約翰把日期當做花費加在了一起，他和作者談論天氣的目的就是想分散作者的注意力，故選A。
小題2:細節理解題。根據A dining table will be $20 more expensive on November 30, won’t it, John？”描述，可知作者認為在十二月三十日做一個飯桌要花20美元，故選C。
小題3:細節理解題。根據約翰列出的賬單可知，這張飯桌的實際花費是26.5美元，故選A。
小題4:細節理解題。在約翰給出的賬單中，他把十二月十日這個日期也當做花費加在了一起，可見他想愚弄作者，想多要點錢，故選B。
小題5:推理判斷題。閱讀短文可知，作者看出了約翰的賬單的問題，可見他是一個聰明的人。故選B。