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 each hour?”

“If you must know, I make ＄20 each hour.”

“Oh,” the little boy answered, 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, the go straight to your room and think about why are you so selfish (自私)！”

The little boy went to his room no words and shut the door. After a short while, the father calmed (平靜) 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 your 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 one 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 one hour?

A. ＄10    B. ＄20     C. ＄30    D. ＄40

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

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

3.At first, the father refused to lend the money because     .

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

   B. he did not have enough money at that moment

   C. the thought the boy would buy something of no use

   D. the boy always borrowed the money from him

4.The boy wanted to buy      with twenty dollars.

   A. a new novel for himself        B. a nice present for his father

   C. a toy for his own birthday     D. one hour of his father’s time

5.From the passage, we can infer 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 home early

— How much are the two pairs of trousers?

— They are not expensive. I think one hundred dollars ______ enough.

A．is                B．a(chǎn)re              C．were             D．was

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day the feelings were told that the island would sink, so all built boats and left, except Love. Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out(堅(jiān)持) until the last possible moment.
When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a big boat. Love said,“Richness, can you take me with you?”
Richness answered,“No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.”
Love decided to ask Vanity(虛榮心) who was also passing by in a beautiful ship.“Vanity, please help me!”
“I can’t help you, Love. You are all wet and might destroy my boat,”Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by, so Love asked,“Sadness, let me go with you.”
“Oh…Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!”
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her. Suddenly , there was a voice, “Come, Love, I will take you.” It was an elder. So thankful and happy, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed(欠) the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me?”
“It was Time,” Knowledge answered.
“Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?”
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom(智慧) and answered, “Because only Time is able to understand how valuable Love is.”
【小題1】How did the feelings go away from the island?