单选题 A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his five-year old son waiting for him at the door.
"Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
"Yes, what is it?" answered the man.
"Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
"If you must know, I make twenty dollars an hour."
"Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I please borrow ten dollars from you?"
The father gets very angry, because he thought his son wanted to buy toys with the money, but he still gave the money to his son.
Then the little boy said, “Daddy, I have twenty dollars now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."

单选题 The boy was ______.

A. tall
B. short
C. five years old

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 根据第一段可知他的儿子五岁了。所以应选C。

单选题 The father made ______ an hour.

A. ten dollars
B. twenty dollars
C. thirty dollars

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 根据第五段…I make twenty dollars an hour．可知他一小时挣20美元。所以应选B。

单选题 How much money (lid the boy have at first?

A. Twenty dollars.
B. Ten dollars.
C. Thirty dollars.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 根据文章可知儿子向父亲借了10美元之后才有20美元，也就是说他原来有10美元。所以应选B。

单选题 What can we know from the passage?

A. The boy often asked money from his father.
B. The boy wanted to buy toys with the money.
C. The father didn't often have dinner with his son.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 根据文章最后一段儿子向父亲买时间，请求他回家和自己一起吃晚饭可知这位父亲很少和儿子一起吃晚饭。所以应选C。