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　　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 out 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, 1995 Cost of wood 17.00 Paint(油漆)1.50 Work, 8 hours(1 an hour)8.00 Total(總計)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．“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 30th, won’t they, Henry?”

　　Henry looked hard at me for half a minute．There was a little smile in his two blue eyes．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 was happy to get it．

(1)

Why did Henry talk about weather when the writer was looking at the bill?

[　　]

A．

Because it was a fine day indeed,

B．

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

C．

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

D．

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

(2)

Why did the writer say that dining tables would be 20 more expensive by the end of June?

[　　]

A．

Because he thought Henry would almost certainly add the date to the cost of the dining table．

B．

Because it was difficult to make dining tables in hot weather．

C．

Because paint would be more expensive．

D．

Because the cost of wood would be more expensive．

(3)

The writer thought Henry would ask for ________ 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 happy because ________．

[　　]

A．

he got the money easily

B．

be didn’t have to add up the cost again

C．

he got what he should get for his work

D．

he got much money for his work

(5)

From the story we know that ________．

[　　]

A．

Henry had written out the bill before the writer got home

B．

Henry still wanted to get 36.50 for his work in the end

C．

Henry made a mistake in the bill

D．

Henry tried to get more money for his work

答案：1．D;2．A;3．B;4．C;5．D;
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