Our village carpenter(木匠), John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill 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, “It’s his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said in a loud voice, “It is a beautiful table, dear, isn’t it?”
“I will decide about that when I see the bill, ” I read:
One dining table, 10 November, 1989.
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 fine day, hasn’t it? Quite sunny.” “Yes,” I said, “I’m glad it is only the 10th 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! Dining tables will be ＄20 more expensive on November 30th, won’t they, 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 it isn’t too much trouble, John,” I said, “Please add it up again and you can forget the date.”
I paid him ＄26.50and 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:Why did the writer say that dining table would be＄ 20 more expensive on November 30th ?__________ 
A．Because it was difficult to make dining tables in cold weather.
B．Because paint would be more expensive.
C．Because the cost of wood would be more expensive.
D．Because he thought John would certainly add to the cost of the dining table.
小題3: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1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B
文章講述的是一個木匠故意將日期也算到工錢里，結(jié)果被識破的故事。
小題1:推理判斷題，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知木匠是為了轉(zhuǎn)移作者的注意力，想多收錢，讓作者不仔細檢查賬單
小題2:推理判斷題，因為作者發(fā)現(xiàn)了木匠把日期10號也算進去了，如果是30號，他還會多算20元。
小題3:推理判斷題，通過文章可知，木匠本打算蒙混過關(guān)騙作者多給錢的。
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