A.To pay him for his work.B.To let him have 3 meals a day in the restaurant.C.To give
A.To pay him for his work.
B.To let him have 3 meals a day in the restaurant.
C.To give his friends free drinks.
D.To allow him to have more free time.
A.To pay him for his work.
B.To let him have 3 meals a day in the restaurant.
C.To give his friends free drinks.
D.To allow him to have more free time.
A.To lower the premium he should pay to the insurance company.
B.To obtain a large sum of money from the insurance company.
C.To clean up the surrounding circumstances.
D.To ask the insurance company to help him to rebuild his shop.
One day a bookseller(书商)let a big box of books fall on his foot. “Go to see the doctor,“ said his wife. “No, “he said. “I‘ll wait until the doctor comes into the shop next time. Then I‘ll ask him about my foot. If I go to see him, I‘ll have to pay him.“
On the next day the doctor came into the shop for some books. When the bookseller was getting them ready, he told the doctor about his bad foot. The doctor looked at it.“You must put that foot in hot water every night. Then you must put something on it,“ said the doctor.
He took out a piece of paper and wrote on it. “Buy this and put it on the foot before you go to bed every night,“ he said.“Thank you,“ said the bookseller. “And now, sir, here are your books.““How much?“ said the doctor.“Two pounds.““Good,“ said the doctor. “I shall not have to pay you anything.““Why?“ asked the bookseller.“I told you about your foot. I want two pounds for that. If people come to my house, I ask them to pay one pound for a small thing like that. But when I go to their houses, I want two pounds. And I came here, didn‘t I?“
1)、What happened to the bookseller one day?
A.He lost a box of books.
B.His foot was wounded by a box of books.
C.He lent the doctor a box of books.
D.He sold out all his books.
2)、The bookseller‘s wife asked him ______.
A.to go out for some medicine
B.to send somebody for a doctor
C.to go to see the doctor
D.to wait for the doctor to come
3)、The bookseller didn‘t take his wife‘s advice because ______.
A.he was afraid of the doctor
B.he didn‘t like to take medicine
C.he couldn‘t walk by himself
D.he didn‘t want to pay the doctor
4)、The doctor paid ______ for the books.
A.one pound
B.two pounds
C.nothing
D.something
5)、The bookseller paid ______ money for seeing the doctor in the end.
A.more
B.less
C.the same amount of
D.no
vernment because it depends on so many different things:
whether the man is married; how many children he has; whether he supports any relations, how much interest he receives, how much he has spent on his house during the year, and so on. All this makes it Diffhcult to decide exactly how much the tax is, There was an artist who was always very careful to pay the proper amount.
One year, after posting his check as usual, he began to wonder if he had paid enough, and after a lot of work, with a pencil and paper, he found that he had not. He thought that he owed the government something.
He was just writing another check to send it to the tax collector when the postman dropped a letter into the box at the front door. Opening it, the artist was surprised to find inside it a check for five pounds from the tax collector. The offhcial explained that too much had been paid, and that therefore the difference was now returned to the taxpayer.
1.According to the passage, to decide theexact amount of tax to be paid is ().
A.simple
B.easy
C.difficult
D.interesting
2.The word“proper" in the second paragraph means ().
A.small
B.big
C.right
D.wrong
3.After a lot of work, the artist thought that he had paid the government, ().
A.less tax than he should have
B.more tax than he should have
C.as much tax as usual
D.just enough tax
4.Why did the tax collector send a letter to the artist?
A.To send him a new tax form.
B.To return the money overpaid.
C.To remind him of paying the tax.
D.To explain the rules of tax paying.
What does he need the money for?
A.To buy lunch.
B.To pay a sales tax.
C.To pay his taxi fare.
D.To buy some reading material.
What is the advice Theresa gives to Wallace?
A.To get things straight.
B.To pay for everything.
C.To invite him to a welcome.
D.To treat a meal in a restaurant.
His wife divorced him because he was addicted ______.
A.to gamble
B.gambling
C.to gambling
D.with gambling
A.To tell him that the woman would meet him at his office.
B.To ask him for an appointment.
C.To ask him what time the woman's appointment was.
D.To get a prescription for the woman.
A.To help him explain the information to his roommate.
B.To help him write a paper.
C.To prepare for a test.
D.To tell her if the notes are accurate.
A.To help him explain information to his roommate.
B.To help him write a paper.
C.To prepare for a test.
D.To tell her if notes are accurate.
The writer needed the receipt ______.
A.to claim his suitcase
B.to pay at the luggage office
C.to prove that he had paid at the luggage office
D.to prove that he had bought the suitcase
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