中考英语分类阅读及讲解汇编名人逸事

中考英语分类阅读及讲解汇编（六）名人逸事2
Mark Twain’s First Money
Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he ever earned.
He thought a long time and then said , “Yes, it was at school. I can remember everything about it . School boys in those days did not take good care of their chairs and desks. There was a rule in our school that if anyone damaged his desk or chair, he would have to pay five dollars or the teacher would beat him in front of the whole school.”
“One day I damaged my desk in some way, I had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school. My father said it would be too bad to have our family disagraced in front of the whole school. He agreed to give me five dollars to hand over the teacher. But before he gave me the money, he took me upstairs and gave me a beating.”
“But as I had one beating and I decided I would take another beating at school and keep the five dollars. So that’s what I did. That was the first money I ever earned.”
1. Mark Twain earned his first money _________.
A.when he was a pupil
B.when he became a writer
C.when he taught at a school
D.when he was beaten by his father
2. The school made the rule so that they could_____.
A. teach the students well
B. give the students a beating
C. keep the desks and chairs well
D. ask the students for more money
3.Mark Twain’s father______.
A. was happy to give him the money
B. got angry when he knew what Mark Twain had done at school
C. said sorry to the teacher when he heard the news
D. agreed to beat Mark Twain and then give him the money
4.Mark Twain’s father thought if he gave Mark Twain the money______.
E. he would not be beaten in front of the whole school
F. he would go to the school again
G. he would never do that again
H. he would earn the money
5. Mark Twain was beaten_______.
A.at home
B.only by his father
C.at school
D.both at school and at home
6.Mark Twain______.
A. gave the money to the teacher
B. bought a desk for the school
C. asked his father to go upstairs
D. kept the money for himself
7.Mark Twain’f father neat him because________.
A. he wanted to teach the boy a lesson
B. he didn’t want the boy to be beaten by the teacher
C. he didn’t want to give him the money
D. he didn’t want to have his fa mily disagraced Key:1.A 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.D 7.D。