Henry was a carpenter(木匠).Once I asked him to make a dinner table for my wife(妻子). He made it just the right size(尺寸)to fill the space(空間)between the two windows.  When I arrived home that evening,  Henry was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill(賬單)for his work.

    My wife said to me，quietly,  “That's his ninth cup of tea today.”But she said loudly(大聲地)，“It's a beautiful table，dear,  isn't it?”

Henry laughed and gave me his bill for the work.  It said:

    When I was looking at the bill，Henry said，“It's a fine day，isn'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.  Dinner tables will be$20 more expensive on June 30th，

won't they，Henry? ”I gave his bill back to him.

    “Please add it up again.  You can forget the date.” I said.

     Henry looked hard at me for half a minute.  In the end，I paid him $26. 50 and there was a little

smile in his two blue eyes.

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

        A.  Because it was a fine day.

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

        C.  Because he didn't want the writer to look at the bill carefully.

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

    2.  Henry would ask for         if he made a dinner table on the last day of June.

        A. $56. 50       B. $46. 50       C. $26. 50         D. $20. 00

    3.  From the story we know that       .

        A.  The writer was glad to see the bill

        B.  Henry tried to get more money for his work

        C.  Henry wrote out the bill before the writer's wife got home

        D.  Henry still wanted to get 36. 50 for his work in the end

參考答案：1C  2A  3B

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