Peter 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,Peter 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.
Peter laughed and gave me his bill for the work.It said:
BILL One dining table June 10,2016 Cost of wood 27.00 Paint (油漆) 5.50 Work,8 hours(2 an hour) 16.00 Total (总计) 58.50 |
When I was looking at the bill,Peter 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 Peter,"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,Peter?"
Peter 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,Peter,"I said,"Please add it up again.You can forget the date."
I paid him 48.50 and he was happy to get it.
58.Why did Peter talk about weather when the writer was looking at the bill?
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Because it was a fine day indeed.
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Because he wanted the writer to look at the bill carefully.
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Because he didn't want the writer to go through the bill carefully.
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Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like.
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59.Why did the writer say that dining tables would be 20 more expensive by the end of June? _____
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Because paint would be more expensive.
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Because the cost of wood would be more expensive.
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Because it was difficult to make dining tables in hot weather.
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Because he thought Peter would almost certainly add the date to the cost of the dining table.
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60.The writer thought Peter would ask for if he made a dining table on June 30th.
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48.50
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78.50
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68.50
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20.00
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61.Form the story we know that .
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Peter tried to get more money for his work
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Peter still wanted to get 58.50 for his work in the end
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Peter made a mistake in the bill
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Peter had written out the bill before the writer got home.
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