There was once a millionaire who loved money than anything else in the world. He didn’t know exactly how much he had, so he took on a little girl to __1__ all his money for him.
It __2__ the little girl six days to count all the money. When she told the millionaire that he had forty-two __3__ dollars, he was __4__ with joy and asked, “ How much __5__ do you want?” He thought that __6__ she was only a child, he could __7__ her into taking a very small amount of money.
The girl said, “well, I worked for six days, so I think you __8__ pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that, just give me the amount you give me the day before, multiplied by itself.
The __9__ thought that in this __10__ he would only have to give her a __11__ dollars. What a __12__ little girl! So immediately, he __13__ his lawyer sign up the contract, fearing that she would change her __14__ .
On the first day the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, two pennies times two pennies, or four pennies.
Each day after that, he gave her __15__ number of pennies he had given her the day before, multiplied by itself. And by the sixth day, the foolish millionaire had to give the clever little girl all his money.
1. A. bring B. count C. send D. hide
2. A. had B. needed C. got D. took
3. A. million B. dozen C. thousand D. hundred
4. A. pride B. wild C. surprised D. moved
5. A. dollars B. number C. time D. pay
6. A. as if B. though C. if D. because
7. A. warn B. advise C. cheat D. set
8. A. could B. would C. should D. might
9. A. girl B. millionaire C. two D. people
10. A. measure B. way C. point D. means
11. A. few B. little C. less D. much
12. A. nice B. clever C. fine D. foolish
13. A. ordered B. asked C. had D. persuaded
14. A. mind B. heart C. word D. plan
15. A. good B. great C. a D. the
答案簡析
1．B。由於不知道自己到底有多少錢，所以找個人幫他“數”錢。D項意爲“隱藏”。
2．D。根據it takes sb. some time to do sth.結構判斷答案用D。
3．A。因爲他是一個百萬富翁。
4．B。be wild with joy意爲“欣喜若狂”，表示the man當時的心情。
5．D。pay在此指“需要支付的錢”，也就是“工錢”。由於前面是how much，所以不能用dollars。
6．D。從下文可知，此處表示原因。
7．C。由the man 的心理及前面的 a child推知，此時想“欺騙”那個女孩。
8．C。should表示“應該”。
9．B。此處指“富翁”。
10．B。in this way爲固定短語。
11．A。只有few可以修飾dollars。
12．D。從下文中可以看出小女孩其實很聰明，但是富翁卻以爲她“愚蠢”。
13．C。have sb. do sth.意爲“讓某人做某事”。其餘三詞後面的動詞不定式都要加to。
14．A。change one’s mind意爲“改變主意”。
15．D。the number of表示“……的數目”，而a number of表示“許多……”。
