Mr Knight was the manager of a hotel. One weekend all of the hotels in the city were 36_____ because there was an important meeting. On Friday night, three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr Knight said that there were 37_____ rooms ready for use because of the meeting. The three men were very 38____ because they had no place to stay.
Mr Knight wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 418, a very small room, was empty. He asked the men 39____ they would share a room. The three men said they would.
Mr Knight told that the room would be thirty dollars: ten dollars 40_____ each one. Each man gave him ten dollars, and then they went up to the room.
Mr Knight soon began to feel 41_____. “Thirty dollars is a lot to ask as a price for that small room.” He thought. He said to his assistant, “Here’s five dollars. Give it to the men in Room 418. I asked them too 42______money for their room.”
The assistant tool the money. 43____ he was on the way to Room 418, he started to think: “How can three men divide five dollars? I’ll keep two dollars. The men will be happy to get anything back. I’ll take a little money and Mr Knight will 44_____ know.” So the assistant returned one dollar to each man.
Each man had paid ten dollars. After the assistant returned one dollar to each one, each man had 45_____ paid only nine dollars. There were three men $9×3=$27. The assistant kept $2. $27+$2=$29. Where is the missing dollar?
【小題1】 | A.quiet | B.empty | C.full | D.noisy |
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【小題3】 | A.happy | B.unhappy | C.pleased | D.hungry |
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【小題6】 | A.sad | B.a(chǎn)fraid | C.boring | D.sorry |
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【小題7】 | A.more | B.little | C.much | D.many |
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【小題8】 | A.After | B.Before | C.As soon as | D.While |
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【小題9】 | A.just | B.a(chǎn)lso | C.never | D.perhaps |
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【小題10】 | A.a(chǎn)ctually | B.a(chǎn)lready | C.exactly | D.extremely |
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