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A man and his wife had a small restaurant near a train station. The restaurant often stayed open until after midnight, because people came to drink and have meals while they were waiting for trains.
At two o'clock one morning, a farmer was still sitting at a table there. He was asleep. The wife of the owner of the restaurant was very sleepy and wanted to go to bed. She looked at the farmer several times and waited for him to wake up and go, but each time she looked, the farmer was still there sleeping. Then at last she went to her husband and said to him, “You have woken him six times now, but why haven't you sent him away? It's very late.”
“Oh, no, I don't want tosend him away,” answered her husband with a smile. “You see, whenever I wake him up, he asks for his bill(账单), and when I give him the bill, he pays it and then goes to sleep again."
【小题1】The persons who come to the restaurant are those who .

A．want to stay for night

B．want to meet friends

C．wait for the train

D．want to buy train tickets

【小题2】The wife did not go to bed because she was waiting for the farmer to _____.

A．get on the train	B．talk to her
C．pay his bill	D．wake up and go

【小题3】The underlined phrase “send him away” may mean _____.

A．invite him to stay longer

B．make him leave

C．tell him to drink more

D．ask him to pay the money

【小题4】Why didn't the man send the farmer away?

A．Because he wanted the farmer to sleep a little longer.

B．Because he wanted the farmer to feel sleepy

C．Because he wanted the farmer to give more money

D．Because he wanted the farmer to have more food

【小题5】From the passage we know the husband is _____.

A．honest	B．gentle
C．unkind	D．warm-hearted

答案：【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】B
【小题4】C
【小题5】C

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是一个农民在火车站附近的餐馆里睡觉不走，老板的妻子想让丈夫把他弄走。但是老板说他不想让他走，因为他每次叫醒他，那个农民都会付账单，他已经叫了六次了。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据短文第一段中The restaurant often stayed open until after midnight, because people came to drink and have meals while they were waiting for trains.可知，这个餐馆一直要开到深夜，因为人们在等火车的时候会来到这里吃饭，喝东西。由此可知选C。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据短文中The wife of the owner of the restaurant was very sleepy and wanted to go to bed. She looked at the farmer several times and waited for him to wake up and go,可知，餐馆老板的妻子很困，但是她不能去睡觉，她在等那个农民醒来离开。故选D。
【小题3】词义猜测题。根据文意和划线短语所在的句子可知，到了晚上很晚的时候，那个农民一直在餐馆里睡觉不离开，餐馆老板的妻子想让他的丈夫把他弄走。sent him away就是使他离开的意思。故选B。
【小题4】推理判断题。根据短文的最后whenever I wake him up, he asks for his bill(账单), and when I give him the bill, he pays it and then goes to sleep again.可知，餐馆的老板告诉他的妻子，他每次叫醒那个农民，他都会买单，然后再睡觉。所以老板不让那个农民走是因为他想赚更多的钱。故选C。
【小题5】推理判断题。根据故事的大意我们可知，一个农民在火车站附近的餐馆里睡觉不走，老板的妻子想让丈夫把他弄走。但是老板说他不想让他走，因为他每次叫醒他，那个农民都会付账单，他已经叫了六次了。由此可见这个老板只顾赚钱，所以是不善良的。故选C。
考点：故事类短文阅读。

2015学年江苏无锡八士中学八年级上期中英语试卷（带解析）