In the days when an ice cream sundae（加水果或奶油的较贵的）cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress (woman assistant) put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream sundae?” “Fifty cents”, replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied a number of coins in it. “How much is a dish of
plain ice cream?” he asked. Some people were now waiting for a table and the waitress was a bit worried. “Thirty-five cents,” she said rudely(not politely). The little boy again counted the coins. “I’ll have the plain ice cream,” he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the bill at the counter（柜台）and went out. When the waitress came back, she began cleaning the table and then she couldn’t believe what she had seen. There, placed nearly beside the empty dish, were two five-cent coins and five one-cent coins---her tip（小费）.
小题1:In this story “plain” means
in Chinese.
小题2:An ice cream sundae was
a dish of plain ice cream.
| A．fifteen cents cheaper than | B．fifteen cents dearer than |
| C．fifty cents dearer than | D．as expensive as |
小题3:How much money did the boy probably have in his pocket?
| A．Just fifty cents. | B．More than fifty cents. |
| C．Not more than fifty cents. | D．Less than forty cents. |
小题4:Why did the little boy have only a dish of a plain ice cream?
| A．The plain ice cream cost him much less. |
| B．He enjoyed the cheaper ice cream better. |
| C．The coins were not enough for an ice cream sundae. |
| D．He wanted to save some coins to tip the waitress. |
小题5:We can imagine that the waitress might feel
when she got the tip.
| A．very surprised | B．a bit of shame（羞愧） | C．quite pleased | D．a little worried |
