At noon the rush hour had passed. There were few
guests (顾客) in the snack bar. It was not crowded.
When the boss was about to take a break to read a newspaper, in came an old
lady and a little boy.
“How much money is a bowl of beef soup?” the grandma
sat down, counted the money in her purse and ordered a bowl of beef soup. The
grandma pushed the bowl to the little boy, who swallowed (吞咽) his saliva (口水), looking
at his grandma and saying, "Grandma, did you really have lunch?"
"Of course." His grandma chewed (咀嚼) a piece of
radish (萝卜泡菜) slowly. Very quickly, the little boy ate
up the meal.
Seeing this. the boss went over to them and said,
"Old lady, congratulations, you are lucky to have the free food, for you
are our 100th guest."
Afterwards, over a month or more, one day, the small
boy squatted (蹲) across the snack bar, where he seemed to
be counting something, which shocked the boss when he happened to look out
office window.
When the small boy saw a guest walk into the snack
bar, he would put a small stone into the circle he drew, but the lunch time had
almost passed, the small stones he put into the circle were hardly 50.
The boss was quite worried and called up all his old
guests. The guests started coming one after another.
"81, 82, 83… " the small boy counted faster
and faster. At last, when the 99th small stone was put into the circle, the
little boy hurried to pull his grandma's hand and went into the snack bar.
"Grandma, this time it's on me," the little
boy said proudly. The grandma who had become the real 100th guest was served a
bowl of beef soup by her grandson. As his grandma as before, the little boy
chewed a piece of radish in his mouth.
1.Grandma ordered only one bowl of beef soup because
__________.
A.Grandma only
liked radish
B.Grandma
didn't like beef soup
C.Grandma loved
her grandson more than herself
D.There was
only one bowl of beef soup left in the snack bar at that time
2.What do you think of the boss of the snack bar?
A.Impatient. B.Warm-hearted.
C.Very rich. D.Hard-working.
3.Why did the boy put the small stones into the circle
he drew?
A.He played
games with his friends.
B.He was asked
to count the guests for the boss.
C.He wanted to
get the free beef soup for his grandma.
D.He only
wanted to know the number of the small stones.
4.Which can be the best title of the passage?
A.The 100th
guest B.A snack bar
C.A boy
counting stones D.A poor
grandma