男孩擦鞋记

A boy was cleaning shoes in the street. He said to a young man, “Let me clean your shoes.” The young man said, “No, thank you.” “You may pay me only a pound, sir,” said the boy. But the young man refused again. Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for nothing. The young man said OK, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. 
The man put the other shoe on the boy. The boy said no, and asked the man two pounds for his work. The young man didn’t pay anything and went away. But the dirty one looked so bad. He had to go back and gave the boy two pounds. In a very short time his shoes shone brightly.

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1.The boy was _______.

A cleaning shoes

B making shoes

C buying shoes

D selling shoes

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据文章第一句A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street.可知男孩正在擦鞋，故选A。

2.What does the underlined word “refused ” mean?

A 同意.

B 拒绝.

C 离开.

D 回答.

解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据划线词上文The young man said, “No, thank you.”以及下文The young man said OK可知，年轻人又“拒绝”了，故选B。

3.The young man gave the boy _______ finally.

A one pound

B nothing

C two pounds

D three pounds

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第二段倒数第二句He had to go back and gave the boy two pounds.可知，年轻人最后付给男孩2英镑，故选C。

4.The boy is _______.

A rich

B angry

C polite

D clever

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据全文可知，小男孩利用自己的机智让年轻人擦了鞋从而让自己赚了钱，小男孩很聪明，故选D。