I Want to Be a Dustman

     Tom was ten years old, and he was a very lazy boy, He didn't like doing any work. He had to go to school of course, but he didn't study hard there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that their son would become one, too, when he grew up. But one day Tom said to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to be a dustman." "A dustman?" his mother asked, she was very surprised. "That's not a very pleasant job, why do you want to become a dustman?" "Because then I would only have to work one day a week." Tom answered at once. "Only one day a week?" his mother said, "What do you mean? and how do you know?" "Well", Tom replied, "I know that the dustmen who come to our house on work on Thursday, because I only see them on that day."

1. What kind of boy was Tom? （ ）

A. Tom was a clver boy.

B. Tom was a boy who didn't like to work.

C. Tom was a boy who worked very hard.

2. What were his father and mother? （ ）

A. His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse.

B. His father was a worker, his mother was a doctor.

C. His father was a doctor, so his mother.

3. What did his parents want him to be when he grew up?（ ）

A. They wanted him to be a dustman.

B. They wanted him to be an officer.

C. They wanted him to be a doctor.

4. What did Tom say he wanted to be? （ ）

A. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who collected rubbish and emptied the dustbins.

B. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who taught the children at school.

C. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who worked in a hospital.

5. Why did Tom think that dustmen only worked one day a week? （ ）

A. Because Tom heard of this.

B. Because one of the dustmen had told him before.

C. Because Tom had seen the dustmen only on Thurday at his house.