Mr. King lives in a city. He owns some shops and makes a lot of money. His son, Mike, studies at a middle school. The boy likes everything but studying. He doesn't listen to his teachers in class and he never finishes his homework on time. He always plays football when he has any free time. He can never pass the exams. Mr. King is so busy with his business that he has little time to stay at home. He never pays any attention(关心)to his son's studies, so he doesn't know how he is doing.
One day Miss Read, Mike's teacher, telephones Mr. King. On the telephone she tells him all about the boy's studies. She wants him to try to help his son at home. When the man hears this，he doesn't feel very happy. In the afternoon when his son comes back from school, Mr. King gives him a good tellingoff(责备), but soon feels sorry for it when he sees Mike crying in the bedroom. The next morning, before Mike goes to school, he says to him, "Study hard and I'll buy you a car when you pass the exam next year. "
Another term is over. Mike doesn't pass the exam once more. Mr. King has a look at the school report for a few minutes and then he asks his son, "You don't pass the exam again，Mike. What did you do this term？" "I learned how to drive a car, dad, " answers the boy.
