【解析】主旨大意题,纵观全文高频出现的nose和ear可知。
【解析】事实细节题,根据定位词"paid through the nose"查找,可知答案在第三段"If someone is hard-nosed, he will never pay through the nose, or pay too much money, for an object or service."。
【解析】事实细节题,由"interested in other people’s private matters"可知答案在第四段。
【解析】推理判断题,根据定位词"thumb … nose"在第六段可知答案。
【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段"...for the brightness of those pictures hurt him."可知D项为正确答案。
【解析】从文章第二段"because of debts, he had gone home planning to ask for money. He felt embarrassed, but he knew exactly where his dad kept the money. When his parents stepped out of the room, he took what he wanted and left."可看出,他由于欠债,他偷走了家里的钱,然后就离家出走了。十年后,他想回家,但愧对父母,所以他很羞愧地想请求父母原谅。