Last week, the manager of an old jeweler’s shop received a letter marked “personal”. As he was very busy, the letter lay on his desk till teatime. When he opened it, a $10 note fell out onto his desk. With the note was a short letter. This is what it said:

Dear sir,

I got engaged (訂婚的) forty years ago. Unfortunately at that time there was a lot of unemployment and I lost my job. I was out of work for about six months before I got another one. Of course I was very short of money.

I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring one day. The assistant brought some rings for me to have a look, later she was called away, and then I put one of the rings into my pocket. When she came back, I said I did not know the size of my girlfriend’s finger. So I left the shop without paying for the ring. My wife died a month ago, and the fact that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience (讓我良心不安) all these years. I always feel guilty about that. At that time the ring cost $2, and I think that is about five times -- $10 at today’s price.

Now I am sending you that amount.

Yours truly,

A customer

After reading the letter, the manager said, “Well, well, well, life is full of surprise!”

1.The ring that the customer put into his pocket was ____ at that time.

 A. $2                          B. $5                            C. $10                          D. $40

2.The underlined word “unemployment” means “____” in Chinese.

 A. 辭職               B. 就業(yè)                           C. 悲傷                       D. 失業(yè)

3.How long has the customer’s wife been dead?

 A. A week.         B. A month.             C. A year.  D. Two months.

4.The customer wrote to the manager in order to ________.

A. return the ring                                       B. say thanks to him

C. ask him for some advice                       D. send the money for the ring

5.Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The manager opened the letter by himself.

B. The manager thought life was full of surprise.

C. When the customer’s wife knew the fact, she was impatient.

D. The customer always feels sad for not paying for the ring years ago.

 

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】

試題解析:本文大意:上周一個老珠寶店的經(jīng)理收到了一封標(biāo)有“個人”的信,因為忙,他把信放在的桌子上直到喝茶的時候才打開,一張10美元掉到了桌子上。還附有一封短信,寫道:我四十年前訂婚,不幸的是那時失業(yè)六個月后才找到另一份工作,當(dāng)時很缺錢,一天來到貴店買結(jié)婚戒指,店員拿幾個給我看,后來被叫走了,我拿了一個放進(jìn)口袋,她回來時,我說沒有適合我女朋友的,所以沒付錢就離開了。我的妻子一個月前去世了,我沒付錢的事實多年來一直讓我良心不安,那時戒指價值2美元,我想今天是五倍的價錢--10美元。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)At that time the ring cost $2,那時戒指價值2美元 ,可知答案選D.

2.推理判斷題。根據(jù)I lost my job我失業(yè)了,可知答案選D.

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) My wife died a month ago我的妻子一個月前去世了,可知答案選B.

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Now I am sending you that amount.現(xiàn)在我寄給你戒指的錢數(shù),可知答案選A.

5.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)My wife died a month ago, and the fact that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience  all these years. 我的妻子一個月前去世了,我沒付錢的事實多年來一直讓我良心不安,可知答案選C.

考點:故事類短文閱讀

 

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