Question

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 (订婚的) 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 (让我良心不安) 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. 辞职               B. 就业                           C. 悲伤                       D. 失业

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.

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】

试题解析:本文大意：上周一个老珠宝店的经理收到了一封标有“个人”的信，因为忙，他把信放在的桌子上直到喝茶的时候才打开，一张10美元掉到了桌子上。还附有一封短信，写道：我四十年前订婚，不幸的是那时失业六个月后才找到另一份工作，当时很缺钱，一天来到贵店买结婚戒指，店员拿几个给我看，后来被叫走了，我拿了一个放进口袋，她回来时，我说没有适合我女朋友的，所以没付钱就离开了。我的妻子一个月前去世了，我没付钱的事实多年来一直让我良心不安，那时戒指价值2美元，我想今天是五倍的价钱--10美元。

1.细节理解题。根据At that time the ring cost $2,那时戒指价值2美元 ，可知答案选D.

2.推理判断题。根据I lost my job我失业了，可知答案选D.

3.细节理解题。根据 My wife died a month ago我的妻子一个月前去世了，可知答案选B.

4.细节理解题。根据Now I am sending you that amount.现在我寄给你戒指的钱数，可知答案选A.

5.细节理解题。根据My wife died a month ago, and the fact that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience  all these years. 我的妻子一个月前去世了，我没付钱的事实多年来一直让我良心不安，可知答案选C.

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