Question

Three days ago, the boss of a gold shop received a letter. As he was very busy, the letter was on his desk till dinner time. When he opened it, a $1000 note fell out onto the desk. With the note was a short letter:

Dear sir, I got married forty years ago. Unfortunately, at that time there was a lot of unemployment and I got no 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 for a moment, 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 with the ring but I didn’t pay for it. 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 $100, and I think that is about ten times at today’s price. Now, I am sending you that amount. Yours truly, A customer

  After reading the letter, the boss said,“Well, life is always full of surprise!”
【小題1】The boss of the gold shop got a _________ 3 days ago.
A. ring                      B. letter                    C. gold
【小題2】The underlined word“unemployment”means“______”in Chinese.
A.辭職                     B.失業(yè)                    C.就業(yè)
【小題3】The ring the customer put into his pocket was __________ 40 years ago.
A.$1000                    B.$10000                 C.$100
【小題4】The customer wrote to the boss in order to ________.
A. send the money for the ring      B. say thanks to him       C. return the ring
【小題5】Which is NOT wrong according to the passage?
A. The boss opened the letter by himself.
B. The boss didn’t think life was always full of surprise.
C. When the customer’s wife knew the fact, she was annoyed.

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題1】B
【小題1】C
【小題1】A
【小題1】A解析:
【主旨大意】一個人對四十年前所做的一件錯事心懷內疚，多年以來的負罪感和妻子的去世終于使他下定決心償還這一筆債務。文章讀來頗有教育意義。
【小題1】 細節(jié)對應題。句子With the note was a short letter. 給出了答案。
【小題1】 綜合判斷題。劃線單詞的下文got no job “沒有找到工作”和out of work “失業(yè)”，都在提示上文的劃線單詞意義為“失業(yè)”。正是因為失業(yè)的窘境才導致寫信者偷了店里的戒指。
【小題1】細節(jié)對應題。信件的末尾句At that time the ring cost $100提示答案。
【小題1】綜合理解題。寫信的人是通過償還自己四十年前所拿戒指的錢來求得心理解脫。
【小題1】細節(jié)對應題。通過短文開始When he opened it, 可知是老板親自打開了信件。