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 $100 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 $ 20, and I think that is about five times- $100 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. $20                      B. $50             C. $100    D. $400

2.The underlined word "unemployment" means "_______" in Chinese.

A. 辭職                   B. 就業                   C. 悲傷          D. 失業

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

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

4.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

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：一位顧客在四十年前訂婚時，因失業缺錢，在一家珠寶店給女朋友拿了一枚戒指而沒有付錢。他的妻子一個月前去世了，而事實上所有的這些年他一直在為沒有付戒指款而感到內疚，所以他給珠寶店的經理寫了一封信并且寄去原戒指款的五倍作為補償，珠寶店經理讀后大為感嘆“好的，好的，好的，生活中充滿了驚喜！”

1.細節理解題。根據At that time the ring cost $ 20, and I think that is about five times- $100 at

today's price（在那時間戒指20美元，我認為這約是今天價格的五倍，達100美元）可知選.A。

2.詞義猜測題。根據and I lost my job.（我失去了我的工作）可知unemployment 的意思是失業，所以選D。

3.細節理解題。根據My wife died a month ago （我的妻子一個月前去世了）可知選B。

4.細節理解題。讀短文可知經理自己打開信，讀后說生活中充滿了驚喜。客戶總是為幾年前沒付戒指錢而感到不安，所以選C。

考點：人生百味類閱讀。