Question

A young man was in love with a beautiful girl .One day the girl said to him ,“It is my birthday tomorrow ”. “Oh ”，said the young man ,“I’ll send you roses, and one rose for each year of your life.”

The same evening he went to the flower shop . As he knew the girl was twenty－two years old, he paid for twenty－two roses and asked the shop assistant to send them to the girl the next day .

The assistant of the flower shop knew the young man very well as he often bought flowers in his shop before . When the young man left the shop , the assistant thought ,“The young man is very kind to me .He often comes to buy my flowers . In return I’ll send ten more roses.”

He did so . The next morning thirty－two roses were sent to the girl . When the young man came to see her , she didn’t want to speak to him . And he never knew why she was so angry with him .

1.The young man wanted to send his girl friend_____roses for her birthday.

A.10 B.22 C.32 D.many

2.________sent the roses to the girl .

A.The young man B.The assistant

C.Another young man D.We don’t know who

3.The young girl received the roses________

the same evening B.a day before her birthday

C.a week later D.on her birthday

4.The assistant wanted to _______.

make the girl angry B.sell more roses

C.make the young man glad D.get more money

5.From this story we know that__________

roses should be sent for one’s birthday

one may do something wrong even out of kindness

C. some girls don’t like roses

D. young people often buy roses

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了一位年轻人，为了庆祝女朋友的生日，决定去花店为她买玫瑰花，一支玫瑰花代表一岁，女朋友今年22岁，他在花店定了22朵玫瑰。花店店员为了感谢年轻人的多次光顾，多送了十朵花。

1.I’ll send you roses, and one rose for each year of your life.”和As he knew the girl was twenty－two years old, he paid for twenty－two roses这些描述，可知他为女朋友买了22朵玫瑰。故选B。

2.he paid for twenty－two roses and asked the shop assistant to send them to the girl the next day .描述，可知是店员送的玫瑰花。故选B。

3. “It is my birthday tomorrow ”和. The next morning thirty－two roses were sent to the girl 可知女孩是在她生日当天收到玫瑰花的。故选D。

4.the assistant thought ,“The young man is very kind to me .He often comes to buy my flowers . In return I’ll send ten more roses.”描述可知，店员是为了回报年轻人，让他高兴而多送了十多玫瑰花。故选C。

5.When the young man came to see her , she didn’t want to speak to him . And he never knew why she was so angry with him .描述可知，女孩并没有因为多收到十朵玫瑰花儿高兴，反而很生气。由此可知，有时候好心可能会办坏事。故选B。

考点：故事类短文阅读。