Question

【题目】请认真阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。

It was Mother's Day. John was so busy with his work that he couldn't go back home. When he passedby a flower shop in the evening, an idea came to his mind. "I'll send Mum some roses."While John was picking his flowers, a young man went inside. "How many roses can I get for only five dollars, Madam?" he asked. The assistant was trying to tell him roses were as expensive as forty dollars a dozen (一打). Maybe he would be happy with carnations (康乃馨).

"No, I have to have red roses." He said, "My mum was badly ill last year and I didn't get to spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, it has to be roses as rose is her favorite."

After hearing it, John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man. Moved by both of them,the assistant said," Well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you." Taking the roses, the youngman almost jumped into the air and ran out of the shop. It was well worth twenty-five dollars John paid to seethe exciting moment. Then John paid for his dozen of roses and told the assistant to send them to his mother.

As he walked out, he felt nice. Suddenly he saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon he realized it was not a park but a cemetery (墓地). Crying, the young man carefully laid the roses,"Mum, oh, Mum, why didn't I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her."

Seeing this, John turned and quickly walked to the shop. He would take the flowers home himself.

【1】Whose mother died? (1’)

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【2】How much did John spend in the flower shop that day? (2’)

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【3】Do you want to say "Mum, I love you" to your mother? Why or why not? (3’)

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】The young man’s(mother)

【2】55 dollars

【3】Yes, Because I want to let her know I love her myself//...

No. Because I am not good at expressing myself. But I will do something else to let her know I love her.//...

【解析】母亲节的时候，John想买束玫瑰花，让助手送给妈妈。在花店John偶遇了一个年轻人，还帮助他付了一部分玫瑰花的钱，当他看到年轻人把买的花拿到了他去世的妈妈的墓前大声哭泣的时候，John突然想明白了，要亲自给妈妈把花送去，并告诉妈妈他爱她。

【1】根据短文的最后Suddenly he saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon he realized it was not a park but a cemetery (墓地). Crying, the young man carefully laid the roses...可知，年轻人买了玫瑰花去了墓地，他的妈妈去世了，故此题答案为The young man's mother。

【2】根据短文中The assistant was trying to tell him roses were as expensive as forty dollars a dozen、Moved by both of them,the assistant said," Well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you."以及It was well worth twenty-five dollars John paid to seethe exciting moment. Then John paid for his dozen of roses可知，玫瑰花本来40美元一打，但服务员为他们优惠了10美元，卖给他们30美元一打，John买了一打玫瑰花是30美元，然后他又为年轻人付了25美元，因此他一共花费了55美元。

【3】这是一个开放的题目，题意是：你想对妈妈说“我爱你，妈妈”这句话吗？并说明原因。如果你的回答是肯定的，那么原因应该是你想让妈妈知道你是爱她的；如果是否定的回答，那么原因可能是如你不擅长表达，但可以从实际行动中让妈妈知道你爱她。