Many people have great difficulty in saying goodbye. But from goodbye moments, we can always learn something.

Once, I overheard (无意中听到) a father and daughter in their goodbye moment. The father said, “I love you, I wish you enough.” The daughter answered, “Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your lover is all that I need. I wish you enough, too, Daddy.”

They kissed and she left …

The father walked over towards me. I could see he wanted and needed a cry. He came over to me and asked, “Did you ever say a forever goodbye to someone?” Before I could answer, he went on, “ I am old and she lives much too far away. I know her next trip back would be for my funeral (葬礼).”

“When you were saying goodbye I heard you say, ‘I wish you enough.’ May I ask what that means?”

He began to smile , “It’s a wish that has come down from my great-great-grandparents. And my parents used to say it to me.”

He stopped for a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it. He smiled even more.

“When we said‘I wish you enough,’ we were wanting the other person to have a life full of enough good things.”

Then, turning towards me, he shared (分享) the following “wish” from his heart.

I wish you enough sun to keep you bright .

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.

I wish you enough happiness to keep you alive.

I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.

I wish enough hellos to get you through the final goodbye.

My friends, I wish you enough.

1.Many people would find it difficult ___________.

A. to say goodbye B. to overhear others

C. to share their wishes D. to live too far away

2. How did the father get the “wish”?

A. The writer wrote it for him.

B. His parents passed it down to him.

C. The teacher taught him at school.

D. His daughter told him about it.

3.From the passage, we may learn _______.

A. the daughter didn’t understand his father

B. the old man didn’t want to see his daughter

C. the writer knew the old man very well

D. the father and daughter loved each other so much

4.The best title of the passage may be “________.”

A. Father and Daughter B. A Difficult Moment

C. Wish You Enough D. A Trip Back Home

On a Friday night,a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance of the subway station.The music was so great that people slowed down to listen and put some money into his hat.

The next day,the violinist came to the entrance again.He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it.It said,"A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by mistake.Welcome to claim(认领)it."Soon the people were all attracted by the words and wondered what it could be.After a while a man rushed through the crowd,took the violinist's shoulders and said,"I knew you would certainly come here."The violinist asked,"Did you lose something?" "Lottery(彩票)."The violinist took out a lottery ticket with Sang's name on it.Sang took it and danced happily.

Sang was an office worker.He bought the lottery and won a prize of$500,000.But when he gave$50 to the violinist for his wonderful music,the lottery ticket was thrown in,too.The violinist was a college student.That morning,he was going to fly to Vienna for high education.However,when he found the ticket,he cancelled the flight and returned to the entrance.

Later someone asked the violinist why he didn't take the lottery ticket to pay the tuition fee(学费).He said" Although I don't have much money,I live happily.If I lose honest,I won't be happy forever."

1.The young man played the violin for ______at the entrance.

A.pleasure B.money C.1ove D.friends

2.George Sang was very _______ to see the young violinist the next day.

A. worried B.sorry C.sad D.happy

3.George Sang put ______ into the violinist's hat on a Friday night.

A. money B.lottery

C.money and lottery D.nothing

4.The underlined word "cancelled" means _________.

A.取消 B.延误 C.预定 D.结束

5.What's the best title for this article ?

A. The meaning of honesty

B.An office worker and a lottery ticket

C.The importance of being honest

D.A violinist and an office worker

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