The story below is a true story that happened in September.
During the month of September, a dear friend of mine lost her husband suddenly in an accident. The tragedy was a great shock to everyone.
This accident was sudden and certainly unexpected. It made me realize the fact that you just don’t know when a loved one is no longer going to be with you. We sometimes take our loved ones for granted(当然),and we expect that they will be with us all the time. However, as we all know, life does not work that way and sometimes we get a wake-up call that shocks us and makes us stand back and realize how short life is.
To cheer her up, I tried to imagine if I were in her shoes how I would feel. It was impossible to imagine what she was going through. What words could I say to help her?Sometimes words just can’t express our feelings. Sometimes our actions are much more meaningful than words. So I gave her a hug(拥抱)…
Life is too short, and we should treasure(珍惜) every day staying with our loved ones.
【小题1】The writer’s friend lost her husband _______.     

A.in springB.in summerC.in autumnD.in winter
【小题2】 What does the underlined word “ tragedy” mean in Chinese?
A 机会           B. 生存        C.悲剧            D. 闹剧
【小题3】 To cheer her friend up, the writer ______.
A.gave her some flowersB.said some wordsC.did nothingD.gave her a hug
【小题4】 In the writer’s opinion, life for us is ______.
A.shortB.seriousC.unexpectedD.meaningless
【小题5】 According to Paragraph 3, what did the writer realize from the accident?
A. We don’t know when we will lose our loved people.
B. Sudden and unexpected accidents happen everywhere.
C. Her friend was unlucky to meet the accident.
D. Accidents usually took place in September.

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(让我良心不安)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!”

1.The boss of the gold shop got a _________ 3 days ago.

   A. ring                      B. letter                    C. gold

2.The underlined word“unemployment”means“______”in Chinese.

   A.辞职                     B.失业                    C.就业

3.The ring the customer put into his pocket was __________ 40 years ago.

   A.$1000                    B.$10000                 C.$100

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

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.

 

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