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 (结婚戒指) one day. The assistant (营业员) 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 (愧疚) 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(顾客)

After reading the letter, the boss said, “Well, life is always full of surprise! (惊喜) ”

1.The boss of the gold shop got a ________3 days ago.

A.ring B.letter C.job D.girlfriend

2.The underlined word ”unemployment” means ” ________” in Chinese.

A.辞职 B.失业 C.就业 D.休假

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

A.a hundred dollars B.a thousand dollars

C.ten thousand dollars D.a million dollars

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 D.show his guilt

5.What can we infer (推断) from the passage?

A.The boss opened the letter by himself. B.The boss thought that it was surprising to receive the note.

C.When the man’s wife knew the fact, she was angry. D.The man wasn’t guilty at all.

Different people have different ideas about time. People in the USA think that it is important to know the time. In cities in America, there are clocks in stations, factories and other buildings. Radio announcers (播音员) give you the correct time during the day. Most Americans also have watches with them wherever they go. They want to do certain (特定的) things at certain time, so they don’t like to be late.

But time is not so important to everybody in the world. When you visit a country in South America, you will find that people there don’t like to rush. If you had an appointment (约会) with somebody, he could probably be late, because he may not want to arrive on time.

In South America, even the radio programs may not begin on time. The men on the radio may not think it is important to tell the exact time. People in South America think that clocks or watches are just machines. They think that you let a clock or a watch control (控制) your life if you do everything on time.

1.You can see clocks in stations, factories and other buildings in the USA because ________.

A.Americans want to make these places beautiful.

B.Americans want to sell these clocks.

C.Americans think that it is important to know the time.

D.Americans always forget about time.

2.Americans don’t want to be late because ________.

A.they go to stations, factories or other buildings B.they do certain things at certain time

C.they are free D.they listen to radio announcers

3.The underlined word “rush” most probably means “________”.

A.jump B.hurry C.run D.have a watch

4.If you have an appointment with someone in South America, he may not arrive on time, and this is because ________.

A.he doesn’t have a watch B.he forgets to have a watch with him

C.he doesn’t think it is important to arrive on time D.he doesn’t like to meet you

5.In this passage, we can see that time is very important to ________.

A.people in the US B.people in South America

C.everybody in the world D.children in school

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