A Golden Watch

Mike was a young man. He was not very rich. One day he went into a watch shop to buy a nice watch for his girl friend, Rose. His fixed his eyes on a nice gold watch, and decided to buy it. The shop assistant took the watch out, and asked for three hundred pounds for it. Just then, a boy of about fifteen suddenly rushed over and grasped the watch from the assistant’s hand. The assistant hurried out to catch the boy. But it was too late, the boy had disappeared among the street people very quickly. On the way home, Mike met the boy, who would sell him the gold watch for only hundred pounds. “The boy didn’t know that I saw him stealing the watch from the shop. And he asked for much less money than that in the shop.” Mike thought to himself. So he paid the boy and took the watch home. The next day, Mike gave the golden watch to Rose, and told her all about the watch. Rose looked at the watch for a while, then, laughed loudly, “You are really a fool!” she said, “his watch isn’t worth 100 pounds at all. The assistant and the boy must have planned the whole thing together.”

1.The shop assistant said the price of the watch was ____.

A. 100 pounds B. 200 pounds C. 300 pounds

2.The shop assistant must have known _____ very well.

A. Mike B. the boy C. Rose

3.The boy would sell Mike the watch for _____.

A.200 pounds B. 300 pounds C. much less money than that in the shop

4.In fact, the watch was worth ____.

A. 100 pounds B. 300 pounds C. just a little money

5.In this story, who really lost something?

A. The shop assistant B. Mike C. The boy

 

An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money. Only very expensive operation could save him now and there was no one to lend them the money. When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother, “Only a miracle(奇迹)can save him now,” the little girl went to her bedroom and pulled her money from its hiding place and counted it carefully.

She hurried to a drugstore(药店) with the money in her hand.

“And what do you want?” asked the salesman. “It’s for my little brother,” the girl answered. “He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a miracle.” “Pardon?” said the salesman.

“My brother Andrew has something bad growing in-side his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle cost?” “We don’t sell a miracle here, child. I’m sorry,” the salesman said with a smile.

“Listen, if it isn’t enough, I can try and get some more. Just tell me how much it costs.”

A well-dressed man heard it and asked, “What kind of a miracle does your brother need?”

“I don’t know,” she answered with her eyes full of tears. “He’s really sick and mum says he needs an operation. But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought all my money.

“How much do you have?” asked the man. “$1.11, but I can try and get some more,” she answered.

“Well, what luck,” smiled the man. “$1.11, the price of a miracle for little brothers”

He took up the girl’s hand and said, “Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”

That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a famous doctor. The operation was successful and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again.

How much did the miracle cost?

1.What was the trouble in the little girl’s family?

A. Her brother was seriously ill.

B. They had no money.

C. Both A and B.

2.In the eye of the girl, a miracle might be _____.

A.something interesting

B. something beautiful

C. some wonderful medicine

3.The little girl said again and again “…I can try get some more.”That hows___.

A. she had still kept somemoney

B. she hoped not to be refused

C. There was no need to worry about money

4.What made the miracle happen?

A.The girl’s love for her brother.

B. The girl’s money

C.The medicine from the drugstore.

5.From the passage we can infer(推断) that _____.

A. The doctor didn’t ask for any pay.

B. The little girl is lovely but not so clever.

C. Andrew was in fact not so sick as they had thought.

 

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