I was in arush as always, but this time it was for an?date I just corldn’t be late for!I found myself at a checkout counter behind ar?woman seeingly in no nuny as she paid for her groceries．A PhD student with not a lot of money, I had humied into the store to pick up some flowers．I was in a huge rush, thinking of my upconing evening．I did not want to be Late for this date．
We were in Boston, a place not always known for small conversation bitween strangers．The woman stopped unloading her basket and looked up at me．She smiled．It was a nice smile-warm and reasuring-and I retuned her gift by smiling back．
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Must be a special lady,” wboever it is that will be getting \those beautiful flowers．”she said．
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Yes, she’s speciao,” I said ,and then to my cnbarrassment ,the words kept coming out．“It‘s only our second dute, but somchow I am just having the feeling she’s‘the one，’”jokingly, I addcd,“The only problem is that I can’t figure out why she’d want to date a guy like me．”
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Well, I think she’s very lucky to have a boyfriend who buings her such lovely slowers and who is obviorsly in love with her,” the woman said．”My husband rscd to bring me flowers every week-even when tines were tough and we didn’t have much money．Those were incredible days; be was very romantic and-lf course- I miss him since he’s passed away．”
I paid for my flowers as se was gathering up her groceries．There was no doubt in my mind as I walked up to her．I touched her on the shoulder and said“You were right, you know．These flowers are indeed for a very special lady．”I hand??the fowes and thanked her tor such a mice conversation．
It took her a moment to realize htat I was giving her the flowers I had just purchased．“You have a wonderful evening ,”I said．I left het with a big smile and my heart warmed as I saw her smelling the beautiful flowers．
I remember being slightly late for my date that night and telling my girlfriend the above story．A couple of years later, when I finally worked up the courage to ask her to marry me, she told me that this stoty had hdlped to seal it for ber-that was the nigtht than I won her heart．
(1)
Why was the writer in a hurry that day?
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A．
He was to meet his girlfriend
B．
He had to go back to school soon．
C．
He was delayed by an elderly lady
D．
He had to pick up some groceries．
(2)
What does the underlined phrase“her gift”(Paragraph 2)refer to?
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A．
Her words
B．
Her smile
C．
Her flowers
D．
Her politeness．
(3)
Why did the writer give his flowers to the elderly lady?
Jenkins was a jeweler, who had made a large diamond (钻石)ring worth ￡57,000 for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop．When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked 1 like the first one but was worth only￡2,000．This he took to the shop, which 2 it without a question．
Jenkins gave the much more 3 ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday．Then, the husband and wife 4 to Paris for a weekend．As to the 5 ring, the shop sold it for￡60,000．
Six months later the buyer 6 it back to Silkstone's office．“It's a faulty (有瑕疵的)diamond,”he said．“It isn't worth the high 7 I paid．”Then he told them the 8 ．His wife's car had caught fire in an 9 ．She had escaped (幸免) , 10 the ring had fallen off and been damaged (损坏) in the great 11 of the fire．
The shop had to 12 ．They knew that no fire on earth can 13 damage a perfect diamond．Someone had taken the 14 diamond and put a faulty one in its place．The question was：who 15 it?
A picture of the ring appeared in the 16 ．A reader thought he 17 7the ring．The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which 18 a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris．Behind the dancer there was a woman 19 a large diamond ring．“Do You know the 20 with the lovely diamond ring?”the papers asked their readers．Several months later, Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison．
I was in a rush as always, but this time it was for an important date I just couldn’t be late for! I found myself at a checkout counter behind an elderly woman seemingly in no hurry as she paid for her groceries．A PhD student with not a lot of money, I had hurried into the store to pick up some flowers．I was in a huge rush, thinking of my upcoming evening．I did not want to be late for this date．
We were in Boston, a place not always known for small conversation between strangers．The woman stopped unloading her basket and looked up at me．She smiled．It was a nice smile-warm and reassunring-and I retuned her gift by smiling back．
“Must be a special lady,” whoever it is that will be getting those beautiful flowers,” she said．
“Yes, she’s special,” I said, and then to my embarrassment, the words kept coming out．“It‘s only our second date, but somehow I am just having the feeling she’s ‘the one ，’”jokingly, I added, “The only problem is that I can’t figure out why she’d want to date a guy like me．”
“Well, I think she’s very lucky to have a boyfriend who brings her such lovely flowers and who is obviously in love with her,” the woman said．”My husband used to bring me flowers every week-even when times were tough and we didn’t have much money．Those were incredible days; he was very romantic and-of course- I miss him since he’s passed away．”
I paid for my flowers as she was gathering up her groceries．There was no doubt in my mind as I walked up to her．I touched her on the shoulder and said “You were right, you know．These flowers are indeed for a very special lady．” I handed the flowers and thanked her for such a nice conversation．
It took her a moment to realize that I was giving her the flowers I had just purchased．“You have a wonderful evening,” I said．I left with a big smile and my heart warmed as I saw her smelling the beautiful flowers．
I remember being slightly late for my date that night and telling my girlfriend the above story．A couple of years later, when I finally worked up the courage to ask her to marry me, she told me that this story had helped to seal it for her-that was the night than I won her heart．
(1)
Why was the writer in a hurry that day?
[ ]
A．
He had to pick up some groceries．
B．
He had to go back to school soon．
C．
He was delayed by an elderly lady．
D．
He was to meet his girlfriend．
(2)
What does the underlined phrase “her gift”(Paragraph 2)refer to?
[ ]
A．
Her words．
B．
Her smile．
C．
Her flowers．
D．
Her politeness．
(3)
Why did the writer give his flowers to the elderly lady?
I paid 30 yuan for a watermelon the other day．When I ate it at home I found it more bitter than sweet．I was 1 to throw it away for it cost me money 2 ．But to eat it was a 3 thing no better than tasting goldthread(黄连)
Things like this 4 occur in our daily life．For example, last week when going on a tour we failed to find the 5 we had been seeking． 6 we were so uncomfortable as if on pins and needles(如坐针毡)．In such a case we had better 7 home immediately, but most of us tourists still chose to 8 our way until we finished visiting all the scenic spots, 9 actually we did not quite enjoy them．
If we 10 , we'll get nothing; we would have spent money 11 ．If we don't give up, what we've got is something to cause suffering or pain, or 12 disaster．Since that's the case, why are we still unwilling to 13 with it?The only 14 is：it means money．
Then what 15 does money contain?Its importance lies in none 16 the following two aspects：(1)it can be used for our living;(2)it can be used for daily life．When a sum of money that should be able to obtain joy or enjoyment is certain to 17 the purpose, isn't it wise to give it up?Isn't it a sort of 18 for money-spending or even for enjoying ourselves?
To abandon and forget a sum of money that is to be of no value or to produce 19 values can be counted as 20 value of money．Isn't it so?