Last week, the manager of an old jeweler’s shop received a letter marked “personal”. As he was very busy, the letter lay on his desk till teatime. When he opened it, a $10 note fell out onto his desk. With the note was a short letter. This is what it said:
Dear sir,
I got engaged (订婚的) forty years ago. Unfortunately at that time there was a lot of unemployment and I lost my 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, 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 without paying for the ring. 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 $2, and I think that is about five times -- $10 at today’s price.
Now I am sending you that amount.
Yours truly,
A customer
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After reading the letter, the manager said, “Well, well, well, life is full of surprise!”
小题1:The ring that the customer put into his pocket was ____ at that time.
小题2:The underlined word “
unemployment” means “____” in Chinese.
小题3:How long has the customer’s wife been dead?
| A．A week. | B．A month. | C．A year. | D．Two months. |
小题4:The customer wrote to the manager in order to ________.
| A．return the ring | B．say thanks to him |
| C．ask him for some advice | D．send the money for the ring |
小题5:Which is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．The manager opened the letter by himself. |
| B．The manager thought life was full of surprise. |
| C．When the customer’s wife knew the fact, she was impatient. |
| D．The customer always feels sad for not paying for the ring years ago. |
