Last week the manager of an old jeweler’s shop received a letter marked “personal”, so of course his secretary gave it to him unopened. As he was very busy, the letter lay on his desk till tea-time. Then he opened it and a ￡10 note fell out onto his desk. With the note was a short letter. This is what it said:

Dear Sir,

In 1935 I got engaged. But unfortunately at that time there was a lot of unemployment and I lost my job. I was six months without a job and then I got work again. But of course was very short of money. I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring. The assistant brought some rings for me to look at, but she was called away for a moment, and I put one of the rings in my pocket. When she came back, I said I did not know the size of my girl-friend’s finger. So I left the shop without buying a ring.

My wife died a short while ago and the fact that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience (良心) all these years. At the time the ring cost ￡2 so I reckon (估計(jì)) that is about ￡10 at today’s price. And I am sending you that amount.

Yours truly,

A customer

“Well, well, well,” said the manager, “l(fā)ife is full of surprises!”

1.Why didn’t the secretary open the letter? Because _______.

A. he was very busy

B. it was a personal letter

C. there was a ￡10 note in it

D. the letter was unimportant

2. What was true about the assistant?

A. She lost her job.

B. She was short of money.

C. She was called away while serving the customer.

D. She put one of the rings in her pocket.

3. What happened to the writer of the letter in 1935?

A. He married a girl.

B. He was out of work for six months and short of money.

C. He lost a ring.

D. His parents died.

4.The best headline for this article would be _______.

A. A Customer Pays His Bill B. An Old Jeweler’s Shop

C. The Manager and the Letter D. A Letter with ￡2

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析:珠寶店的老板收到了一封匿名信。這封信是一個顧客寫的，他在1935年的時候失業(yè)了，沒有錢買戒指給未婚妻。在珠寶店導(dǎo)購離開的片刻，他藏了一枚戒指在自己的口袋里�，F(xiàn)在妻子去世了，他良心發(fā)現(xiàn)應(yīng)該“買下”這枚戒指，于是用信封裝了十美元寄給珠寶店老板。

1.Last week the manager of an old jeweler’s shop received a letter marked “personal”, so of course his secretary gave it to him unopened.因?yàn)樾欧馍蠈懹小皃ersonal”（個人信件），所以秘書才沒有打開信封。故選B。

2.but she was called away for a moment”可知珠寶店店員在為顧客服務(wù)的時候，接到電話離開了一會兒。A、B、D項(xiàng)說的都是這個顧客的情況。故選C。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第三句I was six months without a job可知寫信的人在1935年失業(yè)六個月。根據(jù)第四句話But of course was very short of money可知他非常缺錢。故選B。

4.主旨大意題。本文主要內(nèi)容是一個顧客當(dāng)年偷了一枚戒指，在他的妻子死后，他將戒指的錢還回珠寶店的事情。所以A選項(xiàng)顧客付賬單作為文章標(biāo)題最合適。故選A。

考點(diǎn)：考查人生百味類短文閱讀

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