第二部分 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题1.5分, 满分30分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Last week the manager of an old shop received a letter. As he was very busy, the letter lay on his desk till teatime. Then he opened it and $ 10 fell out onto his desk. Together with it was a short letter. It reads:

Dear sir,

In 1935 I got engaged, but unluckily I lost my job. At that time a lot of people were out of work. Six months later I got a job again, but of course I was very short of money.

I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring. The girl took out 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 girlfriend’s finger. So I left the shop without buying a ring.

My wife died a short while ago and that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience all these years. At that time the ring cost $2, so I think the ring may cost about $10 now, and I am sending you the money.

Yours truly

A customer

“Well, well, well,” said the manager. “Life is full of surprises.”

1. The writer of the letter sent $10 ________.

A. to buy a ring for his wife   B. to thank the girl for her kindness

C. to pay for his wife’s ring   D. to give an order for an ring

2. How did the writer of the letter get the wedding ring?

A. The girl gave it to him.    B. He bought it from the shop.

C. He borrowed it from the shop.  D. He took it from the shop without paying.

3. Which of the following is not true?

A. He didn’t know the size of his girlfriend’s finger.

B. He had not much money at the time.

C. He was out of work for some time

D. He was engaged in 1935.

4. The last sentence of the passage shows that the manager was ________.

A. afraid of seeing the money   B. too excited to say a word

C. very surprised to get the money unexpectedly

D. sorry for what the young man had done

5. Why did the man pass the money to the manager?

A. He forgot paying the ring.   B. He was condemned (谴责) by his conscience.

C. He wanted to buy a ring.   D. He’d like to order (订) a ring.