A young man was in love with a beautiful girl. One day the girl said to him, “It is my birthday tomorrow.”“ Oh,” said the young man, “I’ll send you roses, and one rose for each year of your life.”
The same evening he went to the flower shop. As he knew the girl was twenty-two years old, he paid for twenty-two roses and asked the shop assistant to send them to the girl the next day. The assistant of the flower shop knew the young man very well as he often bought flowers in his shop before. When the young man left the shop, the assistant thought, “The young man is very kind to me. He often comes to buy my flowers. In return I’ll send ten more roses.”
He did so. The next morning thirty-two roses were sent to the girl. When the young man came to see her, she didn’t want to speak to him. And he never knew why she was so angry with him.
【小題1】The young man wanted to send his girl friend _____roses for her birthday.

A young man was in love with a beautiful girl. One day the girl said to him, “It is my birthday tomorrow.”“ Oh,” said the young man, “I’ll send you roses, and one rose for each year of your life.”
The same evening he went to the flower shop. As he knew the girl was twenty-two years old, he paid for twenty-two roses and asked the shop assistant to send them to the girl the next day. The assistant of the flower shop knew the young man very well as he often bought flowers in his shop before. When the young man left the shop, the assistant thought, “The young man is very kind to me. He often comes to buy my flowers. In return I’ll send ten more roses.”
He did so. The next morning thirty-two roses were sent to the girl. When the young man came to see her, she didn’t want to speak to him. And he never knew why she was so angry with him.

1. 1.

   The young man wanted to send his girl friend _____roses for her birthday.

   1. A.
      10
   2. B.
      22
   3. C.
      32
   4. D.
      many
2. 2.

   __________sent the roses to the girl.

   1. A.
      The young man
   2. B.
      The assistant
   3. C.
      Another young man
   4. D.
      We don’t know who
3. 3.

   The young girl received the roses ___________.

   1. A.
      the same evening
   2. B.
      a day before her birthday
   3. C.
      a week later
   4. D.
      on her birthday
4. 4.

   The assistant meant to _______.

   1. A.
      make the girl angry
   2. B.
      sell more roses
   3. C.
      make the young man glad
   4. D.
      get more money
5. 5.

   From this story we know that _______.

   1. A.
      roses should be sent for one’s birthday
   2. B.
      some girls don’t like roses
   3. C.
      one may do something wrong even out of kindness
   4. D.
      young people often buy roses

Mrs Turner’s telephone number was 3463, and the number of the cinema in town was 3464. People often made mistakes and telephoned her when they actually wanted the cinema.
One evening the telephone rang and Mrs Turner answered it. A tired man’s voice came over the phone, “At what time does your latest film begin?”
“I’m sorry”, said Mrs Turner, “but you have the wrong number. This is not the cinema.” “Oh, it began twenty minutes ago?” said the man. “ I am sorry about that. Well, good-bye.” Mrs Turner was very surprised, so she told her husband. He laughed and said, “No, that wasn’t a mistake. The man’s wife wanted to go to the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so he telephoned the cinema. His wife heard him, but she didn’t hear you. Now they will stay at home this evening, and the husband will be happy.”
【小題1】 When the tired man telephoned Mrs Turner by mistake at first, she was ____