Question

It was Mother's Day. John was so busy with his work that he couldn't go back home. When he passed by a flower shop in the evening, an idea came to his mind, “I'll send Mum some roses(玫瑰).”While John was picking his flowers, a young man went inside. “How many roses can I get for only five dollars, madam?” he asked. The assistant(店員) was trying to tell him roses were as expensive as forty dollars a dozen(一打). Maybe he would be happy with carnations(康乃馨).
“No, I have to have red roses,” he said. “My mum was badly ill last year and I didn't get to spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, it has to be roses as rose is her favourite.”
After hearing it, John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man. Moved by both of them, the assistant said, “Well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you.” Taking the roses, the young man almost jumped into the air and ran out of the shop. It was well worth twenty－five dollars that John paid to see the exciting moment. Then John paid for his dozen of roses and told the assistant to send them to his mother.
As he walked out, he felt nice. Suddenly he saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon John realized it was not a park but a cemetery(墓地). Crying, the young man carefully put down the roses, “Mum, oh, Mum, why didn't I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.”
Seeing this, John turned and quickly walked to the shop. He would take the flowers home himself.
【小題1】.The assistant tried to ask the young man to buy carnations instead of roses because_______ .

A．carnations were nicer than roses

B．roses were saved for John

C．roses were more expensive than carnations

D．carnations were special flowers for Mother's Day

【小題2】.John spent _________ altogether(總共) in the flower shop that day.

A．$5

B．$25

C．$30

D．$55

【小題3】The young man cried at the cemetery because he ______________ .

A．had spent all his money on the roses

B．wasn't able to tell his mother he loved her himself

C．felt sorry to ask John to pay for his flowers

D．hadn't got enough money for his sick mother

【小題4】At last John changed his mind and went home because he wanted to_________ .

A．tell his mother he loved her himself

B．ask his mother for more money

C．tell his mother the young man's story

D．ask his mother if she liked roses

【小題5】.The writer writes the passage in order to tell us “____________.”

A．Buy roses for your mother when she is ill

B．Let your mother know how much you love her

C．Work hard to get more money for your mother

D．Send your mother flowers on Mother's Day

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】A
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了母親節時，約翰非常忙，他為媽媽買了玫瑰，讓售貨員給媽媽送去，但是當他看到一個失去媽媽的人在給媽媽買了玫瑰后在墓地痛哭時，他改變了注意。
【小題1】推理判斷題。根據短文第一段描述可知那個人只有五美元，不夠買一打玫瑰，所以售貨員才建議他買康乃馨，故選C。
【小題2】推理判斷題。根據第三段It was well worth twenty－five dollars that John paid to see the exciting moment. Then John paid for his dozen of roses and told the assistant to send them to his mother.可知約翰為那個年輕人墊付了25美元，后來他又為自己的媽媽買了一束，而售貨員給他們的特價是30美元一束，所以共55美元，故選D。
【小題3】推理判斷題。根據第四段“Mum, oh, Mum, why didn't I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.”可知年輕人的媽媽死了，他為不能親自告訴媽媽他愛她而痛哭，故選B
【小題4】推理判斷題。根據短文描述，可知最后約翰想自己回家給媽媽玫瑰想親自告訴媽媽他愛她，故選A
【小題5】歸納理解題。根據短文描述及選項對比，故選B。
考點：情感故事類短文閱讀。