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

After reading the letter, the manager said, “Well, well, well, life is full of surprise!”
The ring that the customer put into his pocket was ____ at that time.

A．$2

B．$5

C．$10

D．$40

The underlined word “unemployment” means “____” in Chinese.

A．辞职

B．就业

C．悲伤

D．失业

How long has the customer’s wife been dead?

A．A week.

B．A month.

C．A year.

D．Two months.

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

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.

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