Three roommates from the US found 40，000in a sofa．Later they gave the money back to the owner．

The roommates，Reese Werkhoven，Cally Guasti and Lara Ruso， paid 20for the sofa from a store．

One night，they were sitting on the sofa and felt something must be in the sofa．Mr．Werkhoven opened one part of the sofa and found an envelope（信封）with around 4，000in it．

The roommates started opening other parts of the sofa，and kept Finding more envelopes．At last they found over ￥40，000in the sofa At first， the roommates said that they were very excited．They said

They even started to talk about how to spend the money．

But then the roommates found a phone number on one of the envelopes．The nest day．they called the person to say what they had found．

The owner was 9l﹣year﹣0old lady． she put the money in he sofa However，her family did not know about the money and gave the sofa away．

The roommates drove to the woman's house to return the money．

When they gave the money back，the old woman cried and gave the three roommates 1，000to express thanks．

Miss Guasti said that they thought about keeping the money at first，but they knew that they would have felt wrong to use it．

56．The roommates spent 　　on the sofa．

A．	20dollars
B．	800dollars
C．	1，000dollars
D．	40，000dollars

57．Who found money in the sofa at first？ 　　

A．	Reese Werkhoven．
B．	Cally Guasti．
C．	Lara Russo．
D．	Reese Russo．

58．They found the woman's 　　on one of the envelopes．

A．	name
B．	letter
C．	phone number
D．	family address

59．Why did the old woman cry？ 　　

A．	Because she was too sad．
B．	Because she was very excited．
C．	Because she couldn't find her money．
D．	Because her family complained（抱怨）her．

60．You can read the passage in 　　．

A．	an advertisement（广告）
B．	a newspaper
C．	a science book
D．	a poem

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