Mother’s Day iscomingagentlemanstoppedhiscaroutofa flower shop. He wanted toorderabunchof flowers andaskedthemtodeliverittohismotherwho wasfar inhishometown.
Hesawagirlcryingontheroadwhenhewasabouttoentertheshop.Thegentlemanwalkeduptoherandasked“Hikid.Whyareyoucrying?”
“IwanttobuyaroseformymotherbutIdon’thaveenoughmoney”saidthelittlegirl.
Hearingthatthegentlemanfeltsorryforthegirl.Sohegraspedthegirl’shandandenteredtheflowershop.Hefirstorderedabouquet(花束)forhismotherandthenboughtaroseforthegirl.
Walkingoutoftheshopthegentlemansaidhewoulddrivethegirlhome.uWouldyoureallyliketodrivemehome?”thegirlaskedpleasantly.
“Ofcourse!”themananswered.
“Thenwouldyoupleasedrivemetomymother?Butsirtheplacewheremymotherlivesisabitfarfromhere.”
Followingthewaythegirlshowedthegentlemandroveoutofthedowntownalongthewindingmountainroad,andfinallycametothecemetery(墓地).
Thelittlegirlputtheflowerclosetoanew grave.In order to presentarosetoher motherwho justpassedawayamonthagoshetookalong journey.
Thegentlemandrovethegirltoherhomeandthen returned totheflowershop. Hecanceled the orderforthebouquettohismotherandthenbought abig bunchoffreshflowers instead.Hedrovedirectlytohismother’shomewhichwasafive-hourdrivefromthere.Hewouldpresenttheflowerstohismotherhimself.
Nomatterhowfaryourmotherisawayfromyouit’snevertoolateforyoutogiveabunchofflowerstoheryourself.
( )1.Whywasthelittlegirlcryingontheroad?
A.Becauseshelostherpursethere.
B.Becauseshedidn’tknowthewaytohermother.
C.Becausehermotherleftheralonethere.
D.Becauseshedidn’thaveenoughmoneytobuyhermother arose.
( )2.Itwasnotuntilthegentlemandrovetothecemeterydidhe know that .
A.thegirl’smotherwasworkinginthecemetery
B.thegirl’smotherwasnolongerlivingthere
C.thegirl’smotherhadalreadybeendeadforamonth
D.thegirl’smotherlivedreallyfaraway
( )3.Theword“canceled