WhenAbrahamLincolnwasyoung,heworkedinastore.Onedayawoma...
問題詳情:
When Abraham Lincoln was young, he worked in a store. One day a woman came into the store and bought some things. They added up to two dollars and six and a quarter cents.
The bill was paid, and the woman was satisfied. But the young storekeeper, not feeling quite sure about his calculations (計算), added up the things again. To his surprise he found that it should have been but two dollars.
“I’ve made her pay six and a quarter cents more,” said young Abe, upset.
It was an unimportant thing, and many salespersons would forget it, but Abe was too careful for that.
“The money must be paid back,” he decided.
At night, he closed the store and walked to the home of his customer. He explained the matter, paid over the six and a quarter cents, and returned satisfied.
Here is another story of young Lincoln’s strict honesty. A woman entered the store and asked for half a pound of tea. The young man weighed it out. This was the last sale of the day.
The next morning, when beginning his duties, Abe discovered a four-ounce weight on the scales (磅秤). It flashed upon him at once that he had used this in the sale last night, and so, of course, given his customer short weight. Many people would not have been much worried by this discovery. But Abe weighed out the balance of the half pound, shut up the store, and carried it to the customer. I think that the name, so often given in late times to President Lincoln, of “Honest Old Abe”, was well deserved (應得的).
1. When young Abe found he made a wrong calculation, he ______.
A. tried to forget it
B. paid over the money
C. felt it was unimportant
D. gave back the short weight
2. What happened to Abe in the second story?
A. He played a joke with the customer.
B. He wasn’t paid two dollars and six cents.
C. He didn’t notice a four-ounce weight on the scales.
D. He explained the matter to the customer that night.
3. We can know from the passage that Abe was ______.
A. easy to get worried
B. confident but careless
C. honest and responsible
D. funny but well behaved
【回答】
1. B 2. C 3. C
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