Question

“You say your hair is gone?” Jim said like an idiot (白痴).

“You needn’t look for it,” said Della. “It’s sold, I tell you - sold and gone, too. It’s Christmas Eve, boy. It’s time for gifts. Be good to me, for it went for you. Maybe the hairs of my head were numbered,” she went on with a sudden serious sweetness, “but nobody could ever count my love for you.”

Jim drew a package from his overcoat pocket and threw it upon the table.

“Don’t make any mistake, Dell...” he said, “...about me. I don’t think there’s anything that could make me like my girl any less, no matter what hair style you have. But if you’ll open that package you may understand how I felt at first.”

She opened the package with her white fingers quickly and lightly. And then an excited cry of joy; and then, alas! a quick change to uncontrollable tears.

For there lay the combs - the set of combs (发梳), side and back, that Della had dreamed of for long in a Broadway window. Beautiful combs with jeweled rims (边缘)-just the color to wear in her beautiful hair. They were expensive combs, she knew, and her heart had always wanted them. But there was no hope of having them. And now they were hers, but the hair was gone. But she hugged them to her bosom (胸口), and at last she was able to look up with dim (黯淡的) eyes and a smile and say: “My hair grows so fast, Jim!”

1.Jim felt ________ at the first sight of Della’s new haircut.

A.sad B.shocked C.angry

2.Why did Della sell her hair?

A.To buy her husband a gift.

B.To number the hairs of her head.

C.To count her love for her husband.

3.How did Della feel when she first, saw her husband’s gift?

A.Sad and angry. B.Happy and excited. C.Surprised and painful.

4.From the last paragraph we learn that ________.

A.the combs matched Della’s beautiful hair well

B.the price of the gift from Della’s husband was very low

C.Della thought the combs in the window would be hers one day

5.What can we infer from the passage?

A.The husband showed more love than his wife.

B.The couple wanted to give each other a big surprise first.

C.The wife thought her husband’s gift was useless at last.

Answer 1