My goddaughter, Shari, owns The Berry Factory in Sacramento, California, and her mother, Joan,
and I were helping with the Valentine's Day rush of 2011. We'd been preparing hundreds of berries,
arranged gift baskets and packaged orders to be shipped around the country.
     By the end of the day and I were exhausted. Shari didn't seem tired. That was what Shari liked doing
especially when she gave someone else something. I'd seen her give away berries to everybody-parking
attendants, mail carriers, hairdressers. "For me?" they'd say, breaking into a smile.
     As a "thank you", Shari took us out for dinner. But there was a 45-munite wait at her favorite
restaurant. "No big deal. There's another place just up the road," she said, driving us there. This time we
walked right in. While the waitress took our drink orders Shari reached into her handbag, pulling
something out.
     "I want you to have these," she said, handing the waitress a box of chocolate-dipped strawberries.
     "Will she love those berries!"I said to myself. But the waitress seemed extremely surprised. She hardly
let out a "Thank you" before grabbing the box and rushing into the kitchen.
     A few minutes later, the waitress returned with our iced tea. " I apologize," she said. " It's just …my
best friend and I made an agreement to send each other something every Valentine's Day. But she passed
last year. I didn't know how I'd get through this day without her. Then you handed me that box."
     "I'm so sorry to hear that," said Shari. " It's not much, but I hope you can enjoy them."
     "Oh, I will," the waitress said. " See, every year we always sent each other the same thing: a box of
chocolate-dipped strawberries bought from our favorite store, The Berry Factory.

1. The first paragraph is mainly about _____.

A. something about Shari's job
B. something about The Berry Factory
C. how they celebrated Valentine's Day
D. what they did on Valentine's Day

2. Why did the waitress apologize to Shari?

A. Because she had a bad service to Shari
B. Because she didn't express her thanks to Shari
C. Because she didn't pay for the strawberries
D. Because she didn't take Shari's drink order

3. What do we know about the waitress?

A. She was unhappy with Shari's gift
B. She was a new customer at Shari's store
C. She would be very depressed without Shari's gift
D. She was reminded of her dead friend by Shari's gift

4. What's the right order of the following events?
a. The author, Joan and Shari arranged gift baskets.
b. The waitress' friend sent her a box of chocolate-dipped strawberries.
c. The author, Joan and Shari went to a restaurant up the road.
d. Shari gave the waitress a box of strawberries.

A. a, b, d, c
B. a, c, d, b
C. b,d,a,c
D. b,a,c,d

5. Which of the following words can be used to describe Shari?

A. Kind and generous
B. Humorous and intelligent
C. Energetic but careless
D. Hard-working but selfish