I remember the first time I met Alfred after years. He was sitting on a bench in the park. He looked very sad and cold. He hadn’t got a coat on and it started to rain. Usually, I don’t like to stop to speak to a stranger who looked like that. His shoes were well-cleaned and his clothes were quite smart, but he did not have an umbrella with him and he was getting wet in the rain. I stopped walking and said to him in a nice voice. “ Are you OK?” he looked up, and was surprised to see me. He cried out. “ Are you …” he couldn’t remember my name. I was also surprised. He was Alfred! “ I
’m Tom, Alfred, what are you doing here?” I asked. He did not explain to me, but caught my hand, and asked how my life was like. I told him that I was out of job. I suggested that we go somewhere warm and dry.
So we found a café nearby and continued our conversation. I learned that he married with two children, and his wife was Sherry. I could not believe my ears. Twenty years ago his best friend was Linda, and Sherry was his worst enemy! They often had quarrels ( 争吵) and fights in the play.
Alfred told me that he became a businessman when he graduated from the school and owned two companies in the city. I asked him why he was sitting in the rain in the park. He said that he had just had a quarrel with Sherry, and acting in the same way as when she was young, threw him out of the door and locked him out. He was young, threw him out of the door and locked him out. He was waiting for her to be calm and let him in again.
小题1:What did Alfred look like?
A．Pleasant
B．Smart
C．Hungry
D．Well-dressed小题2:Alfred was ___ them.
A married B. nice C. weak D. strong
小题3: How was Alfred when he was Tom?
A．Happy
B．Surprised
C．Glad
D．Angry小题4:The writer ________
A．liked to speak to a stranger
B．met Alfred in a café
C．thought Alfred’s wife was Sherry
D．hadn’t met Alfred twenty years.小题5:What happened to Alfred?
A．He lost his wife
B．He lost his job
C．His wife didn’t let him go home
D．His friend didn’t want to see him.
