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Read the following passage carefully. A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired to his mother who lived two hundred miles away. As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing. He asked her what was wrong and she replied, ‘I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But I only have seventy-five cents, and a rose costs two dollars. The man smiled and said, “Come with me. I’ll buy you a rose.” He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaning he offered the girl a ride home. She said, ‘Yes please! You can take me to my mother.” She directed him to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave. Now answer the following questions. a) Where was the man travelling?b) Why was the girl sobbing?c) How much was the cost of the rose?i) a dollar ii) 75 cents iii) 2 dollars iv) 2 dollars 75 centsd) Where did the girl take the man?i) to her house ii) to graveyard iii) to the church iv) to the countryside |
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Answer» a. The man was travelling to visit his mother. b. Because she had no money to buy a rose for her mother. c. iii) 2 dollars d. ii) to graveyard |
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