Last week, the manager of an old jeweler's shop received a letter marked "personal". As he was very busy, the letter lay on his desk till teatime. When he opened it, a $100 note fell. out onto his desk. With the note was a short letter. This is what it said:

    Dear sir,

    I got engaged (訂婚的) forty years ago. Unfortunately at that time there was a lot of unemployment and I lost my job. I was out of work for about six months before I got another one. Of course I was very short of money.

I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring one day. The assistant brought some rings for me to have a look, later she was called away, and then I put one of the rings into my pocket. When she came back, I said I did not know the size of my girlfriend's finger.

So I left the shop without paying for the ring. My wife died a month ago, and the fact that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience

 (讓我良心不安) all these years. I always feel guilty about that. At that time the ring cost $ 20, and I think that is about five times- $100 at today's price. Now I am sending you that amount.

    Yours truly,

    A customer

    After reading the letter, the manager said, "Well, well, well, life is full of surprise!"

1.The ring that the customer put into his pocket was_______ at that time.

A. $20                      B. $50             C. $100    D. $400

2.The underlined word "unemployment" means "_______" in Chinese.

A. 辭職                   B. 就業(yè)                   C. 悲傷          D. 失業(yè)

3.How long has the customer's wife been dead?

A. A week.    B. A month.             C. A year.    D. Two months.

4.Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The manager opened the letter by himself.

B. The manager thought life was full of surprise.

C. When the customer's wife knew the fact, she was impatient.

D. The customer always feels sad for not paying for the ring years ago.

  --- How long has the movie ________?

    --- About half an hour .

A. begun  B. started  C. shown  D. been on

—How long has John been here? 
— Two years, _______ he still has no friends.

—How long has your brother _________ in the army ?

—About five years.