A. praise B. thanks C. invitation D. congratulation
D
My wife, Nell, and I wanted to rent a car in Florida’s Tampa airport. When asked how I was going to pay, I opened my purse to get my credit card (信用卡). It wasn’t there!
Nell and I looked at each other in shocked silence. Then, from the line behind us, a voice asked, “How much do you need?” When I said we would need $300 to get us through our first week, the kind man gave us the needed money. We discovered he and his wife were returning home to Toronto a couple of weeks later on the same flight as we were, so we made sure to see them to return the money and give them a gift to thank them.
I later found out I had left my card at a garage (加油站) in Toronto a week before our vacation. When I called the garage, they actually sent the card to us where it arrived safely just a few days later.
Tom, North York, Ontario
I travelled by bus to Halifax to visit my brother George. met me at the terminal (终点站), we caught another bus to
After he had his house. in Florida,
We got off so quickly, though, that I forgot my purse. George ran after the bus but couldn’t catch up to it.
Then I phoned the bus terminal to explain what had happened. Being in a city where I knew only a few people, I really didn’t think I’d ever see my purse and money again. But a few hours later there came a knock on the door. It was a security officer (保安), and he was holding my purse!
“A passenger gave it to our driver,” he said. And then he asked me to see if anything was missing; everything was still there.
Connie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
31. What happened to Tom? A. His credit card didn’t work. B. He forgot to take his purse.