We bought a second-hand house, and that afternoon I was in the workshop of the gqrage,I noticed a part of a carpet sticking out of the ceiling of an attic(阁楼)that was strange, I found a ladder and headed up.
I climbed into the attic, As my eyes adjusted to the dark , I saw a metal container, I opened the lid and was shocked by what I saw: several rolls of money tied up in orange string , I’ve found , like $800, Awesome!
But there was more than one box of money , I found another seven boxes full to the top, plus two big black bags full of cash, I won’t lie , My first thought was that this was a bleesing from God –the means to fix up this old house; or just to uxe to make life easier for our rwo young sons , who sere seven and four ,But I knew that the right thing was to return the money to the previous owners . So I called them and asked them to come.
They were shocked, of course, not only about the money but that I was returning it , They had recently got the house from their dad and said it must have been their dad who, had hidden the money, What made him do it? I thought about the hundreds of times he had bone to his shop, cut off a length of orange string ,and bound up a roll of money , I like to think he did it for his chileren .
There were balls of that ouange stuing still hanging on the wall of the workshop when we moved in ,I used them to tie up Christmas presents last year, for my kids , I hope it reminded them of the gift greater than money that my wife and I gave them by returning the money ,We did the right thing ,and our children will never forget that.
The story took place after
A.the author got the house from his dad |
B.the author bought the house |
C.the previous owners hid the money |
D.the author’s dad sold the house |
How many boxes of cash did the author discover in the attic?
A.One box |
B.Two boxes |
C.Seven boxes |
D.Eight boxes |
What do we know about the money that the author found?
A.It would be used to fix the old house |
B.It had been hidden in the house by thieves |
C.No one was sure why it was lift in the house |
D.It made the previous owners think of their mother |
What did the author put on the outside of his children’s Christmas gifts?
A.A roll of money |
B.Balls |
C.Tie-up orange string |
D.Metal containers |
The text is mainly about a story of
A.honesty |
B.bravery |
C.wisdom |
D.love |