Helping hands

Jane Warner’s husband, Jack, was sent to prison for two years for stealing. While he was in prison, Jane had a very difficult time.

She had two children, but no job. Her husband, of course, did not make any money either. The only money she had was a small amount from the government.

“I don’t know how we will manage,” she wrote to her husband in prison. “I get only enough money to pay the rent (租金). There isn’t enough money for food. I think I’ll have to plant vegetables in the garden. They’ll grow quickly. We can live on vegetables.”

The garden was quite large, and much of it was covered with grass.

When Jack Warner received his wife’s letter, he replied to her immediately.

“Don’t dig up the garden,” he wrote. “That’s where the money I stole is hidden.”

All letters written by the prisoners were read by one of the guards before they were mailed.

When the guard read Jack’s letter, he took it to the head guard.

When the head guard read it, he telephoned the police. He told them what Jack had written to his wife.

The police immediately went to Jack’s house. They took forks and shovels (铲) with them. They dug up the garden, looking for the money, but they did not find anything.

When they had gone, Mrs. Warner wrote to her husband.

“The police came today,” she wrote. “They dug up all the grass. What should I do?”

Her husband wrote back immediately, “Plant the vegetables.”

Choose the best answer according to the passage.

1. Where did Jane’s money come from?

A. Her husband.      B. Her job. 

C. Her family.             D. The government.

2. Why did she decide to plant vegetables?

A. She liked them. 

B. The family could eat them.

C. The children didn’t like meat. 

D. She had too much money.

3. Why did the police come to Jack’s house?

A. They wanted to arrest (逮捕) his wife. 

B. They were looking for the money Jack stole.

C. The head guard had told them to. 

D. They wanted to help dig the garden.

4. Why did Jack lie about hiding the money in the garden?

A. To trick the police into digging up the garden.

B. So the police wouldn’t guess where the money really was.

C. To make Jane dig up the garden.

D. To make the police plant the vegetables.

【答案】（反白可见）：DBBA