One day my 5-year-old daughter, Mini, ran to the window crying: “A Cabuliwallah! A Cabuliwallah（從喀布爾來的水果商販）!” In the street below was a Cbuliwallah,
1 slowly along. Mini called him loudly but when he looked at her，she ran away,
2 . Shortly after this, the two became friends. They started to
3 together, laughing and talking. Mini’s new friend would give her sweets and nuts,
4 the little money he had on her.The Cabuliwallah, called Rahmum, would joke: “Well, little one, when are you going to the father-in-law’s house?” Mini did not understand this and was
5 .
One morning, I heard noise in the street, and saw Rahmum being led
6 by the police. There were bloodstains on his clothes. I gathered that a neighbor had
7 Rahmum money for a shawl (披肩)but had falsely
8 having bought it, and that in the course of the quarrel Rahmum had struck him. On a charge of murderous attack, Rahmum was
9 to jail.
Time passed, and he was not remembered. Mini grew up and we were making
10 for her wedding. I was sitting in my study when someone entered. It was Rahmum,
11 from prison.
12 recognizable now, he asked to see Mini and said that all those years ago she had
13 him of his own daughter in Kabul. It was his belief that Mini was still the same. He had
14 her running to him calling “Cabuliwallah!”. He had imagined that they would laugh and talk together. In fact, he had brought her,
15 in paper, a few nuts and grapes. The two were
16 but Mini had grown up. She now understood the meaning of the word “father-in-law,” and when he made this joke once more she was
17 in the face at the question. He could not revive(還原) their old friendship.
When Rahmum left, I gave him a bank note, saying:“Go back to your own daughter, and
18 the happiness of your meeting bring good fortune to my child! ”
Having made this present, I had to
19 the electric lights and the military band I had
20 for the wedding and the ladies in the house were disappointed. But to me the wedding feast was all the brighter for the thought that in a distant land a long-lost father met again with his child.
| 小題1: | | A．running | B．passing | C．driving | D．taking |
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| 小題2: | | A．scared | B．excited | C．interested | D．disappointed |
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| 小題3: | | A．put out | B．set out | C．take out | D．hang out |
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| 小題4: | | A．paying | B．spending | C．offering | D．wasting |
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| 小題5: | | A．angry | B．joyful | C．puzzled | D．upset |
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| 小題7: | | A．lent | B．stolen | C．borrowed | D．owed |
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| 小題8: | | A．admitted | B．denied | C．declined | D．refused |
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| 小題9: | | A．abused | B．taken | C．sentenced | D．accused |
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| 小題10: | | A．appointments | B．jokes | C．plans | D．arrangements |
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| 小題11: | | A．released | B．escaped | C．come | D．removed |
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| 小題12: | | A．Immediately | B．Hardly | C．Directly | D．Instantly |
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| 小題13: | | A．thought | B．approved | C．reminded | D．informed |
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| 小題14: | | A．observed | B．seen | C．spotted | D．pictured |
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| 小題15: | | A．picked up | B．wrapped up | C．brought up | D．held up |
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| 小題16: | | A．reunited | B．connected | C．joined | D．combined |
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| 小題19: | | A．give up | B．give off | C．give in | D．give out |
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| 小題20: | | A．designed | B．made | C．intended | D．expected |
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