A young mall was in love with a beautiful girl．One day she said to him，“It is my birthday tomorrow．”“Oh，”said the young man，“I’ll send you roses，one rose for each year of your life．”

    That evening he went to the flower shop．As he knew the girl was twenty-two years old，he paid for twenty-two roses and asked the shop assistant to send them to the girl the next day．

    The assistant of the flower shop knew the young man very well because he often bought flowers in his shop before．When the young man left the shop，the assistant thought，“The young man is very kind to me．He often comes to buy my flowers．In return I’ll send ten more roses’’

    He did so．The next morning thirty-two roses were sent to the girl．When the young man came to see her，she didn’t want to speak to him．And he never knew why she was so angry with him．

1．__________sent the roses to the girl．

A．The young man                                                 B．The assistant

C．Another young man                                    D．We don’t know who

2．When the young girl received the roses．she was __________．

A．very angry              B very excited               C．very happy             D．sad

3．From the story we know that __________．

A．roses should be sent for one’s birthday

B．one may do something wrong even out of kindness

C．young people are often angry with each other

D．some girls don’t like roses

4．Why did the assistant send ten more roses?

A．Because he was a fool．

B．Because he was thankful．

C．Because the young man asked him to send ten more roses．

D．Because he loved the girl．