It was Mother’s Day. John was so busy with his work that he couldn’t go back home. When he

It was Mother’s Day. John was so busy with his work that he couldn’t go back home. When he walked by a flower shop in the evening, an idea came to his mind. “I’ll send Mum some roses (玫瑰).”
While John was picking his flowers, a young man went inside. “How many roses can I get for only five dollars, Madam?” he asked. The shop assistant told him that roses were as expensive as forty dollars a dozen (一打). Maybe he would be happy with carnations(康乃馨). She told him they were a lot cheaper than roses.
“No, I have to have red roses,” he said, “My mum was badly ill last year and I didn’t get to spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, it has to be roses, as the rose is her favorite.”
After hearing this, John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man. Moved by both of them, the shop assistant said, “Well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you two.” Taking the roses, the young man almost jumped into the air. He thanked John, and ran out of the shop. It was well worth twenty-five dollars John paid to see the exciting moment. Then John paid for his dozen of roses and told the shop assistant to send them to his mother.
As he walked out, he felt nice. Suddenly he saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon he realized it was not a park but a cemetery (墓地). Crying, the young man carefully laid the roses, “Mum, oh, Mum, why didn’t I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.”
Seeing this, John turned and quickly walked back to the shop. He would take the flowers home himself.
【小题1】The shop assistant tried to ask the young man to buy carnations instead of roses because     .A．there were not enough roses in the shopB．carnations were much nicer than rosesC．roses were more expensive than carnationsD．carnations were special flowers for Mother’s Day【小题2】John spent      in the flower shop that day.A．$5B．$25C．$ 45D．$ 55【小题3】The young man cried at the cemetery because he     .A．had spent all his money on the rosesB．wasn’t able to tell his mother he loved her himselfC．felt sorry to ask John to pay for his flowersD．hadn’t got enough money for his sick mother【小题4】At last John decided to take the roses home himself because he wanted to     .A．tell his mother he loved herB．ask his mother for more moneyC．tell his mother the young man’s storyD．ask his mother if she liked roses【小题5】The writer wrote this passage to tell us “    ”.A．Buy roses for your mother when she is illB．Let your mother know how much you love herC．Work hard to get more money for your motherD．Send your mother flowers on Mother’s DayC