There’s no danger of 88-year-old Harry Ward forgetting his wife Doris’s Valentine’s Day card – the couple still use the same one he bought her 70 years ago.
When 17-year-old Harry Ward presented Doris with a Valentine’s Day card as he boarded a train to join the wartime effort on February 14, 1941, he must have been fairly confident about his affections(钟爱). After all the couple had been dating since they met in a café three months earlier.
But little can he have imagined that 70 years on, not only would he still be happy about having married Doris, but that every year she would present him with the very same card he gave her that Valentine’s Day. “I bring it out of the cupboard and put it on our mantelpiece（壁炉台）every Valentine’s Day,” she said. “It’s a special to me now as it was 70 years ago. Harry has never bought me one since, because I have this one every year.”
They first met in a café. “Harry was in the café drinking and he said hello. He asked me my name and we got talking happily. He offered to walk me to the bus stop but when we got outside, a bombing raid（突然袭击）had started and we had to run to a nearby air-raid shelter（防空洞）,” Doris said.
Mr. Ward said,“I knew Doris was the one for me the moment I met her. I gave her the Valentine’s card then and she is still my Valentine now.” Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time.
“Harry is quite romantic and we are as still in love as the day he first gave me this card,”Dorris said.
【小题1】When did the couple first meet?A．In 1940.B．In 1939.C．In 1941.D．In 1942【小题2】Why does Mrs. Ward always use the same Valentine’s Day card?A．She is an environmentalist.B．She can’t afford a new one.C．She values the card very much.D．She doesn’t want to waste money.【小题3】What do we know about the 70-year-old Valentine’s Day card?A．It was first given to Doris on a plane.B．It is usually kept in their cupboardC．It was made by hand by Mr. Ward.D．It is sent to Doris by post every year.【小题4】By saying “Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time.”, the author means .A．The card records their romanceB．The card will still be used in futureC．They both treasure the very cardD．Their affections are still strongA
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(答案→)A
解析：本文讲述的是一对结婚多年的老夫妻仍然保存着以前的情人节卡片，说明两人之间浓浓的爱情。
【小题1】A 推理题。根据“It’s a special to me now as it was 70 years ago.以及When 17-year-old Harry Ward presented Doris with a Valentine’s Day card as he boarded a train to join the wartime effort on February 14, 1941。可知是在1940年买的。
【小题2】C 推理题。根据文章第三段最后一句“It’s a special to me now as it was 70 years ago. Harry has never bought me one since, because I have this one every year.”可知这张卡片对于她来说和70年前一样珍贵。故C正确。
【小题3】B 细节题。根据地三段2,3行“I bring it out of the cupboard and put it on our mantelpiece（壁炉台）every Valentine’s Day,”可知她把这张卡片放在柜子里。故B正确。
【小题4】D 推理题。根据文章倒数第二段I gave her the Valentine’s card then and she is still my Valentine now.” Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time可知实际上他们之间仍然存在着浓浓的爱意。故D正确。