Once I received a thank-you note from a friend whom I had helped. In the envelope were five lottery¹ tickets that had been scratched, revealing the numbers. "Thank you very much for your help," the note read. "As a gift, I bought you some lottery tickets- sorry you didn't win. "

 

Notes:

 

　　(1) lottery n.彩票

 

　　(2) scratch v.刮

 

　　(3) reveal v.显出

 

Exercises:

 

根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：

 

　　① The author received a thank-you note from one of his relatives.

 

　　② The author had helped one of his friends.

 

　　③ In the envelope were six lottery tickets.

 

　　④ The lottery tickets were given to the author as a gift.

        ⑤ The lottery tickets had not been scratched.

 

133.一封感谢信

 

　　有一次，我收到一封感谢信，是一个我曾帮助过的朋友寄来的。信封内有五张彩票，都被刮过了，露出了数字。“非常感谢您的帮助，”信上写道，“作为礼物，我给您买了些彩票----真遗憾，您没中奖。”

 

练习参考答案：

 

①F②T③F④T⑤F

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