I'll be the first to admit that I am a technophobe(對技術(shù)有恐懼感的人）.Who would have guessed that a website would help repay a 20-year-old loan?
I'1l always remember my last day at school. My best friend, Jenny, had organized a party in the Sixth
Form Common Room;
Jenny asked me to go to the supermarket with her to buy all the snacks. "I'm really looking forward to this party, Stingy," she said. Everyone called me Stingy instead of Debbie because they thought I didn't like to spend money. Actually, it was true.
"There's lots of money in the kitty(零星湊起的一筆錢）. Let's go crazy!" Going crazy meant buying enough snacks to feed an army. It came to ￡ 19.90,which was a lot of money in 1982.
Jenny gave me a guilty( 內(nèi)疚的) look. "I've left-the kitty money in the common room. Can you pay and I'll give you back the money?"
"Sure," I replied, trying to look relaxed. ' Neither a lender or a borrower be' was my motto but I didn't want to look stingy(小氣). I gave ￡20 to the impatient shop assistant.
Well, the Party was a great success. So great that I completely forgot about my loan until I was flying to America the next day.  I was going to live with my uncle's family until I started university.
I tried to get in touch with Jenny but her family had moved. My ￡20 was lost. Until...
I'd heard about a website called Friends Reunited which helped people contact old school friends.  My husband helped me log on and find my school. There she was,Jenny Frost.
I'm now married with a beautiful daughter called Debbie. Does anyone know how to get in touch with Debbie 'Stingy' Jones? I still owe her ￡20!
We met two months later and the ￡20 was returned, plus interest(利息)of course. After all, I'm a bank manager now, so loans are my business.
小題1:Why did Jenny spend a lot of money on the snacks?                                                     
A．Debbie had money.B．There was money she could use.
C．She wanted Debbie to stop being stingy.D．She wanted to be crazy.
小題2: How did Debbie get her money at last?                                                     
A．Her husband found Jenny.B．Jenny had a website on the Internet.
C．Debbie met Jenny.D．Debbie put a message on the Friends Reunited website.
小題3:We know from the passage that Jenny       .                            
A．liked parties at school and felt guilty about borrowing money
B．had fun at school but soon forgot about her school friends
C．forgot her best friend at school until she saw the Friends Reunited website
D．was forgetful about the money

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A

小題1:從“There’s lots of money in the kitty．”一句中可知她是在這種情況下才決定這么做的。
小題2:從文中的“I'd heard about…There she was．…”一段記述可知。
小題3:從Jenny在網(wǎng)上發(fā)布廣告的舉動及她的廣告語言形式可知，她多年來對她借錢一事耿耿于懷，而不是忘記了。
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