C
Nate suffered a hard blow when he lost his job. When he entered his house, he said to his wife Sophia, "I lost my job. I am a complete loser." "What great news!" Sophia replied. "Now you can write the book you have always wanted to write."
"But I have no job and no prospect (前途) of a job," Nate refused, completely without hope. "If I struggle to be a writer, then what will we live on?" Sophia took her husband by the hand and led him to the kitchen. Opening a drawer, she took out a box that was full of cash. "Where did you get this?" Nate was surprised. "It's ours!" Sophia said. "I always knew that one day you would become a great writer if only you were given the chance. From the money you gave me for housekeeping every week, I have saved as much as I could, so you would have the chance. Now there is enough to last us a whole year." What a surprise! What encouragement! What a wife! The unemployed husband put effort into writing in the following 12 months, and the novel he wrote became a literary masterpiece (文学巨作). The book is The Scarlet Letter (《红字》).
() 56. Which of the following can be inferred (推测) from the first paragraph?
A. Sophia was very sad to hear the news.
B. Nate was too sad to speak any more.
C. Sophia was thinking of how to encourage Nate.
D. Neither Sophia nor Nate had any idea what to do.
() 57. Sophia saved money because she .
A. wanted to move into a new house
B. was afraid of her husband
C. was very careful with money
D. was trying to help her husband in every possible way
() 58. From the passage we learn that Sophia was .
A. kind and brave
B. careful and encouraging
C. friendly and warm-hearted
D. honest and determined (有决心的)
() 59. Nate finished writing the great novel in .
A. a year
B. a month
C. half a year
D. 12 years
() 60. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Sophia's achievement
B. A great writer's struggle to success
C. A literary masterpiece
D. Failure is the mother of success