The Bible A young man from a wealthy family was about to graduate from high school. It was the custom in that affluent neighborhood for the parents to give the graduate an automobile. Bill and his father had spent months looking at cars, and the week before graduation they found the perfect car. Bill was certain that the car would be his on graduation night. Imagine his disappointment when, on the eve of his graduation, Bill’s father handed him a gift-wrapped Bible! Bill was so angry; he threw the Bible down and stormed out of the house. He and his father never saw each other again. It was the news of his father’s death that brought Bill home again. As he sat one night, going through his father’s possessions that he was to inherit, he came across the Bible his father had given him. He brushed away the dust and opened it to find a cashier’s check, dated the day of his graduation, in the exact amount of the car they had chosen. Beckah Fink Check these words in the dictionary. affluent • disappo intm ent • gift-w rapped • storm ed • go through • possessions • brush aw ay • am ount
A Reading Read the text and complete the sentences. a. A young m an was from 1 a poor family.
2 a wealthy family.
3 an orphanage.
b. Parents always gave the graduate 1 a car. 2 the Bible.
3 a watch.
c. Looking for a car Bill and his father spent 1 a m onth. 2 a year.
3 m onths.
d. Bill’s father handed him 1 a w rapped box.
2 the Bible.
3 money.
e. Bill was so 1 happy.
2 excited.
3 furious.
f. After his father’s death Bill found 1 a cashier’s check. 2 a letter.
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3 a testam ent.
