Rama worked for more than 16 hours a day. His kids weren’t able to see him face to face every day. At first, the kids liked Sundays as his father would spend the whole day with them. Unluckily, to meet the increasing household expenses, Rama took on a weekend job. He has to work even on Sundays. The kids were very shattered and so were Rama’s wife and parents!

A year passed, and the family moved to a new house. They lived a better life. However, as usual, Rama continued to work all day to make more money. One day his wife asked him, “Why are you running for money? We can be happy with what we have now.” Rama replied, “I want to give the best in the world to all of you and want you to stay happy always.”

Quickly, Rama’s family was one of the richest families in the city. They went to their beach house to spend their vacation. His daughter asked, “Dad, will you please spend one day at home and stay with us here?” Rama replied, “Yes, tomorrow for sure, I will join you for lunch and be with you all for next few days!”

Unluckily, the next day, none in Rama’s family were alive as they were washed out in Tsunami (海啸)! Rama was too busy even to hear the news about Tsunami. When he tried to reach his beach house, he could not even find the dead bodies of his family. He could never have them again! He could not even see them and even by paying millions he could never get them back to life!

He remembered his wife’s words, “Why are you running for money? We can be happy with what we have now.”

1.What does the underlined word “shattered” mean?

A Afraid.

B Excited.

C Shocked.

D Upset.

解析：选D。D词义猜测题。根据前面的“the kids liked Sundays as his father would spend the whole day with them”可知，孩子们喜欢星期天，因为他的父亲会和他们一起度过一整天。不幸的是，罗摩后来在周日也会工作，因此孩子们很沮丧。故选D。

2.How was Rama’s family later?

A Clean.

B Dirty.

C Rich.

D Poor.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第二段的“A year passed, and the family moved to a new house. They lived a better life. ”和第三段第一句“Quickly, Rama’s family was one of the richest families in the city.”可知，他们家变得很富有。故选C。

3.Where did the family go for vacation?

A To the seaside.

B To the park.

C To the mountain.

D To the forest.

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“They went to their beach house to spend their vacation.”可知，罗摩的家人去他们的海滨别墅度假，即他们去了海边。故选A。

4.Why didn’t Rama find his family?

A Because they didn’t want to go on vacation.

B Because they were washed out in Tsunami.

C Because they went to where Rama worked.

D Because they went back home early.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第四段第一句中的“none in Rama’s family were alive as they were washed out in Tsunami”可知，罗摩的家人在海啸中被冲走了。故选B。

5.What is the theme of the passage?

A Health or Family?

B Travel or Family?

C Money or Travel?

D Money or Family?

解析：选D。D 主旨大意题。结合全文内容可知，罗摩为了赚钱，却没有时间陪伴他的家人，后来他的家人因为海啸全部丧命，罗摩却悔之晚矣。本文主要讨论了在赚钱和家人之间的抉择。故选D。