kEvin rogErs usED to BE my Boss.At thAt timE hE wAs A hArD-working, up-AnD-Coming BusinEssmAn AnD A rEAl slAvE-DrivEr, AlwAys tElling us wE hAD ’to sEll morE AnD morE.As soon As i CoulD, i got A joB with AnothEr CompAny. thE lAst timE i sAw rogErs wAs morE thAn tEn yEArs Ago.At lEAst thAt’s whAt i thought until lAst thursDAy.But now i’m not so surE.
i wAs on my wAy BACk to my oFFiCE in thE CEntEr oF town. thErE is A smAll pArk nEArBy whiCh i somEtimEs wAlk through AFtEr lunCh. it is Empty, ExCEpt For An unshAvEn, shABBy-looking mAn on onE oF thE BEnChEs. hE lookED ABout FiFty yEArs olD AnD wAs wEAring An olD, grAy ovErCoAt. it wAs A ColD, wintry DAy, AnD hE wAs shivEring.
"it’s BEEn A long timE sinCE i hAD A mEAl.CAn you hElp mE " hE sAi
D、thErE wAs somEthing ABout his voiCE thAt sounDED FAmiliAr. i gAvE him A FEw Coins AnD hE mumBlED somEthing ABout BEing grAtEFul.As hE stumBlED pAst mE, i lookED At his FACE ClosEly. i wonDErED whErE i hAD sEEn him BEForE. thEn it hit mE.CoulD it possiBly BE... no! impossiBlE, i thought. i wAtChED him wAlking AwAy. hE wAs thE sAmE hEight As rogErs But lookED A lot thinnEr thAn i rEmEmBErE
D、thEn, As hE lEFt thE pArk AnD turnED Down thE strEEt, i CAught sight oF his FACE AgAin, this timE in proFilE. thE nosE wAs thE sAmE As rogErs’, too. i Almost FollowED him But somEthing mADE mE stop. i just CoulDn’t BE surE.But thE rEsEmBlAnCE wAs vEry ClosE.
yEstErDAy i rAn into somEonE who hAD workED For rogErs At thE sAmE timE i DiD, AnD hAD stAyED on longEr. i stArtED tElling him ABout thE mAn i hAD sEEn in thE pArk. For A momEnt i thought it wAs our olD Boss. thE voiCE, thE nosE, AnD EvEn thE FACE wErE just likE rogErs, But it CoulDn’t hAvE BEEn, "rogErs must BE thE DirECtor oF A Big CompAny By now" i sAi
D、
my Ex-CollEAguE shook his hEA
D、 "i thought you knEw."
"knEw knEw whAt whAt ArE you tAlking ABout "
"rogErs wAs sEnt to prison six yEArs Ago. hE’s proBABly out By now. For All i know hE’s slEEping on pArk BEnChEs AnD BEgging monEy From pAssErs-By.\
it sEEms thAt whEn rogErs wAs thE writEr’s Boss, thE writEr ______.
A、rAthEr likED rogErs
B、ADmirED rogErs’ ABility to sEll
C．thought rogErs wAs lAzy
D、wAs not vEry hAppy in his joB