Mr. Green heard that a certain government department (政府部门) wanted a clerk (职员), 1 he
wrote and 2 the position (职位). But while he was waiting for 3 , a friend of his introduced (介绍)
him to the head of the department. And the head at once gave him 4 .
Several months 5 , 6 Mr. Green was working in the department, he got a letter from his old
address. This letter said:
"Dear Sir,
We are 7 to have to tell you that we cannot offer (提供) you the work in this department because
we do not think that you would 8 do the job successfully (成功地). Yours Faithfully," Mr. Green laughed,
but when he looked at the letter more 9 he was 10 to see that he signed (签名) it himself!
6. C 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. D
Marie"s mother made an unusual cake. She put four small coins (硬币) into 2 . The four small coins
were for good 3 .
After dinner Marie and her 4 ate the cake. When they 5 the cake, there were three coins on
the table. One coin was 6 . Marie"s mother didn"t notice that.
After Christmas Marie got 7 . She coughed and couldn"t speak. Six weeks later she felt 8 ,
but she 9 couldn"t speak. So Marie went to the hospital.
Doctors at the hospital 10 Marie. They took an X-ray (X光). Marie"s mother asked the doctors,
"Why can"t Marie 11 ?" The doctor said, "We don"t know. Maybe she will speak again. Maybe she won"t.
We"re 12 , but we can"t help her."
For twelve years Marie didn"t speak. She 13 and got a job. But she never spoke.
One day when Marie was 25 years old, she got ill. She began to cough. She coughed up a lot of blood
(血). She also coughed up 14 small and black from her throat (喉咙). What was it? Marie didn"t know.
She took it to the hospital. A doctor said, "This is a coin."
The doctor told Marie, "I 15 you can speak again." Soon Marie began talking.
to the British Broadcasting Corporation (the BBC) to make an important speech to the nation.
An hour before the time of this speech, he stopped a taxi in the street and asked the driver to take him to
the BBC, but the taxi driver, who did not recognize him, said he could not take him anywhere just then,
because he wanted to go back to his home at the other end of London to hear Churchill make a speech on the
radio. Churchill was so pleased when he heard this . Churchill answered that he gave the man a pound, which
was worth quite a lot in those days.
"All right, get in," said the driver happily, opening the door of the taxi. "I"ll take you, and to hell with
(让…见鬼去) Churchilland his speech!"
B. American Prime Minister
C. Chinese Prime Minister
D. French Prime Minister
to take him to the _______.
Walking in the street, Richard didn"t know where to go. His hometown was about 400 miles away.
He used to have little food. So he came to this city. But nobody would use a man who could neither read
nor write. It began to snow and soon the ground turned white. He felt a little warm when he was passing
a restaurant. He stood at the gate, but a policeman saw him and made him leave.
The young man was hungry and cold . He was afraid of dying in such bad weather.He went in a
supermarket. It was quite warm in it. He knew he would soon be driven out. He thought for a while and
had an idea. He looked around. The salesgirl was busy serving (为…服务) a rich man. He put on a coat
quickly and hurried off. Bad luck! Another salesgirl found it. Of course, he was caught and sent to a police
station. He understood the prison (监狱) was waiting for him.
"Were you thinking of anything while you were stealing the coat, young man?" asked an officer.
"Yes, sir" answered Richard," I would have a warm coat unless (除非) I was caught; In case (万一)
I would able to live in a warm room!"
B. find a job
C. find a warm place
D. steal a coat
know and do that. One day he again fell asleep 2 . When he woke up, one of the 3 , Tom, asked
him, "Why did you fall asleep in class just now, dear sir?"
Mr. Brown"s face turned 4 . "I…I…The Sungod (太阳) asked me to visit him in my dream." he
said.
Tom wanted to say something, 5 he said nothing. The next day, Tom also 6 in class.
When the teacher saw him, he 7 Tom up and asked him, "Why did you fall asleep in class and
not 8 me, Tom?"
Tom answered with a smile on his 9 , "The Sungod asked me to visit him, too." The teacher
became 10 when he heard this and asked, "What did he say to you, then?"
He told me he didn"t see you yesterday.
put out his tongue, and the doctor looked at it quickly.
"OK. You can put your tongue back now," the doctor said. "It"s clear what"s wrong with you. You
need more exercise."
"But, doctor," the man said, "I don"t think…"
"Don"t tell me what you think," the doctor said. "I am the doctor, not you. I know what you need.
I see hundreds of people like you. None of them get any exercise. They sit in offices all day and in front
of the TV in the evening. What you need is to walk quickly for at least 20 minutes a day."
"Doctor, you don"t understand," the patient said. "I…"
"I don"t want to hear any excuses," the doctor said. "You must find time for exercise. If you don"t,
you will get fat and have health problems when you are older."
"But I walk every day," the patient said.
"Oh, yes, and I know what kind of walking that is. You walk a few feet to the train station from
your house, a few more feet from the station to your office, and a few more feet from your office to a
restaurant for lunch and back. That is not real walking. I"m talking about a walk in the park for twenty
minutes every day."
"Will you listen to me, doctor!" the patient shouted, getting angry with his doctor who thought he
knew everything. "I"m a mailman," the patient went on, "and I walk for seven hours every day!" For a
moment the doctor was silent, then he said quietly, "Put your tongue out again, will you?"
B. to exercise
C. to show his tongue
D. to see hundreds of other patients
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