so he bought a 3 one in the next street. There was a very nice, old clock in his 4 house, and when the
man came to take his things to the new house, John thought, "I"m not going to let them 5 my beautiful old
clock in their truck. Perhaps they will break it, and then it will be very expensive to repair it." So he 6 and
began to carry it down the road in his arms.
It was heavy, so he stopped two or three times to have 7 . Then suddenly a small boy came along the
road. He stopped and looked at John for 8 seconds. Then he said to John, "You"re a 9 , aren"t you?
10 don"t you buy a watch like everyone else?"
6. A 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. B
(烤鹅) as a present. He had not had 1 to eat that day, and soon the 2 of the roast goose became too
much for him as (当…时) he 3 it to the king, so he ate one of its legs.
When he came before the king and gave him the goose, the king 4 saw that it had only one leg.
Now, the king 5 was born with one bad leg, so he had never been able to 6 properly (正常地).
When he saw the goose with only one leg, he thought the farmer had 7 this to laugh at him. Of course
he was very 8 . The farmer was told that if anybody laughed at the king, he would be 9 at once.
"Where is 10 leg of the goose?" the king asked.
"All the geese (goose的复数) in this 11 of the country have one leg only," the farmer answered.
"Do you think I"m a fool (傻子)?" the king shouted. " 12 ," said the farmer, "if you look out of the
window, you will see geese with one leg by the 13 ."
The king looked, and there the geese were 14 on one leg beside the water. The king at once told
one of his men to 15 them with a big stick, and of course, they 16 their other legs and ran away.
"There," said the king. "You were lying (说谎). That 17 that the geese here have two legs, like all
other 18 in the country."
"But it doesn"t show anything," answered the farmer, "if your men threw a big stick like that at me, I
would grow two 19 legs myself to help me to run away 20 ."
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!
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
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