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1、Passage 1How Old Is She?A woman was having some trouble with her heart, so she went to see the doctor. He was a new doctor, and did not know her, so he first asked some questions, and one of them was, “How old are you?”“Well,” she answered, “I dont remember, doctor, but I will try to think.” She tho
2、ught for a minute and then said, “Yes, I remember now, doctor! When I married, I was eighteen years old, and my husband was thirty. Now my husband is sixty, I know. And that is twice thirty. So I am twice eighteen. That is thirty-six, isnt it?”Passage 2But the Chinese Did!One day Tom said to one of
3、his friends, “Im going to have a holiday in Peking. But I dont speak Chinese, so Ill go to evening classes and have Chinese lessons for a month before I go.”He studied very hard for a month, and then his holidays began and he went to China.When he came back a few weeks later, his friend said to him,
4、 “Did you have any trouble with your Chinese when you were in Peking, Tom?”“No, I didnt have any trouble with it,” answered Tom. “But the Chinese did!”Passage 3There Is Something Very Nice Inside Your DrumIt was Jimmys birthday, and he was five years old. He got quite a lot of nice birthday presents
5、 from his family, and one of them was a beautiful big drum.“Who gave him that thing?” Jimmys father said when he saw it.“His grandfather did,” answered Jimmys mother.“Oh,” said his father.Of course, Jimmy liked his drum very much. He made a terrible noise with it, but his mother did not mind. His fa
6、ther was working during the day, and Jimmy was in bed when he got home in the evening, so he did not hear the noise.But one of the neighbors did not like the noise at all, so one morning a few days later, she took a sharp knife and went to Jimmys house while he was hitting his drum. She said to him,
7、 “Hello, Jimmy. Do you know, there is something very nice inside your drum. Heres a knife. Open the drum and lets find it.”Passage 4How Did You Lose Your Way?Mrs. Browns old grandfather lived with her and her husband. Every morning he went for a walk in the park and came home at half past twelve for
8、 his lunch.But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs. Browns house at twelve oclock, and two policemen helped Mr. Brown to get out. One of them said to Mrs. Brown, “The poor old gentleman lost his way in the park and telephoned to us for help, so we sent a car to bring him home.” Mrs. Brown w
9、as very surprised, but she thanked the policemen and they left.“But, Grandfather,” she then said, “you have been to that park nearly every day for twenty years. How did you lose your way there?”The old man smiled, closed one eye and said, “I didnt quite lose my way. I just got tired and I didnt want
10、 to walk home!”Passage 5How to Make Everybody HappyPeters uncle lived in the country. Once Peter went to stay with him for a few weeks. Whenever they went for a walk or for a drive in the car and they passed somebody, his uncle waved. Peter was surprised, and said, “Uncle George, you know everybody
11、here. Where did you meet them all?”“I dont know all these people,” said his uncle.“Then why do you wave to them?” asked Peter.“Well, Peter,” answer his uncle, “when I wave to someone and he knows me, he is pleased. He continues his journey with a happier heart. But when I wave to someone and he does
12、nt know me, he is surprised and says to himself, Who is that man? Why did he wave to me? So he has something to think about during the rest of his journey, and that makes his journey seem shorter. So I make everybody happy.”Passage 6 Stop Eating Fried PotatoesMrs. Jenkins went to her doctor one day,
13、 because her heart was giving her trouble.The doctor listened to her heart carefully and did a few other things. Then he said, “Well, Mrs. Jenkins, stop smoking, and then you will soon be quite all right again.”“But doctor,” answered Mrs. Jenkins quickly, “Ive never smoked. I dont like smoking.”“Oh,
14、 well,” said the doctor, “then dont drink any more alcohol.”“But I dont drink alcohol,” answered Mrs. Jenkins at once.“Stop drinking tea and coffee then,” the doctor said to her.“I only drink water,” answered Mrs. Jenkins. “I dont like tea or coffee.”The doctor thought for a few seconds and then sai
15、d, “Well, er do you like fried potatoes?”“Yes, I like them very much,” answered Mrs. Jenkins.“All right, then stop eating those,” said the doctor as he got up to say goodbye to Mrs. Jenkins.Passage 7 Men and Women Are Equal NowA young woman got on a bus. There were no vacant seats on the bus, so she
16、 stood beside a young man sitting near a window. After a few minutes, the man looked around and stood up. However, to his great surprise, the woman pushed him back into his seat without saying anything. The man looked at the woman in bemusement but said nothing. After a while, the man stood up again; and again, the woman pushed him back. The man was mo
