张用过的复写纸来挣一美元。”
“哦，”那位妇女回答道：“谁让你们作这样富有挑战性的搜寻的？”
“是我们保姆的男朋友。”
12.you're not going to make it
gravely ill, a man went to the doctor with his wife. after the
examination the physician motioned for the wife to meet him in the
hallway.
"your husband is very sick, " the doctor said, "but there are
three things you can do to ensure his survival. first, fix him three
healthful, delicious meals a day. next, give him a stress-free
environment , and don't complain about anything. finally, make
passionate love to him every day.
on the drive home the husband asked, "what did the doctor say?"
"i'm sorry, " she said, "but you're not going to make it.
notes:
(1) gravely adv.特别严重地
(2) physician n.医生
(3) motion v.以动作或手示意
(4) ensure v.保证
(5) survival n.生存
(6) stress-free adj.没有压力的
(7) complain（about）v.抱怨；发牢骚
(8) passionate adj.热烈的
exercises:
根据短文填空：
1_____ .ill, a man went to the doctor with his wife.
2 after the examination the physician _____ for the wife to
meet him in the hallway.
3 next, give him a _____environment.
4 make passionate love_____ him every day.
5 from the passage, we can see that the wife didn't______ the
husband.
12.你活不成了
一个人得了重病，妻子伴随他去看医生。检查过后，医生示意病人
的妻子到走廊见他。
“你丈夫病得很重，”医生说，“但有三件事可保住他的性命。第
一，一日三餐，要营养美味。第二，给他一个轻松的环境，不要抱怨。
第三，每天都对他倾注炽热的爱。”
在驱车回家的路上，丈夫问道：“医生说了什么？”“很遗憾，”
说，“你活不成了。”
13. a pleasant surprise
a friend of mine had been wanting new kitchen cabinets for along
time, but her husband insisted they were an extravagance. she went
to visit her mother for two weeks, and when she returned, she was
overjoyed to find that beautiful new cabinets had been installed.
a few days later a neighbor came over to visit my friend. after
admiring the new cabinets, the neighbor added, "all of us were so
glad that the fire your husband had while you were gone was confined
to the kitchen. "
notes:
(1) cabinet n. 橱柜
(2) extravagance n.奢侈
(3) overjoyed adj.大为高兴的；极为开心的
(4) install v.安装
(5) be confined to 限制；限于范围内
exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、误（f）：
1 the husband didn't want to buy new cabinets because they
were very expensive.
2 the wife was angry, so she went to her mother's home.
3 white the wife was away, the husband decided to give his
wife a pleasant surprise.
4 the husband had a fire while the wife was away.
5 the fire burnt all the new cabinets that had just been
installed.
13.惊喜
我朋友有很长一段时间一直想在厨房添置一些厨柜，但她丈夫坚持
说这是铺张浪费。她去娘家过了两周，回到家来，发现厨房里新添置了
漂亮的厨柜，这令她喜出望外。
几天后，邻居来拜访我朋友。欣赏了新厨柜后，邻居说：“你不在
家的时候，你丈夫弄失了火。我们都深感庆幸只是厨房遭了殃。”
14. a clever dog
a dog owner claimed that his pet, when given money, would go
to the news stall to buy a paper. his friend insisted on a
demonstration and handed the dog some money - the dog trotted off,
but an hour later he had still not returned with the paper.
"how much did you give him?" asked the owner.
"five dollars.
"well, that explains it. when you give him five dollars, he
goes to a movie."
notes:
(1) claim v.声称
(2) when given money 是 when he
was given money 的省略
(3) news stall n.售报亭
(4) insist on 坚持
(5) demonstration n.演示
(6) trot off 小步跑开
exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
1 what could the dog do, according the owner, when it was given
money?
a. it could trot.
b. it could understand the news.
c. it could go to the news stall to buy a paper.
d. it could tell the news on a paper.
2 why did his friend insist on a demonstration?
a. because he had a doubt about it.
b. because he wanted to see whether this dog was as good as
his .
c. because he had too much money to know how to spend it.
d. because he liked this game.
3 how much money should the man give the dog to make him buy
a paper?
a. one dollar
b. two dollars
c. five dollars
d. it didn't say.
4 how long did the two men wait for the dog to return?
a. half an hour
b. one hour
c. one and a half hour
d. two hours
5 where did the dog go, according to the owner?
a. to the news stall.
b. to the owner's house.
c. to the cinema
d. it was missing.
14.聪明狗
一位养狗人宣称：要是给了爱犬钱，它便会到卖报亭买份报纸来。
他的朋友坚持要来个演示，并给了狗一些钱。狗一溜小跑着去了。但一
个小时过去了，仍不见它带报纸回来。
“你给了它多少钱？”狗的主人问。
“五元。”
“这就是了。你给它五元钱时，它就去看电影。”
15. it seemed like hours
as a band instructor at an elementary school, i require my
students to turn in practice sheets signed by their parents so i
can be sure they are putting in enough time. i had to laugh, however,
when one parent wrote on her child's sheet, "practiced 17 minutes,
but it seemed like hours.
notes:
(1) band n.乐队
(2) instructor n.指挥
(3) turn in 上交；归还
(4) signed by their parents:由他们的父母签名的。这是一个分
词短语作定语修饰sheets.
(5) so i can be sure they are putting in enough time:这样我
才能确定他们投入了足够的时间。这是so that 引导的目的状语从句，
其中that 省略。
exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、误（f）：
1 the author is a member of the musical band at the elementary
school.
2 the instructor requires the students to hand in practice
sheets once a month.
3 the purpose of the instructor's