lots of love-on your very last
birthday.
notes:
(1) approach v. 接近(4) florist n. 花商；经营花卉业者
(2) protest v. 反对(5) glance at 瞥视；匆匆一看
(3) go along with 同意(6) attach v. 附上；系上
exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、误（f）：
1 the mother was more than 50 when she decided that she no
longer wanted to celebrate her birthday.
2 she still hoped that her children could send her gifts.
3 the mother was very glad to see the florist delivering a
huge, beautiful plant.
4 the florist felt sad because she thought that the woman was
going to die.
5 the florist mistook the meaning of the words on the card.
47.最后的生日
接近五十岁的时候，我对我的三个成年孩子宣布说我不再想庆祝我
的生日，并说他们可以给我打电话，不要再送礼物。开始他们反对，但
终于他们同意随我愿。所以我生日那天早上门铃响的时候，我惊奇地发
现花店营业员送来一束又大又美的鲜花。突然她一声不响地跑回到车
上，并回过头来悲哀地看了我一眼。我感到纳闷，我看了一下花上的卡
片，上面写着：“献给妈妈——无尽的爱——在您最后的生日里。”
48.good thing he has you
while i was talking to a parent of one of my third-grade
students, another teacher walked by. the mother, remarking how
beautiful the woman was, said, "if my son had her for a teacher,
he wouldn't be able to concentrate. " then she paused and added,
"good thing he has you. "
notes:
(1) remark v. 谈起
(2) concentrate v. 集中注意力于；专心于
exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
1 the teacher was talking to a parent o one a parent of one
of her ______students.
a. first-grade
b. second-grade
c. third-grade
d. fourth-grade
2 what happened when they were talking?
a. the student came in.
b. the headmaster asked the teacher to go to his office.
c. the bell rang for a break .
d. another woman teacher came by.
3 what did the mother think of the woman passing by?
a. she thought that the woman was ugly .
b. she thought that the woman was too noisy.
c. she thought that the woman taught badly.
d. she thought that the woman was very pretty.
4 why wouldn't the mother like the pretty woman to teach her
son?
a. although she wag pretty, she was not competent for her job.
b. the students would be attracted by her beauty instead of
her teaching.
c. the students didn't like a pretty woman to teach them.
d. the pretty woman was not so kind to her students.
5 the mother' s words "good thing he has you" implies
that_____ .
a. the teacher was not pretty
b. the teacher was too kind
c. the teacher was very good at her teaching
d. the mother liked the teacher very much
48.有你教他真好
在我和一位三年级学生的母亲交谈时，另一位老师从旁边走过。那
位母亲评论说那女教师真美，她说：“如果由她教我儿子的话，他一定
不能认真听课的。”她停顿了一下，又加了一句：“有你教他真好。”
49. do me a favor
the mechanic was very busy when i took my car in for repairs,
so i settled down in the waiting room with a book i'd brought along.
the mechanic was in and out answering calls, and at one point he
stopped and looked at me . "would you do me a favor and flip back
a few pages when someone comes in? that way it won't look as if
you've been here all day."
notes:
(1) mechanic n.汽车修理师
(2) settle down 安适地坐下或躺
(3) do sb a favor 帮助某人
(4) flip v.以指捻
exercises:
根据短文填空
1 the mechanic was very busy when i took my car ______ repairs.
2 so i______ down in the waiting room with a book i'd
brought_____ .
3 the mechanic was ______ and ______answering calls.
4 would you do me a favor and ______back a few pages when
someone comes ______?
5 that way it won't look_____ _____ you've been here all day.
49.请帮个忙
我把车拖去修理，机械师很忙。所以我就坐在接待室，拿出我随身
带来的书读，机械师出出进进地打招呼。有一次，他停下来看了看我说：
“你能帮我个忙吗？有人进来时，把书翻回几页行吗？那样的话，就不
会看上去你在这儿呆了一整天了。”
50. point of no return
my husband ordered home delivery of our local newspaper.
because we live in rural area where no street numbers are used,
i was concerned that the carrier would have trouble finding us.
sure enough, we missed delivery several days despite frequent calls
to the circulation department. finally i phoned to cancel the
subscription. "you'll have to tell me your exact location," the
woman on the line said. "we can't cancel the subscription unless
we know where you live.
notes:
(1) delivery n.递送
(2) rural area 乡村
(3) concerned adj.焦虑的；担心的
(4) have trouble doing sth 做某事有麻烦
(5) despite prep.不管；不顾
(6) frequent adj.时常发生的；惯常的
(7) circulation n.发行
(8) subscription n.订阅
exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
1 where did the family live?
a. in the countryside
b. in the suburbs
c. in the urban area
d. near the circulation department of the local newspaper
2 what was the wife worried about?
a. she was worried about the quality of the newspaper.
b. she was worried that the carrier would deliver their
newspaper to someone else.
c. she was worried that the carrier would find difficulty in
finding them.
d. she was worried that the newspaper might not be interesting
enough.
3 what happened to them after their ordering?
a. they got the newspaper.
b. the newspaper was cancelled.
c. the circulation department refused to deliver the newspaper
to them.
d. for several days they missed delivery.
4 what did they finally decide to do?
a. they decided to cancel the subscription.
b. they decided to cancel the newspaper.
c. they