考试那一天到来了，多纳尔德坐在布思·史密斯的旁边。
布恩是班里数学学得最好的学生。
多纳尔德仔细地把布恩的答案抄下来。
考试结束后，老师把卷子收上去，开始判分。
判完后，她说：“好，同学们，我已决定给得最高分的同学奖励。
然而我不知该奖励哪一个，因为两个学生，多纳尔德和布恩，都得了一
样的分数。”
“让他们两个都得奖励吧，”一个学生说。
“我想过这样办，”老师说，“但我打算奖励布恩。”
多纳尔德听到这话非常生气。
他站起来说：“这不公平。我和他得的分数是一样的。”
“是这样的，”老师说，“然而，布恩的第18 题的答案是‘我不知
道’。你的是‘我也不知道’。”
60. which one to call back
after i took office as mayor of a small kentucky city, an
unfortunate incident precipitated some hateful phone calls to my
home. one night while i was conducting a city-council meeting, my
wife answered the phone.
"is this the home of bert may, the mayor?" a woman's voice
asked.
when my wife explained that i was at a meeting and would return
her call if she left a name and number, the caller said. "that's
confidential. this is his girlfriend. "
my wife, knowing this was all a ruse, calmly responded, "lady,
if you don't leave your name and number, he won't know which one
to cal i back
notes:
(1) take office 任职(4) confidential adj. 保密的
(2) precipitate v. 使突然发生(5) ruse n. 欺诈
(3) conduct v. 主持
exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
1 what did the husband take office as?
a. president of a big company
b. mayor of a big city
c. mayor of a small city
d. mayor of kentucky
2 what happened after he took office?
a. an unfortunate incident
b. an earthquake
c. the opening ceremony of a company
d. his wife got ill
3.. the word "precipitate" in "an unfortunate incident
precipitated some hateful phones to my home" probably means _____.
a. to return
b. to receive
c. to initiate
d. to get
4 why wouldn't the woman on the line leave her name and number?
a. because she had no name or number.
b. because she was not allowed to do so by her husband.
c. because she was too nervous to remind herself of her name
and number.
d. because she was just playing a dirty trick.
5 from the passage we can see that _____.
a. the mayor had many girlfriends
b. the woman on line had dialed the wrong number
c. the wife of the mayor was quick-minded
d. the mayor would return the woman's call
60.给哪一个回电话
我上任为肯塔基州的一个小城的市长后，发生了一件不幸的事，从
而招致了一些可恨的电话打到我家里。一天夜里，我还在主持市政会议，
我妻子接到了一个电话。
“是伯特·麦因、市长的家吗？”一个女人的声音问道。
我妻子向她解释说我还在开会，如果她留下姓名和电话号码的话，
我会给她回话。通话人马上说：“这个保密。我是他的女朋友。”
我妻子知道这完全是欺诈。她镇静地回答说：“女士，如果你不留
下姓名和号码的话，他就不会知道给哪一个回话。”
61.boy, oh boy
when they're together, my five-year-old son and his cousin tend
to cause mayhem. one saturday, i put my toot down. "all right, you
two," i said sternly. "no scratching , grabbing, whining, hitting,
teasing, tattling, breaking toys, scratching or fighting."
as i turned to leave, i heard my son say, "c'mon, steven, let's
get dirty . "
notes:
(1) tend to（do）倾向；趋向
(2) mayhem n.大混乱；大灾害
(3) put one's foot down 开始抗议
(4) sternly adv.严厉地
(5) whine v.哭闹
(6) tease v.取笑
(7) tattle v.扯淡
exercises:
根据短文回答下列问题：
1 how old is the son?
2 what do they tend to do when the son and his cousin are
together?
3 what does "put one's foot down" mean here?
4 did the boy obey the father's order?
5 what did they do then?
61.让人无奈的孩子
我五岁的儿子和他的表弟在一起的时候，总要招来大乱。一个星期
六，我开始抗议了。“好啦，你们两个，”我严厉地说，“不许叫喊，
不许乱拿，不许哭闹，不许乱敲，不许取笑，不许扯淡，不许弄坏玩具，
不许乱抓，不许打架。”
我刚转身要走，就听我儿子说：“来，斯蒂文，我们来把自己弄脏
吧。”
62. i can't let him get away
a mate crab met a female crab and asked her to marry him she
noticed that he was walking straight instead of sideways. wow, she
thought, this crab is really special. i can't let him get away .so
they got married immediately.
the next day she noticed her new husband waking sideways like
all the other crabs, and got upset. "what happened?" she asked.
"you used to walk straight before we were married."
"oh, honey, " he replied, "i can't drink that much every day.
notes:
(1) crab n.螃蟹
(2) sideways adv.侧着；斜着
exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、（f）：
1 the female crab liked the male crab at her first sight.
2 the female crab noticed that the male crab was walking
sideways when she first met him.
3 the female crab agreed to marry the male crab because she
considered him special.
4 the male crab walked straight only because he got drunk.
5 the moral of the story is that we should not judge a person
so quickly.
62.不能让他跑了
一只雄蟹遇到一只雌蟹，便要娶她为妻。她注意到他走路是直着走，
而不是横着走。哇！她想，这只雄蟹可真特别，我可不能让他跑了。因
此他们立刻结婚了。
第二天，她又发现她的新郎像其他蟹一样横着走路了。她深感不安。
“你怎么了？”她问，“我们结婚前你可是直着走路的。”
“哦，宝贝，”他回答说，“我不可能每天都喝那么多。”
63.a hasty interruption
the fine-furniture store where i work has been in business
since the 1920s.recently i received a call from a woman who wanted
to replace some chairs from a dining set purchased from us in the
1930s.i assured her we could help and sought the assistance of the
off ice manager. "you'll never believe this one, " i told him."
i just got a call from a customer who bought some chairs from us
in the 1930s. "
before i could finish repeating her request, he interrupted
and said, "don't tell me she hasn't received them yet!"
notes:
(1) replace v.更换；替换
(2) purchase v.