replied, " a restaurant?"
notes:
(1) pick up 捡起；拾起
(2) chore n.杂务；不愉快的工作
(3) exasperated adj.愤怒的；恼火的
exercises:
根据短文回答下列问题：
1 how old was the son?
2 what was the mother doing when she asked her son to pick
up his toys?
3 why didn't the son do as his mother had asked him?
4 how did the mother feel when her son replied that he didn't
feel like it?
5 why did the son think that he would be at a restaurant?
69.出色的回答
我在准备晚饭的时候，我叫年仅五岁的儿子把玩具都收拾起来。当
我问他为什么没做他的差事时，他说他不想做。我感到有些恼火，就对
他说：“要是我说我不想做晚饭，这时你会在哪里呢？”
他略加思索便回答说：“在饭店里？”
70.senior class
during the doctor's periodic visit to my elderly mother, i told
him that mother would be celebrating her 98th birthday in few days.
delighted by the news, he bent down and gave her a kiss for the
occasion. he then announced that he, too, would be celebrating a
birthday in few days and asked for a kiss in return.
when he left, my mother shook her head in disgust. "can you
imagine, " she said. "seventy dollars and i had to kiss him too!"
notes:
(1) periodic adj.定期的
(2) bend down 弯腰
exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、（f）：
1 the doctor came to see the elderly woman regularly.
2 the elderly woman would be celebrating her 99th birthday.
3 the doctor was surprised at the news.
4 the elderly woman and the doctor would celebrate their
birthday on the same day.
5 the elderly woman thought the doctor was too mean.
根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、误（f）：
70.年长者阶层
医生按期来探视我的老母。我告诉他母亲不几天就要庆祝她98 岁的
生日了。医生听了也很高兴，为此，他弯下腰来亲了她一下。然后他说
不几天他也要庆祝自己的生日，并要求她还他一个吻。
医生走后，我母亲厌恶地摇摇头。“你能想象吗，”她说，“付了
他70 元，我还得亲他！”
71. the young man at the wheel
my infant daughter began crying as i drove home from the store,
and since she was harnessed to her safety seat in the back, i
couldn't console her. stopping for a red light, i turned around
and waved my hands, calling her name to distract her. i gave her
my biggest smile and blew her a kiss. the sound of a horn from the
car behind us prompted me to look up. the young man at the wheel
was smiling broadly .he waved and then blew me a kiss.
notes:
(1) harness （to）v.系于；绑于he is harnessed to his job. 他
工作脱不开身。
(2) console v.给予安慰或同情
(3) distract v.转移注意力；使分心
(4) prompt v.驱使
(5) the man at the wheel 驾驶员
(6) broadly adv.咧嘴地
exercises:
根据短文填空：
1 my infant daughter began_____ as i drove home from the
store.
2 and since she was harnessed_____ her sagety seat in the back,
i couldn't console her.
3 stopping _____a red light, i turned around and waved my
hands, calling her name to distract her.
4 i gave her my biggest smile and her a kiss.
5 the young man _____the wheel was smiling broadly.
71.驾车的小伙子
从商场开车回家的路上，我的小宝贝女儿开始哭闹起来。由于她被
套在后面的安全座里，所以我无法安慰她。红灯停车的时候，我转过身
来，对她摆手，叫她的名字来引她。我给她以满脸笑容，并给她一个飞
吻。从我们车后传来的喇叭声立刻使我抬头望去。驾车的小伙子正对我
咧着大嘴笑。他向我摆手并给了我一个飞吻。
72.what went wrong
a japanese company and an american company had a boat race,
the japanese won by a mile. the americans hired analysts to figure
out what went wrong. they reported that the japanese had one person
managing and seven rowing, while the americans had seven managing
and only one rowing. the american company immediately restructured
its team. now they had one senior manager, six management
consultants and one rower.
in the rematch the japanese won by two miles. so the american
company fired the rower.
notes:
(1) analyst n.分析家
(2) figure out 想出；演算出
(3) restructure v.重组
(4) consultant n.顾问
exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、（f）：
1 for the first time in the boat race, the japanese won by
two miles.
2 the american company hired japanese analysts to find out
what went wrong.
3 the janapese team had two persons managing and five rowing.
4 in the rematch the japanese won by one mile.
5 the american company fired the rower.
72.问题出在哪里
一家日本公司和一家美国公司进行了一场划船比赛。日本队赢了一
英里。美国人便请来了分析家探讨问题出在哪里。他们的报告说日本队
有一人掌舵七人划桨，而美国队是七人掌舵一人划桨。美国公司立刻对
队伍进行了重组。这次他们有一个高级舵手、六个舵手顾问、一个划桨
员。
在第二次比赛中，日本队赢了两英里。因此，美国公司解雇了划桨
员。
73. you never called
a guy spots his doctor in the mail. he stops him and says, "six
weeks ago when i was in your office, you told me to go home, get
into bed and stay there until you called. but you never called.
"
"i didn't?" the doctor says." then what are you doing out of
bed?"
notes:
(1) spot v.（从很多人或物中）认出；看出
(2) mall n.集市
exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
1 where did the guy see his doctor?
a. in the barber's
b. in the shopping center
c. at the railway station
d. in the hospital
2 how long had it been since the guy went to see the doctor?
a. two weeks
b. three weeks
c. more than a month
d. more than two months
3 what had the doctor told him to do?
a. to stay in bed
b. to have a nice sleep
c. to go home
d. to call him again
4 we can see from this passage that_____ .
a. the doctor had played a trick on the guy
b. the guy must have stayed in bed for a long time
c. the guy was very angry with the doctor
d. the doctor did call upon the guy
5 what had been the guy'