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妙语短篇1,1. The Diet Mrs. Tan was worried about her weight. “Im much too fat” She told her friend. “I need to lose a lot of weight but I don't know how to do it.” “Go and see Dr. Wei,” her friend said. “Hell tell you how to lose weight.” Mrs. Tan visited Dr. Wei and told her problem. “It isnt difficult t lose weight,” he told her. “All you need to do is go on a diet. Ill give you one.” He began to write on a piece of paper. “Eat lots of fruit and vegetables. Also eat a lot of lean meat and grains.” When he finished, he handed her the piece of paper. “There you are,” he said. “Eat all those things and youll soon lose weight.” A few weeks later, Mrs. Tans friend called on her. She was surprised to see that she was even fatter than before and that she was eating a huge sandwich with chocolate cake and ice cream. “I thought you were on a diet,” she said. “Oh, I am,” Mrs. Tan replied. “Ive already had all the food on my diet today. Now Im eating my dinner.” 1. Choose the best answer a, b, c or d, to these questions about the story. A. Mrs. Tans problem was that she (a) did not know her doctor very well. (b) did not like fruit and vegetables. (c) Didnt know how to lose weight. (d) Lose her diet. B. When Mrs. Tan visited Dr. Wei, he (a) was very busy. (b) Told her what to do. (c) Gave her a good meal. (d) Told her to stop eating. C. Mrs. Tan didn't lose weight because she ate (a) lean meat. (b) Grains (c) Fruit and vegetables. (d) Cakes and ice cream. D. Mrs. Tan thought that (a) Dr. Wei did not know how to help her. (b) she was not really too fat. (c) her diet was something to eat before dinner. (d) it was east to lose weight. 2. Write T for True or F for False beside these statements about the story. (a) Mrs. Tan did not want to lose weight._ (b) Dr. Wei told her how to lose weight._ (c) A few days later a friend visited Mrs. Tan._ (d) Chocolate cake was part of the diet Mrs. Tans doctor gave her._ (e) Mrs. Tan didn't lose any weight._ 3. Find words or phrases in the story opposite in meaning to the following. (a) after_ (b) small_ (c) easy_ (d) a little_ (e) thinner_ 4. Complete the following paragraph about the story by putting in the missing words. Mrs. Tan was (a) _ fat. She asked her doctor (b) _ to lose weight. He (c) _her a diet. The diet did (d) _ work because Mrs. Tan (e) _ the food in her diet and (f) _ had her usual meals! 5. Fill in the blanks of these sentences with go on a diet, be on a diet, diet as a verb, or diet as a noun. (a) I_ that doesn't allow me to eat meat. (b) Since she started her _, she looks much better. (c) When are you going on_? (d) To the Japanese, fish is a natural part of their_. (e) I cant eat chocolate. I _ today. 3. Love Letters Jenny Gordon was a very kind and beautiful woman and before she married, many men were in love with her. Many of them wrote to her, telling her how wonderful she was, how much they loved her and wanted to marry her. Jenny kept all these letters. She tied them up with a red ribbon and put them away in an old box. She never looked at them as she was happily married, however, they were a part of her life and she did not wan to throw them away. Jenny had a daughter, Sue. Sue was six. One day, Jenny had to leave Sue alone for half an hour. “Now be a good girl,” She said. “Play quietly. If you need anything, go to the lady next door.” When she returned home, she asked Sue, “Have you been a good girl?” “Oh yes, mommy,” Sue said. “What did you do while I was out?” Jenny asked her. “I played mailman,” Sue told her. “How could you play mailman, darling?” Jenny asked. “You didnt have any letters.” “Oh, yes I did, mommy,” Sue said. “I found some in an old box upstairs. They were tied up with a red ribbon. I put one in every mailbox in the street. Wasn't I a good girl?” 1. Choose the best answer a, b, c or d, to these questions about the story. A. Many men wanted to marry Jenny because she (a) was rich. (b) was not married. (c) wrote them love letters. (d) was both kind and beautiful. B. Jenny kept her old love letters because (a) she did not want to throw them away. (b) her daughter often read them. (c) they were tied up with a red ribbon. (d) no one knew where they were. C. Sue found the letters (a) while her m other was out. (b) in her bedroom. (c) in the mailbox. (d) under the bed. D. how did Jenny probably feel when Sue told her what she had done? (a) happy. (b) sad. (c) embarrassed. (d) excited. 2. Complete the following paragraph about the story by putting in the missing words. Sues mother (a) _ some old love letters (b) _a box. One day (c) _she was (d) _, Sue found the letters. She decided to (e) _mailman with them. She put one of the love letters in (f) _mailbox in the street. 2. Find words or phrases in the story opposite in meaning to the following. (a) unkind_ (b) ugly_ (c) hated_ (d) noisily_ (e) naughty_ 3. Fill in the blanks of these sentences with either put away, throw always, go away or go away. Use each one once, and make sure to use the right tense for the verbs. (a) I don't want these things. Why don't you_ them _ to the neighbors? (b) Frank cleaned his room and _ everything _in a big box. (c) This food is no good, lets _ it _. (d) My best friend_ _ to university yesterday. 5. The Umbrella Man One day Jacks wife was cleaning out a closet. “Look at all these umbrellas,” Jacks wife said to him. “There are eight and they are all broken.” “Ill take them all to the umbrella shop and have them repaired,” Jack said. “They are too good to throw away.” Jack took the eight umbrellas to the shop and left them there. “Theyll be ready tomorrow,” the shopkeeper said. That evening Jack went home from the office by bus, as usual. He sat next to an old woman. She had an umbrella on the floor near her. When the bus reached his stop, he picked up her umbrella and stood up. “Hey!” the woman said. “Thats my umbrella.” “Im so sorry,” Jack said, giving it to her. “I wasnt thinking. Please forgive me.” The next day he collected the umbrellas form the umbrella shop and got on the bus. As he sat down, a voice behind him said, “You have certainly had a successful day!” He turned around and saw the woman whose umbrella has had almost taken the day before. 1. Choose the best answer a, b, c or d, to these questions about the story. A. Jacks wife found the broken umbrellas (a) in a shop. (b) in a closet. (c) on a bus. (d) in the street. B. Jack took the umbrellas to a shop (a) to sell. (b) to have them repaired. (c) to throw away. (d) to give away. C. On the bus, Jack (a) picked up a womans umbrella by mistake, (b) found another umbrella. (c) left his umbrella. (d) collected eight umbrellas. D. On the day he collected the umbrellas, the woman on the bus (a) wanted one of them. (b) thought he had stolen them. (c) thought one of them was hers. (d) asked him where he had got them. 2. Complete the following sentences with one of the words below from the story. Use each word once. on up down out away (a) Jacks wife cleaned _ a closet. (b) He did not want to throw _ the broken umbrellas. (c) He picked _ the wrong umbrellas. (d) Jack got _ a bus. (e) He sat _next to an old woman. 3. Complete these sentences about the story by putting in the correct form of the verb in parentheses. (e) Jacks wife (to find) _ eight umbrellas in the closet. (f) Jack took them to be (to repair) _. (g) On the bus, he (to pick) _ up an old womans umbrella. (h) He asked the old woman (to forgive) _ him. 4. Look at the following and write whether to leave has the first meaning of “留下” or the second meaning of “离开”. Write 1 for the first meaning and 2 for the second meaning in the spaces provided. (a) My mother left about three hours ago. _ (b) Donna left all her things at the university. _ (c) Do you think I should leave before your boyfriend comes? _ (d) I don't think it's safe to leave your bicycle there. _ (e) If you go to Hangzhou this weekend, could you leave me your motorcycle to use?