Have you ever had an embarrassing(尴尬的)experience? Last week we asked readers to tell us about embarrassing experiences．We received thousands of letters! Here is a selection．
Tony：
My most embarrassing experience happened when I had just left university．I had just started teaching in a Liverpool secondary school．One morning my alarm clock didn’t ring．I woke up at half past eight and school began at nine．I quickly washed, dressed, jumped into my car and rushed to school．When I arrived, the students had already gone into class．I didn’t go to the office, but went straight into class．After two or three minutes the students began laughing, and I couldn’t understand why! Suddenly I looked down and understood．I had put on one black shoe and one brown shoe!
Henry：
The most embarrassing experience I’ve ever had happened two years ago．After seeing a film, my wife and I had lunch in our favourite restaurant in town．Then we decided to take a walk along the street．The street was very busy and we started holding hands．Suddenly my wife saw a dress that she liked in a shop window, and stopped．I started looking at some watches in the next window．After a minute or two I reached for my wife’s hand．There was a loud scream, and a woman slapped my face．I hadn’t taken my wife’s hand．I’d taken the hand of a complete stranger!
James：
My wife and I had decided to buy a new house, and I’d made an appointment to see our bank manager．I’d never met him before and I was a bit nervous．I went into town in my car and I was lucky enough to find a parking space outside the bank．I’d just started reversing(倒车)into the space when another car made its way into it．I was irritated! I opened my window and shouted at the man in the car, I rushed back to the bank．I was ten minutes late for my appointment．I went to the manager’s office, knocked and walked in．The manager was sitting behind his desk．He was the man who had taken my parking space!
(1)
Tony arrived at school late that morning because ________．
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A．
he couldn’t find his shoes
B．
his alarm clock didn’t ring
C．
he washed and dressed slowly
D．
his car went wrong on the way
(2)
Henry was embarrassed because he ________．
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A．
slapped the woman in the face
B．
took the hand of a complete stranger
C．
heard his wife screaming in the street
D．
knocked over some watches in the shop
(3)
James went into town to ________．
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A．
put money in the bank
B．
1ook for a job
C．
meet the bank manager
D．
buy a new car
(4)
The underlined word ‘‘irritated’’ probably means ‘‘________’’．
How much sleep do we need? The answers are different. Some people need only three hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Amexicans sleep for an average of seven to eight hours a night. After age fifty, the average sleep hours go down to 6.5 hours a night.
Most people will have a bad night when they can't fall asleep. About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people cannot fall asleep. The name of this problem is called insomnia(失眠症).
This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia .Some of these people had their own ways to sleep well. Benjamin Franklin(本杰明·富兰克林), the famous inventor, had four beds.He moved from one to another to fall asleep. King Louis XIV (国王路易十四) of France had 413 beds and hoped to fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain, the famous writer, had a different way: he hy on his side(侧卧) across the end of the bed!
(1)
Most Americans usually sleep for about _________ hours a night.
A. 3 B. 5～6 C. 10 D. 7～8
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(2)
As people grow older,they need __________ at night.
A. less sleeping time
B. more sleeping time
C. the same amount of sleeping time
D. a fixed time to sleep
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(3)
If there are 100 million people in the US hav-ing a problem with sleep,what's the popula-tion of it? About _______.
A. 200 million B. 300 million C. 600 million D. 900 million
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(4)
Franklin tried to go to sleep by __________.
A. moving from one to another of his 413 beds B. moving from one to another of his 4 beds
C. inventing a bed for himself D. lying on his side across the end of the bed
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(5)
It's not mentioned in the passage,but we know that Mark Twain was ___________.
