完形填空。 One day Mark Twain was invited to __1__ a talk in a small town, He met a young man, one of his friends. The young man said that he had an uncle, his uncle __2__ laughed or smiled. "you bring your uncle to my talk tonight," said Mark Twain. "I'm sure I can make him laugh."That evening the young man and his uncle sat __3__ the front. Mark Twain told several funny stories. __4__ made everyone in the room laugh. But the old man never __5__ smiled. Mark Twain told __6__ funny stories, but the old man still kept __7__. Finally, he stopped. He felt very tired and gave up.__8__ later, Mark Twain told a friend of his about __9__ had happened, "Oh", said his friend, "I know that old man. He has been _10__ for years." | ||||
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Stories of animals ①Bill Bowell, was suffering from depression(抑郁症). The doctor gave him some medicine, but it didn't help, and he was unable to work for twelve years. Then he decided to swim with dolphins.. " My life has changed," says Bowell. " A dolphin named Simo looked into my eyes for a few minutes and started to cry. All my strong feelings came out suddenly like a volcano(火山). As I cried, Simo put his head on my chest(胸部) kept very quiet." After swimming with dolphins, Bowell says he has fully got well. ② In France, a man had to move to a new job two hundred kilometers away. He had a dog and a cat, and he loved them both. But he thought that the cat prefer to stay in the same house with the new owners. So he moved and took only the dog.. About three weeks later, the dog was suddenly lost. For several days, the man looked for his dog, but didn't find him. Then , seven weeks later the dog came back but he was not alone. By his side was the cat. they were tired and hungry after their long trip, and there was something wrong with the cat's paws(爪子). But they got well quickly and were never separated(分离) again. ③ people say that fish are cold, but this story shows that they have feelings, too. A friend was moving to another country, so I took her pet goldfish and put it in a bowl with our goldfish. They lived together for six months, and when the friend came back, we separated them again, and she took her goldfish home. I found that my goldfish was acting strangely, hitting against the side of the bowl. The next morning he was dead. Later that day, my friend phoned to say that her goldfish was also dead. I believe they died of a broken heart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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