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Mr White works in an office. He liked reading in bed when he was at school. It was bad for his (1)　and now he has near sight (近视). But he wouldn’t want (2)　to know about it and he never wears a pair of glasses. It often (3)　 him some trouble. One winter morning he was sent to a village school on business (出差). He (4)　a bus at a stop in a small town. Then he had to walk there. The road to the village wasn’t smooth (平坦). He fell over several times and it (5)　his clothes dirty. (6)　he got to the village. Suddenly it began to blow and it got colder. He was looking for the school while his (7) was blown off. He began to run after it but he couldn’t get it. He couldn’t understand why his hat ran into a house as if (似乎) it had (8). And he ran into the house, (9)　. A woman stopped him and shouted angrily,“ (10)　　are you running after my hen (母鸡) for?”

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阅读理解

A French woman goes to London to see her son．She knows a little English, but can not speak it very well．One day she goes to a shop．She wants to buy a hen for supper．But she can not remember the English word for “hen”．Just then the shop waiter asks her, “Can I help you?” “I want the egg's mother．” the woman answered．The shop waiter does not understand her and says, “Sorry, we have not any bigger eggs．” Suddenly the woman remembers the word “cock”．“I want the cock's wife!” she says．This time the shop waiter laughs．

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