Just as the teacher was coming into the classroom, one of the boys, whose name was James, said loudly, “Teacher is a fool．” The teacher pretended not to have heard this．He went up to the platform and said,“ Today we are going to have a lesson on punctuation．Punctuation in a sentence is very important．Look at this sentence．” He picked up a piece of chalk and wrote the following sentence on the blackboard：James says the teacher is a fool．The class laughed．“Now,” continued the teacher, “with two commas I can change the meaning of the sentence entirely．” He then put in two commas and the sentence read：

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阅读理解

　　Four girls went to school together every day by taxi．

　　One day one of the girls said,“There is a test this morning．Let's get to school late．Then we can miss the test．”

　　“What can we say to the teacher?” one of the girls said．“He'll be angry．We'll need a good reason．” The girls thought for several minutes,then one of them said,“Let's tell him that our taxi had a flat tyre．”

　　“That's a good idea,” other girls said．“We'll tell him that．” They reached school an hour later．The test was already finished．

　　“Why are you late?” the teacher asked．“You missed the test．”

　　“Our taxi had a flat tyre,” one of the girls said．

　　The teacher thought for a moment,then he said,“Sit down,one of you in each corner of the room．” The four girls did that．

　　Then the teacher said,“Write on a piece of paper the answer to this question：Which tyre was flat?”

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