A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After36
weeks the editor 37
the story to her.
The lady was 38 . She wrote back
to the editor:
“Dear
Sir.
Yesterday you sent back a story of mine. 39 do you know that the story is not good? You did not read it.
40 I sent you the
story, I pasted(粘)together pages
18; 19 and 20. This was a 41 to see whether
you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were
42 pasted together.
Is this the 43 you read all the
stories that are sent to you?”
The
editor wrote back:
“Dear
Madam,
When I
have an egg 44 breakfast, I
45 eat the whole egg
in order to discover that it is bad.”
36. A. few
B. a few
C. little
D. a little
37. A. gave
B. came back
C. handed D.
returned
38. A. angry
B. happy
C. satisfied D. glad
39. A. How
B. Why
C. What
D. Where
40. A. After
B. until
C.
Before
D. Since
41. A .lesson
B. test
C. question D. thing
42. A. already
B. still
C. even
D. yet
43. A. work
B. check
C. road
D. way
44. A. on B.
for
C. at
D. in
45. A. must not B.
have not to
C. need not to
D. don’t have to
