One day an elderly lady sent for her doctor. When he came, she told him that her right leg was very sore at the knee. The pain was sometimes bad enough to make walking difficult. She asked him what the trouble could be, as she had never before suffered any similar discomfort.

After making a careful examination, the doctor said, “You are in a very good state of health for a women of your age. I think the trouble in your right knee is just a matter of old age. We get diseases as we get older. The trouble will almost certainly clear up in spring.”

“Nonsense, doctor?” she said, “My left knee is perfect, and it is exactly the same age as my right.”

10. We soon arrived at Beijing.

7. colorful flowers　 8. heavy traffic　　 9. Drop in when you can.　

1. lay　 2. ray　 3. activity　 4. knight　 5. museum　　 6. bread and butter　

(试题九

A woman was having some trouble with her heart, so she went to see the doctor. He was a new doctor, and did not know her, so he first asked some questions, and one of them was, “How old are you?”

“Well,” she answered, “I don’t remember, doctor, but I will try to think.” She thought for a minute and then said, “Yes, I remember now, doctor. When I married, I was eighteen years old, and my husband was thirty. Now my husband is sixty, I know; and that is twice thirty. So I am twice eighteen. That is thirty-six, isn’t it?”

1. folk　 2. fork　 3. edge　 4. hesitate　 5. entertain　 6. great progress　

7. light-hearted　 8. on and off　　 9. a world of difference　

10. Well begun is half done.

Mother, let me use it.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Mother, take it.

(参考词汇：mean--吝啬的；hell--阴间)

试题八

When the Americans were getting ready to send their first men to moon, an old Irishman was watching them on television in the bar of a hotel.

There was an Englishman in the bar too, and he said to the Irishman, “The Americans are very clever, aren’t they? They’re going to send some men to the moon. It’s a very long from our world.”

“Oh, that’s nothing.” The Irishman answered quickly. “The Irish are going to send some men to the sun in a few months’ time. That’s much farther away from the moon, you know.”

The Englishman was very surprised when he heard this. “Oh, yes, it is,” he said, “but the sun’s too hot for people to go to.”

The Irishman laughed and answered, “Well, the Irish aren’t stupid, you know. We won’t go to the sun during the day, of course. We’ll go there during the night.”

9. walk out quietly　 10. Let’s get down to work.