It was Christmas, and there was a big party in the house. Guests(客人) came and went, but the
party went on. Then the bell rang. Several people shouted, "Come in!" A small man opened the front
door and came in. Nobody knew him but the host(主人) went to meet him and took him to have
a drink. The man sat there happily for an hour and a half and drank. Then suddenly(突然) he stopped
and looked at the host. " Do you know?" he said. "Nobody asked me to the party. I don't know you.
I don't know your wife and I don't know any of your guests. My wife and I wanted to go out in our
car, but one of your guests'cars was in front of our gate, so I came here to find him and my wife is
waiting in our car for me to come back.

     It was Christmas Day. There was a    1    in the room. When the bell rang, the guests were    2    
   3   . A shortman    4    in. The host    5    him to    6    a     7   . The short man knew     8    
of the people. He came to the party to     9    a man, the man's car was in front of their gate. The
short man's wife was     10   in their car, perhaps she got very angry.
1. _____    2. _____    3. _____    4. _____    5. _____
6. _____    7. _____    8. _____    9. _____    10. _____

     It was Christmas, and there was a big party in the house. Guests (客人) come and went, but the
party went on. Then the bell rang. Several people shouted, "Come in!" A small man open the front door
and came in. Nobody knew him but the host (主人) went to meet him and took him to have a drink.
The man sat there happily for an hour and a half and drank. Then suddenly (突然) he stopped and
looked at the host. "Do you know?" he said. "Nobody asked me to this party. I don't know you. I don't
know your wife and I don't know any of your guests. My wife and I wanted to go out in our car, but one
of your guests' cars was in front of our gate, so I came here to find him and my wife is waiting in our car
for me to come back."

(     )1. The host was having a big party for his birthday.
(     )2. The host didn't invite the small man to his party.
(     )3. The small man didn't know the host and the host didn't know him, either.
(     )4. The small man went to the party to find his friend.
(     )5.The small man's wife waited for him in the car for over one hour.