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Two men were sitting together in a plane. They were on a long journey (旅行).One of them was a
teacher. The other was a farmer. They sat without talking for a while, then the farmer said, Let's do
something to pass the time."
"What do you want to do?" the teacher asked.
"We can ask each other riddles," said.the farmer.
"Let's make the rules first," the teacher said. "And let's make the game moreinteresting. Let's play it
for money. If we don't know the answer to a riddle, we have to pay $ 50. "
The farmer thought about this for a while, then he said. "That's not fair. You are a teacher, an
educated man. You know more things than I do. I am just a farmer." "That's true, " the teacher said,
"What do you think we should do?" "If you do not know the answer to a riddle, you pay me $ 100. If I
do not know the answer to a riddLe, I will pay you $ 50. " the farmer said.
The teacher thought about this, then he said, "OK, that's fair. Who will go first?" "I will," the farmer
said, "Here's my riddle. What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies?"
The teacher repeated the riddle, "What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies?
Mm, that's a good one. I'm afraid I don't know the answer." He gave the farmer $ 100, then said,
"Tell me the answer. What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies?" "I don't know."
the farmer said, and gave the teacher $ 50.
1. Two men were sitting in an airplane __ .
A. on their journey home
B. on their way to a farm
C. on a long journey
D. on their way to school
2. They decided to pass the time by ____ .
A. reading the newspaper
B. asking each other riddles
C. playing cards
D. talking about their families
3. If the farmer didn't know the answer to a riddle, he had to pay the teacher ___ .
A. $50
B. $100
C. $200
D. $l
4. A teacher is ___ than a farmer.
A. well-educated
B. poor-educated
C. better-educated
D. worse-educated
5. In the end, the teacher paid the farmer __ .
A. $50
B. $150
C. nothing
D. $200
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so it is often difficult to tell if they are boys or girls.
One day, an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington, and when he was tired, he sat down in a chair next to
a pool. A young person was standing on the other side of the pool.
"Oh!" the old man said to the person sitting beside him in the chair. "Do you see that person with the glasses and
long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?" "A girl," said the neighbour(邻座人) who has long hair. "She is my daughter. " "Oh!"
the old man said quickly. "Please forgive me, I did not know you were her mother. " "I'm not," said the other person.
"I'm her father. "
B. A boy.
C. A young person.
D. A man.
B. she
C. the person
D. the pool
B. 责骂
C. 放弃
D. 原谅
B. a man
C. a girl
D. a boy
B. had long hair
C. had a beautiful face
D. was young
A lot of boys and girls in western countries are wearing the same kinds of clothes and many of them have long hair, so it is often difficult to tell whether they are boys or girls.
One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington and when he was tired, he sat down on a chair. A young person was standing on the other side of the pool.
“Oh!” the old man said to the person sitting next to him on the chair, “Do you see that person with the loose pants and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?”
“A girl,” said his neighbour. “She's my daughter.”
“Oh!” the old man said quickly. “Please forgive me. I didn't know you were her mother.”
“I'm not.” said the person. “I'm her father.”
(1) What did the old man see on the other side of the pool?
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(2) “Is it a boy or a girl?” The word “it” here means ________.
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(3) The Chinese meaning of “forgive” is ________.
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(4) The old man thought his neighbour was ________.
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(5) The old man thought his neighbour was the girl's mother because his neighbour ________.
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