What trick had Lewis learnt in the army?A.Opening windows from the outside.B.Climbing pipe
What trick had Lewis learnt in the army?
A.Opening windows from the outside.
B.Climbing pipes.
C.Getting money from people.
D.Making beds.
What trick had Lewis learnt in the army?
A.Opening windows from the outside.
B.Climbing pipes.
C.Getting money from people.
D.Making beds.
What trick had Lewis learnt ii} the army?
A.Opening windows from the outside.
B.Climbing pipes.
C.Getting money from people.
D.Making beds.
Why had Lewis stayed the night at number 25?
A.He had lost his way in the dark.
B.His lorry had something wrong with it.
C.Nottingham was too far for him to drive that night.
D.He had suddenly felt ill. 55. What trick had Lewis learnt in the army?
"It's 8:45 on a Sunday morning, "said the policeman, "and this sort of thing seems an unlikely adventure at such a time. Would you mind explaining?"
The man was obviously startled but kept calm immediately. He said, "I know what you' re thinking, officer, but it isn' t true. This is a very funny mistake. " " It' s part of my job to take an interest in unusual events. I think you' ve just left this house in a manner other than the customary one. That may be quite innocent, but I' d like to make sure. "James took out his notebook and a pen. "Name, address and occupation and then, please, tell me what happened. "
"Charlie Lewis, lorry driver, from Nottingham, 52 Brecon Street. My story. . . "" Yes. What were you doing like a fly on that wall, Mr. Lewis? . . . . Well, I had a breakdown yesterday and had to stay the night here. Bed and breakfast. The landlady' s name is Mrs. Crane. She gave me breakfast at seven, and I was out of here in the right way and down at the lorry by half past. It was only when I felt around for a cigarette I found I' d left $ 90 in my pay envelope under the pillow here at number 25. I always put it under my pillow at night. It' s a habit I' ve got into. I even do it at home. . . "
"I see. Why didn't you miss it when you went to pay Mrs. . . What's her name? . . . . I'd paid her last night. You' ve got to pay when you take the room, right? So I came rushing back, but it's Sunday, and she' d gone back to bed, and could I wake her? I rang the bell and banged on the front door for several minutes before I came round here to the back spotting my bedroom window still open. Up I went, then, up this pipe. It' s a trick I learnt in the army. She hadn' t made the bed, and the money was still there. You know the rest, and I hope you believe it because. . . "
"Mr. Lewis, whatever are you doing here? I thought you' d gone one hour and a half ago. "It was Mrs. Crane, speaking from the kitchen window at the corner of the house.
Why was James walking along that path?
A.He usually discovered something suspicious along that way.
B.He had an appointment with a man at number 25, Dugby Road.
C.He chose to go that way by chance.
D.He knew he would get home quicker that way.
What happened to the tiggest boy?
A.He had been trying to s.tay under water as long as possible.
B.He had swum through a hole in the rock under the water.
C.He had been trying to do the highest dive.
D.He had played a trick on Jerry.
What happened one night?
A.The dog fell iii and barked all night long.
B.The dog played a trick on the speaker.
C.The dog awakened the speaker and led him to help its master.
D.The speaker had a nightmare in which he saved his neighbour's life.
his forehead, and three horn players sounded out a theme. "What character is that?" he asked. "The wolf!" the audience of children responded noisily. Repeating the procedure, the man signaled the oboe, the flute, the clarinet and the drums, to which the kids answered instantly." Duck! ... Bird! ... Cat! ... Hunters! .... Wait, I left out the most important one," the conductor said, and with the violin, the kids shrieked out Peter!" and I chimed in with them. Rocking his arms jauntily as Peter's theme played on, Leonard Bernstein had won yet another concert. It was my first taste of symphonic music, nearly my first hint that there was a world larger, more sophisticated and splendid than my own. For me, and all the rest of the children from the hinterlands intently watching those Young People's Concerts, the air became slightly more rarefied with possibility. If I had had any idea at the time what an aura was, I would have recognized the one hovering around Carnegie Hall.
We can tell from the passage that as a child the author
A.was quiet and placid.
B.was addicted to TV.
C.lived in a big city.
D.was sensitive and imaginative.
Lewis had to travel by bus (as) his car (had been damaged) in an accident some days (before) and he (was failed) to get it repaired.
A.as
B.had been damaged
C.before
D.was failed
"How far is it to the next village?" the American asks a man sitting by the side of the road.Insome countries, because the man realizes that the traveler is tired and eager to get to his destination(目的地), he will politely say "Just down the road".He thinks this is more encouraging, gent-ler, and therefore the wanted answer.So the American drives through the night, getting more andmore angry, feeling " tricked".He thinks the man purposely cheated him, for obviously he musthave known the distance quite well.
Had conditions been turned over, the American would have felt he was "cheating" the driver ifhe had said the next town was close when he knew it was really 15 miles further on.Though, he,too, would be sympathetic(同情的)to the weary driver, he would say "You have a good way to goyet; it is at least 15 miles".The driver might be disappointed, but he would know what to expect.
Whether to be correct or polite leads to many misunderstandings between people of different cul-tures.If you are aware of the situation in advance, it is sometimes easier to recognize the problem.
The man at the roadside tells the American it is close to the next village because__________. 查看材料
A.he is playing a trick on him
B.the American expects the answer
C.he doesn" t know the exact distance at all
D.he wants to encourage him to go further
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