During the doctor's periodic visit to my elderly mother, I told him that Mother would be celebrating her 98th birthday in few days. Delighted by the news, he bent down and gave her a kiss for the occasion. He then announced that he, too, would be celebrating a birthday in few days and asked for a kiss in return.


　　When he left, my mother shook her head in disgust. "Can you imagine, " she said. "Seventy dollars and I had to kiss him too!"


Notes:


　　(1) periodic adj.定期的


　　(2) bend down彎腰


Exercises:


根據(jù)短文判斷下列句子正（T）、（F）：


　�、� The doctor came to see the elderly woman regularly.


　　② The elderly woman would be celebrating her 99th birthday.


　�、� The doctor was surprised at the news.


　　④ The elderly woman and the doctor would celebrate their birthday on the same day.


　�、� The elderly woman thought the doctor was too mean.


　　根據(jù)短文判斷下列句子正（T）、誤（F）：


年長者階層


　　醫(yī)生按期來探視我的老母。我告訴他母親不幾天就要慶祝她98歲的生日了。醫(yī)生聽了也很高興，為此，他彎下腰來親了她一下。然后他說不幾天他也要慶祝自己的生日，并要求她還他一個(gè)吻。


　　醫(yī)生走后，我母親厭惡地?fù)u搖頭。“你能嗎，”她說，“付了他70元，我還得親他！”


練習(xí)參考答案：


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