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!" 初中生物;

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.

　�、� The elderly woman would be celebrating her 99th birthday.

　　③ The doctor was surprised at the news.

　�、� 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，并要求她還他一個吻。

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

練習(xí)參考答案：

①T②F③F④F⑤T

本文來自：逍遙右腦記憶 http://www.yy-art.cn/chuzhong/47747.html

相關(guān)閱讀：above 與 over的用法區(qū)別