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insteadof'
CanI?
IhadlearnedthatlessonthehardwaywhenIhadraisedmyhandandaskedmyteacher,'
CanIleavetheroom?
Shereplied,'
Youcanifyouareable．Ifyouareaskingformypermissiontoleavetheroom,Iwillreply,‘Yes,youmay．'
Thusthedifferencebetween'
and'
MayI?
waspermanentlycarved．"
Thedoctorlookedathiswatchandremindedhimkindly,"
Younowhave38minutesleft,Mr．Ace．
Allright．WhenIcamehomefromschool,Ialwaysannouncedmyentrancebycallingout,'
‘It'
sI,Mother．EvenatthatageIbeganpassingthisinvaluablegrammaticalknowledgetoallthekids,a-longwithmyexplanationsofthecorrectusage．Theybeganpassingitontotheirmothers,whointurnbeganeyingmesuspiciously,callingme'
thatstrangeboy'
andtellingthemnottoplaywithme．But…"
Youhave16minutesleft．"
Thedoctorsaid．"
Onsecondthoughtyoucantellmeaboutthatonyournextvisit．IsThursdayOK?
Sure．Butinmeantime,Doctor”
Thedoctorinterruptedhim．"
Inthemeantime,IhaveasimplelittleexerciseIwouldlikeyoutotry．Whenyouhearsomeonecommitagrammaticalfault,yousoftlyandslowlycounttoten;
theurgetomakeacorrectionwilldisappeargraduallybyitself．"
Andthat'
sit?
Areyousurethat'
11dothetrick?
Betterthanyourwayofmakingpeopleangryatyou．Patientisthebestmedicine．That'
swhatIalwayssay．"
Doctor,justaminute．Whatdoyoualwayssay?
One,two,three,four,five,six,seven,eight,nine,ten．Oh,Doctor,isitpatientorpatience,areyousure?
Well,I'
llseeyounextThursday．Goodbye,Doctor．"
Goodbye…strangeman…”
1．Mr．Acewenttothedoctorforhelpto____．
A．puthisbadtemperincontrol
B．improvehispoorrelationshipwithfriends
C．changehisimproperwayofexpressinghimself
D．drophisdisgustingcuriosityinlanguageerrors
2．ByreferringtohisformerteacherMr．Aceintendedtosay____．
A．histeacherwasstrictwithpupils
B．howhedevelopedhislanguagehabit
C．hewasonceagood-manneredpupil
D．whyhewasthankfultohisteacher
3．Mr．Acewas____amonghisfriendsbecauseofhishabit．
A．unwelcomeB．attractiveC.cautiousD．popular
4．Fromthepassagewecaninferthatthedoctorwas____incuringMr．Ace'
shabitintheend.
A．confidentHIhimselfB．unsureofhimself
C．enthusiasticD．creative
B
LOSANGELES,Aug．28-Onlynowisthefullstorycoming
outofthesurfaceaboutthegreat"
SunnyBearFarce（闹剧）"
atCrockerNationalBank,butitcarriesamessageforthosewho
wouldmixbears,money,children,depositors（储户）,
tellers（出纳员）andbankvicepresidents．
Theheroesofthestorywerethoselittlestuffed（毛织品）
animalswithbrightbuttoneyesthathavelongbeenthecompanions
ofcountlessgirlsandboys．
JustbeforetheChristmasseasonlastyear,thepromotiondepartmentatCrocker—thenations15thlargestbank,with358Californiabranches—cameupwith"
SunnytheBear．"
Thebankclaimedthatanyonewho-openedanewcheckingaccountof$100ormorewouldbegivenabear．
AngelaBohning,thenhandlingnewaccountsatthePalosVerdesbranch,remembersthat"
itstartedoutgreatbutthenproblemsbegantoarise．"
Sheadded,"
Therewerethebearssittingonthecounters,prettyandattractiveascouldbe,andeveryone．wantedone．Customerswhoalreadyhadaccountsinsistedtheyshouldgetabear．Onemanwhohada$50,000savingsaccountthreatenedtotakeoutallhismoneyunlesshegotabear．"
Wetriedtotellthemjusttotake$100outoftheirpreviousbankaccountandopenanotheraccountandsomeofthemdid,"
shecontinued．"
Motherswouldcomewithtwoormorekidsandeachchildwantedabear,ofcourse．Butitwasoneaccount/onebear,nomoreandnoless,,sotheyhadtoopentwoorthreecheckingaccounts．"
Ontopofeverythingelse,ashortageofbearsbegantodevelop．"
Itgotsoatourbranchthatwehadabearcountattheendofbusinesseveryday,"
Mrs．Bohningrecalled．"
Andwefinallyhadtoappointoneoftheassistantmanagersas'
thebearman'
tobeinchargeofbears．"
Astheshortageworsened,variousbranchestriedtoobtainmore"
Sunnies"
frombanksthatstillhadareserve（储备）andthePalosVerdebranch,forone,sentatrucktoanofficeinOrangecounty．
Finally,Crockerranoutofbearssometimeearlythisyear,butittookweeksbeforetheoutcrywentdown．
Inall100,000Sunnieswenttobankcustomers．DavidSanson,aspokesmanforthebank,saidthatalthoughitmaytryotherpromotions,"
wewillnevercomeupwithanythinglikethebears．"
5．Thepurposeofthebanksactivityisto____．
A．promotethesalesoftoys
B．improvethebank'
simage
C．promotethebank'
sbusiness
D．expressappreciationtothecustomers
6．Accordingtotherulesduringtheactivityyoucanhave____．
A．abearifyouhavehadaccountsof$100before
B．fivebearsifyouopenacheckingaccountof$500
C．twobearsifyouopentwocheckingaccountsof$200
D．nobearifyouopenacheckingaccountofmorethan$100
7．Inordertosatisfythedemandingcustomers,oneofthebankbrancheseven.
A．sentalltheworkerstocollectbears
B．arrangedaspecialinformationdesk
C．stoppedopeningnewaccountsof$100
D．sentatruckforonebearinafarawaybranch
8．Whatisthebestpossibletideforthepassage?
A．ACreativeBankPromotion
B．AnUnexpectedShortageofSunnyBear
C．ToyGiveawayNearlyUnbearableforBank
D．BankSavingforYourChildren'
sChristmasGifts
C
GroasisWaterboxx,winnerofPopularScienceMagazine'
s"
BestofWhat'
sNew"
2020sweptall11categoriesforthebestinvention,leavingbehindotherfantasticinventions,suchastheAppleiPad,Porsche918SpyderGreenSupercar,PanasonicVieraTV,IntelWirelessdisplayand117othersfortheGrandPrize
TheDutchinventorsaysmuchofthefreshwater
supplyisusedforirrigationinthedesert,yetmost
ofthewatermaybelostintheair．Soheinvented
thedevicewhichhecalledGroasisWaterboxxto
helppeoplegrowtreesandplantsinthedesert.
Hesayshegottheideafromnature.
“Ifyoulookatnature,andIgiveanexamplein
yourowncountry,ifyoulooktotheRockyMountainsoftheSierraNevada,youfindtreesalloverthemountains．Sotreesareactuallyabletogrowonrocks．Theyhaveverystrongroots．"
PieterHoffsaid．
Mr．Hoffsaysthetrickisthatnaturedoesnotdigaholelikewehumansdotoplantseeds．Natureplantstheseedsthroughbirdsoranimalsontopofthesoil．Theirwastethenactsasacover．Itkeepsthehumidity（潮湿）inthesoil．
TheDutchinventorsaysheissimplycopyingthatsystem．TheWaterboxxisarounddeviceaboutthesizeofamotorcycletire．Itsitsflatonthe,groundwiththebottomopentotheearth．Seedsorayoungplantinggrowoutofaholeinthecenter．
SomepeoplecalltheWaterboxxawaterbatterybecauseofitsabilitytocollectandstorewater．
Thecoverhasdeepridges（脊）．Thesecollectrainwater．Butthedeviceisdesignedtocollectwaterevenwhenthereisnorain．Thecoyergetscoldduringthenightandcreatesdropsofwateronit．
Thewateriscollectedthroughtwoholesandintheholesthereisasiphon（吸管）tpcarryittothesoil．PieterHoffsaysthenicethingaboutthesiphonsisthat,oncecollected,,the．waterisnotabletoevaporateanymore．
ResearchersatMohammedtheFirstUniversityinOujda,Morocco,testedtheWaterboxxforthreeyearsintheSahara．Theysaidclosetoninetypercentofthetreesplantedwiththedevicesurvived．Withoutit,theysaid,onlyabouttenpercentsurvived．
9．WhatdoesPieterHoff’sinventionhaveincommonwithnaturalplanting?
A．Noneedofsoiltoplantseeds．
B．Noneedofwatertoplantseeds．
C．Havinganeffectiveway'
toobtainnutrition．
D．Havinganeffectivewaytokeephumidity．
10．Theunderlinedword"
evaporate"
mostprobablymeans____．
A．disappearB．circulateC．contractD．float
11．TheWaterboxxhas____．
A．awaterbatteryunderitB．asolidbottomtoholdwater
C．manysiphonstodrawwaterD．manyraisedlinesonthecover
12．Howdoesthedevicecollectwaterwhenitdoesn'
train?
A．Thesiphondrawswaterfromtheearth．
B．Thecoldcoverchangestheairintoliquid．
C．Thecoverkeepsthehumidityinthesoil．
D．Theridgessaveenoughwaterinrainingdays．
D
InGreekmythology（神话）,fireisagiftfromtheGod,stolenfromZeus（宙斯）byPrometheusandhandedovertohumansufferingfromcold．Whatcouldbemorenaturalthansittingaroundabeautifulfireonawinternight,atacampsiteintheBerkshires?
Hardasitmaybetobelieve,thefireplace—longconsideredatrophy（奖杯）,particularlyinacitylikeNewYork—isacquiringasocialshame．Amongthosewhodesiretobeenvironmentallyresponsible,itisjoiningtheranksofbottledwaterandbighouses．
SallyTreadwell,a51-year-oldpublicrelations
executiveinBoone,N.C.,saidnothingmakesher
happierthanbuildingafireonacoldwinternight.
Butmostofthetimeshedoesn’t,becauseshefeels
tooguiltyaboutthedamageitmaydotothe
environment.Everytimeshebuildsafire,it
causes“innerconflict,”shesaid.“It’saguiltypleasure.”
“Thesmokefromafiresmellsverynice,”said
Dia
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