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AfterItookofficeasmayorofasmallKentuckycity,

anunfortunateincidentprecipitatedsomehatefulphonecalls

htwhileIwasconductingacity-council

meeting,mywifeansweredthephone.

”IsthisthehomeofBertMay,themayor?”a

woman’svoiceasked.

WhenmywifeexplainedthatIwasatameetingand

wouldreturnhercallifsheleftanameandnumber,thecaller

said.“That’hisgirlfriend.“

Mywife,knowingthiswasallaru,calmly

responded,“Lady,ifyoudon’tleaveyournameandnumber,

hewon’tknowwhichonetocallback

Notes:

(1)takeoffice任职(4)confidentialadj.保密的

(2)precipitatev.使突然发生(5)run.欺诈

(3)conductv.主持

Exercis:

根据短文选择正确答案：

①Whatdidthehusbandtakeofficeas?

entofabigcompany

fabigcity

fasmallcity

fKentucky

②Whathappenedafterhetookoffice?

rtunateincident

hquake

ningceremonyofacompany

egotill

③Theword“precipitate”in“anunfortunate

incidentprecipitatedsomehatefulphonestomyhome”

probablymeans_____.

rn

ive

iate

④Whywouldn’tthewomanonthelineleavehername

andnumber?

eshehadnonameornumber.

eshewasnotallowedtodosobyher

husband.

eshewastoonervoustoremindherlfof

hernameandnumber.

eshewasjustplayingadirtytrick.

⑤Fromthepassagewecanethat_____.

orhadmanygirlfriends

anonlinehaddialedthewrongnumber

eofthemayorwasquick-minded

orwouldreturnthewoman’scall

60.给哪一个回电话

我上任为肯塔基州的一个小城的市长后，发生了一件不幸

的事，从而招致了一些可恨的电话打到我家里。一天夜里，我还在主

持市政会议，我妻子接到了一个电话。

“是伯特·麦因、市长的家吗？”一个女人的声音问道。

我妻子向她解释说我还在开会，如果她留下姓名和电话号

码的话，我会给她回话。通话人马上说：“这个保密。我是他的女朋

友。”

我妻子知道这完全是欺诈。她镇静地回答说：“女士，如

果你不留下姓名和号码的话，他就不会知道给哪一个回话。”

练习参考答案：

①C②A③C④D⑤C