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Unit 22 Bees
A
Mr. Enderby, the headmaster,
stopped Anna one day at the school gate.
“
Now,
”
he said,
“
I want you to tell me the
truth, my dear.
”
“
Naturally,
”
said Anna shortly, fearing,
something terrible had happened.
“
I have had a
most serious
accusation
（控告）
made against
you by Mrs. Bond.
”
“
Mrs.
Bond?
”
said
Anna,
not
understanding.
Janet
Bond
was
a
quiet
little
mouse
of
a
child.
As
far
as
Anna
could
remember she had never had cause to speak an angry
word to the girl.
“
Mrs. Bond,
”
went on Mr. Enderby,
“
tells me that you scolded
her daughter yesterday afternoon.
”
“
Scolded?
”
cried Anna.
“I
don’t scold. At least not in school,
”
she added honestly.
“Mrs. Bond’s story is that Janet was a
little late back to school in the
afternoo
n. She said that the
child had to spend some time in the
bathroom, which meant she set out from home a
little late.
”
“
Just a minute,
”
said Anna, beginning to
understand.
“
She did come
late, very late. I had marked her
absent, of course. Then she
wande
red in, when we’d started our
paper
--cutting, and I believe I said
she was
a nuisance
（讨厌的人）.
She didn’t appear to hear, and was certainly quite
cheerful. ”
“
Ah, a nuisance.
”
Mr. Enderby jumped on the
word.
“You’re sure you only said a
nuisance. ”
“
I may not even have said
that,
”
Anna replied.
“
It was no more than slight
displeasure that I felt and
I certainly
didn’t scold. ”
“
Mrs. Bond said that you
called her child a
blasted
（该死的）
nuisance. Is
that true?
”
“Indeed it isn’t, ”
said
Anna,
“
The child-or the
mother-has made it up!
”
Mr. Enderby was
satisfied with Anna’s explanation.
“
Just as I
thought, my dear, but of course I had to make
sure.
”
1. When
Mr. Enderby stopped Anna at the school gate, he
______.
A. made her feel worried
at first
B. thought
she had done something wrong
C.
had made up his mind to scold her
D. wanted to tell her a true story
2. Mr. Enderby thought that ______.
A. Janet had scolded Anna
B.
Anna had scolded Janet
C. Anna
would not tell the truth
D. Mrs. Bond had not told the truth
3. To call a child a nuisance is
______.
A. not considered serious
by the teacher
B. considered a
serious accusation
C. obviously
upsetting for the child
D. a sign
of great anger
4. Mr. Enderby
considered Anna a _______ teacher.
A. careless
B. cruel
C. bad
D.
trusted
B
London
－
The British Coast
Guard on Thursday had to rescue a sailor for the
tenth time in a year after the
inexpert
yachtsman who controls the
yacht
（小艇）
using a
road map
of Britain, got stuck on the
seashore
again.
Just
one
day
after
the
Coast
Guard
had
a
serious
talk
with
Eric
Abbott,
46
asking
him
to
use
proper
professional
charts, his
homemade boat ran around off Rhy1, Wales.
He had intended to get in touch
with them but did it on the wrong radio channel,
and by the time two rescue
boats
reached him, his yacht had become stuck.
Offcials of the Royal National
Lifeboat Institution say he has cost them over
￡
30,000($$ 45,000)in rescue
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efforts over the past year
A Coast Guard and Marine Agency
spokesman said:
“
Yet again
Mr. Abbott failed to file a traffic report to
us before setting sail, which is what
any captain knows he should do.
”
“
You would think, after
being rescued another time and after being given a
serious talk, he would not go
to sea
again. This man is
irresponsible
（不负责任的）
, and
something has been done to see if there is
anything
we can do.
”
But the
Coast Guard said it could only
“
encourage him to better his
seamanship skills.
”
Mr.
Abbott
first
came
to
the
attention
of
the
Coast
Guard
in
Liverpool
on
July
23
last
year
when
they
recorded
his
departure
（
leavin
g
）
from
the
port
as
“
not
without
mishap
（
unlucky
accident
）
.
”
A
day
later
he
was
pulled
ashore.
Mr. Abbott once
told Liverpool guardsmen that he could not find
the lsle of Man.
5. Why
did the yachtsman keep getting his boat stuck
according to the writer?
A. He was
not professional.
B. He used the wrong map.
C. He was noticed last year.
D.
He lost his way on the sea.
6. Which of the following can best
describe the yachtsman in the spokesman’s opinion?
A. He needed a good
sense of direction
B.
He needed better sailing skills
C. He didn’t behave
proper
ly.
D. He was courageous.
7.
It seems that it is a rule for a yachtsman ______.
A. to inform the Coast Guard of his
departure from the port
B. to have
a talk with the Coast Guard after he is helped out
C. to get in touch with the Coast
Guard while he is sailing
D. to
pay for what has been spent on rescuing him
8. Which of the following is the
right order of what happened?
th
a. The yachtsman was
rescued on July 24
b.
The Coast Guard had a serious talk with the
yachtsman.
c. The yachtsman
informed the Coast Guard of his fight.
d. Two reacue boats came to the
rescue.
e. The yachtsman failed to
get the radio channel leaving.
A.
baced
B. cdaeb
C. bceda
D. cabed
9.
Which of the following is more likely to be the
title of this news story?
A.
British Coast Guard Offerning Good Services.
B. Large Expense Spent on Rescue
Work Last Year.
C. Captain of
Homemade Boat Lost and Stuck at Sea
th
D. Briton Sailing by
Road Map is Rescued for 10
Time.
C
Nature has
supplied every animal except man with some
covering for his body such as fur, feathers, hair,
and shells as a thick hide. But man has
nothing but a thin skin.
If
someone were to ask you,
“
Why did human beings start
to cover their bodies with clothes?
”
most would
answer,
“
To keep
themselves warm, of course.
”
It is only
when we begin to think about it a little that we
realize that clothes are worn for a great many
reasons that have nothing to do with
our need for warmth at all.
For
example, we
wear clothes to
some degree
in order to
decorate ourselves-to make ourselves,
if possible,
look more
dignified
（尊严）
or nicer.
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