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John telephoned his wife, "I’ve managed to get two free tickets for the theatre. Please come and meet me outside my office. We’ll have something to eat first and then go to the theatre."
John’s wife was very glad because it was quite a long time since they had been to the theatre, which she liked very much. She met her husband as he told her. They had dinner first and got to the theatre in good time.
At the entrance of the theatre, John took out his wallet (钱包) to get the tickets, "Mmm That’s very strange, "he said. "They aren’t here!"
"Try your pockets," suggested his wife. But the tickets were not there either.
John looked very worried. "What’ s the matter" asked his wife. "Well," John explained, "I remember what I did with the tickets. I put them on my desk and forgot to pick them up before leaving the of rice !

What were they going to do be
A. They would have a meal first.
B. They would go shopping first.
C. They would go to the post office.

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John telephoned his wife, "I’ve managed to get two free tickets for the theatre. Please come and meet me outside my office. We’ll have something to eat first and then go to the theatre."
John’s wife was very glad because it was quite a long time since they had been to the theatre, which she liked very much. She met her husband as he told her. They had dinner first and got to the theatre in good time.
At the entrance of the theatre, John took out his wallet (钱包) to get the tickets, "Mmm That’s very strange, "he said. "They aren’t here!"
"Try your pockets," suggested his wife. But the tickets were not there either.
John looked very worried. "What’ s the matter" asked his wife. "Well," John explained, "I remember what I did with the tickets. I put them on my desk and forgot to pick them up before leaving the of rice !

How did his wife feel when sh
A. She felt very happy.
B. She was surprised.
C. She felt very sad.

[填空题]John and his wife went to evening clasps to learn how to______.

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John and his wife had a small restaurant near a station. The restaurant often stayed open until the early hours of the morning, because people came to drink there while they were waiting for trains.
At two o’clock, one morning, a man was still sitting at a table in the small restaurant. He was asleep. John’s wife wanted to go to bed. She looked into the restaurant several times, and each time the man was still there Then at last she went to her husband and said to him, "You’ve woken that man six times now, but he isn’t drinking anything. Why haven’t you sent him away It’s very late."
"Oh, no, I don’t want to send him away," answered her husband with a smile, "you see, when I wake him up, he asks for his bill, and when I bring it to him he pays for it. Then he goes back to sleep again."

Where was John and his wife’s restaurant （　）
A. Near a station.
B. In a station
C. On a train.

[单项选择]How did John Adams make his living
A. He trained soldiers.
B. He was a smith.
C. He was a silversmith.
D. He was a politician.

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John goes in for tennis while his wife goes in for painting and sculpture（）

A. outgrows
B. dedicates herself to
C. calls herself down
D. rakes after

[填空题]John keeps warning his son about the harm smoking can do him but the kid just ______________.(不听他的劝告).

[填空题]John lived with his mother in a rather big house, and when she died, the house became too big for him so he bought a smaller one in the (11) street. There was a very nice old clock in his first house, and when the men came to take his furniture to the new house, John thought, "I’m not going to let them carry my beautiful old clock in their (12) . Maybe they’ll break it, and then mending it will be very (13) . So he picked it up and began to carry it down the road under his arms. It was heavy, so he stopped two or three times to have a rest. Then (14) a small boy came along the road. He stopped and looked at John for a few seconds. Then he said to John, "You’re a stupid man, aren’t you Why don’t you buy a (15) like everybody else/