我不該在那兒工作的！

Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were in labor (分娩).

The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man， “Congratulations， sir. You’re the father of twins!” “What a coincidence (巧合)!I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball Team!” Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎). “Wow!That’s unbelievable!I work for the 3M Company.” An hour later， the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised， he only could answer， “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”

After this， everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fainted (暈). The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself， they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over， “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven!I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven!I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven!”

( )1. Why were the fathers there?

A. They were doctors in the hospital.

B. They were seeing doctors.

C. They were waiting for their babies to be born.

( )2. Why did the fourth man faint when he heard what the nurse told the third man?

A. Hew was afraid of having so many babies.

B. He was seriously ill.

C. He was very glad to have 7 babies.

( )3. At least how many babies would be born according to the story?

A. 9.B. 10.C. 16.

把我的地址發(fā)回來

Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife， “I’m going to fly to New York next week because I’ve got some work there.” “Where are you going to stay there?” his wife asked. “I don’t know yet.” Dick answered. “Please send me your address from there in a telegram (電報(bào))，” his wife said. “All right，” Dick answered.

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it. In the evening he didn’t have any work， so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o’clock and said， “Now I’m going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner.”

He found a taxi and the driver said， “Where do you want to go?” But Dick didn’t remember the name and address of his hotel.

“Which hotel are my things in?” he said， “And what am I going to do tonight?” But the