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Mr. and Mrs. King have lived in our town for nearly twenty years.They have a bookshop by the bus station. They’re 1 to everybodyand have a lot of friends. They often 2 the poor students and sellthem some books cheaply. So there’re many people in their shop. Ofcourse people 3 them and their friends often call on them and 4them. We can always heartheir rooms are full of 5and quarrels.

It was a Friday evening.Mr. and Mrs. King were goingto have a picnic on the islandthe next 6 . It was a littlefar from our town. So theyhad to 7 earlier than usualto catch a six o’clock train.After 8 a few friends cameto see them while they were cooking some 9 and drinks for thepicnic. Mr. King and his wife had to stop 1 0 them. They talked alot and few of them looked at the 11 on the wall. Mr. and Mrs. Kingwere anxious but they couldn’t tell the visitors about it. The woman?thought for a few 12 and had an idea. She said to her 13 ，“Oh， it’s eleven o’clock！ You’d better stop talking， dear！ Ourguests are anxious to 14 ！”

Mr. King heard this and stood up and said 15 to the visitorsand they left soon.

1. A. hard?B. polite?C. cold?D. careful

2. A. help B. hurt?C. hit?D. watch

3. A. know?B. understand?C. meet?D. like

4. A. play with?B. fight with?C. talk with?D. catch up with

5. A. cry?B. shout?C. noise?D. laugh

6. A. morning?B. afternoon?C. evening?D. noon

7. A. go to work?B. get up?C. go to sleep?D. open the shop

8. A. breakfast?B. lunch?C. supper?D. cooking

9. A. clothes?B. bags?C. books?D. food

10. A. receive?B. to receive?C. accept?D. to accept

11. A. phone?B. photo?C. clock?D. picture

12. A. minutes?B. days?C. weeks?D. months

13. A. visitors?B. husband?C. brother?D. father

14. A. go home?B. go to bed?C. go shopping?D. have a rest

15. A. hello?B. goodbye?C. sorry?D. nothing

【語(yǔ)篇解讀角】

本文主要介紹了生活在小鎮(zhèn)并擁有一家書(shū)屋的金夫婦如何委婉地拒絕客人的故事。學(xué)會(huì)拒絕他人是生活中的重要課題，而委婉拒絕他人的方法在人際交往中很重要。

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