ThreemencametoLondon1aholiday.Theycametoalargehotelandtookaroomthere.2roomwas3thefifteethfloor.
Intheeveningthethreemenwenttoacinemaandcame4verylate.
“I’msorry,”saidtheassistantofthehotel,“Ourlifts(电梯)arenot5tonight.Ifyou6wanttowalkuptoyourroom.Weshallmakeupabedforyou7thehall.”
“No,no,”Tom,oneofthethree8,said,“No,thankyouWedonotwanttosleepinthehall.Weshallwalkuptoourroom.”
Thenheturnedtohis9friendsandsaid,“Itisnoteasytowalkuptothefiftiethfloor,butIknowhowtomakeit10.Onour11totheroom.Ishalltellyousomejokes(笑话),thenyou,Andy,singussomesongs,thenyou,Peter,12ussomeinteresting13.”
“Allright,that’sagoodidea.”thefriendsbothagreed.
TheybegantowalkuptotheirroomTomtoldmanyjokes.Andy14somesongs.15theycametothethirtyeighthfloor.Theyweretiredandwantedtohavearest.
“Well,”saidTom.“Nowit’s16turn,Peter.Afterallthosejokeswe17andsongswelistenedto.Tellusalongandinterestingstorywithasadending.”
“Allright,”saidPeter,“Ishalltellyouastory.Itisnotlong,18itis19sad:We20thekeytoourroominthehall.”
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()2.A.WhereB.TheirC.HisD.They’re
()3.A.inB.atC.forD.on
()4.A.homeB.fromC.backD.to
()5.A.workB.workingC.worksD.toworking
()6.A.won’tB.don’tC.aren’tD.didn’t
()7.A.inB.onC.atD.by
()8.A.womenB.manC.menD.assistants
()9.A.secondB.firstC.oneD.two
()10.A.difficultB.easierC.easilyD.moredifficult
()11.A.floorB.wayC.hallD.lifts
()12.A.sayB.speakC.talkD.tell
()13.A.storyB.storiesC.thestoryD.thestories
()14.A.singsB.sangC.singingD.sing
()15.A.InnotimeB.AtfirstC.AmomentagoD.Atlast
()16.A.yourB.youC.yoursD.yourself
()17.A.heardB.heardofC.heardaboutD.heardfrom
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()19.A.realB.trueC.reallyD.truly
()20.A.leaveB.areleavingC.putD.left
Theelephantistheonlyanimalin81withatrunk.Itusesitstrunkinmany82.Itpullsleavesoff83withitstrunkandthenputsthemintoits84.Itcanevenuseitstrunkwhenitwantstomake85throughtheforest.Italsousesitstrunktoget86.Thetrunkcanholdalotofwater,asanelephantneedsto87morethanthreehundredpintsofwatereveryday.
Whentheelephantis88,itstuskscanbeverydangerous.Thetusksofanelephantarereallyitsfront89.Peoplepayalotof90forivoryofanelephant'stusk.InAmericamenhavehuntedelephants91theirtusks.Theivoryfromthetusksismade92manybeautifulthings.
Ithasbeeneasyformento93elephantsinAsia.Theyuseelephantstocarryheavythingsforlong94.
ManypeoplesaythatthekingsofAsia95togivewhiteelephantstopeoplewhomtheydidnotlike.Thesewhiteelephantsweresacredandtheycouldnotbemadeto96.Theycouldnotbekilledorgiven97.Apersonwhoowned98hadtopayalotofmoneytokeepitproperly.Afteracertaintime,heusuallybecamevery99.NowpeopleinEnglandcall100thing“awhiteelephant”.
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82.A.fieldsB.timesC.waysD.methods
83.A.treesB.grassC.plantsD.veg