A doctor for animals
“don't tell me what you think,” the doctor said. “i'm the doctor, not you. i know what you need. i see hundreds of people like you. none of them get any exercise. they sit in offices all day and in front of the television in the evening. what you need is to walk quickly for at least 20 minutes a day.”
“doctor, you don't understand,” the patient said, “i. . .”
“i don't want to hear any excuses,” the doctor said. “you must find time for exercise. if you don't, you will get fat and have health problems when you are older.”
“but i walk every day,” the patient said.
“oh, yes, and i know what kind of walking that is. you walk a few feet(尺) to the train station from your house, a few more feet from your office to a restaurant for lunch and back. that's not real walking. i'm talking about a walk in the park for twenty minutes every day.
“will you listen to me, doctor!” the patient shouted, getting angry with the doctor who thought he knew everything.
“i'm a mailman,” the patient went on, “and i walk for seven hours every day!”
for a moment the doctor was silent (沉默), then he said quietly, “put your tongue out again, will you?”
11. the first thing the doctor asked the man to do was to ________.
a. walk to work b. exercise
c. show him his tongue d. drink tea
12. the doctor would not ________.
a. tell the man what was wrong with him b. let the man speak
c. look at the man's tongue d. let the man watch tv
13. the doctor told the man that he ________.
a. should get more exercise b. should stop making excuses
c. should watch more tv d. was already to fat
14. the doctor ________.
a. gave the man good advice b. walked seven hours a day
c. was really a mailman d. didn't know the abc of the check up
15. the doctor asked the man to put out his tongue again because he ________.
a. would give him more advice on health care
b. was going to make up another story to fool the man
c. was afraid of the patient
d. was an honest person
iii. 完形填空
mr. johnson worked in a restaurant (飯館). he worked there for ten years, but he wasn't a good __1___ and at last he was sent away. he __2___ all hard work and stayed in the city.
once something was wrong with his ear. he had to go to __3___ a doctor. the man looked him over and gave him some __4___. and five minutes later he had to __5___ him twenty dollars. he came to the small town and __6___ a hospital. at first the people there knew __7___ about him and they came to see him. but soon they found he couldn't treat (治療) them at all and his medicine wasn't __8___. people hardly came and he had nothing to do.