A. to practies driving a car.
B. to pull the car closer to the bank window.
C. to see what was happening in the bank.
D. to park free.
③ How many times did she try?
A. three times
B. four times
C. five times
D. six times
④ When did the story happen?
A. at night
B. in the morning
C. during lunch time
D. in the afternoon
⑤ What did the woman think of the drive up?
A. She thought it was very easy.
B. She thought it was really difficult.
C. She thought it would make people lazy.
D. She thought it would cause people to become fat.
127.方便与否
一位妇女把车沿着我们银行的驱车直达窗口开过来，可她并不满意
于她停的位置。因此她倒车，靠得更近点。还是不满意，倒车，再来。
五次努力后，终于她把车停下来，摇下车窗。我简单地问候她一声“早
上好”。
“早上好，”她愉快地回答说，“以后我都要使用这种驱车直达窗
口。真是如此的方便。”
128.I Want Her to go Nuts
Mrs. Flinders decided to have her portrait painted. She told
the artist, "Paint me with diamond earrings, a diamond necklace,
emerald bracelets and a ruby pendant."
"But you're not wearing any of those things."
"I know," said Mrs. Flinders." It's in case I should die before
my husband. I'm sure he'd remarry right away, and I want her to
go nuts ollking for the jewelry."
Notes:
(1) to have her portrait painted 让人给她画像 to have sth done.
要（让）别人做某事
(2) portrait n.肖像
(3) earring n. 耳环
(4) emerald n.祖母绿
(5) bracelets n.手镯
(6) ruby n.红宝石
(7) pendant n.垂环
(8) go nuts = go mad 发疯
Exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：
① Mrs. Flinders decide to paint a portrait for herself.
② She wanted to look wealthy in portrait.
③ She was wearing a diamond necklace.
④ She was sure that she would die before her husband.
⑤ Mr. Flinders remarried right away.
128.我要让她发疯
福林德斯夫人决定让人给她画肖像。她告诉那位肖像画家说：“画
我带着钻石耳环、钻石项链、祖母绿手镯，还有红宝石垂饰。”
“但你现在没带这其中的任何一样饰品。”
“我知道。”福林德斯夫人说，“万一我先我丈夫死去，我肯定他
会立刻再婚。我要让那个女人为寻找这些珠宝而发疯。”
129. An Ad
After a beautiful purebred puppy wandered onto our back porch
and made himself at home, my husband composed an ad for the "Lost
and found" column of the local newspaper. It read: "A puppy, male,
approximately nine months old, no collar, very friendly, found on
Rockbridge Road. "
I feared all the detail might encourage an unscrupulous person
to claim the dog.As I methodically explained why each clue revealed
too much, my husband dutifully crossed out the words. Finally, in
frustration, he rewrote the ad, reducing it to a single sentence
that I couldn't refute.
It read: "Guess what I found?"
Notes:
(1) purebred adj.纯种的(8) methodically adj.有条不紊地
(2) puppy adj.小狗；幼犬(9) clue n.线索
(3) porch n.门廊(10) reveal v.透露
(4) compose v.构思；作(11) dutifully adv.尽职地
(5) approximately adv.将近(12) cross out 画横线以删除
(6) cellar n.项圈(13) frustration n.挫折
(7) unscrupulous adj.无耻的；(14) refute v.反驳
Exercises:
根据短文填空：
① A beautiful puppy wandered _____ our back porch.
② He _____ himself at home.
③ My husband _____ an ad for the "Lost and found" column of
the local newspaper.
④ I feared all the detail might encourage an unscruplous
person to_____ the dog.
⑤ My husband dutifully crossed _____the words.
129.广告
一只漂亮的纯种狗来到我们的后门廊并已此为家了。我丈夫为当地
的“失物招领”栏目构思了一则广告。它是这样写的：“小狗，雄性，
近九个月年龄，无项圈，很友善，发现于石桥路。”
我害怕这样的细节会给那些昧着良心要狗的人以可乘之机。我有条
不紊地解释为什么每个线索都透露得太多，我丈夫就尽职地划去一些
词。终于，出于为难，他重新写了广告，把它缩为一个我无法反驳的句
子。
它是这样写的：“猜猜我发现了什么？”
130. Wedding or Not
Uncle Frank, at 79, was a healthy and wealthy man, a lifelong
bachelor. He courted a lot, he said, but "never boiled over-just
simmered." On a whim, he decided to take a trip around the country
to look up nearly a dozen old girlfriends.
Upon his return he exclaimed, "Whew!