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英语高考一轮复习综合课外趣味阅读及练习题（二十） 课外趣味阅读 精彩故事 Coffee Problem A man was at the doctors office. Every time I drink a cup of coffee, Doctor, I have a stabbing pain in my right eye. What should I do? he asked . Take the spoon out of your cup. answered the doctor. Notes: (1) stabbing adj.刺痛的 (2) spoon n.匙子 Exercises: 根据短文回答下列问题： ① Where was the man? ② What problem did he have? ③ In which eye did he have the problem? ④ How did the doctor answer him? ⑤ Do you think the doctor was only joking? 咖啡问题 一位男子来到医生的办公室。“医生，每次我喝咖啡，我的右眼都 有刺痛感。您说我该怎么办？”他问道。 “把勺子从咖啡杯里拿出来。”医生回答说。 Ive Just Bitten My Tongue Are we poisonous? the young snake asked his mother. Yes, dear, she replied - Why do you ask? Cause Ive just bitten my tongue! Notes: (1) poisonous adj.有毒的 (2) Cause Ive just bitten my tongue 因为我刚咬了自己的舌头。 句中Cause 是Because 的缩略形式。 Exercises: 根据短文回答下列问题： ① The young snake was a female . ② The mother snake was puzzled by the young snakes question. ③ The young snake had just eaten something poisonous. ④ The young snake was going to die. ⑤ The young snake was worried about his survival because he thought his own blood would kill him. 我刚咬破自己的舌头 “我们有毒吗？”一个年幼的蛇问它的母亲。 “是的，亲爱的，”她回答说，“你问这个干什么？” “因为我刚刚咬破自己的舌头。” 英语短文欣赏 Pierre Curie居里夫人 French scientist Pierre Curie lived from 1859 to 1906, while Marie Curie lived from 1867 to 1934. They met at the Sorbonne where Marie was a student and Pierre was a professor of physics. Together, they discovered “Radium”. They won the 1903 Nobel Prize for physics. Marie Curie was the first woman who became a physics professor at the Sorbonne. And in 1911, she won a second Nobel Prize for chemistry.?Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor who lived from 1847 to 1931 and invented over 1000 inventions in his lifetime, Two of the most important inventions were the light bulb and the phonograph, the first thing to record sound. Edison set up a lab in New Jersey in 1876. He made a lot of money by selling one of his earlier inventions.?Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi