My husband, Micheal, and I were at a restaurant with his boss, a rather stern(严厉的) elderly man. When Micheal began a story I was sure he had told before, I gave him a kick under the table. There was no response, so I gave him another kick. Still the story went on. Suddenly he stopped and said with a smile, “Oh, but I’ve told you this one before, haven’t I ?” We all chuckled and changed the subject.
Later, on the dance floor, I asked my husband why it had taken him so long to get my message. “What do you mean?” he replied. “I cut off the story as soon as you kicked me.”
“But I kicked you twice, and it still took you a while to stop!”
Suddenly we realized what had happened and returned to our table. The boss smiled and said, “Don’t worry. After the second one I thought it wasn’t for me, so I passed it along!”
【小题1】The writer kicked her husband because .A．she didn’t like himB．she didn’t like storiesC．he was telling a story he had told beforeD．the story he told was not interesting【小题2】What can be inferred from the text?A．Micheal was kicked three times.B．Micheal kicked the boss.C．The boss was kicked twiceD．The boss kicked the author.【小题3】They all chuckled because .A．they kicked each otherB．they changed the subject in the endC．they were all satisfied with the dinnerD．they all thought each of them had done something interesting【小题4】It took Micheal so long to stop his story because .A．he wanted to finish the whole storyB．he got a kick only after a long whileC．he didn’t understand at once why he was kickedD．the two kicks given were not heavy enoughC
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(答案→)C
解析：文章介绍了一个有趣的小故事。
【小题1】C 细节题。根据第2行Micheal began a story I was sure he had told before,可知C正确。
【小题2】C 细节题。根据2,3行, I gave him a kick under the table. There was no response, so I gave him another kick.我踢了他两次。
【小题3】D 推理题。根据文章可知我丈夫讲了一个旧故事，被踢了以后，他知道这个故事已经讲过了，而我和老板都知道这是一个旧故事。所以要做一些更有意思的事情了。故D正确。
【小题4】B 推理题。根据文章最后一段可知我踢了老板两次，踢了第二次以后老板知道我是想踢我的丈夫，所以他就踢了我的丈夫。这里有一个过程，再根据第一段Still the story went on.故B正确。