Question

【題目】請認真閱讀下面短文并用英語回答問題，將答案寫在橫線上。

One day June Green visited the family doctor, Edward Smith. Dr. Smith was an old man with a long beard.

“What’s the problem, June?” Dr. Smith asked her.

“I’m very worried about my son, teddy.” Mrs. Green said, “I can’t stop him from gambling(賭博). He spends all his money betting on horse races. And not just on horse races，he’ll bet on anything. It doesn’t matter what it is.”

“I’ve cured people of gambling before.” Dr. Smith said, “Send him to me. I’ll talk to him.”

A week later, Dr. Smith spoke to Mrs. Green on the phone. “I think I’ve cured your son.” he said. “That’s wonderful. How did you do it?”

“Well,” the doctor said, “It was very strange. While we were talking, he was looking at my beard. Suddenly he said, ‘I bet you $50 that’s a false beard.’” “Oh, no!” Mrs. Green cried. “It’s all right,” the doctor said, “I knew what to do. ‘My beard isn’t a false one,’ I told him, ‘And I can prove it.’”

“ ‘Can I pull your beard and find out?’ your son asked me.”

“I thought, this was my chance to teach him a lesson, so I said, ‘Yes, you can pull my beard.’ ”

“Well, he pulled it, and soon found out it was real.” The doctor laughed. “He had to pay me $50. That should cure his gambling.”

“Doctor,” Mrs. Green said, “You’re wrong. You haven’t cured him. You’ve made him even worse.”

“How can that be?”

“The day before he went to see you, he bet me$100 that you would ask him to pull your beard!”

【1】How much money did Teddy win in the end?

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【2】What was Teddy’s problem?

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【3】Did the doctor cure Teddy? Why or why not?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Fifty dollars.

【2】He liked gambling.

【3】No, he didn’t. Because Teddy didn’t stop gambling.

【解析】

泰迪的媽媽找醫(yī)生幫助泰迪戒掉賭癮，醫(yī)生很有信心，認為自己已經解決了泰迪的問題，可事實上，泰迪并沒有停止賭博。

【1】

根據文中“Well, he pulled it, and soon found out it was real.”、“He had to pay me $50. That should cure his gambling.”、“The day before he went to see you, he bet me$100 that you would ask him to pull your beard!”可知，泰迪在去看醫(yī)生之前跟媽媽打賭100美元，說醫(yī)生會讓他扯胡子，泰迪見到醫(yī)生以后，跟醫(yī)生打賭50美元，他認為醫(yī)生的胡子是假的，后來他去扯醫(yī)生的胡子，發(fā)現是真的，所以泰迪的媽媽要給泰迪100美元，泰迪要給醫(yī)生50美元，100-50=50，所以最后泰迪贏了50美元。故填Fifty dollars.

【2】

根據文中“I can’t stop him from gambling.”可知，泰迪的媽媽不能讓泰迪停止賭博，所以泰迪的問題是：他喜歡賭博。故填He liked gambling.

【3】

根據文中“You’re wrong. You haven’t cured him. You’ve made him even worse.”可知，泰迪的媽媽告訴醫(yī)生，醫(yī)生不僅沒有解決泰迪賭博的問題，反而是更加嚴重了，可見他沒有停止賭博，所以此處用否定回答，原因是他沒有停止賭博。故填No, he didn’t. Because Teddy didn’t stop gambling.