During the doctor's periodic visit to my elderly mother, I told him that Mother would be celebrating her 98th birthday in few days. Delighted by the news, he bent down and gave her a kiss for the occasion. He then announced that he, too, would be celebrating a birthday in few days and asked for a kiss in return.

When he left, my mother shook her head in disgust. "Can you imagine, " she said. "Seventy dollars and I had to kiss him too!"

Notes:

(1) periodic adj.定期的

(2) bend down彎腰

Exercises:

根據(jù)短文判斷下列句子正（T）、（F）：

① The doctor came to see the elderly woman regularly.

② The elderly woman would be celebrating her 99th birthday.

③ The doctor was surprised at the news.

④ The elderly woman and the doctor would celebrate their birthday on the same day.

⑤ The elderly woman thought the doctor was too mean.

根據(jù)短文判斷下列句子正（T）、誤（F）：

年長者階層

醫(yī)生按期來探視我的老母。我告訴他母親不幾天就要慶祝她98歲的生日了。醫(yī)生聽了也很高興，為此，他彎下腰來親了她一下。然后他說不幾天他也要慶祝自己的生日，并要求她還他一個吻。

醫(yī)生走后，我母親厭惡地?fù)u搖頭?！澳隳芟胂髥?，”她說，“付了他70元，我還得親他！”

練習(xí)參考答案：

①T②F③F④F⑤T