初中英語《讓我的司機(jī)來回答》閱讀題

　　Im Going to Let My Chauffeur Answer it

　　A famous scientist was on his way to yet another lecture when his chauffeur offered an idea. "Hey, boss, I've heard your speech many times, I bet I could deliver it and give you the night off.

　　"sounds great," the scientist said.

　　When they got to the auditorium, the scientist put on the chauffeur's hat and settled in the back row. The chauffeur walked to the lectern and delivered the speech. Afterward he asked if there were any questions.

　　"Yes," said one processor.Then he launched into a highly technical question.

　　The chauffeur was panic-stricken for a moment but quickly recovered. " That's an easy one, " he replied, "so easy, I'm going to let my chauffeur answer it. "

　　Notes:

　　(1) on one's way (to)某人在……的路上

　　(2) chauffeur n.受雇駕駛私人汽車之司機(jī)

　　(3) give you the night off讓你休息一個(gè)晚上

　　(4) auditorium n.禮堂

　　(5) settle v.使安身;使安定

　　(6) launch into開始

　　(7) panic-stricken adj.驚慌失措的

　　Exercises:

　　根據(jù)短文回答問題：

　　① Why did the chauffeur think he could deliver the lecture?

　�、� What did the scientist think of the idea?

　�、� Where did the scientist sit when they got to the auditorium?

　　④ What kind of question did one professor ask?

　�、� Did the chauffeur spoil the lecture?

　　7.讓我的司機(jī)來回答

　　一個(gè)著名科學(xué)家起程去再作一個(gè)講座。他的司機(jī)出了個(gè)主意：“老板，您的講座我已聽了這么多次了。我打賭我能作這個(gè)講座，讓您休息一個(gè)晚上。”

　　“那太好了。”科學(xué)家說。

　　到了禮堂，科學(xué)家戴上了司機(jī)的帽子，坐在了后排。而司機(jī)走上了講臺(tái)，作講演。講演結(jié)束后，他問聽眾是否有什么問題。

　　一個(gè)教授說有，并提出了一個(gè)高深的學(xué)術(shù)問題。

　　司機(jī)一時(shí)被問懵了，但很快就鎮(zhèn)定下來。“這很容易，”他說，“太容易了，我要讓我的司機(jī)來回答。”

　　練習(xí)參考答案：

　　① Because he had heard the scientist's lecture many times.

　�、� He thought it was great.

　�、� In the back row.

　　④ A highly technical question.

　�、� No, he didn't.

（育路中小學(xué)教育）