阅读理解填词(四) 幽默故事+学习提高+说明介绍
A
An old lady went into the building of a bank one day, carrying a large bag of money. She asked to speak with the president of the bank.
“How can I help you?” the bank president asked. She replied, “I would like to open a savings account(存款账户),” and placed the bag of 1.m on his desk. The president was surprised to see this, so he asked her, “Madam, how did you make this money?” The old lady 2.r , “I make bets(赌注).” Surprised, the president then asked, “What kind of bets?” The old lady said, “Well, for example, I’ll bet you 5,000,000 yuan that your tongue will become square by 10 o’clock tomorrow morning.”“What?” the president asked. He then smiled and said, “You’ve got yourself a bet!” and shook her hand 3.h . The old lady said, “Okay. May I bring my lawyer with me tomorrow 4.a a witness(见证者)?”“Sure!” the president confidently answered.
The next morning, at 10,the old lady showed 5.u with her lawyer at the president’s office. She asked the president to 6.o his mouth so they could all see. The old lady looked closely at his tongue and then asked 7.i she could touch it.“Well, 5,000,000 yuan is a lot of money. I guess it’s OK,” the president said. At this moment, he saw that the lawyer was hitting his head 8.a the wall. The president asked, “What is the 9.m with your lawyer?” The old lady answered, “I bet him 10,000,000 yuan that I would 10.t the tongue of the president of this bank at 10 a.m. today.”
B
It was a history class. But both a history teacher and a chemistry teacher came in. After the history teacher introduced some famous bronze wares(青铜器) in 1.h , the chemistry teacher 2.d an experiment to find out what was in the bronze ware.
This kind of class is not new for students of Luwan Middle School in Shanghai. Last year, the school began to open interdisciplinary(跨学科) classes. That means teachers in different 3.s can have a class together. According to some teachers, this kind of classes may help students 4.l knowledge in different ways. So far twenty interdisciplinary classes 5.h come out.
Students are very 6.e about this kind of class. “I really look forward to what new ideas our teachers will bring out to us. And they always surprise us,” said Chen Fei, a 15-year-old eighth-grader.
7.H , a few teachers think it’s8.m difficult to teach in group. Each teacher of the group should finish 9.t in a short time, and isn’t allowed to explain 10.e he wants clearly to the students. So sometimes students have much fun, but they don’t have enough time and chances to think.
C
Built with life
If someone mentions Paris, Sydney or Istanbul, you might picture one of those 1.c beautiful buildings. Architecture(建筑) is often the most quick and familiar way to recognize a place.
Throughout time, architecture has been one of the 2.m important carriers of culture. “It is certainly part of how we see ourselves, and part of how we see the world,” said Martha Thorne, executive director of the Pritzker prize for 3.a .
Over the past half-century, master architect Ieoh Ming Pei was 4.i by many cultures in his work. The Chinese-American died in his New York City home on May 16.
Pei designed the Suzhou Museum. With its white walls and dark rooftops (粉墙黛瓦), it looks 5.l a modern version of classic Chinese gardens. 6.A of his works, the Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar,has traditional Arabian-style arch windows.
“You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place,” Pei once said. “they are the reflection of society.”
“But architecture is not 7.j about reflecting society and culture. It should also be made for the people who live and work in it,” Thorne said.
