初中英語閱讀題:生意不好

　　A salesman was chatting with the owner of a motel."Business is terrible," said the motel owner. 'Really bad."

　　"But every time I drive by here you have the 'no vacancy' sign on. " said the salesman.

　　"That's true," replied the motel owner. "But I used to turn away 30 to 35 people a night. Now, I only turn away ten to 15."

　　Notes:

　　(1) motel n.汽車旅館 (3) turn away n.謝絕

　　(2) vacancy n.空缺

　　Exercises:

　　根據(jù)短文判斷下列句子正(T)、(F)：

　　① A motel is a hotel for motorists.

　　② The salesman was arguing with the owner of the motel.

　　③ When the motel owner said that business was terrible, the salesman did not believe him.

　　④ Every time the salesman drove by the motel, the motel was only half full.

　　⑤ The motel owner used to turn away ten to 13 people.

　　生意不好

　　一個(gè)商人在和汽車旅館的主人閑聊。“生意大糟了，”旅館主人說，“真的太糟了。

　　“可是每次我駕車經(jīng)過這兒，你都掛上了‘客滿’的牌子，”商人就。

　　“那倒是真的。”旅館主人答道，“可是過去我一夜就謝絕三十至三十五人，而如今只能謝絕十至十五人。”

　　練習(xí)參考答案：

　　①T②F③T④F⑤F

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