My husband, Micheal, and I were at a restaurant with his boss, a rather stern(严厉的) elderly man. When Micheal began a story I was sure he had told before, I gave him a kick under the table. There was no response, so I gave him another kick. Still the story went on. Suddenly he stopped and said with a smile, “Oh, but I’ve told you this one before, haven’t I ?” We all chuckled and changed the subject.
Later, on the dance floor, I asked my husband why it had taken him so long to get my message. “What do you mean?” he replied. “I cut off the story as soon as you kicked me.”
“But I kicked you twice, and it still took you a while to stop!”
Suddenly we realized what had happened and returned to our table. The boss smiled and said, “Don’t worry. After the second one I thought it wasn’t for me, so I passed it along!”
小题1:The writer kicked her husband because __________.
A．she didn’t like him
B．she didn’t like stories
C．he was telling a story he had told before
D．the story he told was not interesting小题2:What can be inferred from the text?
A．Micheal was kicked three times.
B．Micheal kicked the boss.
C．The boss was kicked twice
D．The boss kicked the author.小题3:They all chuckled because __________.
A．they kicked each other
B．they changed the subject in the end
C．they were all satisfied with the dinner
D．they all thought each of them had done something interesting小题4:It took Micheal so long to stop his story because __________.
A．he wanted to finish the whole story
B．he got a kick only after a long while
C．he didn’t understand at once why he was kicked
D．the two kicks given were not heavy enough
