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A young officer was teaching some old soldiers.They hadbeen in the army for many years and did not like officers,young or old.
They did not think this young officer could tell themanything about how to fight in a war.
Private Jones was nearly sixty years old and had foughtin many wars.He had a row of medals on his chest.
"Imagine you are in a battle," the young officer said tohim."You see seven hundred enemy soldiers coming towardsyou.What do you do?"
Private Jones thought for a few moments,then he said,"Ishoot them all with my rifle."
"Now imagine there are seven hundred enemy soldierscoming towards you from the left," the young officer said,"and seven hundred enemy soldiers coming to you from the right.What do you do?"
"I shoot them with my rifle," Private Jones told him.
"O.K.," the young officer went on, trying to get theanswer he wanted."But what if there are a thousand enemysoldiers coming at you from the right,a thousand coming atyou from the left, and another thousand coming straighttowards you.What do you do now?"
"I shoot them with my rifle," Private Jones replied.
"But where are you getting all the bullets from? " theyoung officer demanded.
Private Jones smiled. "From the same place you aregetting all those enemy soldiers."
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EXERCISE Ⅰ
1.Choose the best answer a,b,c or d,to these questionsabout the story.
在a、b、c、d中选出一个最适合本故事的答案。
A.What was the young officer supposed to do?
(a)train the soldiers
(b)attack the soldiers
(c)shoot the soldiers
(d)like the soldiers
B.The old soldiers
(a)didn't like Private Jones.
(b)didn't like any officers.
(c)wanted to fight in a war.
(d)wanted to teach officers.
C.What was Private Jones doing in the story?
(a)answering questions
(b)shooting the enemy
(c)getting a lot of bullets
(d)showing off his medals
D.The young officer kept asking him questions becausePrivate Jones
(a)didn't speak.
(b)was rude to him.
(c)was older than him.
(d)didn't give him the answer he wanted.
E.At the end of the story,the young officer was
(a)pleased with Private Jones.
(b)annoyed with Private Jones.
(c)delighted with Private Jones.
(d)frightening Private Jones.
2.Find words in the story that are the opposite in meaning to the words underlined,and write what part of speech each one is.
在故事中找出下列划线词的反义词，并说明它们的词性。
(a)I have only met him a few times.
──
______________,_____________.
(b)He's a great friend of mine.___________,_________.
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(c)Are you going to see the show?
───
_____________,______________.
(d)Turn left at the corner._____________,____________.
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(e)The teacher asked a surprising question.
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______________,______________.
3.Complete the following sentences with the adjectiveform of one of these words.Use each word once.
用以下词的形容词完成下列句子，每个词只能用一次。
officer thought smiled imagine like
(a)What's on your mind? You look so_______________.
(b)When I was little I had many __________ friends.They weren't really there.
(c)__________people always have lots of friends.
(d)It's ___________—Harry and Sue are engaged!
(e)It's great to see so many ________________ faces.
4.Match these questions about the story to their correctanswers,and write the correct number of the answer besideeach question.
为下列有关本故事的问题配上正确的答案，并将正确的答案的号数写在相应的问题旁。
________ (a)How old was Private Jones?
________ (b)What did Private Jones wear on his chest?
________(c) What was Private Jones shooting at theimaginary soldiers?
________(d)What was he shooting them with?
________(e)How many imaginary soldiers were attackingPrivate Jones at the end?
（1）imaginary bullets
（2）an imaginary rifle
（3）medals
（4）sixty
（5）three thousand
5.Complete the following paragraph about the story byputting in the missing words in their correct form.
在下列有关本故事的段落中填上所缺的词，并将它们变成正确的形式。
An (a)__________ was teaching a few soldiers （b ）________to fight in battle.The officer (c)________ an old soldier how to fight a thousand soldiers. The old man kept replying,"I (d)________ them with my rifle." Finally, theofficer asked(e)________ the bullets were coming from."From the same place you're getting all those enemy (f)________ ",said the private.
6.Guess the answers to the following.All the words arefound in the story.
你能猜出下列问题的答案吗？全部答案都可在故事中找到。
(a)something you win for doing a good job( 5 letters)___________
(b)an armed fight(6 letters)______________
(c)to try to beat someone at a game or in war( 5 letters)______________
(d)minutes(7 letters)________________
(e)a kind of gun(5 letters)_______________Usage用法说明
DEMAND
本篇故事结束时，年轻的军官要求士兵Jones （琼斯）说出他的子弹是哪儿来的。这里，“要求”一词用的是demand。
动词to demand的意思是强烈要求，以期得到答复。比如：
My father demanded to know where I'd been all night.
I demanded to see the manager.
Demand还可用作名词，意为强烈的要求或需求。比如：
The customer's only demand was that the saleswoman bepolite.
Susan's demands were unreasonable,and she knew it.
形容词demanding的意思是要求高的，要求多的。仅用来指人， 形容某人提出许多要求。比如：
My teacher is so demanding.She gives us too much work.
That patient is the most demanding one in the hospital.
EXERCISE Ⅱ
Fill in the blanks of these sentences with either thecorrect form of the verb to demand,the noun demand,ordemanding.
用动词to demand.名词demand或形容词demanding填空。
(a)The prisoners' ___________ were simple: they________ only better food and clothing.
(b)My daughter becomes very ___________ when she is hungry and tired.
(c) "Why did you hit that little boy? " Billy's father_____________.
(d)I _____________ to know where you put my money.
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