One stupid guy reads an ad about a vacation cruise that costs only $ 100.After he signs up and pays, the travel agent hits him with a bat, knocks him unconscious and throws him out the back door into the river. Soon another guy comes in, pays his fee and gets the same treatment

　　Fifteen minutes later, as the two are floating down the river together, the first man says, "I wonder if they're serving any food on this cruise."

　　"I don' t know, the second guy replied. "They didn't last year."

Notes:

　　(1) cruise n.乘船巡游；巡航

　　(2) sign up簽約

　　(3) bet n.棒

　　(4) unconscious adj.沒有知覺的；不省人事的

Exercises:

根據(jù)短文判斷下列句子正（T）、（F）：

　　① The first man heard about the cheap vacation cruise.

　�、� The first man is knocked unconscious and carried unto a ship.

　�、� The second guy doesn't have to pay since he was on the cruise last year.

　�、� The second guy comes about 15 minutes later than the first man.

　�、� The second guy was even more foolish than the first.

假日巡航游

　　一愚笨之人讀到一則假日巡航游只須花100元的廣告。在他簽了字付了款后，旅游經(jīng)紀(jì)人用棒猛擊了他一下，把他打昏了過去，并把他從后門扔進(jìn)了河里。不久又來了一個人，付了錢并得到了相同的待遇。

　　十五分鐘后，這兩個人一起向河的下游漂去。第一個人說：“不知道他們這次巡航游是否提供食物。”

　　“不知道，”第二個人說道，“去年是沒有的。”

練習(xí)參考答案：

①F②F③F④T⑤T

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