A man was standing at a corner, with a hat in each hand, waiting for handouts. A passer-by stopped and dropped a coin in one hat, then asked, "What's the other hat for?"

　　"Business has been so tremendous lately. " the man replied. " that I decided to open a branch office . "

Notes:

　　(1) handout n. 施舍

　　(2) tremendous adj.极好的

Exercises:

根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：

　　① The man was sitting at a comer.

　　② Before the man, there were two hats on the ground

　　③ The man was waiting for a certain person.

　　④ The passer-by put a coin in each of the two hats

　　⑤ The man would really open a branch office.

137.分店

　　一个人站在墙角处，两手各托一顶帽子，乞求施舍。有个路过的行人停下来，往一顶帽子里扔了一枚硬币，然后问道：“另一顶帽子是干什么用的？”

　　“近来生意兴隆，我决定开一个分店，”那人答道。

练习参考答案：

①F②F③F④F⑤F